Thursday, August 28, 2003
Part II: The Fifth Candidate
The queen had taken a special interest in the fifth member chosen for the current group of candidates. She was well aware of her own mortality. Although she still retained the appearance of the age she had attained at the time of her initiation, even the strength of Sirenian magic could not completely halt the aging process of the internal workings of her body. She had already lived several hundred years, and knew that her time among her siren sisters would soon be drawing to a close. A suitable replacement must be found.
The fifth candidate chosen in the new group of initiates seemed to be possessing all of the qualities necessary for a future leader if the Sirenian nation. Although she was quite lovely, she was a good deal older than the usual initiate. This was an absolute necessity not for leadership of the sirens themselves, but for ease in relations with other cultures. A queen who appeared to be too young would have much difficulty earning the respect of many of the peoples with whom the Sirenian nation had dealings. This woman was also of an ideal life experience for a queen of the sirens. Her past was littered with bad relationships with men. This still did not stop her from desiring them, though. She would surely be an excellent seductress!
Of course, the most difficult thing about taking on this woman as an initiate was ascertaining her willingness to join . She had much which she would be leaving behind. She had a family, friends, and a job to leave if she were to join their ranks. The queen had her watched very carefully to see if she displayed any signs of willingness to join their ranks. She was quite pleasantly surprised at how quickly the woman displayed her willingness.
The potential candidate had been with a group of friends, listening to music. While admiring the photographs on one of the CD's, she had said to her friends,"Matthias Jabs, I tell you, I'd sell my soul to be that guy's lover!" The queen smiled, the woman's soul had ben sold to the Sirenian queen. Indeed she would become this man's lover. It was all so perfect. The Scorpions were a five man band, a perfect number for the candidates initiation ritual. All that remained was to bring the candidates, and later, the band, to the Sirenian nation.
Saturday, August 02, 2003
Part I: Who Are Those Women Anyway?
The queen of the Sirenian nation announced her decision. Of the hundreds of women being considered as candidates for memership in their elite colony, five had been chosen. Much was to be considered in the choosing of these five. Surprisingly, youth and beauty were not among these considerations. These aspects of the siren could easily be granted to any woman by means of their magic. The most important considerations were those of personality and attitude.
One of the most important attributes of the candidate's personality was that she should have no desire to give birth to any children. Sirens do not bear children. Their ranks were replenished by the current meticulous selection process from the universe's many races of humanoid females. Were they to give birth to their own predecessors, the odds were too great that a male child would be born. To deal with the birth of such a child would have serious repercussions. Males served their purpose for the sirens, but it was not as members of their society.
All of the chosen candidates held a certain amount of bitterness towards the males of their race, but not so much as to no longer desire them. It was, after all, the way of the siren to seduce and play with men. Were they so bitter as to lose their desire, they would be unable to function in the Sirenian society.
The final, and most important requirement for a candidate to be accepted was her willingness to give up all aspects of her former life to join their ranks. The sirens would never take an unwilling female as a candidate. But even so, the transition was often difficult for the new candidates. To ease this, all were allowed to bring with them the one object they considered to be most important in their former lives. As their precious memories of the past slowly faded away, the new candidates took great comfort in this one item that they were allowed to keep.
When the new candidates were brought to the colony. each would be assigned one of the members of the colony as a special mentor. This mentor would train her in the magic required to attain her full potential, as well as teach her the basic precepts of Sirenian culture. These lessons would be taught over the course of a year, culminating with the candidate's final test for acceptance into the colony. The siren magic was the most difficult thing for many of the initiates to grasp. The vast majority of current societies denied the existence of magic, opting instead for the use of technology. The sirens had not chosen this path. Their magic was much more powerful than any technology. Even if at first the initiates found the methods of Sirenian magic to be distasteful, they quickly embraced it when they saw the results that it produced.
Some important legal stuff before we begin.
OK, I know you aren't stupid, but it is in my own best interest to state this. This story is purely a work of fiction. All of the events portrayed are products of my own twisted imagination.
Of course, this work is also copyright 2003 LadyStarlight Jabs.
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