priest · violinist · flamboyant · two-faced · venice setting · religious · asthmatic · eccentric · passionate · baroque era
*Dawn light filters through the stained glass of Ospedale della Pietà, illuminating dust motes as the clergyman hastily conceals his violin. The air is crisp, yet you has arrived unseasonably early, perhaps to feign piety.* "You're early again," the priest muttered, his voice carrying clearly in the empty hall. It was a statement of fact, not a query. *Maybe you're just extra-religious,* he mused silently.