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  The Church

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  The church is the not the center of Isaac’s religion, but it is where they conduct birthday ceremonies and Sunday preachings. The traditional style church—painted white with a steeple reaching for the blue Nebraska sky—stands across from the town hall on Gatlin’s main road. Inside corn husks are strewn about everywhere, including all over the wooden pews and down the isle leading to Isaac’s podium where a revised bible lay open. Next to the bible is a piece of paper where the children’s birthdays and deathdays are recorded in blood.

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  *Sammi* Adoration to the Omniscient! 

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  Isaac:

  There is no electricity in Gatin. The sky was grey this afternoon, so many old candles were burning as I stood there at my podium with a pen in hand, my head absent of my hat and my eyes scanning the bible before me. I was changing things, you see, in the scripture that was not at all right. I had to fix it, lest He starves our fields of green corn. If I don't take action to please my god, then we don't eat.

  You see, before I came and cleansed Gatlin of the adults, the corn was dead, all dead and had no hope of coming back to life. And do you know why that is? It's because He Who Walks Behind the Rows was not at all pleased. I had please Him now, though, and we ate like kings. All that was required was a teensy bit of sacrifice. Was that too hard to ask?

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    [Lizzie] "Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage." -Ray Bradbury 

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    Malachi:

    Pulling Vexen behind me harshly, I storm into the church and drag her up the isle to stand before Isaac. "Look! I found another where she should not have been," I say in an almost tired tone, but not quite. I'll be more than happy if Isaac lets me finally punish one (just this once, just this once at least!). "You refuse to punish them the way misbehaving children need to be punished, and they keep running off and getting into things."

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    Beautiful Melancholy 

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    Vexen:
    I stand there, my face starting to bruise, I don't care that I'm hurting. I stare ahead blankly

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    *Sammi* Adoration to the Omniscient! 

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    Isaac:

    I don't look up immediately when I hear the angry voice of Malachi. I was busy re-writing a line, you see, but once I finished, I set my pen down with a sigh and drew my gaze up in a straight line to see that he had his hand around the wrist of Vexen, whose gaze wasn't really fixed on anything. "You've been snooping around then, Vexen?" I ask, my tone almost like Malachi's in the fact that it was tired and nearly monotone. Still, a patronizing hue painted my voice in a lovely shade. I stayed where I stood at my podium, looking down at them both while the shadows from the candles danced on the walls.

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    Vexen:
    I look to Isaac, ''I was gathering pills and bandages from the houses'', I look at my feet blushing, Isaac was actually pretty cute

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    [Lizzie] "Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage." -Ray Bradbury 

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    Malachi:

    I don't release her, my grip vise-like and fingernails digging into her soft skin. "Still, she should've told someone before running off," I press. "She, at twelve, a silly healer. Thinks she's something important with the job, think she's high and mighty enough to go running off without permission."

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    Vexen:
    "I searched for the both of you but couldn't find you... Only the God is high and mighty, I would never try to place myself above him, all I ever wanted was to serve him and help others, not cause harm or create problems", my skin starts to mark but not once do I go for a weapon, I have not fought or used any weaponry in a violent way since the war against grown ups, even then it was for show.

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    *Sammi* Adoration to the Omniscient! 

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    Isaac:

    Vexen's face was turning scarlet, and so was Malachi's, but I remained utterly calm as I always do, unless provoked into a rage by unbelieving disciples. "I see," I say, pushing my reading glasses up on my nose (even though I had no use for them and preferred to use them because they made me appear older than I truly was) before scratching out a line in the Holy Bible, ready to replace it with my own words. "Vexen, you know you aren't suppose to be in the houses. You disobeyed me and my rules, haven't you?" Even though she was looking for healers tools, this sort of thing was just not allowed. Should I make an example of her? The younger children are becoming bold, and the older ones as well...

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    Beautiful Melancholy 

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    Vexen:
    "I am truely sorry and will not again without consulting one of you two first. I will glady accept any punishment and will not go against nor attempt to prevent justice from taking place. I will not allow myself to be an exception, not now, not ever. I only went to stock up in case, many of the older ones are reaching that age and may resist and turn on us, I have heard them talk such like. I am truely truely sorry", I bow my head with respect

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    Isaac:

    I listen to her, and am pleased to hear that she has not a problem taking full responsibility for her actions. If only they were all like that. "Very well," I said, shutting my bible and grabbing my Amish hat before stepping out behind the podium and descending the stairs to stand before Malachi and Vexen, the pew only a foot or two behind where they stood. "Malachi, I will leave it up to you. I have other matters to attend to. You see, the Lord came to me in a dream last night. And he is displeased with our last sacrifice, Joseph who turned nineteen last month and walked into the corn. I have to think about what to do about it now. If I were you, I'd worry." And with that, I walked out of the church to leave them.

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    Vexen:
    I turn to Malachi and look down, not even trying to charm my way out, "Can you make it quick please? "

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