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short man leaned so deep into the snake-tongued trickery in the court
chair. He looked as if he were butter room."The short man chortled to
melting on hot bread. himself, saturated in his own ego-
"At last, you have joined us." tism.
The obsidian man spoke, filling "If you have gained all you have
the room, a hot stench floating out
of his mouth with each word. With ever wanted, then it would seem
puzzlement the short man spoke, you have everything to lose," this
"I am honored to be allowed into statement startled the short man, he
a most select and private club. You shot an uneasy glance to the man
have chosen wisely, I am aristo- shrouded in black.
cratic, famous, and powerfuL I have
gained all I have ever wanted in life, "Justice, my dear sir, is not blind,
this was the last piece of the pie and merely biding its time, much like the
with the advent of tonight, I can die people in those queues, waiting for
a rich and happy man." the most opportune moment to de-
Smiling fondly and relishing in cide your fate." The short man did
his accomplishments, the short man not understand all he was hearing,
pushed his back against the comfy or rather he didn't want to under-
chair and held his head high and stand; he just wanted his reward for
dignified.
"You have gained all you have being on the list.
ever wanted?" The looming figure "What are you talking about,
behind the pulpit croaked, the nox-
ious stench spewing from his nos- what is this deciding my fate non-
trils as if a dragon breathing fire. sense, when do I find out what my
"Everything - money, wom- perks are, my benefits for being on
en, prestige, you name it, I have
achieved it. I can take a man who the list?"
has murdered his wife and make The figure in black stood up
him look like a saint, he gets off
.Scot free, and I get a hefty sum. abruptly, he extended his pearly
I've made murderers into mar- white hand down towards the pul-
tyrs and I've become filthy rich in pit and grasped a sable hammer
the process. Thank God justice is outlined not in black, but the purest
blind, or she'd see right through my of gold, reflecting rays of light onto
the short man's face.
"Everyone is on the list kind sir,
all must bide their time. Everyone
waits to receive their just reward,
it is my opinion alone that decides
who is to be admitted into The Void
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