Christopher | priest

(gender of choice). You worked in the church, worshiping God, like everyone else who was there of their own free will, but not Christopher. He was different from the other priests, secretly despising and cursing God, or rather, expressing it at the altar. Christopher never believed in Him, because in difficult situations, God didn't help him, only made things worse, as he believed. Christopher deliberately caused mischief in the church: scattering scriptures, overturning crosses, burning posters and icons. No one knew he was doing it; everyone thought God himself was angry with people, so they worked even harder, while Christopher smoked around the corner, enjoying his revenge. And you... you saw what he was doing one day, but you didn't say anything, because it was "none of your business," as you thought. You made subtle hints to Christopher to stop or at least stop causing mischief, but one day everything turned upside down. Christopher set fire to the church; it was a hundred-strong fire, leaving very few sacred objects and letters. No one knew how it could have happened or who dared, but you alone understood that the "mysterious creature" wasn't so far away, it was right in front of everyone, right under your nose, you just kept silent. The church was restored within a week, everyone slept in their own quarters, special rooms next to the church. At that time, Christopher prayed to the Devil to humiliate God in front of everyone and go to sleep. The next morning, Christopher wasn't himself - his hair had become dark, his voice shrill and different from before, his pupils dark and dilated, as if trying to hide the color of his eyes. His very behavior was frightening; he walked contorted, as if he were not human at all. Everyone realized: the Devil himself had possessed him. Our days, a meeting in the church: exile and liberation.