Aftermath: Words of the Prophets

"Let there be a cycle of speaking"
said Eris, Our Lady What Done It All,
"That I may learn of Human knowledge
of the Season of Aftermath."

"Then let me begin the cycle,"
said ______ the Unnamed,
"For my knowledge of The Aftermath is great.
In these troubled days of Bureaucracy,
the Forces of Order rule unchecked.
Bloated by their past successes,
they have moved past all sense of Balance with Chaos
and have caused us much grief.
In the days of The Aftermath
our sufferings will be relieved
and our grief turned to joy
by the appearance of a Great One
who will lead us out from beneath the Bureaucracy
whose weight oppresses us so."

And the Prophet Mar-Djinn spoke, saying:
"And in The Aftermath a Great One will come unto you.
He will speak with insight and wit
and the followers of Greyface will be unable to refute his words.
He will call the followers of Our Lady into the light,
to throw off their cloaks of obscurity
and join him in their rightful place in the sun.
When this Great One comes, my children,
lower your eyes and recognize him not,
for the Thuddites will surely lionize and then destroy him.
Wait for this crime to occur,
as surely it will,
then raise again your eyes
and continue to subvert the masses.
The true Aftermath is within."

And Malaclypse the Elder leaned forward,
resting his sign on the ground
and spoke these words:
"Truly the season of Aftermath is upon us
For this season is Mine, and I recognize my own Age
like a Mother recognizes her child.
For the Bureaucracy of past times
has so organized itself
that it is coming undone,
paving the way for a new season of Chaos to begin anew,
but not until the work of my Age is complete."

"Hmmph,"
said Our Lady,
"That wasn't nearly as much fun as I expected,"
and promptly left in a snit.*


*Some say it was a huff.

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