Stephen Withergrass has been working hard to recruit sims for his own Cult, and has managed convince five of the locals to follow him as Grand Supreme Master of the Illuminated Brethren of the Onyx Night.

The name is a bit of a mouthful, he'll admit, but it sounds sufficiently Mystic, Ancient and Occult to sucker in some minions.





The Brethren include Liam Button, Alex and Warren Muntz, and Sisters Zoë Higby and Petronella Browne (who isn't very punctual at attending, and frankly a bit of an airhead, but the cult can use the extra membership fees).



Sister Zoë needed some convincing, but after Stephen found out which of her levers to push, she was manipulated easily enough.



Let's just hope Yue doesn't find out about this...



Stephen: "Liam! My right-hand man! I think the time has come for me to introduce you into the next circle of Arcane Knowledge. You cool with that?"
Liam: "Oh, uhm... Yes! Of course! What have you got to tell me?"



Stephen: "Noone said anything about telling, Button. Hold on to your drawers."



Liam: "What are you..."
Stephen: "SHAZAM!"
Liam: "I don't think I feel so goo..." *blacks out*



Stephen: "Brothers, sisters, I've got to get to work. Could anyone please make sure Brother Liam makes it home tonight? He'll be a bit woozy, so you might have to carry him. Later!"
Illuminated Brethren of the Onyx Night: *awestruck*



Stephen came home after having enrolled the Brethren in the Society for the Procuration of Evil Licences and Litigation (SPELL), now officially a Cult Leader. 

Stephen: "Thank goodness, if I'd have to run around in this monkey suit for much longer, I'd have gotten sacrificial on someone's ass."



Little did Stephen know that in his absence, a stray spark from the fireplace had set the living room on fire. One of the Brethren must not have put out the fire properly, and with noone around, the fire had been allowed to spread unchecked. By the time Stephen opened the front door, the fire rushed out towards the fresh supply of oxygen, burning him in a matter of seconds.



Yue, who had been off at work as a Police Psychic (Arthur hired her, and didn't seem to realise that she made most of the things she told him up) arrived too late to save her boyfriend. In an attempt to get to him, she got trapped with flames between her and every point of escape. In her panic, she forgot all about her magical education, and tried to extinguish the flames the normal way.

Unfortunately, the flames were too much for her to control, and she perished as well.



Grim: "I COULD HAVE SWORN WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE MEETING JUST YET, STEPHEN WITHERGRASS. BUT AS THEY SAY, NEEDS MUST."
Stephen: "Shove off, I'm not going anywhere."
Grim: "I DON'T MAKE THE RULES, I JUST..."
Stephen: "I said, I'm not going anywhere. Get lost."
Grim: "LOOK, YOU CANNOT JUST STICK AROUND. YOU HAVE DIED. YOUR BODY HAS BEEN TURNED TO ASHES. NOW IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON."
Stephen: *huffy silence*
Grim: "SUIT YOURSELF, THEN."




To be continued...?