2018 Journal Entry - As Julia's First Bound, I was able to see and130Please respect copyright.PENANAyxqGqlgNL7
hear all that Julia experienced during her three-day false imprisonment. The130Please respect copyright.PENANAVdbViNLMYq
following is what initially occurred after she was abducted.
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The abductor, another deity’s First Bound, started off with: "The first130Please respect copyright.PENANA3q0ffAgMCb
rule of 'Divinities Club' is that you don't persistently poach in a profound130Please respect copyright.PENANAY5NLUuFV81
manner."
Julia said. "I'm not impressed by your alliteration, or by your130Please respect copyright.PENANALVc8GeM6g1
alluding to a twenty-year old movie."
"You see Julia, I'm First Bound for another deity, so I don't take wolf130Please respect copyright.PENANAs3pyDqrhUa
form like your personal followers. The other deities see you as an irritation130Please respect copyright.PENANA0uZkkLIp5T
now, but won't forever. You are losing possible allies."
"Deities?! You mean there's more than one behind this130Please respect copyright.PENANAot0Dwkerz3
kidnapping?!"
"None of the others wanted a direct confrontation. We neutralized you130Please respect copyright.PENANAaA5ZerlCJL
with dander in your coffee."
"Fine. Why I am in a straight-jacket, sitting in a130Please respect copyright.PENANAvkc0ja0wfz
wheelchair?!"
"To teach you a lesson. Plus, there's dander being pumped into this130Please respect copyright.PENANAJPBCKkXq52
room to prevent an escape."
"Lesson learned. Stop poaching followers from other deities so130Please respect copyright.PENANALns4seeilh
much."
"No, as I said earlier, 'There are always consequences.' There needs to130Please respect copyright.PENANA6o4nUskeA7
be a punishment."
Julia replied, "Wasn't being checked into a psychiatric ward130Please respect copyright.PENANAdJ4vdskqlK
punishment enough?"
"All the deities are taking several of your werewolf followers each,130Please respect copyright.PENANAyn34NgWezA
converting them to their own human-animal hybrids."
"Understood."
"You honestly don't understand. "I know your First Bound would130Please respect copyright.PENANA8X7h34wgHv
have tried telling you about our system."
"Let's say I haven't been paying close attention to everything he130Please respect copyright.PENANAMp03SjuY7g
says. Why don't you tell me?"
"Fine. When you poach followers from the others, you gain strength130Please respect copyright.PENANAfLA9lasVvq
while they lose some."
"Yes, a zero-sum game," Julia said. "Your effin deity130Please respect copyright.PENANAk1txo69kBo
and the others are ganging up on the 'new girl.'"
"Did you ever wonder other ways deities might acquire power? You simply130Please respect copyright.PENANA6avfexflov
act like a cheat."
"That part I don't get. Everyone has to be poaching a bit. I've seen130Please respect copyright.PENANAq6okTM1yBo
one deity's ginormous birds transform -"
"Into your werewolves, correct. I know how the overall system works.130Please respect copyright.PENANAA4d5kwFVyj
You need to learn it too."
"Let me go home then, okay? I'll ask my own First Bound all about130Please respect copyright.PENANAYK4XSPuxvF
it."
"No, Julia. You will be staying here in this psychiatric ward for three130Please respect copyright.PENANA0KOuUJ7M4y
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 do130Please respect copyright.PENANAieYkxjgA2S
things."
This First Bound knelt, abasing himself.
"See, you just felt an increase in strength. Instead of poaching130Please respect copyright.PENANAL2o80MQVtg
followers, turn ordinary people into believers. Believers are not like130Please respect copyright.PENANAfFUIkLshqx
followers that can shape shift, but believers can do actions such as kneeling,130Please respect copyright.PENANAfLCeRGxzAe
which will increase your powers."
"I work 70-hour weeks. No time to convert bumpkins into130Please respect copyright.PENANA1NuV31QJx0
believers."
"Julia, as punishment you have to stay here for the weekend and130Please respect copyright.PENANANnnRioOie6
consider what you've done."
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"Maybe I'll start off with a cult, instead of a full-blown organized130Please respect copyright.PENANARgbb6ZJaV9
religion. Time to mull over a bizarro belief system. I'm shaking, but not130Please respect copyright.PENANAhnIMzqrMeA
deterred. Thanks, Bound. First Bound."