you were poor on the streets, huddled up in a cardboard box and newspapers. Suddenly a strange old man passed by, he didn’t even look at you. But he dropped a book right in front of you without even noticing. You looked at it, it was titled “the book of greed” and it had a picture of a diamond

you opened the book and inside was an empty book, all except the first few pages. It read…

the book of greed will grant you any desire you want, but at the cost of sanity, at the cost of morality, at the cost of soul… simply place your hand on the handprint and think about what you want… it will be catalogued in the pages of this book… until the day you die…

as you were reading your hand was on the handprint even before you read it. Your stomach growled, the handprint glowed green before several rich delicacies were summoned right next to you. It magically was written down in the book, you thought it was amazing, but you also felt a bit… greedy… discontent… jealous of others…

unsatisfied…

the more you wished for things, the more alive the book felt, it started speaking to you, whispering telepathically. The book grew golden chains that wrapped around you, with each wish more would bind you to the book. You felt more and more greedy and less content with each wish…

you deserve the world~ it belongs to you~ I’ll be yours forever~

it whispered into your mind as it bound you further to the book