2018 Journal Entry - As Julia's First Bound, I was able to see and141Please respect copyright.PENANAiNTnQ00MNp
hear all that Julia experienced during her three-day false imprisonment. The141Please respect copyright.PENANATAPPE3c5kv
following is what initially occurred after she was abducted.
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The abductor, another deity’s First Bound, started off with: "The first141Please respect copyright.PENANA1Snh1oZQoE
rule of 'Divinities Club' is that you don't persistently poach in a profound141Please respect copyright.PENANAUKgOT2NzEe
manner."
Julia said. "I'm not impressed by your alliteration, or by your141Please respect copyright.PENANAmaLVHZiY3f
alluding to a twenty-year old movie."
"You see Julia, I'm First Bound for another deity, so I don't take wolf141Please respect copyright.PENANAUxAXlLxmMS
form like your personal followers. The other deities see you as an irritation141Please respect copyright.PENANAInbCp6xn7d
now, but won't forever. You are losing possible allies."
"Deities?! You mean there's more than one behind this141Please respect copyright.PENANArYesaXMclC
kidnapping?!"
"None of the others wanted a direct confrontation. We neutralized you141Please respect copyright.PENANA303R5T5oFP
with dander in your coffee."
"Fine. Why I am in a straight-jacket, sitting in a141Please respect copyright.PENANAiKgQf5s0Ke
wheelchair?!"
"To teach you a lesson. Plus, there's dander being pumped into this141Please respect copyright.PENANAHjxBRle5Ds
room to prevent an escape."
"Lesson learned. Stop poaching followers from other deities so141Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5f0anHDCY
much."
"No, as I said earlier, 'There are always consequences.' There needs to141Please respect copyright.PENANAeSzbHJ8VhV
be a punishment."
Julia replied, "Wasn't being checked into a psychiatric ward141Please respect copyright.PENANAkN8QTdRPUN
punishment enough?"
"All the deities are taking several of your werewolf followers each,141Please respect copyright.PENANAtSx7a4E0PU
converting them to their own human-animal hybrids."
"Understood."
"You honestly don't understand. "I know your First Bound would141Please respect copyright.PENANAKG7M35s3NI
have tried telling you about our system."
"Let's say I haven't been paying close attention to everything he141Please respect copyright.PENANAIJHHvz45KT
says. Why don't you tell me?"
"Fine. When you poach followers from the others, you gain strength141Please respect copyright.PENANAzqNQqhtGJ3
while they lose some."
"Yes, a zero-sum game," Julia said. "Your effin deity141Please respect copyright.PENANAkyY1laTfNE
and the others are ganging up on the 'new girl.'"
"Did you ever wonder other ways deities might acquire power? You simply141Please respect copyright.PENANA056RCPdrsX
act like a cheat."
"That part I don't get. Everyone has to be poaching a bit. I've seen141Please respect copyright.PENANA7lkZjiHtfu
one deity's ginormous birds transform -"
"Into your werewolves, correct. I know how the overall system works.141Please respect copyright.PENANAywoHEKhmeZ
You need to learn it too."
"Let me go home then, okay? I'll ask my own First Bound all about141Please respect copyright.PENANA39VuVhovBi
it."
"No, Julia. You will be staying here in this psychiatric ward for three141Please respect copyright.PENANAMCLN7TG7KM
days of observation."
"Okay, how do I not be a cheater within this system?"
"You need to found your own religion among humans. They'll do141Please respect copyright.PENANA28HrgCvoPM
things."
This First Bound knelt, abasing himself.
"See, you just felt an increase in strength. Instead of poaching141Please respect copyright.PENANAhHWTl5sRaN
followers, turn ordinary people into believers. Believers are not like141Please respect copyright.PENANAjf0A2aFyLN
followers that can shape shift, but believers can do actions such as kneeling,141Please respect copyright.PENANA1uUz7QJjgM
which will increase your powers."
"I work 70-hour weeks. No time to convert bumpkins into141Please respect copyright.PENANA5DX24eD5nQ
believers."
"Julia, as punishment you have to stay here for the weekend and141Please respect copyright.PENANAI91Uyzxspv
consider what you've done."
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"Maybe I'll start off with a cult, instead of a full-blown organized141Please respect copyright.PENANA0cVY7xgH4d
religion. Time to mull over a bizarro belief system. I'm shaking, but not141Please respect copyright.PENANATuqqvzYDp0
deterred. Thanks, Bound. First Bound."