The cykle time was the worst of the year. Every Clergy member knew what this time meant.

Long days spent isolating themselves from the ghouls, or if you can't help it, keeping them from getting close.

For the ghouls, on the other hand, it was a time when everything went their way. From the desire to mark everyone and everything whos close to the urge to touch everyone and everything, to mate. They were all in a kind of mating mood, their heat or rather a phase where they showed strong expressions of their intimate behaviour.

Some ghouls were able to control their feelings well and did not succumb to their primal compulsion. Others, on the other hand, behaved as if they were possessed.

However, the cykle time was always different, some ghouls were particularly affectionate and craved physical contact, while others were only interested in having someone to themselves for the time being.

With quiet steps you walked along the corridor, passed Copia's office and ended up at a staircase leading down to the ghoul den. As soon as you got downstairs you smelled something, it smelled sweet but also like ashes, something burnt.

"Who have we here..." Sodo came around a corner, he was always someone who was known for his aggressive behaviour in the Cykle era, but also normally, but, as very few people knew, he was very much in need of physical contact, in a gentle way.

"Sodo...I thought you were spending your time with Swiss or Rain." he tilted his head slightly "Mh...Rain was already busy and Swiss....well you know." he trailed off, of course you knew, the two of them could never really keep their claws off each other.

"And now you want what exactly?" he approached you "You smell good...not like the others." his tail moved a little quicker behind him.

Something told you that very soon you wouldn't be spending your cykle time alone.