[ WP ] People can do magic , but only when their hands are uncovered . You go out one day without your government sanctioned gloves .

Jon peered at his Gloves. All his life he's had the Gloves. The Gloves had liberated his people, allowing them to do useful and meaningful things with their lives. Without them, the world would have been thrown into disarray, overruled by dark magic - at least, that's what the government said. He had not known a time before the Gloves, all he knew was that sometime during in the Era of Havoc, the government discovered mines filled with magic-supression minerals, and the Glove was born. 
 
 But Jon was ready to take the next step. He knew they were all lies. Years and years of treacherous lies. He closed his eyes, recalling his younger days when his Mom would read him bedtime stories about the wonders of the world and the creation of the universe. In the beginning, there were Addison and Steve, who lived in the Garden of Aden. God told Addison to never ever, *ever* take off her Gloves. But what did she do? She took off the Glove. And God smite-d them right out of Aden. The government threatened to do the same. He thought about the latest Walt Disney movie - Hellfire, about Queen Salsa and how she unleashed the terrors of hellfire upon her sister and the Kingdom of Arenfelle, killing everyone in the most violent manner. All because she refused to heed her father's advice and took off her Gloves. Even now, he could still hear the hit song from the movie - `` Leave it On'' - ringing in his head. 
 
 Looking around his apartment one last time, Jon carefully slid them off. First slowly, exposing his left wrist, and then a little more, revealing the back of his hands. And then more - his knuckles. His fingers. And then, they were off. 
 
 Nothing happened. 
 
 He examined his hands. They were a shade paler than his arms, but did not seem as monstrous as the school biology textbooks had described. He had heard strange stories about third eyes on palms and how the lines on the hands could predict the future. He raised them - but nothing happened. Was that it? 
 
 Suddenly the door swung open. `` JON DEELY, YOU ARE UNDER ARREST FOR VIOLATING SANCTUM CODE OF CONDUCT 2944. PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR OR WE WILL SHOOT.'' Jon knew he had to run. De-gloving was regarded as one of the most - if not the most - heinous act in all of Sanctum and he would likely be publicly executed. He raised his hands in the air - and all at once - the room went black. 
 
 [ to be continued ] 
 
 
 
 
 
 

