Thread: Mark of the Chosen [Mercury and Zprimal]

Ah, so within the city. Julius nodded. It was normally those outside the cities who were the most troublesome. He grinned as she flipped their hands around, and he allowed it. Your mother should have applied for employment as a Prelate but doing so would mean fewer chances for the next generation. Prelates hold very important and busy jobs. Most of the auxiliary and administrative work is handled jointly by them and Praetors. In a way, it is a good thing that she ended up choosing for a family which gave you your chance. Within the screening process, there was a hidden quota that they needed to reject a candidate so that they may be released back into the human population to keep their desirable genes in the gene pool. Perhaps Mrs. Price was one such individual. Perhaps then I can calm some of your concerns on your final assessment. His fingers tickled her wrist as he listened in on her concerns. He was interested to know just what sorts of rumors were floating around. He shook his head when she asked about the marking ritual but decided to answer it as a whole. The binding ritual is not actually part of the screening process unlike what the advertisements suggest. The screening process determines Chosen candidacy, the tests are generally painless maybe save for drawing of blood. If one receives candidacy, one has to undergo certain procedures to make their bodies more acceptable by demon standards and will be listed for selection by demons. Once the purchase is made, you will be returned to the center for the final administrative process like the returning of passport and any citizen identification to be reassigned as the property of the demon purchaser. This would be when the final goodbyes would be made with their human family before being handed to their owner. At this point, they will be legally known as the Chosen, if a yet unmarked. Now after this, the binding ritual can be done in the center itself or by the family should they have made their own preparations. That was the part which she had not asked, but that should clarify any misconceptions she had. Now the binding ritual itself will be painful. It would be an easy matter to simply mute the pain from the Chosen, but it necessary for new Chosen to be aware of the burden they have taken upon themselves for the benefit of the kind. It is the same ritual process that Lt. Everett had to endure if you are curious. The pain itself will definitely be more than just a simple prick of a needle, but definitely not excessive to the point of causing the Chosen to go into a state of shock or even cause death. Discomfort will linger primarily on the marked spot for a couple of days at most until the body has become fully accustomed to the mark's changes. Oh, He pulled out his signet ring attached to a chain around his neck, The way the ritual is done is that the mark is reactive and will bear some semblance to the family's crest and it changes over time based on the psyche of the Chosen herself. When I had first found out that the mark was not simply a static tattoo, I was intrigued by it. The soups and bread were served shortly after he finished and his hand slipped from hers as he prepared to eat. He picked up the soup spoon, pausing as something else came to mind. It is interesting that you had mentioned death in the process of being Chosen, because there was an incident a few years ago, before I became Patriarch, where a young lady committed suicide at the Center in Paris, which perhaps lent itself to the rumor that the branding was enough to drive a Chosen mad. But I think I have talked enough about this unpleasant business about rebels and other fringe elements. If you'd like, I can help make a recommendation for your mother to become a Prelate. He offered, Perhaps as a token of appreciation for her sacrifice to the cause as well as a farewell gift from you to her?