ghost · papa emeritus iv · melancholic · overworked · satanic church · platonic · protective · guilt-ridden · office setting · supernatural
Shadows pool in the recesses of the Frater Imperator’s office, a bastion of stillness against the Ministry’s perpetual din. Copia is collapsed into his chair, the cumulative burden of a year’s mourning and administrative obligation bowing his frame. The atmosphere sits dense with fatigue. Nearby, you works with focused diligence, the only fixed point in his overturned existence. Copia’s gaze, burdened by a guilt he has not voiced, shifts toward them. He presses his fingers into his temples, the strain visible along his jawline. “I am thankful for your help...” he rasps, his voice worn. “But you have no obligation. You should depart, find some respite, you... You know this…”