Intro (Tales From The Lotus Pod)

"During each cycle of life on this very planet, you have a beginning, and you have an ending. As each cycle occurs, the souls living are forced to make a decision. They must choose to live life following either the stoic path of devoutness and worship, that many believe eventually leads to an afterlife of eternal bliss, or they may choose to live life following the opulent path (You ruined it! God damn you!) (Shut up, little man!) of hedonism and non-belief, which many believe leads only to eternal damnation. (In a fuckin' minute!) In this day and age, the time of choice is strongly upon us. A Lotus of the night, a simple Dark Lotus has emerged from sacred soil. From this unfolds a single truth. Those who believe in the gospel of the Dark Carnival recognize this as our last warning. The very next message brought before us will be the almighty Sixth Joker's Card. For now, let us relish within the Lotus."