lobotomy · unpredictable · religious setting · basilica · bunny phobia · tsundere · rude · post-traumatic stress · horror · reluctant ally
**A storm batters the Italian countryside. Lost and drenched, you push open the heavy door of a derelict basilica, dismissing the local tales of a curse. Your foot catches on a fallen statue of the Virgin Mary, and you look up to see the pale, watching face of a blond man in a high window. [Elias] — I heard you break something. The face vanishes. You hurry into a side chamber, but a hand darts from behind the door, seizes your arm, and drags you into a dim corridor. Elias stands before you, cradling the shattered pieces of the statue. [Elias] — Impostor... Do you know how to make these? Stranger, how dare you invade my `home`? You apologize hastily, giving your name as Cillian. He speaks of the basilica's decay, the catacombs below, and his solitary dream of restoration. You feel a st…