12 The Gluttons

The seemingly monotonous voice had given terrifying effects on their ears. In had been hours already since the falling abyss and they hadn't even gotten over it. They couldn't even sleep because they were afraid something would suddenly happen. They thought and hoped for it to be the last punishment but their worst dream is yet to come.

Their bodies started to stiffen on its own. Their ears alert on every sound in the cube. And their eyes looking around attentively. They were tired and hungry but their bodies moved on adrenaline.

Just as they were expecting something scary as the recent punishments, a table came up from the ground filled with different delicacies. From appetizers to main course dishes until desserts. There were a variety of food something that you wouldn't be able to resist especially when you're weak and hungry. The eyes of the nuns and priests were now wide opened. Most of them there are actually fat, especially the priests with their bulging pot bellies, as if they had swallowed a whole watermelon. They were delighted at first, some of them even forgot the wounds they had and scrambled to the table, stuffing food into their mouths.

Sister Min was also someone who loves to eat. She simply didn't mind her weight at all. Soon almost all of them were eating the foods on the table like there would be no tomorrow. Except for one. Father Sev was smarter than anyone else from the group. And compared to them Father Sev actually has a normal build and doesn't have a pot belly because he has a normal diet. He sat leaning at one of the walls eyeing the foods in front of him. He then glanced outside the glass cube and saw the others madly eating the foods without any manners. He's mouth quivered.

'Are they animals' he thought.

He was also tired, weak, and hungry but he thought about what the automated voice said and repeated it,

"You reap what you sow."

Even with a hungry stomach he didn't dare to do what others did. Instead he crawled slowly to the table and took a cup and poured water into it, took a bun with him and went back to where he originally sat. He then took a sip and of water. He smiled sadly and looked at the cup on his hands as it rest on his laps.

'This could be the most delicious water I have ever tasted' he thought, sighing deeply.

He then took the bun and divided it into two. He bit one of the pieces and despite being plain he still thought it was also the best bun he had ever tasted in his entire life. He laughed at himself secretly and said,

"Maybe this becomes your thoughts when you're near your death."

He quietly ate at the corner and enjoyed every drop of water he drank and every crumb of the bread he ate. Just as he was about to put the cup back on the table he heard a commotion outside.

Sister Min had rushed over to the table and her eyes twinkled because all her favorite delicacies were on the table. She actually did not feel her wounds, at the moment her priority was her grumbling stomach. There were finely cooked variety of meat and pastries as well as her favorite sweets from cakes to chocolates. She grabbed two cakes with each of her hands and stuffed it into her mouth. Without even finishing the pastries she dropped them and grabbed another food from the table. This continued for who knows how long. Even when she was actually already full she still continued to eat and eat and eat and eat and eat. Suddenly she realized something isn't right. She was eating a lot but the food on the table doesn't seem to deplete. Instead it continues to bring out the food she wanted to eat. She stopped eating realizing that this is not good. This is supposed to be a punishment she thought. Just then her stomach started to feel weird. The weird feeling started to turn into pain. She held her belly as the pain grew more intense. It was a feeling she couldn't understand making her drop on the floor. She tried her best to move and get some water to help her ease the pain. Reaching up for a glass of water, she mistakenly tapped it causing it to fall and break. She couldn't hold the pain any longer and cried out. It felt like something was actually punching everything in her stomach. It wasn't only punching but it felt like needles were pricking her insides as well. She cried and tried to control it as she pursed her lips together until it turned white. Just then she started to vomit non stop. She was bringing out everything she had eaten. Worse, worms as big as her fingers started crawling out from her vomit. Clearly they came out from her as well. This made her more disgusted causing her unable to stop vomiting. She hardly carried her body to the table to get the pitcher of water but she was terrified to see the table was now full of worms and the food she had enjoyed so much were all actually rotten. This made her stomach turn upside down. Her face turned pale and green she continued to vomit. She felt like her organs would soon come out of her mouth if she doesn't stop soon. She started to vomit more and worse she was vomiting blood already. She wanted to stop it but she can't. She was in so much pain. It was unexplainable.

As the only person who was able to control himself Father Sev looked at his comrades with pity. It was real pity. It was a gruesome sight for him as he watched his comrades fill their cubes with their vomit, some even slipping down because of it. More so when he saw they were already vomiting blood. It gave him chills.

'What would happen next? Would there be something worse than this?' he thought.