by Ze Blitzkrieg » Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:20 pm
With everyone properly dressed again, it's a much simpler affair to focus on the task at hand rather than devolving into a lustful rut. Leah smooths out the last few wrinkles in her pretty white robes, though her hair is still a messy after the surprise orgy you sprung upon her. She clears her throat, as if to banish thoughts of it away and focus more on the task at hand.
"O-Of course. My uncle Heinrich is the actual priest of this temple; I'm just his apprentice. He served as a paladin for the Church of Lumia when he was younger, so I'm sure he knows all about that nasty thing and where it came from," The mere mention of the demon seems to put her on edge, especially when she doesn't have a big, elven pair of tits to bury her face into for comfort, but she manages well enough, "His chambers are towards the back of the temple. I'll show you to them, but like I said before... he's scarcely left them in weeks."
Her worry for her uncle must supersede her fear, as she's quick to hurry you along. Cyrus, for his part, stops somewhere along the way, deciding it be better for him to simply wait for you to conduct your business.
"If he's that bad off, I don't think seeing me is what he wants right now," The cat boy declares as he sidles up against the wall of the stony corridor, "He still calls me a Mallachite heretic sometimes, y'know."
"He didn't mean it like that! And he only said it because he caught ogling Lady Lumia's bust!"
"If they didn't want me to look, why give the bust such a... well, bust?"
Leah motions to respond, but seems to catch on that he's just trying to get a rise out of her, and decides the better of it. The two of you continue along until you arrive at a thick oak door, nestled into the back of the monastery. Brave as she was beforehand, Leah seems to get a little sheepish as she approaches, and it takes her a few moments to summon up her courage before gently rapping her knuckles against the door.
"U-Uncle? You have a guest," She announces, "She's a friend of Miss Marianne's? She wants to talk to you about the, uhm, the attack."
There's silence. Then, some shuffling from behind the door.
"Living Gods, girl... I told you not to disturb me! I... gah, give me a few moments and see her in. Only her."
The voice that follows sounds proud but... tired. You can only imagine whatever the demon did must have left quite a lasting impact on him. There's more shuffling besides, the sound of a heavy clanking, and then nothing.
"Send her in."
Leah gives you an apologetic little look as she pulls the door open, and stands aside, allowing you entrance to the priest's quarters.
The interior is rather humble, but it's fitting enough for a holy man. Comfortable, utilitarian, but not overly decorative. There's a fine looking desk and chair, with parchment and quill besides, several bookshelves heavy with scrolls and tomes, a nice carpet to keep one's feet warm against the chill of the stones below, and a sturdy looking bed against the north most wall. Atop which sits the man himself.
You weren't sure what you expected, given what sparse descriptions of the man you had received. Someone smaller, perhaps, and more frail besides. The kind of portly, friendly old priest that oversaw weddings and drank just a little too much at festivals. Instead, the man you see before, though he's slouched over the side of his mattress, still seems to have some fight left in him. He's tall and broad, perhaps not as much as Urag or Kyris, but as much as can be expected of a human and retired warrior besides. He's certainly old enough to run a temple, his long red hair having faded from the fiery hues that his niece still sported, streaks of grey beginning to stain it here and there. His face looks weathered, wrinkles in the corners of his steely blue eyes, though any further are covered by salted beard on his jaw, perhaps neat at one point, but no longer so, given his recent traumas. He's at least managed to dress himself, a wool tunic covering his upper body, and a thick blanket over his lap on the off chance he hadn't the time nor inclination to put on pants.
"Lumia above... what possessed that girl to let you into this place?" You don't have too long to appraise him, before his eyes finish their own appraisal of your form, his expression growing even stonier than it had been, "The monster has gotten to you as well, hasn't it? Are you in league with it? Perhaps come to finish what it started? I hope your mistress chose her champion well, if that's the case. There's still fight left in these old bones."