The giant materialised, some feet in the air above the dead bodies of the ruby-thieves. Eyes still closed, Ludicia drew breath for the first time– existing in a place that was at once the mortal world and not, where she was invisible to all who were not deceased or divine. As the dust settled, she opened her eyes, flooding the room with a blinding light that emitted from her eyes.
"SINNERS," she said. Her voice was a booming, authoritative thing. It echoed through the ruins, shaking pieces of rocks down from the unused buildings around them. "I HAVE BEEN CREATED FOR YOUR PUNISHMENT. ALLOW YOUR SINS TO BE WEIGHED."
The criminals looked up into the light, and in accordance with the god's creation, felt compelled to confess their sins. There were many to take from, and Ludicia waited patiently until they were done. Only after the judgement did she notice the ruins within which she was floating. The giant's head reared towards the altar steps, and for a moment the air grew colder.
"LET US ADD BLASPHEMY TO THAT LIST," she said.
The sentence was clear. There was only one punishment befitting souls as tarnished as these. Ludicia's face grew a wide grin, as her giant form lurched forward and ripped the souls from their mortal forms. Her own body seemed to coil and change as the front of her chest opened. Within, a world of darkness and pain could only barely be glimpsed before the souls were delivered, and her chest became transparent again.
With her business concluded, Ludicia paused mid-air to observe the altar closer. Though she was not a goddess of pain, she knew to recognise it and felt that there was much of it in this room. Quite possibly there was more to be done before she drew back into– wherever she had come from. The room– no– the land itself seemed to quiver with sorrow, all emitting from behind her. Ludicia turned, and saw a form within the room that she had not noticed before. Someone powerful– more like her.
"APOLOGIES FOR THE INTRUSION," she said. "I DID NOT REALISE I WAS ENTERING ON SOMEONE ELSE'S DOMAIN."