Xanaphia
Biblically Accurate Bitch
- Joined
- Sep 28, 2013
Countessa Magdelena Galindo began to believe that boredom would be the death of her. Stripped of her fineries, torn from her extensive library, locked in a dingy underground dungeon. So far it was mostly unpleasant, just touching the edge of humiliating. She wouldn’t expect Imprisonment by the Jesuit sect to be congenial, but couldn’t they at least leave her a bible to peruse?
What crime had she committed? The charge was witchcraft but what that actually meant could have been a number of things. That she was single at the ripe old age of 25? That she was well read, in three languages, including English, Spanish and Arabic? That she was a woman who wielded a degree of power and influence because of her wealth and status? That she was a non-believer? Whether or not God actually existed more mostly irrelevant to her; she very much doubted a supreme being cared all that much about the minute details of human affairs.
Whatever cardinal sin they were imprisoning her for, she didn’t expect it would take too much to secure her freedom. A promise of a generous monetary donation to the Church, forfeiture of sacrilegious materials, or agreeing to a marriage proposal of a good, Christian man, no doubt. It had only been a few hours in confinement, but she would be willing to agree to a great many things to secure her freedom. Words were cheap, and easy to give.
Still, from the looks of it, her imprisonment took little toll on her physically. Curly black hair still framed her heart shaped face, cerulean eyes standing in stark contrast to her dark hair and fair skin. The woolen shift did her figure little justice, just barely clinging to the curves of her bosom and hips, but otherwise shapeless. Truthfully, it was not any fault of her looks that resulted in her single status, but of her ego, her own stubbornness to be ruled by a man.
Footsteps descended from the stairs, her first visitor since the nuns disrobed her. Had it been an hour, or two? Longer? There was no sun down her, just the soft crackling of torches that made shadows dance along the walls.
What crime had she committed? The charge was witchcraft but what that actually meant could have been a number of things. That she was single at the ripe old age of 25? That she was well read, in three languages, including English, Spanish and Arabic? That she was a woman who wielded a degree of power and influence because of her wealth and status? That she was a non-believer? Whether or not God actually existed more mostly irrelevant to her; she very much doubted a supreme being cared all that much about the minute details of human affairs.
Whatever cardinal sin they were imprisoning her for, she didn’t expect it would take too much to secure her freedom. A promise of a generous monetary donation to the Church, forfeiture of sacrilegious materials, or agreeing to a marriage proposal of a good, Christian man, no doubt. It had only been a few hours in confinement, but she would be willing to agree to a great many things to secure her freedom. Words were cheap, and easy to give.
Still, from the looks of it, her imprisonment took little toll on her physically. Curly black hair still framed her heart shaped face, cerulean eyes standing in stark contrast to her dark hair and fair skin. The woolen shift did her figure little justice, just barely clinging to the curves of her bosom and hips, but otherwise shapeless. Truthfully, it was not any fault of her looks that resulted in her single status, but of her ego, her own stubbornness to be ruled by a man.
Footsteps descended from the stairs, her first visitor since the nuns disrobed her. Had it been an hour, or two? Longer? There was no sun down her, just the soft crackling of torches that made shadows dance along the walls.