A woman lies on the floor under a single light bulb, people surrounded her, gazing their crossed hands.
"The titans are coming, the titans are coming. The twilight of men is upon us!"
"What can we do? We're blind without your guidance priestess." They cried out loud and in anguish.
After a while, total silence. The only person standing by the door brought a vase full of some unknown fluid. He than poured it into their heads, one after the other, saving the rest for the woman in the center. Her body twitched and contorted when the man with the vase repeated the process.
"My son is the chosen one to guide us out of here. But time is different to him."
"Our beloved Pythia has spoken." The others said.
"The ones left behind will suffer in their own flesh. Suffering, so much suffering." Pythia said.
"I'm so tired."
"This session ends now." The man with the empty vase said.
"Bring her some cover. On your feet Pythia." The man said.
"Help me, I'm too weak now Chet."
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Ephemeral-D - Human Diaspora
Fiksi IlmiahAfter two hundred and fifteen Earth years of the Pemakan dominion, with the military training and devices from the humanoids species Xemx, or the star worshipers, two fleets transporting almost seventy thousand people escaped and left Earth with no...
