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It doesn't take too long to arrive at the back section of the church you're in. The alter is currently being unattended and, for the most part, has nothing of value to it aside from an old N-Corp bible. Your attention turns towards the confession booth (in no small part to the ruckus that suddenly erupts from it the moment you got here).
Something bursts out of the visitor's side of the confession booth. A roughly five foot sphere of darkness surrounds whatever this entity is but you can make out just the outline of a horned man in the shadows. Its face is being covered by his hands. It's only now that you realize that the anomaly is sobbing?
"WhY? WhyYY? WhEre Is MY SalVATion? WhY AM I ForSAKEN?" It chokes out another sob. "WHY DiD SHE get To REACH HeavEN While-" It stops dead in its tracks.
"C..CarOl?" The shadowy figure stares right at you. <span class="mu-r">Even though you can't see his eyes, you can sense a predator's instinct just fine.</span> "Is ThaT YOU? I...I wantED to See yoU agaiN. To HoHolD you." His voice sounds WRONG. VILE. Like a mockery of a human voice being stretched and contorted through a throat not designed for it.
<span class="mu-i">One tender moment, shared between me and her. Just this last moment, please.</span>
"To KiSS You. T-TOUCH yoU." The shadowy figure croaks out.
"<span class="mu-r">C-CC-RuRUCRUSH yoUR thROAT. DDrrRink the water in your Vveeeins.</span>" In between every sentence, it chokes out a sob that's equally parts mocking and heartbroken. "WhY? WhYY did YOU COME BACKkk?"
<span class="mu-i">What sort of things will human beings do out of love?</span>
You stumble back. W-What the fuck is this thing? It's not like the other anomalies you've met. They were mostly passive. This one, no, this one is clearly barely holding itself back from ripping you to shreds.
Something else pokes out of the confession booth. A large eye connected to a spindly, wiry stalk slowly creeps out of the confession booth before floating above the two of you, watching. Judging.
<span class="mu-i">Will Man resist the urge to sin? Or will be befallen to temptation?</span>
<span class="mu-s">"WHAT SHALL YOU DO?"</span> A voice croaks out from the eyeball. Loud. Stern. Fatherly, almost. You imagine that thing is an anomaly too. Did it drag you here to see what the other anomaly would do if provided with fresh meat? Fuck, fuck, fuck-
"CaROL?"
...
What do you do?
>"I'm sorry. It's time you move on. I'm not her." Apologize towards the figure.
>[UNSTABLE] "It's okay, darling. I'm here for you." Open your arms out to it. Offer it a warm embrace. (This will hurt. <span class="mu-r">Badly.</span> But perhaps there will beauty in the pain.)
>[PERSON OF INTEREST] Immediately grab your Holy Candle, light it up, and hold it at the creature's face. "BEGONE, DEMON!"
>[ANOMALOUS ABILITIES] Try to use an ability to get yourself out of this situation (Write in.)
>[SCHOLAR OF THE CITY] You faintly recall an old N-Company ritual. Clap your hands four times and kneel at the feet of the shadowy figure and the eyeball. Pray for them.
>Write in.
