Summary: Moyolehuani, now an adult in her late 20s, is attending a religious festival in the city. As she recently obtained a high position in the Imperial House of Justice, she gets to take part in some of the ceremonies!
She dances in a circle with other nobles and priests, it's pretty cool. The two co-monarchs of the empire are attending in person! At one point she bows before them and recites a fancy speech with a bunch of other people. She also eats popcorn, sips chocolate, and doesn't actually get to enjoy herself much because it's a formal occasion, but the pride of being there is quite a rush.
At any rate, at noon, a man is brought out dressed in the regalia of a God, and Moyolehuani's spiritual senses go wild. Spirits start to appear in the midst of the festival, watching the proceedings, as the man is brought to the top of a pyramid, and then killed by having his heart torn out.
Later there is a feast in the Imperial palace, attended by the two monarchs, some other nobles and priests, those spirits from before, and Moyolehuani. And what's on the menu? The guy that was sacrificed.
She considers it a sacred event. This man offered his life and his flesh to the gods and the spirits and the empire, and she has been given the privilege of making his essence a part of her.
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Date: 2014-07-23 09:27 am (UTC)Summary: Moyolehuani, now an adult in her late 20s, is attending a religious festival in the city. As she recently obtained a high position in the Imperial House of Justice, she gets to take part in some of the ceremonies!
She dances in a circle with other nobles and priests, it's pretty cool. The two co-monarchs of the empire are attending in person! At one point she bows before them and recites a fancy speech with a bunch of other people. She also eats popcorn, sips chocolate, and doesn't actually get to enjoy herself much because it's a formal occasion, but the pride of being there is quite a rush.
At any rate, at noon, a man is brought out dressed in the regalia of a God, and Moyolehuani's spiritual senses go wild. Spirits start to appear in the midst of the festival, watching the proceedings, as the man is brought to the top of a pyramid, and then killed by having his heart torn out.
Later there is a feast in the Imperial palace, attended by the two monarchs, some other nobles and priests, those spirits from before, and Moyolehuani. And what's on the menu? The guy that was sacrificed.
She considers it a sacred event. This man offered his life and his flesh to the gods and the spirits and the empire, and she has been given the privilege of making his essence a part of her.