PreviousYou probe Eve's mind and implant words, being careful to not overextend her limits.
"MORTAL, IT IS TIME. AS I HAVE WATCHED THEE, NOW I SHALL WATCH THEM. SPEAK CHILD, TELL THEM MY WONDERS"
"Who are you?" gasps Eve, clutching her head.
"ONCE I WAS FLUFFY, NOW I AM ARLORE - LORD, THY GOD. WORSHIP ME, AND BE THOU PERFECT"
The people begin to crowd around Eve, cautiously and with fear. She stands in a single motion, purpose in her eyes, and in her you can see the fire that will burn for ages, that will reverberate through eternity.
"My people, I urge you to heed my words. What wonders you have seen here today were not by my hand, but by the hand of our Lord, Arlore. He it is that delivered us from the other village, He it is that protects us now, He it is that shall make us prosper." She pauses, catching her breath. Whispers grow from mouths and flower in the wind. Eve raises her hands for silence, silence is given.
"Our Lord is a kind Lord. Our Lord is just Lord. To his believers He gives everything, to enemies he gives nothing. He has chosen me, to lead you. He shall lead me to a safe haven where we will grow as a people and as a society. You - all of you - saw the visions in the flame. They were not idle shapes, you saw a vision of what may come to pass, if you but listen here, and worship Arlore as god and follow me." Again she pauses, this time for effect. Again the whispers arise, again she raises her arms, again the whispers are cut off.
"You are the chosen people, and I say that our Lord, Arlore, has not chosen in vain. Let us make sacrifice in his name, let us pray to him. Arlore our protector! Arlore our savior!" She then sits down cross-legged and bows her head in prayer. The people look amongst themselves in confusion and wonder. Some of them immediately plop down and copy Eve
(Belief Up!). Others remain standing. One person, holding a child on one arm, comes to the center, near Eve and yells to the crowd.
"A god? A saviour? And where was this god of yours when my husband and my brother were killed by those villagers? Where was this savior then?!"
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