15 Works by Calvary

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    A hero is not born. He is built, only eleven years old, an orphan, handed a sword and told the goddess chose him. For years he believed it. Then he saw what the sword was aimed at. A princess is not powerless. She is simply fighting with the wrong weapons. She has been fighting the only way they allowed her to fight, and she is beginning to understand what that means. He is beginning to understand it too.

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    She was chosen before she could consent to being chosen, holy before she could understand what holiness would cost her, and divine in every text ever written except the ones that mattered most, the ones written in blood and silence and unanswered prayer on cold stone floors. He was made into a sword before he was made into a man, pulled from the earth and pointed at evil and told that this was honor, that this was purpose, that this was enough. And between them the oldest story in the world unfolds again, the fruit and the fall and the question that has outlasted every civilization bold enough to ask it, which is simply this: if God is everywhere, then where exactly is God when it counts.

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    He was good once, and the world knew it, and God knew it, and it was written in everything he was. Then came she, green-eyed and sovereign, beautiful as a commandment and twice as binding, indifferent as grace extended to the already damned. He knelt at the wrong altar and called it devotion, and the sword rusted red, and somewhere a gentle voice had spoken warnings into an empty room that swallowed them whole. There is no beautiful evil, of this he was certain, of this he was sure and it was precisely that sureness, that sweet and radiant sureness, that undid him entirely.

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    Oh, so lonely. How awful and how holy a thing it is to be so grand, to be the cathedral that houses the congregation and is itself never housed, to be the light by which all others see and to stand always in the particular and permanent darkness of one's own shadow. The deepest ocean, fathomless and cold and incapable of being crossed by anything less than an act of God, She has always known, in the way that the divine always knows the things that would undo them, quietly and completely and without the relief of being wrong. She swallows the world for you, takes the whole blessed and broken weight of it down into herself as though it were communion, as though it were hers to take, as though the taking of it were not the last and most devastating and most loving thing she would ever do, and she does not flinch, and she does not spill a drop, and nobody thinks to say amen.

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    A story about not having one.

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    A short story about going to work.

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    Fallen from grace, a kingdom stands and a gallant hero liberates the enchanting princess from her spell of eternal sleep. Enamored of her beauty and grace, he seeks her hand as his prize, only to then be denied. Undeterred, he accepts the queen’s decree: seven winters of arduous trials to prove his worth. He sets forth, believing the beauty of his reward and her radiant hand are waiting for him at the journey’s end. The path ahead remains shrouded in blood and ashes. Fate decreed a season of trial, a fiery crucible to sear his spirit and test the depths of his devotion. The final trial shall test all his mettle, lest his divine gift be sundered from him forever.

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    Fear's dark specter had no hold on him, for his gaze was fixed upon her celestial beauty, shining bright as a guiding star. The benevolent goddess, radiant with compassion, gazed down upon her faithful servant, her countenance tinged with sorrow's gentle hue. Yet, he, unshaken by the whispers of doom, stood steadfast, his heart afire with devotion. For he knew the appointed hour drew nigh, the second coming, when mortal realms would tremble and the fabric of existence unravel. The world, in all its fleeting glory, teetered on the precipice of eternity.

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    She, his liege, held sway over his heart, rendering him delightfully helpless. Her presence bewildered and beguiled, leaving him lost in the labyrinth of his own desires. Though he would surrender all for her, his every waking thought devoted to her love, it was not enough. For in the depths of his soul, a whispered truth awaited acknowledgment: his heart's deepest longing remained unknown, even to himself. Yet, in the crucible of crisis, when those shining lights faltered, what remained? What did his heart beat for? In the silence, a whispered confession emerged: he loved her. Not merely as a noble quest, nor a chivalrous deed, but as an essential, elemental truth.

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    In Gethsemane's shadowy garden, where olive trees witness sorrow's might, he stands, besieged by anguish, his heart torn apart by night. The weight of the world's redemption presses upon his weary frame, as every step, every breath, echoes with the cross's looming claim. But then, a radiant presence descends, a heavenly comfort true, His guardian angel, sent from above, to see him through. With gentle touch, and loving gaze, the angel's peace imparts, soothing his troubled soul, calming the tempests in his heart.

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    She dwelleth without him, and he without her. Thus, he beareth the weight of guilt, and his soul is consumed by self-loathing. For she was a shining star, a radiant gem beyond his worth, encompassing all that is heavenly and earthly. The very firmament above, once a brilliant blue, now mocketh him with the hue of his own eyes, a constant reminder of his unworthiness. And she, that luminous being, once full of wisdom, kindness, and sweetness, is now but a silent, lifeless creature, suspended in the vast expanse above. Alas, she is lost to him, a fleeting dream, a moment's beauty, forever vanished.

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    Her radiant champion, deemed incapable of transgression, yet she knew the depths of his devotion. For her, he would trespass the boundaries of virtue, surrendering to the shadows within. She longed to unveil the flawed, hidden beauty beneath his resplendent facade, to cherish the imperfect soul he concealed. He, enthralled by her majesty, surrendered utterly, his heart crying out in reverence. At her feet, he knelt, praying for absolution, for the right to bask in her love, where he beheld a reflection of his own worthiness, a reminder that he, too, deserved happiness.

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    In the recesses of his soul, a tumultuous struggle ensued, for he was cognizant of the impropriety and abomination of his desires. The venerable warrior, erstwhile paragon of virtue, found himself ensnared by an unholy ardor. His heart, an altar of devotion, now burned with profane passion, as he surrendered to the forbidden fruit of Zelda's lips. The princess, a vessel of purity, betrothed and soon to be wed, yet her mouth was upon his, a sacrilegious union that defied the sacred vows. And he, a humble supplicant, whispered fervent prayers into her ear, entreating the goddess to absolve his transgression, to indulge his frailty, and forgive his lapse. Oh, he knew he was a sinner.

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    It’s an ineffable blossoming of love he feels for her. Though it’s a tragedy all the same, for his Goddess drowns in excruciating sorrow, her beauty inextricably entwined with the tenebrous misfortune that besets her. Desperate to ease the burden of God, he stands vigil to assuage her woe by swallowing it. The indistinction between fealty, duty, and obsession is fickle, for amidst it all despair and devotion nurse his communion.

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    In the wake of her deliverance, Princess Zelda has bore witness to Link transformed - her knight enthralled by a singular devotion, his credence subsumed by an unyielding reverence. Bright heroism has given way to an unnerving intensity in his gaze, as if the very divine has taken mortal form before him. Zelda is drawn to her vessel of unshakeable conviction, even as she trembles before the unspoken demands of his worship - a devotion that elevates her to an altar, and him to the role of fervent supplicant.

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    25
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