Cerebus V08.cbz (FAST – TRICKS)

A frantic priest rushes in. "Your Holiness! The Silent Brothers are outside! They say you are a false prophet because you enjoy, well, everything!"

Cerebus sighs, wipes wine from his nose, and pulls out his dagger. "They are hurting revenue, aren't they?" Cerebus v08.cbz

The Leader speaks: "Aardvark! Renounce the flesh! Embrace the void!" A frantic priest rushes in

The crowd, who actually likes wine and food, erupts into cheers. They swarm the Silent Brothers, not to kill them, but to drag them off to the tavern to force-feed them. They say you are a false prophet because

"Cerebus has an announcement," Cerebus shouts, his voice echoing. "The Supreme Creator says... that the Silent Brothers are bad for business. Also, they are all banned from the tavern."

The city is in chaos. A new religious faction, "The Silent Brothers," is preaching that the Supreme Creator actually hates everyone and that the only way to salvation is to stop eating and give all their belongings to the temple treasury.

Cerebus, the aardvark, finds himself—through a series of unfortunate, drunken, and entirely selfish decisions—appointed as the High Priest of the massive, labyrinthine temple of the Supreme Creator. He doesn't believe in the Creator. He believes in money, wine, and being left alone.