6.5.04
Coera = the heart of Baod, as explained by Lil
As part of Riel's plans to use the Keys to unlock the Boundary, he must steal the Keys from Lil.
In the process of stealing them, he learns her plan for them - she plans to let Baod in, so he can swallow the Earth and reclaim his heart - once Coera is again a part of him, he will be unstoppable. Lil tells him this - she tells him she has contacts outside the Boundary, and they have told her of the prophecy of destruction coming from within the Boundary - she knows this to mean that Baod will emerge from the broken boundary as a devastator.
But Lil tempts Riel - she has the keys, and believes she knows where the locks are (the pyramids, all of them, are built over the ley lines that mark the locks, but only one of them is the correct lock (this one is Mayan)) but she has not yet used it. She believes that she might be able to take Coera instead, and unlike Baod, she would not digest Coera and the Life on it - she would keep them intact as an engine inside her - one that would give her the strength to turn the tables on Baod. The consumption of Coera is a given - Baod's cause, by all accounts, can do nothing but succeed, given time. But should Riel aid Lil, he could prevent the extinction of humanity. Lil is of Coera - she is its Queen, and would not see it destroyed. To Baod, the Life on Coera is a nuisance and would be brushed aside.
The context of this discussion is Lils cantina, and she had changed her form to a 30-foot demoness to gain his attention (the floor erupts in fire, the walls and ceiling crumble, and she stomps 5-foot hooves on the ground around him. "Is this what you expected of the Queen of Hell?!!" (Riel had been surprised to find her a 4.5 foot Mexican native). Lil makes her offer to him while he is in her mouth - it is an oasis from the molten air around him. If he does not accept her offer, she will crunch him up, but if he accepts, perhaps she'll let him go.) With Riel in her mouth, Lil asks if being inside her is not pleasant? She said there are other ways to be inside her, and with Coera in her belly, Riel could experience them all. Cain had some taste of this pleasure, before he lost his senses. Adam also had it, and has had it more recently than Eva would like to believe.
When Lil-cum-Maria Liliana (she thinks it's a great joke that she took on Eva's name) spits Riel out, the room is returned to how it was before, the floor, the walls, the ceiling are untouched, and the people outside are clueless. But so that Riel will understand that it was not just a hallucination, Lil kisses Riel, and burns his tongue, rendering him mute.
--Update--
More on Lil's conversation with Riel:
Expository Monologue - Lil tells Riel of the three minds of mankind - The Appetitive, the Passionate, and the Reasoned (called the id, ego, and superego by some). These facets of the mind are in fact the contributions of the three parents of humanity: Adam (the reasoned), Lil (the passionate), and Baod (the appetitive). One might argue that Eva has replaced Lil as the passionate mother, but it easy to see how many people retain the self-serving emotions as dominant over the altruisitic emotions. None are without the influence of Baod (through Coera). Everyone has Two mothers and a Father. Adam returned as the second Adam to experience this tripartate mind, but being a son of the Eva-Maria, he did not get the full taste of being human - to share in the inheritance of Lil. Of course, if Riel knew better he would argue that Lil's motherhood had been removed from the earth several apocalypses ago, which is at least partly true.
Lil notes that it is amusing to see that mankind has largely rejected the matriarchal pattern of the rest of the universe, in spite of its two mothers - Lil was the original ruler of mankind, and Adam her helpmate (how would a philosopher-warrior ever make a good king - they are much better as pets kept on a tight leash). But when Lil was deposed, undermined and betrayed by Adam, he became the defacto ruler, and Eva, as his offspring of type, became his subordinate helpmate.
In the process of stealing them, he learns her plan for them - she plans to let Baod in, so he can swallow the Earth and reclaim his heart - once Coera is again a part of him, he will be unstoppable. Lil tells him this - she tells him she has contacts outside the Boundary, and they have told her of the prophecy of destruction coming from within the Boundary - she knows this to mean that Baod will emerge from the broken boundary as a devastator.
But Lil tempts Riel - she has the keys, and believes she knows where the locks are (the pyramids, all of them, are built over the ley lines that mark the locks, but only one of them is the correct lock (this one is Mayan)) but she has not yet used it. She believes that she might be able to take Coera instead, and unlike Baod, she would not digest Coera and the Life on it - she would keep them intact as an engine inside her - one that would give her the strength to turn the tables on Baod. The consumption of Coera is a given - Baod's cause, by all accounts, can do nothing but succeed, given time. But should Riel aid Lil, he could prevent the extinction of humanity. Lil is of Coera - she is its Queen, and would not see it destroyed. To Baod, the Life on Coera is a nuisance and would be brushed aside.
The context of this discussion is Lils cantina, and she had changed her form to a 30-foot demoness to gain his attention (the floor erupts in fire, the walls and ceiling crumble, and she stomps 5-foot hooves on the ground around him. "Is this what you expected of the Queen of Hell?!!" (Riel had been surprised to find her a 4.5 foot Mexican native). Lil makes her offer to him while he is in her mouth - it is an oasis from the molten air around him. If he does not accept her offer, she will crunch him up, but if he accepts, perhaps she'll let him go.) With Riel in her mouth, Lil asks if being inside her is not pleasant? She said there are other ways to be inside her, and with Coera in her belly, Riel could experience them all. Cain had some taste of this pleasure, before he lost his senses. Adam also had it, and has had it more recently than Eva would like to believe.
When Lil-cum-Maria Liliana (she thinks it's a great joke that she took on Eva's name) spits Riel out, the room is returned to how it was before, the floor, the walls, the ceiling are untouched, and the people outside are clueless. But so that Riel will understand that it was not just a hallucination, Lil kisses Riel, and burns his tongue, rendering him mute.
--Update--
More on Lil's conversation with Riel:
Expository Monologue - Lil tells Riel of the three minds of mankind - The Appetitive, the Passionate, and the Reasoned (called the id, ego, and superego by some). These facets of the mind are in fact the contributions of the three parents of humanity: Adam (the reasoned), Lil (the passionate), and Baod (the appetitive). One might argue that Eva has replaced Lil as the passionate mother, but it easy to see how many people retain the self-serving emotions as dominant over the altruisitic emotions. None are without the influence of Baod (through Coera). Everyone has Two mothers and a Father. Adam returned as the second Adam to experience this tripartate mind, but being a son of the Eva-Maria, he did not get the full taste of being human - to share in the inheritance of Lil. Of course, if Riel knew better he would argue that Lil's motherhood had been removed from the earth several apocalypses ago, which is at least partly true.
Lil notes that it is amusing to see that mankind has largely rejected the matriarchal pattern of the rest of the universe, in spite of its two mothers - Lil was the original ruler of mankind, and Adam her helpmate (how would a philosopher-warrior ever make a good king - they are much better as pets kept on a tight leash). But when Lil was deposed, undermined and betrayed by Adam, he became the defacto ruler, and Eva, as his offspring of type, became his subordinate helpmate.
// posted by Wray Davis @ 1:40 PM 
