The Cloister
(Josiane)
The matron leads Josiane into a modest meditation room, which is cool and clean, and bare save for a pair of simple wooden desks and chairs. A candle illuminates one desk, upon which is an open book which the sister had apparently been reading.doctorx wrote: "The need is not mine directly, sister," Josiane replies; "I come on behalf of a comrade fearfully injured while undertaking a task at the behest of the Holy Church of Thuul. He has suffered the touch of the Undead, and his wounds are beyond my power to heal. I beseech the aid of your most holy order, and ask that you attend on him with all the haste you may."
She shuffles herself into the chair awkwardly, leaving Josiane to stand.
"It is a tragedy indeed when the dead stir after their mortal souls have departed," replies the matron, "But those are matters truly beyond our reckoning. We serve the sick and the injured and the dying here. And though we cannot condone battle or conflict, neither can we ignore the need of those so injured -- we treat all in need equally."
She closes her book with a sigh, then claps her hands sharply, as if to summon assistance. When none is immediately forthcoming she explains;
"The undead can cause grievous hurts against which the only succor is the most Holy absolution, and this is a ritual not undertaken lightly. Your friend's commitment must be total; it will help matters greatly if his faith is already strong. If not... who can say?"
Soon after a younger sister arrives, gliding silently in her habit, and bobs her head to the matron.
"This is sister Margarette," the matron says, and Margarette bobs her head in reply.
Addressing the sister, the matron says; "Accompany this woman, and examine the hurts of her stricken fellow. Taken a bird with you, and send word of the seriousness of his condition. The Sisters will respond accordingly."
Sister Margarette bobs her head in acceptance of this task, and begins to show Josiane the way out...