"The general content of the 'Eternal Night' ritual is to pray to a symbolic stonework representing The Night within the train perimeter, then to pour a large amount of blood from hunted Mutated Bodies as a sacrifice..."
"When the atmosphere is about right, one-third of the selected people are allowed to enter."
"Once inside, they call for 'Dusk' to descend, and the ritual usually lasts from three to seven days, the actual duration depends on the number of Extraordinary Ones that appear and the death toll..."
"That's how power is obtained..."
Colin licked his lips, feeling the ritual was also simple and crude.
Interestingly, before the chosen third enter, they all have Gold implanted in their bodies to carry the power of The Night in the mystical realms; this way, even if the Extraordinary Ones die later, their power can be inherited by recovering the Gold in their bodies, the only difference being, it's not as good as the original, and there's no possibility for enhancement—
