%%%%%
%%
%% Whitesheets live in this directory.  This file doubles as a
%% latex'able example whitesheet.
%%
%% Whitesheet macros (in ../Lists/white-LIST.tex, presumably) each
%% have a file that lives here.  The argument to \name{...} probably
%% should be the macro for the given whitesheet.  However, you can also
%% just use \name{Some Text} if you want.
%%
%% Note that for whitesheets, \name doesn't actualy typeset anything.
%% If you want the ``title'' of the IG document to appear, typeset it
%% how you want it.  Similarly, no ownership information appears on
%% the sheet.
%%
%% If the whitesheet has a number (via \MYnumber in
%% Lists/white-LIST.tex), \name{<white macro>} will cause the number
%% to printed as an out-of-game note.
%%
%%%%%

\documentclass[white]{conditionechoblueshift}
\begin{document}

\name{\wAlphaRitual{}} %% used as a label, doesn't typeset anything

\begin{center}
\textbf{\wAlphaRitual{\MYname}}
\end{center}

\oog{This is a curled piece of flattened seaweed, covered in writing
in the language of \bAlpha{}.\\ \textbf{Unless you are of the race of
\bAlpha{\MYrealname} or specifically know otherwise, the following
text is gibberish to you.} }

CHILD of the Deepness, attend carefully.  These are the words of the
Most Holy Father Dagon and the Ancient Blessed Mother Hydra.  Worship
and fear them, Child, and follow closely their instructions, for
theirs is the wisdom of eternity. 

THUS spoke Father Dagon, Master of the Deepest Ocean, Lord of Rift and Plain:

LO, the sea was and the sea is and the sea shall ever be, when the
land has crumbled and the sky has fallen.  Thus bless thyself with
My sea; immerse thy body in it completely and feel the caress of
the ocean.  Let thy thoughts drift, become one with the water, embrace
its essence within thyself.  While surrounded by the sea, meditate on
My teachings, Child, for at least sixty passings of the waves, which the
air-dwellers call seconds.

SHOULD another of My Chosen People be beside thee, their devotions would
please Me greatly.  Instruct them, My Child, to repeat whatever
actions you take at My direction.

NOW, as the needs of the \bAlpha{\MYrealname} require, thou must pass
into the air.  But forget not the sea, My Child; take with thee a
measure of its water.  When thou drawest forth the sacred liquid from
its resting place, utter the following in a strong, carrying voice, so
that the air and all that dwelleth within may know of My coming and fear:

\cenquote{``Most Holy Father Dagon, Overlord of Lake and Sea and Ocean
  and all that passeth within, come unto Thy most humble and fearful
  slave; grant him Thy blessing so that all may know Thy might and
  terror.''}{}

KEEP the Sacred Water with thee at all times once thou hast drawn it
forth, my Child, for it is infused with My power, which is like unto
a storm wave in its fury.

THEN goeth thou forth onto the land that is the domain of the air.
Remember, my Child, that thou art eternally a Trident-Bearer of the
Mother and the Father, and fear not the air-dwellers in their
weakness, for We art beside thee.

WALK thou into the air, onto the highest point of which thou knowest,
for it is there that the power of the air is strong, and it is there
that thou must proclaim the coming storm.  When thou hast reached it,
sprinkle three drops of the Sacred Water upon its height, to anoint
the place with the power of the Blessed Mother Hydra.  Then speak thou
loudly the words:

\cenquote{``O Great and Terrible Mother Hydra, send Thy spirit unto
  this place, so that the air-dwellers may know and fear Thy might.
  Bless Thy slave, and abandon him not in this, Thy hour of greatness.
  For the air must forever yield to the power of the sea and the fury
  of the storm.''}{}

REMAIN there for at least one hundred passings of the waves, repeating
the following devotion to thyself and all who may be gathered near:

\cenquote{``Father and Mother, Rulers of Storm and Sea, forsake not
  Thy slave.''}{}

THENCE goeth unto the place where the lowly air-dwellers gather, and
locate one who wouldst represent their species before Father Dagon,
Overlord of the Ocean and King of the Waves.  Sprinkle but one drop of
the Sacred Water on the lowly one's brow while intoning the following,
so that they may truly know thou art My slave:

\cenquote{``Master Dagon, Ruler of the Deepness and Emperor of All
  Waters, spare these the lowly air-dwellers.  Let them behold your
  full glory, for they are ignorant and know not your might.  If it
  pleaseth Thee, let Thy storm pass over Thy slave and those miserable
  ones gathered here.''}{}

FOR thy final devotions, return to the Sea and cast thyself into
its embrace.  Fill thy mind and heart with the spirit of Mother Hydra,
and meditate upon Her glory for a full sixty passings of the waves.
Then, while still immersed in the Sea from whence thou came, intone
the final blessing:

\cenquote{``Great Blessed Mother Hydra, fill Thy slave with thy might,
  so Thy will may be known across all the lands of the air-dwellers.
  Sanctify the errand of this humble one, and send Thy terror unto all
  who would hinder him in his path.''}{}

THUS is the Worship Cycle complete.  Go forth in My Name, Child.  

\oog{The symbol of Father Dagon is depicted at the bottom of this scroll.} 

\end{document}
