[ WP ] You are handed a box and told that within is evil and it has been concealed since the beginning of time despite all that we perceive as evil in the world

I ’ ve received wonderful things in my life – beauty, charm, music. I ’ ve been granted talent and knowledge, I ’ ve been heralded as the first of my kind. I ’ ve been given desirable traits, and even some less desirable ones. Though why anyone would deem curiosity and persuasion as unfortunate has clearly never been curious or persuasive. I am lucky and confident enough to be able to give back what I have received tenfold. And I do, on a daily basis. 
 
 But on this day, I do not feel confident or lucky. Despite my persuasive charms, I was given the most amazing and most miserable gift in my entire life. I know what my role is and I have accepted it, cherished it, even. I have excelled at what I am. So why, then, am I punished so? Why am I still being tested? 
 
 “ Do not open it, my dear. You will not want to see what is inside. For once, this is a gift I wish you not to share. It is a **responsibility**. You are now the keeper, the guardian. I entrust you with this. ” 
 
 “ Zeus, I can not. You know I can not. I do not have…the willpower. ” 
 
 “ Pandora, have faith. The fate of the world rests in your hands now. I have struggled too long to keep the evils inside at bay. I pass it along to you now. ” 
 
 He had not even left my sight before my curiosity got the better of me. 

