the news had been handed to them earlier in the day : the voice of god requests to see you at sundown . cairo never got to see people's reactions to his messages , only ever when they knocked at his door at the marked time . apprehension , mostly , crowded people's features , but an underlying level of excitement to be specifically chosen to spend ... time with him . this night , however , was different . there was something about the other that intrigued him , something he couldn't quite name . and for somebody like cairo , somebody in his position , being intriguing was not an attribute one wanted to have .
cruel , manipulating , domineering were a few of the choice words people who managed to escape the cult had for him . they were kinder in their descriptions , he thought , than they should've been . cairo's eyes were stationed on the clock , the seconds ticked down until a definitive knock echoed on his door . " enter , " he gave , voice tight as it rang out in his chambers . the threshold opened wide , their presence the only thing in front of him , as he nodded his head for them to step further into the room . he sat back in his chair , eyes never leaving them , as the door finally closed . " come , " cairo ordered , a nod to the empty space beside his desk , beside where he sat .
setting : your muse ( m , w , nb ) was called to cairo's private quarters for the first time since joining . nobody ever talks about what happens in his private quarters , but it's a well known secret . cairo wants something from them and nobody seems to walk away unscathed . they might wholeheartedly believe in his teachings , or they know he's full of shit and entered the cult for some other reason .
muse : cairo bakari ( 35 - 39 ) is a cult leader โ starting out as a traditional catholic priest , but began to experience some sort of religious psychosis where he felt he was too powerful to remain under the rigid confines of catholicism . he tells people that god speaks to him , therefore being ' the voice of god ' but uses it to get people to do whatever he wants . ( he doesn't actually think god is speaking to him , but wanted a way to carry out his wicked deeds . )
relationship : non - taboo โ any sort of cult member ( either new convert or brought into it by parents / significant others years ago ) , somebody ' undercover ' to get information on the cult , etc . taboo โ ( preferably younger ! ) sibling ( step , half , full ) , cousin , niece / nephew , etc .