Adonis

Chapter 11 - Explanations

"YOU ARE USELESS"

The room was purposely poorly lit, everyone in that room, except for me, was sitting on ridiculously high chairs, to demonstrate superiority. Meanwhile, the only source of light, placed right in the middle of that "auditorium" was where I was. I hate this place, I hate allf of them:

"Strenght, come on, go easy on the boy. He doesn't know how to deal with women yet" - The Lovers said, in a mocking tone

I hate all of this so much

"You always defend him!! That's why he doesn't even do what's necessary!" - The Hierophant, as always, pointing fingers

"Why don't we just kill her once and for all??"

"Shut up, Fool" - Maybe The Hermit is the most sensible among them

"Speak, Thanatos" - The Fortune, it was rare to see it speak. Everyone fell silent

"...it was as if she was already waiting for what I was going to say. She just smiled and said, 'Is that all?'" – I took a deep breath – "and she demanded an audience with all of you."

At that moment, I could hear, feel, something extremely huge and heavy moving. It was a kind of vibration, like an earthquake, coming from the back of that auditorium. Everyone there knew who it was.

"Repeat it."

It was The World. The leader of the Leaders. He stood up from its chair and walked towards me. In the little bit that it crossed the light, I could see it. If I hadn't seen many horrible things in my life, I might have fainted. It was about 10 meters tall, having to bend over to fit in that room. It was a humanoid shape, with white tendons and muscles on display, its mouth completely open, I could see its entire trachea, and what looked like a "gem" in the middle of what I could perhaps call a face. It had "antennas" on the sides of its head. Terrifying. Before I could organize my thoughts, I felt another quake:

"Calm down, World"

It was The Hermit, smaller, 2 meters tall, slender, its bones showing through its thin skin, its ribs elongated and pointed, piercing its flesh. Its face had only a mouth, where there would be a nose and eyes, a pair of horns appeared and connected with eachother. However, there were several eyes spread all over its body. At least it had long, silky white hair:

"I say and repeat!! Let's just kill that woman!" - Excited by the movement of its colleagues, The Fool decided to stand up too

Definitely something beyond human comprehension, if the other two weren't already. It was simply a large pile of hands connecting and intertwining, forming a minimally recognizable silhouette, but not at all humanoid. Hidden between its hands, only a large floating eye. It really lived up to its name:

"I have a better idea, how about we kill you, Fool?" - The Hierophant also joined them

It was also huge, almost as tall as that room. 3 pairs of wings, 4 pairs of hands, 3 heads, and a halo. I had no idea where to look, what to look for, and what to interpret from its actions:

"WE KILL THANATOS, PLUMM, AND THE FOOL, HOW ABOUT IT?" - The Strength stood up, another earthquake

It was 2 meters tall, completely bound in red on its chest and arms, wearing a long skirt of the same color, belt, pendants, and a necklace. It had a long hood that covered its face and flowed down its shoulders and back like a cape, in addition to holding a dagger in one hand and a sword in the other:

"Well, well, I love your euphoria, but let's think about it better!" - At times like these, I was grateful for the intervention of The Lovers

Even though I refer to them in plural, perhaps they were a single entity. It was also 2 meters tall, but it was as if they were two people stuck together and wrapped in several red ribbons. Their faces, unrecognizable, were covered by a large eye: