The Deadly Combo: Venomous Kiss
Do you remember when we spoke about these distractions? Lust and Greed? Alone, they can make strong men weak and resourceful women selfish. These two provide enough challenges that require you to be at the top of your game. But in this Game of Life, sometimes you have to face them both at once. This tag team duo works as con artists. One lures you into a room while the other tries to lock the door while you’re distracted.
Lust (woman) featured in Fullmetal Alchemist
“She smelled like something you once loved but forgot. Soft, warm, familiar. Her words weren’t rushed. They circled you slowly, settling into places you didn’t even know were empty. She never asked for anything, only offered a glance, a touch, a promise that sounded like forever but meant only now. You knew what she was, but you let her in anyway, telling yourself it was different this time. And as you leaned closer, she smiled… knowing you gave her permission to ruin you.”
“She left you open… wanting… waiting… and that’s when he arrived.
Greed didn’t wear perfume or whisper sweet things. He spoke in deals, in gains, in more.
He saw the hollow she carved and offered to fill it with status, comfort, power, applause.
Where Lust left you aching, Greed gave you a ladder, but never showed the top.
And as you climbed, convinced you were healing, he quietly locked every rung beneath you.”
Greed featured in Fullmetal Alchemist
“But somewhere between her kiss and his bargain, you remembered your name.
You saw their hands not as gifts, but chains. You stepped back and let the hunger pass through you without feeding it. They watched, confused, as you smiled… not because you won, but because you walked away. And in that silence, unbent and unclaimed, you became the conqueror they never saw coming.”