Zen (Open)

[Dominic Moss]

Today was a good day for Dominic Moss. Not only had he finally conquered the wall of molten death, but he had also done something very smart; he had read up on his family history.
In the last few months Dominic had been attacked by many different monsters who sought revenge against his father for terrible things he had done to them thousands of years ago. Dominic couldn't blame them, his Dad was an idiot and he had done a lot of things that Dominic wasn't proud of, but over a thousand years was pushing a first for revenge.
His reason for looking up his fathers 'glory days' had been because of the power his father had gifted him; the ability to summon the devastating forces of plague. With it he could reduce living matter to dust, infect people with horrible diseases and rot them to their core, and it scared him. Death wasn't a fun power to own, especially when he had no idea how to activate it. Most of the time he just seemed to 'hulk out' whenever he got pushed into a corner and become a crazy kid firing clouds of invisible death from his fingers.
It was only after reading up on the old days that Dominic had begun to understand why his powers acted the way they did and how he could potentially control them. The answer was; revenge.
Hundreds of years ago Agamemnon, the son of a great king, had abducted a priestess of Apollo and refused to return her. In retaliation Apollo had fired arrows of plague into his armies camps and killed hundreds of them.
It wasn't the only moment when his father had lost his temper. There were lots of accounts of Apollo seeking revenge for people killing members of his family and insulting his momma. Anger seemed to get the best of the sun god, which was why Dominic's powers activated whenever he got angry or his friends were hurt. He couldn't let that happen again.
He slowly breathed in and out while sitting on top of the climbing wall, his legs crossed and arms spread out, relaxed and quiet as he focused on keeping himself calm. Next time he went into battle he wouldn't let the wrath of Apollo control him. Next time he tame it.