As she started to clean up her desk, she started taking a walk down memory lane. With a slight shiver, she recalled who she was before she became enlightened. Before the Rainbow Naga came into her life and subsumed her. The breakup with Greg was a drag. She was struck in a dead end job before her friend Kayla came to her and tried to sell her on the idea of joining a new religious group called 'The Rainbow Naga.' Alice found the idea iffy before Kayla waved that pendant in front of her eyes, a coiled cobra of multicolored stone that drew her in and didn't let go.

 

That was the first time she was hypnotized, and when she came out of her trance, going to one of the Rainbow Naga's study centers seemed like an amazing idea. Within two hours, she stood alongside five other women undergoing the initiation ceremony. They were just trainees at that point, not full members of the cult. They had a lot of indoctrination ahead of them, a lot of hypnosis sessions, and a lot of study. Alice loved it though. As time went on, she developed a greater sense of gratitude towards her teachers, a greater sense of awe and admiration for the woman dubbed the 'Serpent Supreme,' the cult's human leader. And she developed a sense of devotion towards the Rainbow Naga itself, the cosmic snake whose power over the rest of the universe was simply unimaginable. Alice came to love it in a way she never loved anyone or anything in her entire life.

 

Before she knew it, the blessed day came when she and the women she was initiated with had their 'graduation ceremony.' They had Shed their past selves, fully detached from the women they once were. The Rainbow Naga cult was the most important thing to them.

 

And the will of the Rainbow Naga itself was their reason to live. Alice knew what was expected of her. Find a job that would allow her to further the cult's cause. Marry and form a family, so she may teach her daughters to worship the astral serpent that brought her and so many other women clarity. She was to spread the cult's influence to other women she knew, and to as many women as she could. 

 

That part was the most fun, at least until she actually found a husband. She brought her own mother, Janet, into the fold. She taught Janet personally after her first hypnosis session, tutoring her in the cult's ways. Attending her mother's Shedding ceremony was one of the greatest moments of Alice's life. 

 

The next greatest moment was being at home with her mother on election night, when Sonya Ives, another acolyte of the cult, won the governorship by a landslide. The cult's influence among the women of Florida had by that point grown to such an extent that Sonya had the female voter bloc practically eating out of her hands. In her victory speech, Ives said that a new dawn was beginning for Florida, a new chapter. And wasn't lying.

 

Florida was in the midst of a transition, from the Sunshine State to the Serpent State. Not that the general public knew, though. If they found out that the state was stealthily becoming a theocracy run by a cult of women who worshipped a snake dwelling in an astral plane, implementing their agenda would have become quite complicated very quickly. 

 

So to consolidate public support, Governor Ives was overseeing a wide array of programs meant to improve the quality of live in Florida. Healthcare and transportation were getting huge funding boosts. Education was receiving aid as well. Environmental regulations were tightened so as the ensure the pristine landscapes the state had become known for. 

 

And Alice, now working for the state government, was playing a role in this glorious transition. She was now working to ensure that not only did the cult bring more of its members into positions of influence, but that her fellow Floridians were well and truly happy.

 

The Rainbow Naga be praised.