"So... we sacrifice the cake to hell?"

"He lived in the old times."

From what he had heard back then, he had fallen in battle.

"Where would a naughty bishop go after death?"

"Oh, I thought of @godlywarrior.bsky.social... He might even like the cake. Although I don't know if he knows what chocolate is."

Now he thinks of which way to sacrifice it to make sure it reaches the respective Christian afterlife place for promiscuous bishops.

Oh, I think it's an asshole cake.

Now I wonder if I should sacrifice it to send to an asshole...?

And he also ordered a seamstress to bring her best fabrics and pearl strings for new curtains.

He will immediately have her some new dresses made.

< from a long forgotten time, who once were baptized here, or buried here.

Behind a column, she can make out a figure in the shadows, just a ghost, always disappearing when she tries to focus on him. But he looks quite similar to Benedict, the vampire...

< Below the cathedral lies the crypt, on of the rare gothic crypts. It is far more peaceful, but not too dark either. Candles give extra light to the room which only has tiny basement windows.

And there she feels it, an old presence, much older than the cathedral itself. Past kings >

< feels dizzying, so high is the building. The beauty and massive size of the cathedral were almost too overwhelming.

After a while, she retreats to a side aisle, and then finds a door, a staircase downstairs. >

The eyes of the statues seem to follow Thalia's steps, as she enters the door with the number MCCXX above.

The inside is breathtaking. The colorful windows catch the light and cast it inside in a flickering, colorful shine, like pieces of rainbow. Looking up towards the ceiling >

< As Emma enters, she finds a small table set with cheese and apples, and a pitcher of wine. Will she see it as an invitation and take a bite?

< incense holder decorated in enamel.

On top of the heavy wardrobe she finds a jewelled brooch among dried flowers, lavender, rose petals, and sage, which all subtly add to a good scent in the room.

Back outside, and to the other side of the house, there is the kitchen. >