Spanish Inquisition Gari People
During the days of the Spanish Inquisition conquistadores used to chase people, subject them to on-the-spot heresy trials and then execute them. A group of maybe a dozen helmeted soldiers on horseback would run down a hapless alleged heretic in an aqueduct somewhere, surround him menacingly, read from a Bible or something, and then kill him with their swords. I solemnly reenact this tradition by eating little people made from jelly-filled rolls of gari (picked ginger) out of a little dollhouse while listening to pertinent quotes about predestination being read to me from the gospel of John and other sources. The gari-people and and the dollhouse all look like they're based on designs from an old Final Fantasy game.
When I bite into the rolls a sickly-sweet red jelly leaks out, reminding me of the blood of the people killed during the Inquisition. It's not very appetizing, but I feel like I have to complete the ritual out of respect for the victims.
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