It was odd, really, that this was the place she found peace. Odd that she didn't burst into flame as she stepped onto holy ground. Odd that thunder didn't crash from the heavens and lightning didn't strike her where she stood.
Karma Black had dressed in a sky blue summer dress for today, forgoing the familiarity of black. White ballet flats adorned her feet, and with her hair pulled back with a hair band, she looked younger than she did usually. She had sat through the pastor's sermon, listening with the studious intensity that she gave History of Magic or old fantasy books. It was interesting, at least, but she could see why they would want the convience- believing in a higher power made the bad things you did seem just that much more terrible, and in turn made doing nothing but keeping that darkness inside seem heavenly. You would always be forgiven.
But if you were always forgiven, why would you bother to be good in the first place?
She stayed sitting as the rest stood around her, her place in the back of the church becoming more obvious as the chapel emptied, the two hour Sunday service ending with a chorus of supposedly angelic voices. She watched them move before standing, moving toward the alter. Considering the speed in which the church had been rebuilt, she figured either the pity of the big guy's followers was fast pooling, or they'd had some sort of fundraiser. That or she hadn't used enough C4.
Her eyes swept the clear windows, remembering the mosaics that used to be there. Standing slowly, she trailed a hand over the back of the pew in front of her, she walked to the alter. She couldn't say it hadn't been rebuilt beautifully, and she supposed that it wasn't that bad a new skin, shinier, though still traditional. She liked it.
Stopping before the alter, she gave the thinly cushioned wood that she was supposed to kneel on a contemplating look before doing so. She tested the position before clasping her hands together, looking up at the domed ceiling and wondering if she was just imagining the fresh cement smell.
Now what?
Karma Black had dressed in a sky blue summer dress for today, forgoing the familiarity of black. White ballet flats adorned her feet, and with her hair pulled back with a hair band, she looked younger than she did usually. She had sat through the pastor's sermon, listening with the studious intensity that she gave History of Magic or old fantasy books. It was interesting, at least, but she could see why they would want the convience- believing in a higher power made the bad things you did seem just that much more terrible, and in turn made doing nothing but keeping that darkness inside seem heavenly. You would always be forgiven.
But if you were always forgiven, why would you bother to be good in the first place?
She stayed sitting as the rest stood around her, her place in the back of the church becoming more obvious as the chapel emptied, the two hour Sunday service ending with a chorus of supposedly angelic voices. She watched them move before standing, moving toward the alter. Considering the speed in which the church had been rebuilt, she figured either the pity of the big guy's followers was fast pooling, or they'd had some sort of fundraiser. That or she hadn't used enough C4.
Her eyes swept the clear windows, remembering the mosaics that used to be there. Standing slowly, she trailed a hand over the back of the pew in front of her, she walked to the alter. She couldn't say it hadn't been rebuilt beautifully, and she supposed that it wasn't that bad a new skin, shinier, though still traditional. She liked it.
Stopping before the alter, she gave the thinly cushioned wood that she was supposed to kneel on a contemplating look before doing so. She tested the position before clasping her hands together, looking up at the domed ceiling and wondering if she was just imagining the fresh cement smell.
Now what?
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