Tiger Teeth: Fantasy

Pluck the tiger's teeth from his jaw and burn the phoenix in her blood. She winced as she read the instructions. "Are you going to tell me that this is allegory or that these are actually terms for different herbs?" she asked her teacher, a note of hope in her voice. He shook his head. "Nope. But it isn't about the animals, either. The Phoenix and the Tiger are-well, all right, you may decide to call them allegories. If you are ever in a situation where you need this spell, they are--well, they could be all sorts of things. They could be situations, they could be people, they could even be the animals themselves. The spell isn't clear, really, and it's been over 500 years since we had a recorded casting of it. But all the wizards who have glanced at it have shuddered and said that they think it will work." She glanced at the instructions again and shuddered herself. "Is it worth it?" "Look at what the spell is for. Do you think that if you ever need to cast a spell like that, you will hold back at anything? It's not black and evil magic, if that's what you're asking. There's no child of your blood sacrifice. Nothing like that. This spell is more of a--challenge. It's not about doing something bad, 9it's about figuring out where these elements are and doing what you must to activate or destroy them. As you can imagine, it's not something that a person would do just for fun or to see if it works."


Inspiration: "Devouring Time" - Mark Growden
Story potential: High.
Notes: I suppose that this could be a high potential idea, in there somewhere. Maybe. Not sure.