Sean followed Billy into the ceremonial chambers. "Nice effects..." he said. Indeed they were, with blue etherial flames burning against the wall. A simple alter stood standing against a tapestry that was adorned with many screaming, tortured faces.
"Stand here," said Billy, pointing a spot before the alter. Billy picked up a ceremonial dagger, encrusted with the blood of previous ceremonies. "Oh lord and master," he chanted. "Take this new one into your ranks. He has undergone the preresiquite castration. We have reattached his penis to show our powers, now it is your turn to demonstrate yours!" The etherial flames flowed forward from the wall, and began to entwine themselves around Sean. A tongue of flame licked over Sean's head, and the top of his head melted away. More flames lifted out his brain, and split the two halves. These same tongues burned away at the lobes until they were the size of testicles, and then shoved them up his ball sack. The flames deminished, and the top of Sean's head resealed. Billy continued to chant. "Now that your servant is mindlessly dedicated to serving you, and to making more children for you to corrupt, Allow this dagger to complete the ceremony!" The etherial flames spun around the dagger's blade once, and then returned to the walls. Billy thrust the dagger into Sean's chest; it passed through the flesh and skewered his soul. Billy raised Sean's soul into the air, where a chill wind blew it into the tapestry behind the alter. The soul soaked into the fabric, and Sean's face appeared in the tapestry.
"Welcome to the cult," said Billy.
"Thanks," said Sean, seemingly oblivious to what just happened. "I feel stupid, hollow, and horny."
"You get used to it. In case you were wondering, you feel stupid because you have no brain, but your body still functions normally, and you still remember basic information. You are perpectually horny. Sex is constantly on your mind. You feel hollow without your soul, but it is normal for a new recruit like you."
"Recruit?"
"The more members you get to join us, you get more prizes. First, you get a soul placebo, then a brain placebo, then each member after that is a penis growth."
Sean and Billy walk out of the chamber.
Fri May 13 18:00:05 2005