You are shocked to see your long-time crush, Melanie, walking toward the podium. As you struggle to understand what’s going on, the chanting suddenly stops and all of the demon-possessed people are pointing directly at you. Melanie looks over at you, expressionless. You stand up and slowly move in front of the alter in clear view of everyone. You stutter and stammer your way to asking a question aloud.
“Wh-what’s going on? Why are you dressed like that Melanie? Please tell me what’s going on,” you’re finally able to get out.
“Ah, Jamie. Welcome to my little end-of-the-world party,” Melanie says with a chill in her voice. She looks down at the soulless body of the model on the ground next to the pedestal. “I see you’ve found one of the uses of the Daemon Ritus.”
“One of the uses of the what?” You look around helplessly, trying to determine an exit strategy.
“The Daemon Ritus. An ancient artifact with many abilities and uses, one of which allows souls in the wrong bodies to return to the correct body,” Melanie states as she picks the golden pyramid up and places it in the indent on her chest.
You watch in horror as the Daemon Ritus opens up into a four-pointed star shape with a swirling vortex in the middle. At the same time the souls in the vat began swirling upward into a vortex.
“The moment is at hand! Through the Daemon Ritus, I shall absorb the energy source!” Melanie declares loudly to the crowd of demons. The vortex of souls begins rushing into her body through the open artifact on her chest. You see her face contorting, switching between multiple feelings of pain, pleasure, discomfort, and excitement. You notice her hands clenched into fists as she struggles to continue the process of absorbing countless souls.
“And now, to complete the transformation, I shall absorb the pure one! Then, ultimate power shall be MINE!” She yells over the chanting and the loud cries of the souls being absorbed. You notice two people walking toward you, while the claw positions itself to once again remove your soul. Before they can grab you, you duck past the one on your left and run straight toward Melanie. Before you even know what you’re doing, you tackle her straight to the ground. As she makes contact with the ground, the Daemon Ritus snaps shut.
You roll a little ways away from the force with which you made contact with Melanie. You turn over and glance at her, and you notice the Daemon Ritus glowing a bright green color. You run over to her and land on your knees next to her as you try to remove the Daemon Ritus, but it burns your hand at the slightest touch. You notice Melanie’s eyes are wide open but it doesn’t seem as though she’s looking at anything. You notice her muttering something under her breath. You don’t know what to do as you watch on helplessly. Her muttering gets louder as you notice the Daemon Ritus glows brighter and brighter and begins sinking into her chest.
“absorb…energy source…pure one…absorb…complete…transformation…” she continues muttering as the Daemon Ritus sinks into her chest. “I SHALL ABSORB!” She yells as it disappears under the blue robe. She suddenly blinks several times as if she just regained consciousness. This shocks you back to reality and you try and get her attention.
“Melanie? MELANIE! Are you ok?” you ask her, looking for some sort of reaction. She sits up and looks at you momentarily before knocking you away with a strength you didn’t know she possessed. Little did you know this was merely a sign of what was to come…
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