The Pie That Eats
More mythology from Sects. The center of the city where they live is something close to civilized still - they worship a creature that values order, and managed to trade their city chamber members for cult clergy without much of an interruption in municipal services. Their god is currently incarnated in the form of a giant pie, about six feet across, evidently fresh from the oven apart from a slice missing. From this slice it issues steam and occasionally commands. Those who do not obey the Pie's commands have a tendency to topple in due to spontaneous attacks of terminal curiosity as to the pie’s contents. They don't come back out.