"What answer from Death???" Leslie spoke aloud still with a trace of panic in her voice. Whatever those things where that lurched out after her... Could touch her in her Banshee form! More and more things, as of recent, had started to touch her in this form... Starting with Jack, the damn monkey, and now those things; Leslie shuddered again.
"I have more to learn, but I have a special surprise planned for today's court. Has everyone been called?" Jack asked as he patted Leslie.
"Mmmmm, it's an hour before everyone shows up." Leslie cooed.
"Have the Grimnight exiles attend. I will judge them today. Also... have Lucius bring in what he called 'His Judges.' I will name them now."
Leslie nodded while looking over Jack's shoulder to that accursed tome, that wiggled and undulated as if it was alive, perhaps it was...
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Jack opened the newly installed door on Emily's room, as he walked in. The Holy Sentinels were nowhere to be found, but Jack could feel them concealed within the light around the room.
As he entered the room, Jack couldn't help but feel the undulations of power from Emily.
"Hahaha, it seems it should be soon, at least she doesn't look like she is having too much of a probl-" Jack shut up mid-sentence, as he approached the side of Emily's evening tomb.
Jack brushed the side of Emily's face with the back of his fingers, feeling the pressure and textile feeling.
"Ah, I see. I wanted you to come to court with me, so I could show you off to the world, as my consort... I suppose that will have to wait until next time." Jack muttered, as he retracted his hand, and turned to leave for the door.
Just as Jack's hand was to turn the know to leave, he heard behind him, "Then your wife will go with you."
Jack turned his head to see Emily sitting up, but what attracted Jack's gaze was that the flesh on her began to regrow, as if it was alive. Her mid-section that was skeletal, began to fill in, as the tissues grew around the spine. Little by little the flesh grew, with layers on top of layers.
Jack floated back, to look down as his second consort, as he found that her intestines grew and spilled out, but before Jack could voice his concern, a white tissue latched onto the guts and pulled them back into the now inclosing stomach.
After which, Jack looked on to see that muscles were forming around the bones of Emily's Legs.
Emily sighed a bit, as if enjoying the process until she had a complete body, even the skin tone changed to a darker gray color.
"Em-" Again Jack was cut off, as he watched two horns grow out from Emily's head... Exactly as she had with the eyes-ghoul, within her soul, but then another set of horns besides them grew, until...
"That is... Well, that is a fine crown of horns." Jack finally commented about the crown of eight horns that grew from Emily's head.
Emily finally coming back to her sense, reached up and touched the horns with her right hand.
"Is that heavy?" Jack asked, as it seemed that he had seen enough odd things as of recent that he didn't put much stock into this transformation, as it didn't seem to be harmful.
"Not really." Emily moved her neck a bit, seeing her webby hair sway, and the large crown of horns staying perfect with her head.
"You would think they would, but they look nice." Jack nodded, "Hey, does that make you horny?" Jack chuckled.
"...I don't get it. I mean... Yeah, I have horns now, but... Horny?" Emily blinked her big eyes.
"Ah, guess that joke doesn't exist here. It means that you wish to reap." Jack explained.
"In that case, yes. I want to join with your soul forever and ever." Emily put both her hands together in front of her chest, as Jack picked up something in his hearing.
"Huh?"
Jack opened his simple robe to reveal Eris' heart, as it thumped.
"This doesn't sound like her heart... Where is that thumping coming from?" Jack asked aloud, as he looked to Emily, as his flaming eyes flickered.
"I think that's my heart? I have a beating heart now...? I have a beating heart!" Emily finally exclaimed.
"Is that a good thing?"
"You like that whore's heart, so I know you will love mine! Do you want me to give it to you now?"
"Errrr... Wait up on that for a bit. Let me just listen to it from within your body for a while."
"Okay~!" Emily nodded her head quickly, but soon stopped, as she held her head, "Ugh..."
"What's wrong!?" Jack reached for Emily's shoulders steadying her.
"Voices... A bunch of voices! All Talking! ALL TALKING AT THE SAME TIME!"
"Shhh! Shhhhhhh! This is your God-Soul emerging! This is good! Concentrate on suppressing the voices! Little by little! Beat them back, contain them, control them!"
"Uggggggh!"
Emily held her head, as she tried to roll back and forth in her tomb, as Jack drew her from her evening tomb, and held her in a princess carry. She was much larger than the last time he had held her, now with her new body, and her new change.
"Shhhh, it's alright. The voices are your followers! Just suppress them for now and answer them later. Shhhhhh." Jack held her close to his bony body, hoping his bones weren't hurting her, now that she had flesh. He had many questions about the whole growing flesh but now wasn't the time.
Emily calmed down slightly, as beads of black sweat pulled in her modest bust. While other beads streaked down her face.
"Shhh, I'm here. Shhhh, I got you. It's alright. It's good. It's a good thing." Jack indulged Emily.
Emily finally sighed, as she opened her eyes again, and again Jack was the first thing she saw.
"It's... It's better... This means I'm a Goddess now?"
"Yes. The voices are the faith of your followers. There must be a lot from Neolith."
Emily shook her head, "No... Not from Neolith."
"Huh?"
"From many small cults from around the underworld... Because, honey... I am the Goddess of Ghouls now." Emily smiled widely, showing a mouth of jagged fangs.
Emily spoke through her large teeth, that snapped open and close as she spoke, "Now, I'm hungry."