Voltruist woke up to the new evening, moving to get dressed. He put on his prieestly robes and then grabs his veil. He put it on and then undoes the blindfold he wore when sleeping. Once he was dressed, he head out of his room and down the hall. Giving those he passed a nod of greet, he headed to the sanctuary. There he would move to light the candles about it, while doing such a male walks in. Voltruist glance to the new comer, he had to double take. Seeing the silver hair had the priest thinking it was his friend. However upon further inspection, he realized they were not.
Though he notice something seem wrong, though the person wasn’t making a scene and only move to sit. There was a sense of deep sadness about them, Voltruist moved to the pew they sat at and would sit next to them, staring straight ahead. “Evening.” He greet.
The male glanced when the priest sat next to him and he look down, frowning. He give a quiet “Greetings father.”
Voltruist claps his hands together as he was relax in his seat “What brings you here? I have not seen you before.”
The male furrow his brow some “I’m just…trying to find answers. I guess I thought maybe church. How hypocritical of me to do such.”
Voltruist arch a brow “Hypocritical? How so? What is hypocritical of seeking answers?” He ask the male.
The male sighs “well being damned…in some sort of a church, seeking guidance from god.”
Voltruist chuckles “This isn’t that kind of church. We do not worship god here. This is a church for kindred, like you and I.” Voltruist glance to the male “You can tell me what bothers you. Though if you feel to exposed, we can go to the confessional.”
The male looked over at the confessional and thought a moment, before giving a slow nod “I think…I like that idea.” Voltruist nods to the male and got up heading with him. They got into the confessional, Voltruist sat and stared straight ahead. While the male was in the other staring at Voltruist through a mesh screen.”Im um Felix by the way…I um..”
“I need not know your name, however it is a pleasure to meet you Felix. Im Father Voltruist, please tell me what is burdening your mind, that she has sent you to me.” Voltruist responded.
Felix nods some “oh right um…I uh haven’t done this before. Wait who is she?” He ask.
Voltruist just smiled “The mother of us all, she who is the reason we exist. It was her guidance that we are and have lasted this long. Her love and her spirit that is in all of us. Lilith.” He explains “Now then what is on your mind child?”
Felix listened as the priest spoke, he wasn’t fully sure of what he spoke but it couldn’t hurt to speak. “Well uh… I.. I lost someone. They meant alot to me, they actually found me after I was turned. Guided me and taught me so much.” He explains
Voltruist listens “I know the feeling…to lose someone. This person, they were very close to you…a lover?” He ask.
Felix blush some “oh um well they had a lover, a human lover. Though yes I did love them. Both of them….I been trying to learn necromancy to bring them back, but its not been easy. At all, I miss him so much and it hurts.” Some blood tears begin to well up in his eyes. “His human lover died and the grief was too much so he walked into the sun.”
Voltruist gave a nod “I see. It is always painful the grief, no matter the length of time.” He explains.
Felix frown still “The person you lost…was it recent? Were they a uh lover?” He ask.
Voltruist shook his head “uh no. Not a lover, just a friend. It was very recent, but he didn’t die in a sense. You see he was hurt very bad and ended up in torpor. If you don’t know, you can’t really come out of such a state so…they in a sense may as well be dead.” He explains. “So my pain is different from yours, though I know you feel it greatly and though I dont go through the same as you I am here for you.”
Felix listened “Im sorry for your lost still. Do you know how I can learn more on necromancy?”he ask, he was sure the priest didn’t know. However surely he could help in understanding what he goes through.
Voltruist sat there in silence a moment before he spoke “No. See it was humans that hurt my friend and the reason he is in torpor. Why would you want to bring one back?”
Felix blinks at the priest words “Not all humans are bad. Mikael never hurt Otto, they were lovers and cared deeply. I want them both back, have things they were.”
Voltruist shook his head “Things will never be the same, that isn’t how life works. Humans fear what they do not understand and are destructive. This Mikael destroyed your friend and you. So much so he killed himself and you….you want to do the impossible. You dont even see how impossible it would be to bring back the vampire who walked in sunlight.”
Felix bangs his fist against the mesh screen ” You shut up! You didn’t know him, how dare you judge him! And you dont know that, you don’t know if i can’t bring them back. There is away, I will find it.”
Voltruist tense at the bang and shouting, sending him into a slight ptsd flashback. He start to dig his nail into the palm of his hand. “I know you do anything to bring the one you care for back. However you are not listening to yourself.” A single blood tear rolled down the priest cheek. “You should stay here. Let me help you, I can see the pain. Please let me help you move past it. I can not help you bring your friends back, but I can help you…”
The door to the priest confessional open and the priest yanked out of it “What the hell do you think you are doing?” Zagine asked.
Felix was listening to the priest talk, still fuming. Though before he could answer or hear the priest last thoughts he saw him yank out and would peak to watch the other male speak. Voltruist stared at Zagine “I’m doing my job as a priest. What I am suppose…” but Zagine struck him.
He then grab Voltruist by the neck “Damnit Tru look what you made me do again. Fuck….look your job ya but now you are trying to invite people to be here without talking to me.”
Voltruist straightened up after the hit and while Zagine held his neck. Refusing to look helpless or pathetic infront of anyone “Yes sorry, it was my mistake. I got ahead of myself, won’t happen again.” Felix blinks watching the exchange.
“Scram now.” Zagine told felix as he let Voltruist go “You need to remember I’m incharged, all of this is mine.”
Felix quickly moves out of the confessional and for the door, Voltruist watching the Vampire and moves to follow him. Only to gave Zagine grab his arm “where the fuck you going?” Voltruist jerk his arm away and kept going even while Zagine screamed at him.
Felix was outside walking, more rattled after that scene, when he was now grab by the arm. However the grip was soft and he look to see the priest. “Please don’t leave, stay. Stay with me and let me help you.” He plead.
Felix stared at him and then the door “What about that guy? I don’t think so.” He told him.
“Don’t worry about Zagine, he doesn’t matter right now. I can help you, she brought you here for a reason to me for a reason. Two souls going through loss, maybe we were meant to find each other.” Voltruist told him, smiling.
Felix listen as he spoke, but pulled away “How can you help me when you can’t even help yourself. You just let that guy hit you and berate you, whats to stop him doing that to others that come here. This place should be a safe place and its not. Also you don’t know what I’m going through, your friend only in torpor. Also who gives a shit about this lilith and her whatever, it wasn’t fate that brought me here. I heard I might find someone who can help me find out more necromancy, but no I found some broken priest.” He said venomously at the priest who was picking at his wrist.
“You are in pain, I can see it. I can help you…” he said in a soft tone, smiling as more blood tears roll down his cheek.
Felix shook his head “I LOST MY FRIENDS OF COURSE I’M IN PAIN!” he then walks off “fix yourself before trying to fix other people.”
Voltruist watched him leave, every word was like a knife. He move to head back into the church, once back in Zagine grabs him “How dare you ignore me…” but before he finished his thought Voltruist grab him and slams him to the wall snarling as growls at him. He leans in as if to bite Zagine only to snap out of it when a new voice spoke “Father contain yourself!”
Voltruist snapped out of the state he was in am slowly let Zagine go “I need to make my rounds ” he said absently and walks off.
The new voice was a female vampire, one of the council members. She watch him walk off and looks to Zagine “You said you could contain him.”
Zagine was slightly shaken up by the ordeal “I do have him contained. I don’t know what that was. How could he be stronger then me, I’m older then he is.”
The woman sighs “As I and Stahs tried to tell you time and time before. Due to his constant state of starving when he was newly turn, Voltruist lives on a edge of frenzy, he is stronger then most due to this fact. He is also unpredictable. Perhaps we should have ruled in favor to Stahs, he would have handle him better.”
Zagine narrow his eyes “Stahs is gone and he wanted to be with me not Stahs. I can handle him.” He state “now lets go to my office.”