Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26130256-20150806184438/@comment-26130256-20150815183417

"Why else would I bring it up?" Azulius chuckled, focusing on his Semblance. More realistic figures were the most draining, so he created some simple cartoons and stick figures to illustrate his tale.

"Way long ago, before the kingdoms were around like we know them now, there were these two peoples that were at war.  Their armies were on opposite sides of this canyon, with ramps to get down and up.  In the one army, there was this guy named Goliat, who was one of their better fighters.  According to the stories, this guy was huge.  Crazy strong too.  Super-heavy armor, gigantic spear-sword, and a shield you could make a pup tent out of.  Well, he got the idea to challenge the other guys, Davi's friends, to combat by champion.  If any of them could come down and kill Goliat in a straight fight, Goliat's people would surrender, but if he killed the other guy, Davi's people would surrender."

"But like I said, this guy was enormous.  No one had the guts to take him on.  Until one day, where Davi, who was still too young to be a real soldier, is visiting his brothers who served in the army, bringing them some gifts from back home.  He sees Goliat out there insulting his people, his family, his God, the whole nine yards.  And he goes to his general and says, 'Let me take him on, I have a plan.'  The general was iffy, but decided to trust the kid and lent him a good set of armor and his hammer-axe."

"But Davi gave it back, because he didn't know how to fight with heavy armor.  All he took with him was the slingshot-staff he used to protect the family's farm animals from bandits and some good smooth rocks.  This was back before folks really understood Dust, so ranged combat wasn't a really popular thing just yet."

"So he gets down to the canyon floor and calls Goliat out.  The big lug stops and laughs for a good minute at this scrawny kid who challenged him, and he charges at Davi.  And what does Davi do?  He loads up his sling and launches a rock at his enemy.  One rock, clean shot, passes right through Goliat's skull, and he dies.  The other army panics, and Davi's friends wipe them out." With a glad smile, Azulius dismissed the illusions.

"So, that's the story.  But what, my dear Shani, is the lesson for us now?"