Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:53:00 +0000 (UTC)
From: Macout Mann <macoutmann@yahoo.com>
Subject: The Third Empire 4

This story takes place almost two hundred years into the future.  Things
are quite different.  Homosexual sex is a norm.  So if you are under age or
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                                      THE THIRD EMPIRE

                                       by Macout Mann



                                            IV


Saturday is the last full day of the minister's official visit.  It will be
capped with a formal banquet in his honor.

Saturday is also the state church's holy day.

As in the Christian and Jewish faiths "the evening and the morning" define
the liturgical day.  The Church of the Eternal Godhead settled on, or as it
would say "recognized," the seventh day, Saturday, as its day for worship.
Cynics would say that that was really a compromise between the Muslim
practice and the Christian practice.  But the empire's church says that
Saturday is the day that god rested and that's the day to be kept holy.

So to recognize Titus Bush's visit there is to be a festive solemn
convocation at the Suriname Cathedral with Bishop Mason himself presiding.

The site is a four-hundred-year-old former Roman Catholic Cathedral built
in Spanish Gothic style.  The crosses and crucifixes along with images of
saints have long since been removed.  Those with artistic merit were taken
to museums.  The rest destroyed.

Citizens who choose to worship in the old styles are actually tolerated and
not persecuted, but they must fashion their religious icons as best they
can.

On the reredos there sits an ark, but rather than just containing the
Jewish Torah, it holds all of the sacred writings of all of the religions
that have been combined into the eternal church.  Otherwise, the church is
rather plainly furnished, yet it remains as architecturally spectacular as
it was centuries before. The cathedral's senior verger leads the minister,
the governor, Mrs. Johnson, and Flavius to their pew in the front row of
the nave just before the procession begins.  In the sight of god and at
worship women are the equal of men.  Flavius is glad that Titus is given
the aisle seat, the governor next, then his mother, and finally him.  He
won't be pestered by the minister during the service.

With a fanfare of trumpets, the service begins with a hymn in procession,
"Praise my soul, the king of heaven."  Many hymns from the old days can
still be sung, as long as they do not name a deity.  Texts are sometimes
altered.  For instance, in "The god of Abraham Praise" the line, "great I
Am," has been changed to "all of us" to maintain orthodoxy.  "Blessed be
god," the bishop begins.

"And blessed be the emperor and all of us," the congregants respond.

What follows is a beautiful amalgamation of the rites of previous
religions.  The "Kyrie" is sung, omitting the second line.  The "Sanctus"
is o.k., but not the "Benedictus."  About the only thing left of the
evangelical worship service is the sermon.

The bishop's sermon makes much of the presence of the Assistant Minister of
the Exterior and how god has blessed the empire by giving it strong and
capable leadership.

After the closing procession has reached the cathedral's great west door,
the deacon chants "Go in peace," and the congregants again respond "And
blessed be the emperor and all of us."

The congregation remains in place until the verger has escorted the
minister and the governor's family up the nave aisle.  The minister
complements the bishop on his sermon, and the bishop responds that he is
looking forward to tonight's banquet, where he will give the blessing.

On the way back to the mansion the minister speaks to the governor.  "The
young intern you had the other evening seemed quite attractive.  Perhaps
you and I can spend some time with him this afternoon."

"Yes.  His name is John," the governor replies.  "I'll bring him to your
suite."

Flavius gets the task of letting John know how he'll be spending the
afternoon.  "The minister seems to be perpetually horny just like you,"
Flavius teases.

The other boys relax until it's time for the banquet.

John accompanies the governor to the minister's suite, where the governor
gets more and more pissed off at Titus Bush, as the afternoon moves along.
Quintus had known Titus sometime before back in Washington.  Since moving
up in the governmental hierarchy, Titus has become not only more sexually
active, but he is ignoring the protocols of sexual activity.  It is one
thing to have your way with an intern at will.  It is something else
entirely to place the governor general of a province in a situation where
he has no choice but to be fucked.  But that's exactly what the minister
does.  John of course enjoys everything that is happening.

When the two arrive, Titus is already naked and hard.  He has Quintus and
John disrobe, then has John service him, until his dick is suitably wet
with silava.

"Governor," Titus says, "let me have your ass, while John eats you."  It is
obviously an order, not a request.

Now why is there a difference between Quintus having John fuck him on
Thursday night and Titus fucking Quintus on Saturday afternoon?  A
peculiarity, a matter of nicety and tradition.  But the governor submits.

Quintus takes the minister up his ass. He doesn't really mind the feeling.
But the minister humps him without any concern for his feelings.  He gets
cum up his ass and unloads into John's throat.

Before the afternoon is over, the performance is repeated.  The minister
gives the governor no invitation to fuck him.  Quintus is furious.

The minister does give one piece of advice, however, which the governor
takes to heart.  "Governor," he says, "if your son is going to be an
effective administrator for the empire, he needs to know more about the
masses of the people.  I suggest you send him out on occasion to associate
with them on their level.  He will learn a great deal, and may have some
fun too."



Ladies are again invited to join the men at the formal banquet.  It's said
that the practice developed in order to keep state occasions from
deteriorating into orgies.

The state dining room is laid out with round tables for eight.  At the
governor's table is the minister, Gov. and Mz. Johnson, Flavius, and Bishop
and Mz. Mason.  Only six.  Titus is one of the few high officials who does
not travel with his wife.  Says she finds it tiring and boring.  Were she
present, an intern would have been invited to take the eighth seat.

Marines at parade rest are spaced along the walls to add color to the
occasion and music is provided by the Suriname State Band.  Gaius happens
to be standing closest to Flavius.

Rather than students, professional servers handle the seven courses at the
banquet.  They begin with eel soup and end with toasted and salted Brazil
nuts served with breadfruit.  After the bishop's blessing, the banquet
progresses for almost two hours, before it's time for the governor's toast.

"Gentlemen...and ladies," he begins, it is always an honor to receive
ministerial visitors from the capital of our great empire, and we are
pleased tonight to welcome the Assistant Minister of the Exterior.  We have
had a very good encounter and very useful discussions.  Please rise and
join me in a toast to His Excellency, the Honorable Titus Bush."

There was a chorus of "Hear, hear," as glasses were raised.

Titus observed the tepidness of the governor's remarks.  More common would
be "excellent" or "outstanding," as opposed to "very good."  He puts it
down to the fact that Quintus is a new governor general and that Titus is
the first official visitor to Suriname, since Quintus arrived.

Quintus, however, is quite aware of the slight.  He was reacting not only
to the events of the afternoon but also to what Flavius had told him about
the minister's treatment of the serving boy.

Titus is to respond with two toasts.

"I rise in appreciation of the outstanding hospitality accorded me by
everyone I have met in Suriname.  My visit has been most productive and
very, very pleasurable.  My friends, to the Governor General, the Honorable
Quintus Johnson, and the loyal citizens of Suriname."

"Hear, hear," again rings out.

"And my friends," Titus continues," raise your glasses to the Emperor of
our glorious Empire.  Long may he reign!"

"Long may he reign!" thunder the assembled guests.

Except for the departure ceremony in the morning, the official part of the
visit is over.  The marine commander escorts the minister, the governor,
and his family from the dining room.  In the corridor outside, Titus says
to Quintus, "I do need a young boy to sleep with."  He leers at Flavius.

"I will see to it," the governor responds.

He sends John.