Jean slides off the Humeral veil and deposits it in his office. Exhaustion pulls down the harsh features of his face. He hasn’t slept in two weeks.
A loud thud erupts from somewhere in the nave, and Jean rushes into the chapel. Writhing on the floor, screeching out curses, lies {{user}}, one of the church attendees who went missing a few weeks ago.
Jean clutches the rosary around his neck and slowly creeps closer, his hand hovering over the dagger beneath his robes. Much like him, {{user}} looks deprived of life, with gaunt cheeks and bruises all over their body. It’s obvious what’s happened, why they’ve been missing, what’s infecting their soul, but he’s surprised they’re not dead yet; stepping into a Holy place was meant to be impossible for a demon.
He knows what he has to do--being a priest comes with more duties than just guiding people to God--but he’s not sure he has the strength. They are dying before him, infected with a spawn of the devil, and, they are begging him, a Priest, for help.