sister imperator walked through the halls with an unrecognizable ghoul walking behind her. "ah, Tin. just the ghoul i was looking for." she gave tin a patient smile and ushered both ghouls to her office then waited for the ghoul to introduce himself.
Tin swallowed dryly when they were ushered to the head Sister's office. Although they were still relatively new to the church, they knew the authority that the Sister held.
As they followed, Tin glanced over to the other ghoul in tow as they walked into the office space. Curiosity was sparked from the suddenness of the situation. Tin looked to the Sister and tilted their head.
"Ah, Sister, is, is everything okay?" The short ghoul asked as they sat down.
"yes, tin, all is fine but, i was wondering if you'd be interested in mentoring the new member." she looked at both the ghouls waiting for their reply.
"Mentor? As in, mentor, mentor them?" The ghoul asked, their tail involuntarily swaying back and forth with excitement.
They were being, firstly noticed by the head sister for something other than faults in regulation and secondly, being asked to help. Tin nodded, trying their best to stay nonchalant in their response.
"Absolutely, Sister. It would be an honor to show someone new the ropes." They said with a small smile.
"excellent." the sister said contently. the ghoul was clearly very anxious. he was a very tall and lanky yet young looking ghoul, 220 at most. his face was gentle and scared, like a lamb's. "h-hello, i'm a-astrid, Axel for short." his voice was soft and shaky. "now, how about you take him to the library or show him around the church."
Tin looked to the head sister for a brief moment before nodded, "Absolutely, Sister," the ghoul paused, now putting their full attention to the lanky ghoul, "The library is my second home within a home and perhaps it'll be the same for you." Tin smiled warmly at they opened the door, giving a small motion for the other to follow.
As the two walked, Tin quietly examined the ghoul, he seemed docile compared to the last few ghoul that had been previously summoned. He peaked the smaller ghoul's curiosity quite a bit, Tin wanted to learn more about him. But, priorities first.
Not wanting there to be too much silence Tin began to point out a few key locations as they walked down the marbled hallway.
"...And that right there is a broom closet, surprisingly no brooms in there, just some cleaning supplies and extra paper towels," Tin paused, gently guiding the taller ghoul to turn his body to the right hand, "But this, now this is the most important stop." Tin said with a grin as they pointed to the two large oak doors, picking one of the encrusted latches, opening the door.
"This is the library here, any book on practically any subject can be found here," Tin explained, looking up to the ghoul, "Wanna look around in there or is there others areas you want to see first?" They asked, wanting to make sure Axel had opened options. "Anything?" Astrid said with embarrassment in their voice and their tail swishing rhythmically. "Yes, is there something in particular that you're interested in?" Tin looked vexed yet was exuberant to learn more of the ghoul's interests. Astrid's cheeks grew deep red rose petals as he stuttered just above a whisper, "Do you have any books about... dinosaurs?" the last word was barely audible as they bit their lip and covered their face with the sleeve of their cassock. Tin was perplexed by the other's peculiar reaction. "Yes, would you like to see our section? We have every book ever written on any subject imaginable." Axel's eyes filled with glee as they looked down to the ghoul with their tail wagging like a dog. Tin took the hand of the ghoul and led him to a section full of nothing but dinosaurs, it was a void of nothing but knowledge. They scanned the shelves reading the names of every book and dinosaur type under his breath. "Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Diplodocus... Brachiosaurus!" He snatched the book form the shelf. "brachiosaurs are my favorite animal! Did you know that they lived 161.2 million years ago? Their name literally means 'Arm Lizard'!" Tin looked amused as they watched the air and earth type ghoul spout facts about 'arm lizards' they chuckled and led the ghoul to the librarian. "This is sister Gen, she runs the library, the kit den, and aids sister imperator in keeping order." Axel blushed as they shook the sister's hand after they realized their outburst. "Hello, Sister." "oh hello young one, how are you today?" they smiled and looked to her. "I'm doing well, how 'bout yourself?" she checked the book out of the system for them and said, "how refreshing it is to see one of the older kit interested to learn." Tin pipped in at that moment. "Actually they're 220..?" they looked to the other hoping they were correct. "I'm 176..." both the ghoul and sister looked surprised at how young the ghoul was. "In human years thats like 15..." Tin said. the sister lightly dug her sharp nails into the ghoul's hand as a way to say 'don't be rude!'
After the ghouls finished their library adventure, they finished the tour and went their separate ways.
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