Post by Khaos King on May 29, 2011 18:32:18 GMT -5
I am escorted by four guards as i walk through the palace along with my personal entourage of women. Even with the personal attention given to me i have not forgotten of those who had come with me as i walk to the dining hall i see the village people allowed to feast as well as given royal clothing to wear.
Although i should be happy that they are save i feel uneasy seeing them treated in such a hospitable manner, already they have forgotten their dead as they drink and feast.
I am guided to the Emperor and Empress as they wait for me in their balcony over looking a large coliseum as the crowd gathers below and take their seats for the coming event. I look down as i stand beside them and hear the crowd cheer, their voices shake the ground like thunder.
I see men, women and children of various social classes differentiating them by their garments, the rich upper class wearing precious metals, colored feathers and cotton clothing, others wearing animal skin from wolf, jaguar, deer skin, the lower classes a single robe or loincloth if that.
I watch men brought out from each end of the coliseum at 1st believing that this is a fighting pit where men come to fight and die but i soon see a ball made of rubber covered in tight leather brought out by a small child. One of the priest comes out to the court as he prepares to start the ball game.
The crowd begins to stomp their feet on the ground causing the ground to rumble the sound broken up by a loud trumpeting Conch horn. The Priest throws the ball in the air as players run for the ball intercepting each other to strike the ball with their forearm, hips, and thigh toward a large stone ring on the side of the court. Players from opposing team block the ball using their hips, thighs passing it to members of their team.
The crowd becomes entranced at the game for whatever reason, The Emperor and Empress look at me for a sign of approval i feint interest and smile for i find the game dull. An hour goes by as the game continues, i turn to the High Priest and ask him a question.
Priest, you said you have spoken to the gods, tell me, when can i meet them?
High Priest: they come when they come. I am sure they will soon come for you. I do not speak to the gods they come to me in visions and dreams only, I am merely a messenger.
I grow suspicious if this "High Priest" and what he considers visions but, how else could he have known about me and where to find me. the crowd cheers as the ball goes inside the stone ring scoring a point. I turn to look and see the game has come to an end as a priest comes out to proclaim the winner the two teams exit separately from the court yard.
Drums, flutes and horns are played for the crowd as others come out and pass flat bread and fruits all courtesy of the Emperor and his family. The Emperor waves at the crowd and speaks to them.
Emperor: My people, tomorrow we will end the celebration when the gods walk among us!
For now let us celebrate and dance for our honored guest!
he waves me over as the crowd cheers at my presence asking me to speak to them.
I have come to the city of the gods to seek the gods....
their cheer interrupts me in mid sentence.
Emperor: He was born a god in mortal flesh!
The legends of our parents of his birth is true!
This is a God King here to save our people!
I turn to look at the Emperor unsure what to say to him..
How em i to save your people?
Emperor: you shall make us great, it is why you are here.
His words bother me as i am guided inside the palace the festivities from outside can still be heard, I am taken to the dining hall to feast drink and celebrate and i am told i can go outside and walk the city that nothing is prohibited from me.
The Emperor smiles as he brings me his female servants to be my entourage.
Emperor: i would suggest that you try all that we have to offer.
The villagers seem to have over eaten and passed out at their table, hopefully tomorrow they will be returned to their village, I must remember to ask this.
I stroll down the city street's as people dance and drink offering me various foods and trinkets, many wish to touch me as i walk through. I start to become suspicious and uncomfortable, i wanted to come here looking for answers yet i find none. I walk to city monuments and stare at the glyphs reading what i can. One of the women in my entourage takes me by the arm hoping to lead me away before i can finish reading their history.
I am led to a small temple where warriors and priest gather inside tables and women servants bring jars full of drink. I am offered a brown drink made from the cocoa nut, the women in my entourage ask me to try it. It is refreshing as i drink it down and immediately offered another this one having a white milky color, i drink it the taste being sweet as well and feel my senses being dulled.
The warriors and priest shout and celebrate as they see me drink their drinks and begin talking among each other. I celebrate with them through the night before being taken to my room chamber in the palace by my entourage as i grow tired of drinking and become sleepy.
I wake the next morning with women all around me, my armor and clothing removed as i look around for my clothes, i hear people still cheering and celebrating outside. I dress myself and head outside my balcony and see large fires lit atop large altars.
The women begin to wake from the noise that i make rummaging through the room chamber. They ask that i bath and shower before going outside as they unrobe me and begin to draw me a bath.
I hurriedly bathe as the women try to join me and brought new clothes to wear. As i don them i hear the cheers of the crowd in response to the High Priest speech that i cannot clearly hear. Something deep inside me grows uncomfortable and feel something very wrong at the core of my being.
As i walk out the chamber i am stopped by the palace guards and taken to the Emperor and Empress who sit among a high Altar over watching the proceedings. I am sat down besides them as i see men brought out from below a temple, the men walk up the vertical stairs up to the Altar as the High Priest speaks. The ground shakes from an earthquake a small one that goes ignored by the people.
The Emperor looks at me to speak.
Emperor: today you will see your fellow gods.
He smiles at me finishing his sentence as i turn to watch what i know deep in the pit of my stomach is about to happen. I look at the Empress as she stares at me before turning away and smiling.
The men look emotionless as if walking in a daze willingly going to the Alter to meet their fate. I see the High Priest lift an obsidian dagger as the man's arms are spread open and the dagger slices below the ribcage and the High Priest reaches in to pull the heart to show it to the people.
I look away in disgust and see below me that it is not just their people they are sacrificing as i see the village children, women and men who were brought with me being brought out. I look into their eyes and see that they too are in some induced altered state. i become angry and confront the Emperor and his Empress.
Enough, you will not kill these people! Kill those that willingly go to their deaths but you will not harm them!
The guards immediately cease me at my 1st sign of indignation.
Release me!
Emperor: We will when it is time, you will be our special sacrifice.
For now you will watch.
No!
I struggle to break free from my captures grip by I am overcome with multiple guards. I watch men after men being sacrificed and their hearts placed in the fire altar while their bodies are thrown down the altar steps. If i were truly a god i would not allow such a thing to happen, i beg and plead to the gods to answer my prayers to not let this happen to give me the power to stop this.
But, They go unanswered. i dont know how or why but i can sense a great evil permeating the City as they continue with their sacrifice.
Not the children!....
I feel empty and defeated as i see the small children being brought up, a monstrous act for man or god.. i scream as i watch the small child as his heart is ripped out and cheered by the crowd. The children forced to watch their mothers killed only to be killed themselves. I should take solace in the thought that they are together in the afterlife but i do not..
I remember, i remember who i am!
i saw why i was made a man. I saw it all in the eyes of the child as he was sacrificed. My tears of sadness dry up as my eyes begin to glow the ground rumbles and shakes, i begin to radiate heat that cooks the guards who hold me down, they scream in agony as they ignite in flames.
The Emperor and Empress see me and fall to their knees asking for mercy, the crowd's screams are a mixture of fear and cheer, I look at them in disgust all monsters they deserve no mercy. I reach down to the Emperor and Empress and hold their heads in each hand as i slowly cook them.
Oh, how you shall pay, neither of you will ever see the Heavenly Court, monsters!
They slowly mutter as they begin to bleed and begin to scream as i cook them alive, shaft of light pours out from their eyes and mouth leaving behind their skeletons.
The High Priest looks at me and begins to pray to his god as i walk toward him walking over the air pointing at him as i incinerate him with a small gesture.
The people below me cheer as well as panic, In my anger i bring down the power of the storm, tornadoes ripping through the crowds flinging them across the city like leaves on the wind.
I look at the remaining children and come to my senses as i calm the storms... With my powers returned and able to see with the eyes of the gods, i see my fellow gods watching me. They remain unmoving as i pass my judgment simply observing. They do not speak even when i move toward them, instead they turned to look at the edge of the city toward the forest.
i see a vast darkness fast approaching from the forest as i remain unmoving, the darkness begins to take shape as it consolidates in front of me and my fellow gods.
Tezcatlipoca: Hello, brother.
He smiles at me for his part in my misery.
Gods: the judgment has been passed, they will die.
I remain silent as i look at the handiwork that is my brother's kingdom and what my wrath has wrought.
Gods: you were made human and even as a human you were appalled by their actions were you not?
Yes, Tezcatlipoca tricked the mortals into killing one another and bringing ruin, he should be the one to be judged .
Gods: He is an immortal, His judgment may one day come but it will not be today nor by you but by the Lord of Heaven, Ometeotl .
I do not accept my fellow immortal's judgment as i lunge at Tezcotlipoca, he grows in size to counter me taking a Jaguar humanoid form as he claws at me and growls. I respond in kind growing in size and take the attributes of the serpent, scaled skin, fangs and wings of an eagle with talon claws.
we fall into the ocean in our totem forms our powers clashing creating devastating storms across the land. I choke my brother with with my hands trying to drown him a futile actions as he cannot drown and has no need of breath. I been a mortal too long i should have known this my mortal emotions overtake me, I curse him as we fight.
you and your followers disgust me!
neither you or them deserve to live!
better that they had been monkeys!
I shout with all my beings as the world around me begins to rumble, i curse them all, those who followed my brother and partook in his evil ways. The power of my storms sweeps across the land selectively killing those who could not find adequate shelter skipping those who are innocent. Those who hid in caves and stone temples that the storm could not reach suffer just the same as they keel over in pain as their muscles and bones rip and snap, they scream in agony their cries turn to shrills of monkeys to reflect their new form.
.................................................
Although i should be happy that they are save i feel uneasy seeing them treated in such a hospitable manner, already they have forgotten their dead as they drink and feast.
I am guided to the Emperor and Empress as they wait for me in their balcony over looking a large coliseum as the crowd gathers below and take their seats for the coming event. I look down as i stand beside them and hear the crowd cheer, their voices shake the ground like thunder.
I see men, women and children of various social classes differentiating them by their garments, the rich upper class wearing precious metals, colored feathers and cotton clothing, others wearing animal skin from wolf, jaguar, deer skin, the lower classes a single robe or loincloth if that.
I watch men brought out from each end of the coliseum at 1st believing that this is a fighting pit where men come to fight and die but i soon see a ball made of rubber covered in tight leather brought out by a small child. One of the priest comes out to the court as he prepares to start the ball game.
The crowd begins to stomp their feet on the ground causing the ground to rumble the sound broken up by a loud trumpeting Conch horn. The Priest throws the ball in the air as players run for the ball intercepting each other to strike the ball with their forearm, hips, and thigh toward a large stone ring on the side of the court. Players from opposing team block the ball using their hips, thighs passing it to members of their team.
The crowd becomes entranced at the game for whatever reason, The Emperor and Empress look at me for a sign of approval i feint interest and smile for i find the game dull. An hour goes by as the game continues, i turn to the High Priest and ask him a question.
Priest, you said you have spoken to the gods, tell me, when can i meet them?
High Priest: they come when they come. I am sure they will soon come for you. I do not speak to the gods they come to me in visions and dreams only, I am merely a messenger.
I grow suspicious if this "High Priest" and what he considers visions but, how else could he have known about me and where to find me. the crowd cheers as the ball goes inside the stone ring scoring a point. I turn to look and see the game has come to an end as a priest comes out to proclaim the winner the two teams exit separately from the court yard.
Drums, flutes and horns are played for the crowd as others come out and pass flat bread and fruits all courtesy of the Emperor and his family. The Emperor waves at the crowd and speaks to them.
Emperor: My people, tomorrow we will end the celebration when the gods walk among us!
For now let us celebrate and dance for our honored guest!
he waves me over as the crowd cheers at my presence asking me to speak to them.
I have come to the city of the gods to seek the gods....
their cheer interrupts me in mid sentence.
Emperor: He was born a god in mortal flesh!
The legends of our parents of his birth is true!
This is a God King here to save our people!
I turn to look at the Emperor unsure what to say to him..
How em i to save your people?
Emperor: you shall make us great, it is why you are here.
His words bother me as i am guided inside the palace the festivities from outside can still be heard, I am taken to the dining hall to feast drink and celebrate and i am told i can go outside and walk the city that nothing is prohibited from me.
The Emperor smiles as he brings me his female servants to be my entourage.
Emperor: i would suggest that you try all that we have to offer.
The villagers seem to have over eaten and passed out at their table, hopefully tomorrow they will be returned to their village, I must remember to ask this.
I stroll down the city street's as people dance and drink offering me various foods and trinkets, many wish to touch me as i walk through. I start to become suspicious and uncomfortable, i wanted to come here looking for answers yet i find none. I walk to city monuments and stare at the glyphs reading what i can. One of the women in my entourage takes me by the arm hoping to lead me away before i can finish reading their history.
I am led to a small temple where warriors and priest gather inside tables and women servants bring jars full of drink. I am offered a brown drink made from the cocoa nut, the women in my entourage ask me to try it. It is refreshing as i drink it down and immediately offered another this one having a white milky color, i drink it the taste being sweet as well and feel my senses being dulled.
The warriors and priest shout and celebrate as they see me drink their drinks and begin talking among each other. I celebrate with them through the night before being taken to my room chamber in the palace by my entourage as i grow tired of drinking and become sleepy.
I wake the next morning with women all around me, my armor and clothing removed as i look around for my clothes, i hear people still cheering and celebrating outside. I dress myself and head outside my balcony and see large fires lit atop large altars.
The women begin to wake from the noise that i make rummaging through the room chamber. They ask that i bath and shower before going outside as they unrobe me and begin to draw me a bath.
I hurriedly bathe as the women try to join me and brought new clothes to wear. As i don them i hear the cheers of the crowd in response to the High Priest speech that i cannot clearly hear. Something deep inside me grows uncomfortable and feel something very wrong at the core of my being.
As i walk out the chamber i am stopped by the palace guards and taken to the Emperor and Empress who sit among a high Altar over watching the proceedings. I am sat down besides them as i see men brought out from below a temple, the men walk up the vertical stairs up to the Altar as the High Priest speaks. The ground shakes from an earthquake a small one that goes ignored by the people.
The Emperor looks at me to speak.
Emperor: today you will see your fellow gods.
He smiles at me finishing his sentence as i turn to watch what i know deep in the pit of my stomach is about to happen. I look at the Empress as she stares at me before turning away and smiling.
The men look emotionless as if walking in a daze willingly going to the Alter to meet their fate. I see the High Priest lift an obsidian dagger as the man's arms are spread open and the dagger slices below the ribcage and the High Priest reaches in to pull the heart to show it to the people.
I look away in disgust and see below me that it is not just their people they are sacrificing as i see the village children, women and men who were brought with me being brought out. I look into their eyes and see that they too are in some induced altered state. i become angry and confront the Emperor and his Empress.
Enough, you will not kill these people! Kill those that willingly go to their deaths but you will not harm them!
The guards immediately cease me at my 1st sign of indignation.
Release me!
Emperor: We will when it is time, you will be our special sacrifice.
For now you will watch.
No!
I struggle to break free from my captures grip by I am overcome with multiple guards. I watch men after men being sacrificed and their hearts placed in the fire altar while their bodies are thrown down the altar steps. If i were truly a god i would not allow such a thing to happen, i beg and plead to the gods to answer my prayers to not let this happen to give me the power to stop this.
But, They go unanswered. i dont know how or why but i can sense a great evil permeating the City as they continue with their sacrifice.
Not the children!....
I feel empty and defeated as i see the small children being brought up, a monstrous act for man or god.. i scream as i watch the small child as his heart is ripped out and cheered by the crowd. The children forced to watch their mothers killed only to be killed themselves. I should take solace in the thought that they are together in the afterlife but i do not..
I remember, i remember who i am!
i saw why i was made a man. I saw it all in the eyes of the child as he was sacrificed. My tears of sadness dry up as my eyes begin to glow the ground rumbles and shakes, i begin to radiate heat that cooks the guards who hold me down, they scream in agony as they ignite in flames.
The Emperor and Empress see me and fall to their knees asking for mercy, the crowd's screams are a mixture of fear and cheer, I look at them in disgust all monsters they deserve no mercy. I reach down to the Emperor and Empress and hold their heads in each hand as i slowly cook them.
Oh, how you shall pay, neither of you will ever see the Heavenly Court, monsters!
They slowly mutter as they begin to bleed and begin to scream as i cook them alive, shaft of light pours out from their eyes and mouth leaving behind their skeletons.
The High Priest looks at me and begins to pray to his god as i walk toward him walking over the air pointing at him as i incinerate him with a small gesture.
The people below me cheer as well as panic, In my anger i bring down the power of the storm, tornadoes ripping through the crowds flinging them across the city like leaves on the wind.
I look at the remaining children and come to my senses as i calm the storms... With my powers returned and able to see with the eyes of the gods, i see my fellow gods watching me. They remain unmoving as i pass my judgment simply observing. They do not speak even when i move toward them, instead they turned to look at the edge of the city toward the forest.
i see a vast darkness fast approaching from the forest as i remain unmoving, the darkness begins to take shape as it consolidates in front of me and my fellow gods.
Tezcatlipoca: Hello, brother.
He smiles at me for his part in my misery.
Gods: the judgment has been passed, they will die.
I remain silent as i look at the handiwork that is my brother's kingdom and what my wrath has wrought.
Gods: you were made human and even as a human you were appalled by their actions were you not?
Yes, Tezcatlipoca tricked the mortals into killing one another and bringing ruin, he should be the one to be judged .
Gods: He is an immortal, His judgment may one day come but it will not be today nor by you but by the Lord of Heaven, Ometeotl .
I do not accept my fellow immortal's judgment as i lunge at Tezcotlipoca, he grows in size to counter me taking a Jaguar humanoid form as he claws at me and growls. I respond in kind growing in size and take the attributes of the serpent, scaled skin, fangs and wings of an eagle with talon claws.
we fall into the ocean in our totem forms our powers clashing creating devastating storms across the land. I choke my brother with with my hands trying to drown him a futile actions as he cannot drown and has no need of breath. I been a mortal too long i should have known this my mortal emotions overtake me, I curse him as we fight.
you and your followers disgust me!
neither you or them deserve to live!
better that they had been monkeys!
I shout with all my beings as the world around me begins to rumble, i curse them all, those who followed my brother and partook in his evil ways. The power of my storms sweeps across the land selectively killing those who could not find adequate shelter skipping those who are innocent. Those who hid in caves and stone temples that the storm could not reach suffer just the same as they keel over in pain as their muscles and bones rip and snap, they scream in agony their cries turn to shrills of monkeys to reflect their new form.
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