Lessons in Chaos

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Tak awaited Sabin to knock on his door. It was time to teach The Snake the principles of chaos. Tak gave his word and such he will keep it. He sat at the chair and folded his arms as Sabin walked down the hall to his apartment.

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Sabin was both antsy and nervious. one he was going iton the lair of a dragon and two noone else knew he was here.

sabin couldn't wait to see Tak, while he suffered no illusions as to their relationship, sabin knew they were allies not friends and as such the dragon could and more than likely would turn on him when the time was right. but a debt was owed and sabin would collect. to learn chaos whatever the hell that was, it could do nothing but make him stronger. sabin could taste Tak in the air. this was definately his domain.

Sabin stood infront of the door for a few seconds before he knocked. sabin slowed his heartbeat and took a deep breath then knocked.

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Tak could feel the presence of Sabin. As he knocked Tak uncharacteristically opened the door. What Tak had to do next was in itself draining. If this did not work then he would flee the city for good. He would wait a millennium or so till his strength was fully returned. This was possibly Tak's goodbye scene. He knew this. The strength that was his is now gone. A Weyr would never leave himself in such vulnerable position. Tak did not look at Sabin. Merely walked to his chair and sat. His eyes were fierce and piercing. He folded his hands and said slowly. "I am not much for words. Nor am I a good teacher. If you want the power of chaos as I have promised you bear my mark."

With that declaration Tak changed into a small Weyr form. Either he was leaving, or getting his strength back. In the end his strength would come back sooner or later. This moment could mark the end days for Andrius.

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"as interesting as this is... i am not a greedy man. what is gained by having the mark. as it stands if it helps us both i'm all for it."

sabin figured that either way pound for pound tak could and would out muscle him. but then again tak had nothing to gain to killing sabin unless he would somehow take all the power that was sabin.

then again sabin felt confident that his will was stronger. nothing stopped sabin when his mind was made up.

"and by bonuses i also would like to know the negative effects."

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Tak was amazed how forward and hungry this Sabin was. He had a thirst to grow in power despite his so called cry against greed.

"Well the bonuses are you become stronger, tougher, and you live a lot longer. Our life forces become tied togeher. If I die you die, if you die I may die. You gain the power of chaos. My control over chaos grows leaps and bounds. The other down side is I'm not quite sure how your society would take one being marked by a Weyr."

Tak looked out the window. There was hope yet. Tak never thought for a moment it would be the snake whom beholds the key.

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"well... to quote a song who wants to live forever. agreed."

sabin thought of the many foes that he will need to face and the extra endurance and strenght will help. as much as sabin hated to really admit it he really was lacking in straight power to deal with all of his affairs.

"so what is the first step."

sabin wondered what else could be had. with everything that is going on behind closed doors in both sabin's and tak's life.

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Tak lifted his hand and the dark ichor that is his essence grabbed onto Sabian. The darkness burned its mark into his chest. The entity that is chaos whisper in Sabin's ear to let him know that he was now a minion of the force. He could now see and manipulate patterns, or lack there of, of chaotic situations. Sabin was now, stronger, faster, tougher, and would live a lot longer. In return Tak's control and mastery of chaos grew exponentially.

"You might want to go into my lair here and get used to your new abilities."

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The burning on his chest faded after a few seconds. Sabin felt odd, not like A overwhelming sense of power. It was more like he just woke up as a different person. He walked pass Tak into the Dragon’s sanctum. He learned the patterns, he could see the patterns in everything. He began to move and alter the patterns. It felt almost as if Sabin was being worked by the magic.

“so this is what being a mage is like.”

All the years of studying and science Sabin was doing the opposite of what he learned. He bent the rules of science. Chaos was a principle much like order and injecting chaos into order could beget chaos that could be controlled. After so much chaos Sabin lost some control. He caused some damage to himself when he lost control, But he learned his limits which was much more important then the pain. The possibilities of death was not as important as getting a bit more control. Sabin had to forcefully rain himself in he was quickly losing himself in the magic’s seduction he now knew how it was that the wielders of magic could go off the deep end so quickly.