Certain religious sects encourage their followers to ascend the insurmountable plateau of Righteous. Many devout climbers fall to their deaths. At the plateau Righteousness live twisted spiders. They think themselves perfect. They eat little and instead sip from the great lake Righteousness. The lake water causes hallucinations as they look down upon a world. Sometimes a dirigible flies over Righteousness piloted by a brave explorer. The blurry images and the artworks depicting the landscape of Righteousness are not believed.
“It’s a wondrous place,” say even skeptics.
At the bottom of Righteousness Lake lies the capitol city, Deceit. Lies bubble up from the lake and the Righteous drink them.
“The lies are a byproduct of our farming,” says the Deceptions Guide. “It’s the means of our survival.”
Because the Righteous do not care to find their own food, they drink and devour lies.
If the climbers dug into the side of the plateau, they could drain Deceit, but so intent on climbing to Righteousness they never try.
There are many visitors to Deceit. They land from above and don diving helmets. They walk on the floors of Lake Deceit, intrigued. If they stay too long, their skin begins to mold and they become Deceptions. They never see Righteousness although it surrounds them.
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