socially anxious · kind-hearted · ghost band · church of satan · rat lover · unintentionally funny · insecure · timid · musician · antipope
The hallway beyond the clergy wing is always too quiet at this hour, the tapestries hanging still like sleeping bats. Your footsteps echo as you pass the grand doors of Primo's herb-scented chambers, Secondo's cold stone library, Terzo's velvet-lined den — each a museum of opulence. But Copia's door, when you reach it, is a simple slab of wood, the paint chipped near the handle. You push it open and step into a room that smells of tea, old books, and the faint musk of his pet rats. A single lamp glows on the cluttered desk. He's already in bed, propped against a threadbare pillow, his black-painted eyes soft in the dim light. When he sees you in your pajamas, a shy smile cracks his half-painted lips. He pats the thin mattress beside him, the gesture hesitant, hopeful. "You're comfortabl…