There was once a castle owned by a young woman. She used to travel to different regions of the world to try the most gourmet foods she could find, but she soon turned to eating the most disgusting foods ever.
This woman was known as Rita. She sat down at a large table, her glasses were gleaming from the candles that were lit. On her right was a young man who was setting down a dish in front of her. To her left was a young woman pouring a drink for Rita.
"Gracias Francisco, Luisa" she said simply as they both bowed their heads and walked away. She picked up the fork and started devouring the gruesome meal in front of her.
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Miraculously, Rita was still hungry. So she ordered Luisa to tell the chef that she wanted more food. Luisa immediately nodded and sprinted off. She didn't want to see what would happen if she delayed.
A few minutes later, Luisa placed a new dish in front of Rita. Luisa knew that the chef put poison in the dish, hoping that they'll poison the woman that was holding them hostage.
As Rita took her fork and once again started eating, Luisa noticed Rita wasn't showing any signs of being poisoned, just devouring the food like she always did. When she was finished she put down the fork and smiled at Luisa.
"You must give my complements to the chef. This dish tasted better then the last one! Tell me, what was the secret spice that he used?"
Luisa didn't know what to say, but she noticed the hungry look on Rita once again. "I take it that you're still hungry, Miss Rita?" she asked
"Si, I am. Tell the chef to make me another dish" Rita ordered
Luisa nodded and ran off to tell the chef.
8 minutes later, Luisa returned with the food once again, surprised to see Rita eating the plate itself.
Francisco had a disturbed look on his face as he was standing next to Rita. "Um... Miss Rita? Why are you eating the dish?" he asked.
Rita sat the plate down. "Well, Luisa was taking to long and I was hungry" she said simply. "Though I guess my food is here now, so i'll stop." Rita took the plate out of Luisa's hands and walked away. "I'll be eating this in my room" she called, before closing the door.
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The next morning Luisa and Francisco had a menu beside their beds. Francisco gave a disgusted look at what Rita wanted for breakfast. She had written the menu herself, so that Francisco could wake the chef up and tell him to make it. In her neat writing it said:
Today's Breakfast
Vegetable Juice with 16 types of weeds
Corn Flakes with Iron
Vegetable soup with poison mushrooms
Chef's Special Salad
Servant's special brioche
An array of Nicaraguan fruits
Cafe con leche (coffee replaced with chicken's blood)
Honestly, Francisco was going to be sick, and he would have to watch her eat it! He shuddered and just decided to give the list to the chef. He also made Luisa take the lunch shift.
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Luisa was really grossed out. Their was a reason she had boundaries! Francisco made her take the lunch shift in bringing Rita her food. Well, he did take the breakfast shift, but this was too gross! She wished she could leave, but she knew Rita wouldn't let that happen.
She sighed as she read the lunch menu that Rita has ordered.
Today's Lunch
Fried and raw onion salad, with extra onions
Carpaccio with octopus, queen style
Eggplant grill, without the eggplant. Replace with raw pig
Random bread made by the maid
Chef's special: French fried ice cream
Luisa shuddered. Time for another day of serving Rita...
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The chef stood in front of Rita, who was in the middle of drinking her wine.
"My lady..." he began, in a soft voice, "I wish to be discharged for today. My family is starting to get worried about where i've been."
Rita's facial expression didn't change, simply staring at the chef. "Hm... alright then. Just follow me into the kitchen and I will formally discharge you."
The chef smiled a bit and went along with Rita, completely unaware of Francisco and Luisa's horrified faces. They knew what happened to all the chef's that wanted to be discharged...
The twins heard the screams and then silence. They then saw Rita exit the kitchen, dabbing her mouth with a napkin. "Uf... that was probably the best chef salad i've ever tasted." She smiled to herself, ignoring Francisco and Luisa terrified faces. "Well, we don't have a chef now, so I guess you two will be serving my meals."
For the next week, Francisco and Luisa served the meals to Rita, worried for their lives. On the last day of the week, Francisco was about to take the plate away from Rita when she suddenly pulled him by his tie towards her until his face was right by her face.
"Hey Francisco..." she whispered into his ear. She then smirked and said "What do you taste like...?"
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The food just kept getting even more gruesome, as Rita's taste started to get worse. Eventually Rita was the only one in that large castle of hers. No one to cook food or serve it, and certainly no one to eat. Even the rats where all gone, because Rita has found them all.
Rita's stomach grumbled. How was she going to get food?
Then, she looked at her right hand, and smiled a bit. Maybe their is one last thing she could eat...
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7 Deadly Sins
Teen FictionThis series of short stories focuses on the "Cardinal Sins", the vices used since ancient Christian times in order to instruct on the morality of humanity. While more minor sins, "venial sins", could be easily forgiven through sacraments, the cardin...
