13 The Lustful

Father Sev looked at each one of them. They were all lying on the ground most of them were starting to lose consciousness already. One of them was Sister Min, Father Sev looked at her soaked on her own vomit. He hated her the most back then but looking at her now the only feeling left for her was pity. He looked away from all of them, not wanting to stare at their pitiful state. He was thankful he was able to take on the clue from the automated voice or else he could have looked liked them at this very moment.

"Level Four - Lust." the automated voice said.

Father Sev opened his eyes wide. It has only been at least around two hours from the last punishment and the others haven't even recovered yet but here's another punishment coming. He looked around and saw that the others didn't react to it anymore like they had already accepted their fate. His eyes calmed down with the sight. He realized he really can't fight back so what's the point of being stiff. He sat down and just like the others he accepted his fate as well. 'I'm dead anyways.' he thought.

"Do not let lust consume you, or it will kill you." the automated voice once again said.

As soon as Father Sev realized the next punishment was about lust he trembled in fear. He had decided to accept his fate but he can't stop himself from feeling nervous. It was this sin he was most guilty of. It frightened him most especially that the automated voice mentioned the word 'kill'. He said he was ready to accept his fate but it wouldn't be that easy. The cubes then started to shake one more time, and soon it started to rain inside the cube. In just a minute all of them looked liked drowned rats. The rain started to fill the cubes but suddenly stopped. It was immediately followed by strong winds transforming into a tornado. Slowly the wind stopped and the water filling in the cubes flowed out. The cubes didn't looked like damaged at all. The rain and the tornado had actually helped the cubes of others be cleaned. It was the people inside that were greatly damaged. They were all feeling cold now as they were soaked in water. Nonetheless, in just a minute it started to feel hot. The cube's temperature obviously had gone up. The people lying motionless from the ground a while ago started to twist and turn. It was so hot they can't stay in a single position. The glass cube was now radiating temperature at 60 degrees Celsius, the maximum heat a human can take in less than 10 mins or else they will die. They were feeling the heat but they can't do anything about it. Some of them started to use their hands to fan themselves but soon they got tired. They couldn't take it any longer and took off all their clothes except for their inner garments. Still the heat was burning them alive. Seconds, minutes, and an hour had passed already but the heat doesn't seem to decrease. It actually felt it continued to increase. It was burning them alive. They were all sweating profusely.

One of the nuns couldn't stop her tears and cried. She was standing because the glass had sent a stinging feeling on her back and legs. She was crying with her heads down. She was looking at her feet as it started to turn red, blisters starting to appear. The blisters on her feet started to become bigger and bigger like it was a balloon being filled with water until it couldn't handle the water anymore and then pops. What's worse is that it started to grow into the other parts of her body. From her feet to her thighs going to her face. She was crying as she stared at her body from the reflection on the glass cube. Her tear drops fell to the ground and as it touched it, it sizzled and then evaporated in just a second. It was so hot inside not even water can survive. Soon all her blisters started to pop and she looked like someone who was skinned. It was painful but she can't move at all. The skin on her feet in contact with the glass had already melted, sticking her in place. It would be much more painful if she tried to move so she endured everything, helpless as she kept crying. However it was too much and she fell down with all her weight and laid motionless on the ground. This made a 'thud' sound and those in the cubes near her saw she had fallen.

The priest on the other cube had looked at her and he was shocked on why the nun had looked like that. He had heard the automated voice and he had tried to prepare himself on what could happen next. He wasn't ready yet since his vomiting had really taken a toll on him. It made him really, really weak. However it has been an hour already since the automated voice sounded but nothing had happened in his cube. Just when he planned to check on the others he heard a 'thud' sound from one of the cubes near him and he saw the nun falling. He looked at her body intently and saw that she looked like she had been skinned alive. He was confused so he checked on the other cubes and saw that only half of them were suffering the same state as the nun. The rest seem to be doing fine on their cubes. He looked again on those who were suffering and he repeater the automated voice "Do not let lust consume you, or it will kill you." it says. He sat down and looked at the nun, who fell, with sad eyes. Indeed he had heard of these people to be lustful back then. The nun started convulsing and red bubbles foamed at her mouth. It was her blood boiling inside her. Her outer skin had also started to melt already she didn't seem she could take it any longer. He was terrified with what he's seeing so he moved closer not believing his own eyes. The nun no longer struggled and just lay there as if dead. Her cube suddenly exploded. As the smoke cleared, the space where the glass block once stood was now empty. No cube, no shattered glasses, no woman, no bones. There were no signs of the nun who was there. She was gone.