Hearth's Warming Tidbit 10: The Cravings · 5:53pm Aug 21st, 2019
Sorry, this came out so late. I wanted to post it on time, but the day before I was hit with a massive cold and on top of that I lost the original copy so I redo the whole thing from scratch. To make things worse the cold would go away for the entire week. I tried my best, multiple times to get the work done, but nothing. So this is a week late, I'm truly sorry. This hits harder since how important this tidbit is to the story. This is one you don't want to skip at all as this explains so much that will be happening in the later chapters, not just chapter 10. This is the Cravings
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The Cravings is not like normal cravings. This isn't some hormonal imbalance brought on by health or even diseases. This is something far different. To most, it is known as the forbidden craving. It is a final moment in which the unthinkable can happen. Where one's will breaks down and the only thing driving them is a deeply hidden desire for survival.
This Craving is most noticeable in food. Particularly if the food is forbidden food. Be it seemingly benign as a siren desire the mysterious taco or on the far side of a pony feasting on each other. Yet, all cravings are dangerous. The siren’s desire of the tace, for example, can be quite pleasant to their taste buds but in excess devouring of this crunchy food can lead to dangerous levels of hallucinations and even paralysis in some case.
However, a warning must be given to the ones that trench into the Craving. Though it can also be harmful to the body, exploring it can be just harmful to the mind. Testing these desires or even fully exploring them in every detail can lead to changes in perspective. Changes that many fears more than even the darkest of evils
Keep your guard close and your mind on a straight path for even when you think you have control, you really don't. The wendigoes are the best example of exploring the craving too far. They claim you can closer to the soul, closer to your allies, closer to your friends and even closer to your lovers. But the wendigoes are mad beast without any restraint. Ponies fear them more than ever and they warn never get between a wendigo and it's craving.
However, despite all of this, the one thing that seems clear to all. Once one enters into the craving, there is no way out.
