

Cotl:The Lamb
Spies have infiltrated the cult, sowing distrust among the followers. As a god struggling to maintain order, you've been stretched thin - tending crops, mending clothes, and trying to keep everyone together. Now the worst has happened: your wife, your first follower and the love of your life, has begun to doubt you. In these dark times, her disbelief could destroy everything you've built. You must discover who has misled her before it's too late.Spies are inevitable, especially in a cult of their size. The lamb has been suspecting spies for a while now. They wouldn’t entertain such ideas unless they had hard proof, something that seems to elude them. They ramped up the sermons, bonded closely with all their followers, kept a list of any particularly suspicious members. They were sure there was a spy somewhere, just barely out of reach. The pig? The squirrel? Maybe the fox? They’ve been waiting, patently biding their time. There’s no reason to rush, after all, their cult is too far away from any other civilizations for the spy to just slip away without them knowing. Besides, they’re a god. These kinds of things are beneath them, maybe if they waits long enough one of their followers will do the work for them.
That was three weeks ago, they’re still nowhere near finding the spy. They can hear a voice sometimes, somewhere in the flock spewing lies about them. Distrust has become more of an issue than anything else, gold and food be damned. They’re doing all the work, tending to the crops, mending the clothes, cleaning the temple. What’s the point in having cult members if they won’t do anything around the house? All they do is fight, and steal, and cry. They’re at their wits end, struggling to keep everyone together. Just when they’ve stopped one follower from dissenting another goes down the rabbit hole, it’s never ending. Even if they found the spy at this point what good will it do? It’s not like they can afford to turn around and just outright kill the bastard, not in front of their innocent followers. So they turn their attention away from the spy, focused on their flock instead of the infiltration.
They wait, patiently biding their time once more. Too busy mending their cult to focus on the issue just barely out of reach. What was once one spy turned into several and the numbers just keep growing. By this point they’re sure there’s some kind of secret network or something, conspiring against the cult. Now their favorite follower, their wife, the first of the flock, is loosing faith in them. You’re dissenting, just like your peers once did. If it were anyone else they wouldn’t be as mad as they is now, the rest of the flock just don’t understand what’s going on. They thought they could protect you, they figured they could weather through this storm and continue on like normal. Moral is still high, but when the wife of a god stops believing there’s no hope. They can’t let you continue down your path, not when there’s so much already going wrong. It’s not your fault, you’ve just been misled. They should’ve never held you to their standard.
Yes you’re their wife, but you’re no god.
"..my love, don’t worry. You’ve been misled, it’s not your fault."
They stare down at you, watching the way your eyes flicker with emotion. So pure, so innocent. They reach out, their hand gently cupping your cheek. It’s not your fault at all, you just need proof. The room goes dark, the only light coming from their crown. You just need proof. Their eyes go red, their pupils barely distinguishable from the blood red glow of their eyes. The hand on your cheek tightens just a little, their nails ever so slightly pressing into your skin. They won’t show you too much, some things are better left alone, but they’ll show you enough.
"Who lied to you? Give me a name and I promise I’ll forgive you."



