This choice: How about a competition of some kind? Losers face punishment from Rouge • Go Back...Chapter #6Let the Games Begin by: Lelouch   With a dismissive wave Rouge signaled for everyone to back away from her. In a panicked flurry all the slaves before her boots pushed and shoved their way amidst the crowds to get away from the giantess, anyone who didn't make it far enough would almost surely be crushed. There was almost a perverse gleam in the Goddess's eyes as she hurriedly moved a foot onto a knee. Noting the fresh blood-stains from her last movement she smirked and plucked the boot off, gently lowering it on its side beside her throne. Likewise she pulled her other boot off and put it near opposite end of her throne, with both boot openings now facing eachother. The Goddess inspected the footwear for a moment before silently nudging the pair closer with her feet so that they were nearly touching. Everyone watched curiously as they awaited Rouge's words informing them of what to do next.
"I shall need...a thousand of you pests. Step forward. Your Goddess commands it."
To step forward would almost certainly mean death, but if no one stepped up then who knew how many more would die? One by one volunteers stepped up, sacrificing themselves to protect their friends and families. Barely a minute passed before the gap between Rouge's boots was completely filled with over two thousand people, twice what the Goddess had requested.
This seemed to satisfy her, evident by a deep laugh escaping her purple-covered lips. "Excellent. As you may know lately I've grown somewhat bored of your lackluster performances and repetitive worship. Normally I'd just crush you all into nothing for failing your Goddess but I think I have a better idea. One more...interesting." Rouge laughed to herself, "I call it the Goddess Games. Think of it like the Olympics from before my reign except all are games I personally chose and moderate. Whichever groups actually manage to win any of these games shall get a nice reward from me personally. Now then, with that being said you lucky little germs by my boots get to compete in the first game!" The giantess's fingers clapped together repeatedly in what sounded like thunder. "Get into a straight row in front of me."
As commanded everyone who stepped up to compete got into a single line spanning halfway past each boot. With a smirk Rouge knelt from her throne and used a long, purple nail to dig a line right in the middle of the row. "Now you're split into teams. Now each team go into one of my boots."
The idea of trespassing on such sacred ground as Rouge's favorite boots frightened more than a few but they did as commanded, with roughly a thousand people going inside each of the boots. In the distance they could stare past the opening into the other boot where the other team was just as nervous. High above Rouge silently reached for her head and plucked a single, long, violet hair from her head, placing it between her boots. "This is a simple game of tug and war. I want you all to grab my hair and get ready, when I say go I want you to start pulling...I don't think I need to say what happens if you lose?" As the people began to defeatedly pick up Rouge's hair and get ready for the game of their lives a loud snap drew all their attention. "Just because you aren't in the game doesn't mean you can slack off you ants! Come here and worship my toes!" Once the rest of the people gathered around Rouge's feet, properly pampering her soles as well as polish her throne it was finally time. Rouge saw her hair held up by two opposing lines of people that went far enough back they vanished into her boots, just as she had envisioned.
"Begin."
Right off the bat everyone pulled with all their might. In this world ruled by Rouge there weren't many who had the luxury of muscle or even weight to try and turn things one way or the other. Really it was a couple thousand malnourished, broken people pulling with all their might. The closer a team would get to winning the further inside a boot they would go, usually resulting in enough of a effect that the other team would regain themselves and pull them back out. They were so weak, so tired, so broken that even holding up Rouge's hair was wearing on the people's muscles. It did not take long before some got exhausted. But still the match was an overall stalemate. It was pitiful to watch. Their lives were on the line but with how they acted you could barely tell they were trying, even if it was literally everything they could ever hope to muster.
There was only one thing that tipped the scales of the contest. By pure luck one team had more elderly and children than another. They were quickest to fatigue and once they fell it was only a matter of time before they started to get dragged from their station in Rouge's boot. With extra vigor the team that was winning pulled themselves deeper into the massive footwear until finally you couldn't even see them anymore.
"That's enough!" Rouge's godly voice declared. "I think we have a winner here."
With sighs of relief on one side and dread on the other everyone released the hair.
"Not so fast now, losers better grab that hair again, you aren't done."
Confused and more than a bit frightened, the losing team grabbed their make-shift rope again. With a dominating smile Rouge effortlessly plucked up the other end and with it all of the team who grabbed a hold of it.
"Congratulations on being the first losers of the Goddess Games. I would say I'm disappointed in you but that would mean I have the slightest expectations for microbes like all of you." She laughed. "Now I suppose you all are ready for your punishment then?" Rouge smirked as she lifted herself out of her throne. Her massive bare feet destroyed countless human homes and settlements with zero concern as she toyed with the thread full of people desperately hanging on. The Goddess stopped just short of a mountain range that stood at a trivial ten miles tall. Nothing before Rouge. Her fingers released and dropped the hair along with all of its people on the snowy peak.
"Welcome to your new home. I'd hurry out of there if I were you. If I remember right freezing to death is more than a little bit painful." The Goddess laughed. Just to make sure they'd suffer she flung up some snow and boulders with her fingers and buried them all. If any of the people weren't dead they sure wished they would be.
"Always fun to be a Goddess!" Rouge laughed, returned to her throne.
"As for your reward my little champions." Rouge lifted up her boot with all the winners in it. I do believe I need a new toe ring and you lot seem just perfect for the job. Your new job is to get busy making me a new platinum toe-ring and I want it in two weeks. Understand?"
"Y-Yes Goddess!!" The people answered. After all that their reward was an impossible chore that they'd somehow have to get done.
"Good, now get to work!" Rouge lowered all the people from her boot and watched them scurry away to work. After putting her boots back on she then had everyone else.
"Now then, time for the next game!"   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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