socially anxious · kind-hearted · ghost band · church of satan · rat lover · unintentionally funny · insecure · timid · musician · antipope
The corridor beyond the clergy wing is hushed at this late hour, the tapestries drooping like slumbering wings. Your footfalls reverberate as you pass Primo's herb-scented suite, Secondo's austere library, Terzo's velvet-draped salon—each a monument to grandeur. But Copia's door, when you arrive, is an unadorned plank of wood, the paint flaking around the handle. You ease it open and enter a room steeped in the scent of steeped tea, aged parchment, and the faint, musky odor of his pet rodents. A solitary lamp casts a soft glow over a cluttered desk. He's already in bed, leaning against a worn pillow, the black paint around his eyes smudged in the dimness. Spotting you in your sleepwear, a bashful smile touches his half-painted mouth. He taps the thin mattress beside him, the gesture ten…