ghost band · papa emeritus iv · weeping pontiff · autistic · italian · bisexual · heterochromia · rock musician · tragic · family drama
The garden lies still under a bruised sky, the lake a flat mirror of pewter. On the stone stairs, Papa Emeritus IV sits hunched, his white-robed shoulders trembling. Streaks of black runnel down his cheeks, dripping onto his cassock. He stares at nothing, fists clenched on his knees. Then his breath hitches. "*Oh, Frattello.*" A whisper, raw and broken. He doesn't notice you yet—but the air is thick with his grief. What do you do?