you
, Candice. I must've gotten clumsy when I manipulated his dream. I'll have to be more careful and focused next time."
"His resistance to Nigrovum is strong," Candice said. "We'll need more than that for me to seduce him, that sweet old saint. I recommend drugs." She, in her underwear, put on a conservative-looking blue and white dress.
"Let's be careful with that, OK?" Camilla said as she, naked, put on her green, flower-patterned dress. "I need to know if that sweet old saint is cool about dope first. If he is, we'll ease him into party mode slowly. He already drinks, so that means we're already half way there. Maybe I can drop a pill in his bourbon and mix it in so he doesn't know. By the way, how are you, as new to Toronto as I am, going to find a dope connection ASAP?"
"As soon as I find an apartment, I'll hunt for a stripping job. Shouldn't take too long; then I'm sure a dope connection will be found in the new strip joint where I work--surely at least a few, if not all, of the strippers will have a seller for a boyfriend or a customer. Since I just made your dad uncomfortable, he'll want me gone; so I'll get my shit together really quickly. Just promise me, Camil, that when I move out, that we'll still see each other? I mean, you living with your dad and all,..."
"Of course we'll still fuck," Camilla said, hugging Candice and kissing her on the lips. "I need you to come here for partying and seducing Daddy. While he's wasted and unconscious, we'll make love, too." And I need to look at
other
men, Camilla thought; I'm beginning to think weird thoughts about Daddy--I'd better watch myself.
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Agape and the girls sat up at the front pew in church. The first reading was from Genesis 6:1-8, the beginning of the story of the Great Flood. The responsorial Psalm was 115:1-8, about the folly of idolatry. The second reading was from 1 Corinthians 10:14--22, again about the evil of idolatry. The Gospel reading was from John 6:35-58, in which Jesus says, "I am the bread of life."
After the Gospel reading, Father Don Josiah began his homily. "The sons of God went in unto the the daughters of men," he said. "Who were the 'sons of God'? Were they the divine council of the major gods from Levantine Bronze and Iron Age texts, from ancient pagan times? Were they pagan gods? Were they fallen angels, as some have supposed? In other words, were they devils? Our holy Church teaches that they were men, the descendants of righteous Seth; they were good, but then they rebelled against God and married the 'daughters of men', or of Cain, the first murderer. From their unholy union they had children, the Nephilim, giants--heroes, perhaps, to the pagans, but giants only in sin to Christians. From this sinfulness grew even more gigantic sin, leading to wickedness everywhere in the world; thus God repented of creating man, and caused the Flood to drown the wicked and wipe all the sin away."
Agape raptly paid attention; Candice sat bored; Camilla looked in the priest's eyes, thinking the tall, forty-something man was cute.
"However we choose to think about the 'sons of God'," Father Josiah continued, "as gods, as fallen angels turned into devils, or as men fallen in sin, we can see in this story an allegory about the evils of idolatry. As Christians, we are to be married to God: He is the groom; we are the bride. We mustn't marry the 'son
s
of God', as the wicked, idolatrous daughters of Cain did. We must marry the only-begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ."
Camilla looked intensely in the eyes of the priest, visualizing a rose passing in the air towards him. Seeing the pretty girl's aggressive gaze, he felt a strange but titillating sensation all around his penis: it felt as though a hand was stroking it; he was beginning to develop an erection. He paused nervously, then continued.
"The son
s
of God...must not be seen...as divine," he continued with his voice occasionally cracking into an edgy falsetto. "If we think of...them as divine, we make them...into idols...
devils
. We are Christians, not Satanists."
Candice was startled by that last word. Then she saw the way Camilla was looking at the priest. No, Camilla, she thought; is nothing sacred to you?
"Idols cannot speak...or see," he continued, his penis rising. "Neither can we...if we adore them. Idolatry is...a false love...that blinds us. As Shakespeare wrote...in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
, 'Love looks not...with the eyes...but with the mind.'"
"Cute, and intelligent," Camilla whispered. "Sexy in my eyes." She continued giving him his psychic hand job.
Candice looked in horror at her. Not with a priest, Camilla, she thought.
"St. Paul tells us...to flee the worship of idols," he said in halts and desperately-controlled moans. "You ask, 'Who worships idols...in today's world?' Well, we no longer pray...to carved statues, of course, but when...we idealize someone we're...in love with, we're blind to...their faults. They then can...take advantage of...our foolish doting, and hurt us. When we idealize...radical political ideology, like Communism, Naziism, or terrorism, our fanaticism can lead us...to murder. When we excessively admire movie stars...or rock stars, we make ourselves feel inferior for...not measuring up...to their perceived perfection; trying to be...equal to such unrealistic images is impossible. We can really...hurt ourselves, and others, in these ways. In these ways, we make false gods...of who or what...we so foolishly adore. We make mediators of...them between God and us, and this is...a sin that separates us...from God. There is only...one mediator between God...and man: Jesus."
Camilla visualized the rose touching the priest's chest. His penis got harder from that inexplicable feeling of a hand jerking him off. Again, he paused nervously, noting the lewd look in her eyes.
"Don't be pagans," he stammered. "Don't make heroes out...of giant devils. Love Jesus, the bread of life, who came down...from heaven, like manna."
"Nigrovum," Camilla whispered. "Manna from heaven."
"If you think...of the son
s
...of God as...angels coming down...from heaven to...bless you," the priest continued, blushingly noting the looks of concern beginning to develop on the faces of his parishioners, "you'll be...like the wicked daughters of men--idolaters. Your children will...be monsters of sin, like the Nephilim, and society will...be destroyed, as in...the Great Flood. There's only...one Son of God: Jesus. Worship only Him." Camilla, noting his embarrassment, decided to show mercy and stop exciting him...for the time being.
Later, Agape, Candice, and Camilla went up to take Communion. Father Josiah put the Host on Agape's tongue, saying, "The body of Christ." When he put the Host on Candice's sensuous tongue, he felt that invisible hand touch his penis again. Though Candice had enough respect for the clergy not to try to get him excited, he still felt nervous around her; for her curves were an enticing prelude to those of Camilla, who'd made very clear her sexual interest in him. "Th-the body of Christ," he said to Candice. His penis was now almost as erect as it had been during his homily.
Camilla's turn came. She slightly flickered her tongue as she stuck it out to receive the Host. "Th-the b-body of Ch-Christ," he said as he looked in her lascivious eyes and, with a shaky hand, put the Host on her tongue. As he moved his hand down from her mouth, she used her psychic powers to make his hand brush against her left breast. Since she was naked under her dress, he could feel her erect nipple pointing through. "Pardon me!" he whispered with the reddest of faces. She just sucked on the Host and looked in his eyes with lewd approval. The invisible hand she was psychically controlling stroked his phallus expertly to make it point perpendicularly forward through his loose-fitting pants. He mentally thanked God for maintaining the tradition of priests wearing loose robes during Mass. Camilla visualized that 'rose' to be glowing in his heart, and sensed his now-full erection to be about six and a half inches.
During the prayer after Communion, Agape prayed for better dreams and growing love with Carrie; Candice prayed for Camilla, hoping she'd behave; Camilla prayed for her dad to prefer Candice to Carrie; it seems unnecessary to relate what the sweating priest was praying for.
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"Camilla, how could you?" Candice asked as she and Camilla went into their bedroom after coming home from Mass that afternoon. "You got a
priest
horny? That's sacrilegious!"