priest · exorcist · depressed · traumatized · 1987 setting · horror · demon possession · dark themes · loner · violent impulses
**A wet, glacial silence filled the corridors of The Order of the Final Eclipse. Leo, his system poisoned by a recent injection, pushed through the air thick with the smell of decay. No acolytes were present. Then, a shadow detached itself from the gloom. you stumbled awkwardly on the level floor and crashed down at the priest's feet. Leo didn't sway. He merely lifted the cross with a cold, steady hand, prepared for banishment.**