Colors of Sins [READ NOW ON TAPAS]

In a small shack, there is a child who listens carefully to an ancient history told by her mother.

Long long time ago, mankind was still prosperous and world government system was still functioning as it should to protect and control the society. The era when a human "male" and a human "female" were still live together in the same city. Although they weren't interested with each other, but they're living in harmony and covering each other gender shortcoming. Soon after, when the gaps became too wide between the high class and civilian, the system collapsed. Basic needs along with living expenses escalates while minimum wage couldn't catch up the rise. It created an uproar and in the long run, productivity was declining and daily goods became a scarce. This desolate was worsen by the fact a political situation heats up between "Elyphian" and "Mortan".

Elyphian is a society who relies on magic or spiritual elements in their daily life, while Mortan use technology and huge population to prevail. Humanity has fallen to a new low when world government system could no longer avoid the clash. The biggest world war in history erupted, the clash began to spread through entire world leaving only 20% population of the world. This event was known by the next generation as "The Great War". Historian said that many Elyphians is murdered during the war and almost extinct. The remaining Elyphians went to a far away land and hide theme selves away from the civilization. It was told and written in Mortan history that they won The Great War.

The remaining Mortan tries to live their lives with limited resource that they can collect from what’s remain after the war, but find themselves only left with nuclear radiation and an expansive dead land.

The mother continues the story to her little daughter:

Don't know exactly when and why, but mortan starts to have numbered birthmark on their bodies soon after The Great War ended. Many people said it's the curse bestowed by Elyphians. The birthmark warn us about our pass sins and consequences of what we will do in the future. Our soul will left the body when the birthmark went down into zero, in other words, we died. Our Central Govement conveys that there are 10 commandments to follow so we could be save from sins. The top 3 commandments are:

1. Thou shalt not have opposition against Central Govement, nor trying to overthrow the rulers. Penalty: Death.

2. Thou shalt not having sex with the opposite sex. Moreover give birth to new Sins. Penalty: Death.

3. Honour thy orphanage, remember to report every Holy Sunday. Penalty: -1 poin each negligence.

A heresy from the orphanage, said that Elyphian cast a spell and cursed us with our numbered birthmark. They put their seeds to Mortan's future generation, seeking for revenge and revival of Elyphians. When the forbidden relationship gave birth to a child, an elyphian will born. That Elyphian baby will bring chaos to Mortan, causing havoc with their wicked magic. Afterall, all new born Mortan should come from holy storks. The storks found babies in soul stream. The source of a soul stream may be a lake, a marsh, a spring, glacier, or a collection of headwaters. Later, the babies would then be given to orphanage, so they will be nurtured into adulthood. They will become an adult in their 15th birthday.

Every adult mortan, both male and female should contribute to central government if they want to live. Every contribution counts will be added to birthmark, but each day at 00.00 AM, it will lose one of its amount. The first Sunday of a month will be a Holy Sunday, where mortan report their existence to Central Government through orphanage. Obviously, everyone still needs to get some real money for daily goods and meals, or even using their hard earning money to fill up their birthmarks.

Well, dear my beloved daughter.... As the child of historian, I hope you can remember about what happened in the pass, so you can learn from it. Let yourself having your own critical thinking and always try to determine the authenticity of any historical events. The daughter who is previously looked sleepy, now had fallen asleep listening to her mother's story. The mother then wrapped her with warm blanket and leave the bedroom.

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