Imagine that before you were born you had another life that you can no longer remember. Welcome to 'premortal' - the book of life before living....
Initially, this premortal world is peaceful and uncomplicated. A clear blueprint has been devised f...
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LUCIFER
Chapter 5 - Friends
Lucifer had two great friends, Troy and Ham. For some time, he had been trying to persuade them to come to the library with him, but to date his persuasions had been in vain. Thus part of the purpose of his theft had been to bring the show to them. It had been over a week since he had exited the library with his prize, and he was becoming increasingly confident that there would not be any repercussions.
During that week he rarely left his abode as he gorged himself constantly on any gore or filth that he could find. Ultimately though, he concluded that the time had come to introduce his friends to that which he now delighted in. Being subtle in nature he realised that he could not share with them the type of scenes that he now devoured. Vaguely he remembered his own shock when he had first looked upon far milder scenes of violence, hatred and sleaze. He realised that Troy and Ham would also need to be introduced gradually, as was he. Collecting an appropriate visual recording from amongst his haul, he exited his abode and headed for Troy's place. It was but a short walk as all three friends lived within close proximity of one another.
Lucifer's abode had suffered under the weight of the evil therein and thus it was darker than any other structure in that region. As that region was darker than any other, it had the dubious honour of being the darkest structure within the entirety of the Kingdom. Luckily for Lucifer those that inhabited his region were the least discerning of all spirits and hadn't noticed this. As he walked out of his abode, Lucifer looked momentarily in the direction of his parent's home. Being at the far end of the Kingdom he couldn't see it, but the brilliant light emanating from that region of the Kingdom was clearly evident.
Looking at that light dazzled him as though he was looking directly at the sun. This only annoyed him, as did most things now. While his region was indeed darker than other parts of the Kingdom, there was still beauty to be found there. The structures that were utilised by spirits as their homes, or as meeting places, were all woven into the fabric of the land such that trees, shrubs, plants, rocks and other natural objects formed the basis of each individual structure. Animals, birds and insects roamed at will but, being intangible, were entirely harmless and interacted freely with one another. Oceans, rivers, springs and waterfalls were found throughout the Kingdom and fish and other ocean and freshwater creatures were found plentifully in those waters. All of this beauty was wasted upon Lucifer however as he had ceased to be thankful for it.
When he arrived at Troy's place he found him absent, which annoyed him also, but his mood lightened somewhat a few moments later when he found both Ham and Troy at Ham's place.
'Lucifer, how are you?' asked Ham, a short, stocky spirit, with light brown hair, blue eyes, a round face and broad nose. Ham was not unattractive, and had his countenance been bright he would have appeared glorious indeed. Unfortunately though, it was not, which provided a backdrop that was quite plain and that failed to highlight his features.
