Post by cathy on Mar 30, 2010 11:09:47 GMT -5
She had left Cain’s presence. She had more serious business to attend to.
It was not that she didn’t like the Demi-God’s conversation; she probably liked it as much as sitting on a thumbtack, but when he began to get snippy with Her Divine Mother – then it was time to end it and leave him to his own devices.
She walked into the dingy, smelly, and melancholy hallways of the Water Prison. Each prison cell was crowded with children – each either playing or crying – but soon cowering at the sight of the High Priestess. She was strict, cold, and her gray eyes so piercing their little hearts would skip a beat. She was the bearer of bad tidings – and most importantly, when she was in the Prison, a sermon was most definitely going to be given. Not only were they long and tedious – but they were frightening – that even sitting during one of her ceremonies made them extremely uncomfortable.
As Claudia padded down the winding hallways with her shoeless feet, nodding in salutation to each guard and punisher that she encounter – and receiving in a small bow in return, she finally reached the epicenter of the panoptical. The guard, who was on duty at the time, Barney, as her Sight revealed, was staring into one of holes into a cell. He pulled away and made note onto the daily log and was immediately shocked by the black billowing figure that stood before him. He jumped back but quickly regained his composure when he was it was Claudia. He pulled his security cap off and smiled grandly. “O High Priestess!” He grabbed her hand and shook it. Her linear mouth soon became a frown and she forcefully pulled her hand back from his grasp. She had forgotten how annoying new members of The Order could be.
“Do you have the sinner?” She coolly replied.
“Of course!” Barney immediately pulled the eyehole in the direction of the “sinner”. “I’ve placed her in the cell nearest the chapel, like you’ve asked.”
Claudia bent over to see through the eye piece and found a teenage girl trembling on the filthy and moldy floor of the cell. Crying and mumbling to herself, the young girl would sometimes break into violent pleas for forgiveness. Claudia nodded in approval of her repentance – but that would not save her from Judgment.
“Excellent Barney.” Without even looking at him she could tell he was grinning from ear to ear because she knew his name. “Go, it’s time to set up the chapel and prepare for mass.”
“Yes High Priestess.” Immediately Barney went to complete his task.
He had to release the children from their holding cells into a large room where the mass was to be held. He had to make sure the chapel was clean, set up the various religious instruments that would be used, and threaten the kids to make sure they were on their best behavior. But the most important part was for him to retrieve the “sinner”. He went out and found the cell where she clung onto her loose white chimera as she cried to herself. He opened the door to her cell and without warning he forcefully grabbed her arm and began to drag her out towards the chapel. She screamed and tried to fight back but to no avail, she received a vicious slap across the face and Barney bellowed, “Loose whore! Receive your punishment with at least some dignity!” She cried hysterically as he continued to drag her into the chapel and across the floor in front of all the children and up onto the main ceremonial alter. He forced her to lay down and tied her wrists and ankles onto the slab, she struggled against her bonds, screamed and cried for mercy, and all the other children watched solemnly – unable to provide her with any comfort.
Within a few moments Claudia came into the room. An entourage of the staff members following behind her. Barney jumped down from the alter area and greeted Claudia once more. “Thank you,” she breathily replied as he and his co-workers took their seat in the front pews.
As Claudia stood behind the podium beside the alter she began to give the first part of her sermon – but – was rudely interrupted by the screams and cries of the “sinner”. She walked over to the girl, looked at her intensely, and placed her hand over the girl’s forehead for the briefest of moments and immediately the child fell asleep. She then proceeded with her sermon. Her voice, her words, and even her composure were all so passionately fierce – that it pierced the hearts of every ear that hear her. They trembled at her description of condemnation, and felt her glee in their own hearts when they witnessed the glory that is their Divine Mother.
After completing another eloquent sermon, she segued into the ceremonial aspect of the mass – The Judgment of Sinners. She took a breath, closed her eyes and held her hands in prayer as she stood over the girl’s unconscious body. Her Sight and metaphysical powers began to gain ground. The chapel became darker and bloodier, and the dark crevices that only a moment ago empty – were now filled with hideous monsters. Some of the children began to cry as faceless demons stared at them. The guards would tell them to hush, less they get a beating, but silence filled the room when the biggest and darkest executioner stepped out from the blackness.
Pyramid Head.
Claudia let her hands fall to her sides as Pyramid Head dragged his heavy sword along the floor – and incessant scraping filled the room till he stopped in front of the girl on top of the alter.
“Our Divine Mother is all seeing, is all forgiving, and all that is good – we are finite beings, never able to comprehend her Divine Majesty. We are imperfect beings, and She’s an infinite supreme and perfect entity.”
He raised her hands in the air, to emanate a more dynamic feeling. “But this –“ she raised an accusing finger to the girl at the alter. “Is blasphemy!”
“Though our Divine Mother is loving and caring there are a few transgressions that She can not allow back into Her bosom. And one of them is the soiling of purity!” She screamed, as Pyramid Head began to slowly lift up his blade.
“How can we ever expect to enter in Thy Kingdom, when your bodies are sullied and our purity lost? You’re body is not yours to go around giving itself freely, it is your Divine Mother’s creation – you must keep it clean, keep it true, and keep it chaste!” Pyramid Head lifted the blade up into the air.
“To live, to work, and to be any other way - leads to damnation! Leads to death and punishment in the fires of hell!” The blade came down and cut the girl’s body in half. Blood splattered all over the place and her organs wriggled out from the opened wound. Claudia turned and picked up a golden goblet, and caught the dripping of blood at poured out from the alter and filled it till it was full. Pyramid Head pulled back from the alter and into the darkness – disappearing now that his job was done. The other demons also began to leave their posts, and the atmosphere became a lot less dense and claustrophobic.
“This is the blood sacrifice one makes for extreme transgressions.” He raised it up for all too see, some children sat stiffly in their seats, some cried, a couple released bodily fluids as the ceremony came to it’s climax. “May She have mercy on this harlot’s pitiful soul.” He placed the goblet underneath the picture frame of a large image of her Divine Mother. “Take her fresh blood as penance for her crimes.” She bowed her head in prayer. “Amen.”
The rest of the crowd solemnly replied “Amen” as well before getting up to leave. Half of the guards were sent to take the kids back into their cells while the other half stayed behind and cleaned the area.
Claudia, stayed a few moments in the chapel, she found something protruding from the girl’s stomach area and she unflinchingly put her hand deep within the bowels of the dead girl, and pulled out her intestinal tract. She shifted around through the blood and the mess till finally something cold and hard brushed up against her hand. Her eyes widened, as she dug out the little girl’s guts to retrieve the gold entrusted Seal of Sameal. He held it to her bosom in complete surprise. She had not expected such an artifact, and was merely looking for the cause of the lump and was expected to be just a curdling area of blood.
This was a sign, she smiled, a smile so genuine and beautiful, that she appeared to be a different person. A much happier and content person then most people would recognize her for.
The sin of lust was repaid and the Goddess and congratulated her on her keen sermon and Judgment. She knew she was on the right track and knew she needed to get back to her church to discover and look further into this matter.
It was not that she didn’t like the Demi-God’s conversation; she probably liked it as much as sitting on a thumbtack, but when he began to get snippy with Her Divine Mother – then it was time to end it and leave him to his own devices.
She walked into the dingy, smelly, and melancholy hallways of the Water Prison. Each prison cell was crowded with children – each either playing or crying – but soon cowering at the sight of the High Priestess. She was strict, cold, and her gray eyes so piercing their little hearts would skip a beat. She was the bearer of bad tidings – and most importantly, when she was in the Prison, a sermon was most definitely going to be given. Not only were they long and tedious – but they were frightening – that even sitting during one of her ceremonies made them extremely uncomfortable.
As Claudia padded down the winding hallways with her shoeless feet, nodding in salutation to each guard and punisher that she encounter – and receiving in a small bow in return, she finally reached the epicenter of the panoptical. The guard, who was on duty at the time, Barney, as her Sight revealed, was staring into one of holes into a cell. He pulled away and made note onto the daily log and was immediately shocked by the black billowing figure that stood before him. He jumped back but quickly regained his composure when he was it was Claudia. He pulled his security cap off and smiled grandly. “O High Priestess!” He grabbed her hand and shook it. Her linear mouth soon became a frown and she forcefully pulled her hand back from his grasp. She had forgotten how annoying new members of The Order could be.
“Do you have the sinner?” She coolly replied.
“Of course!” Barney immediately pulled the eyehole in the direction of the “sinner”. “I’ve placed her in the cell nearest the chapel, like you’ve asked.”
Claudia bent over to see through the eye piece and found a teenage girl trembling on the filthy and moldy floor of the cell. Crying and mumbling to herself, the young girl would sometimes break into violent pleas for forgiveness. Claudia nodded in approval of her repentance – but that would not save her from Judgment.
“Excellent Barney.” Without even looking at him she could tell he was grinning from ear to ear because she knew his name. “Go, it’s time to set up the chapel and prepare for mass.”
“Yes High Priestess.” Immediately Barney went to complete his task.
He had to release the children from their holding cells into a large room where the mass was to be held. He had to make sure the chapel was clean, set up the various religious instruments that would be used, and threaten the kids to make sure they were on their best behavior. But the most important part was for him to retrieve the “sinner”. He went out and found the cell where she clung onto her loose white chimera as she cried to herself. He opened the door to her cell and without warning he forcefully grabbed her arm and began to drag her out towards the chapel. She screamed and tried to fight back but to no avail, she received a vicious slap across the face and Barney bellowed, “Loose whore! Receive your punishment with at least some dignity!” She cried hysterically as he continued to drag her into the chapel and across the floor in front of all the children and up onto the main ceremonial alter. He forced her to lay down and tied her wrists and ankles onto the slab, she struggled against her bonds, screamed and cried for mercy, and all the other children watched solemnly – unable to provide her with any comfort.
Within a few moments Claudia came into the room. An entourage of the staff members following behind her. Barney jumped down from the alter area and greeted Claudia once more. “Thank you,” she breathily replied as he and his co-workers took their seat in the front pews.
As Claudia stood behind the podium beside the alter she began to give the first part of her sermon – but – was rudely interrupted by the screams and cries of the “sinner”. She walked over to the girl, looked at her intensely, and placed her hand over the girl’s forehead for the briefest of moments and immediately the child fell asleep. She then proceeded with her sermon. Her voice, her words, and even her composure were all so passionately fierce – that it pierced the hearts of every ear that hear her. They trembled at her description of condemnation, and felt her glee in their own hearts when they witnessed the glory that is their Divine Mother.
After completing another eloquent sermon, she segued into the ceremonial aspect of the mass – The Judgment of Sinners. She took a breath, closed her eyes and held her hands in prayer as she stood over the girl’s unconscious body. Her Sight and metaphysical powers began to gain ground. The chapel became darker and bloodier, and the dark crevices that only a moment ago empty – were now filled with hideous monsters. Some of the children began to cry as faceless demons stared at them. The guards would tell them to hush, less they get a beating, but silence filled the room when the biggest and darkest executioner stepped out from the blackness.
Pyramid Head.
Claudia let her hands fall to her sides as Pyramid Head dragged his heavy sword along the floor – and incessant scraping filled the room till he stopped in front of the girl on top of the alter.
“Our Divine Mother is all seeing, is all forgiving, and all that is good – we are finite beings, never able to comprehend her Divine Majesty. We are imperfect beings, and She’s an infinite supreme and perfect entity.”
He raised her hands in the air, to emanate a more dynamic feeling. “But this –“ she raised an accusing finger to the girl at the alter. “Is blasphemy!”
“Though our Divine Mother is loving and caring there are a few transgressions that She can not allow back into Her bosom. And one of them is the soiling of purity!” She screamed, as Pyramid Head began to slowly lift up his blade.
“How can we ever expect to enter in Thy Kingdom, when your bodies are sullied and our purity lost? You’re body is not yours to go around giving itself freely, it is your Divine Mother’s creation – you must keep it clean, keep it true, and keep it chaste!” Pyramid Head lifted the blade up into the air.
“To live, to work, and to be any other way - leads to damnation! Leads to death and punishment in the fires of hell!” The blade came down and cut the girl’s body in half. Blood splattered all over the place and her organs wriggled out from the opened wound. Claudia turned and picked up a golden goblet, and caught the dripping of blood at poured out from the alter and filled it till it was full. Pyramid Head pulled back from the alter and into the darkness – disappearing now that his job was done. The other demons also began to leave their posts, and the atmosphere became a lot less dense and claustrophobic.
“This is the blood sacrifice one makes for extreme transgressions.” He raised it up for all too see, some children sat stiffly in their seats, some cried, a couple released bodily fluids as the ceremony came to it’s climax. “May She have mercy on this harlot’s pitiful soul.” He placed the goblet underneath the picture frame of a large image of her Divine Mother. “Take her fresh blood as penance for her crimes.” She bowed her head in prayer. “Amen.”
The rest of the crowd solemnly replied “Amen” as well before getting up to leave. Half of the guards were sent to take the kids back into their cells while the other half stayed behind and cleaned the area.
Claudia, stayed a few moments in the chapel, she found something protruding from the girl’s stomach area and she unflinchingly put her hand deep within the bowels of the dead girl, and pulled out her intestinal tract. She shifted around through the blood and the mess till finally something cold and hard brushed up against her hand. Her eyes widened, as she dug out the little girl’s guts to retrieve the gold entrusted Seal of Sameal. He held it to her bosom in complete surprise. She had not expected such an artifact, and was merely looking for the cause of the lump and was expected to be just a curdling area of blood.
This was a sign, she smiled, a smile so genuine and beautiful, that she appeared to be a different person. A much happier and content person then most people would recognize her for.
The sin of lust was repaid and the Goddess and congratulated her on her keen sermon and Judgment. She knew she was on the right track and knew she needed to get back to her church to discover and look further into this matter.