TM - 85 - What is the one thing about yourself that you don't want anyone to ever know? [Locked]

[on_holy_ground]

The relationship between a priest and his congregation is one that is built on trust. The people he tends to must believe that he is someone who will never reveal the secrets that they impart to him. They must believe that he is open and forthcoming with them as well, so as to complete the circle of trust that is formed between them.

However, Darius was not a typical priest.

To tell those that he was helping that he was an immortal would be difficult enough in a society were anyone who is different is often ostracized, or worse. To tell them that he was once a man who delighted in nothing more than bloodshed, rape, and other acts of unspeakable cruelty and violence was completely unthinkable. It would not only destroy the life he had worked so long to build, but could very well cause some of those people he now tried to help to lose faith in everyone around them, and perhaps even become lost in the cracks as they started to believe that there was nowhere for them to turn.

After all, if you couldn’t trust your priest, then whom could you trust?

[ooc: Now as tempting as it might have been to write something about Darius and Hsu 'back in the day', I refrained so as to not piss off my priest too much in the coming weeks. ;) ]

Comments

[naughty-tess.livejournal.com]

*misses you and Tina and your pups terribly* Lilith's price for Tess, btw? Become a servant of Satan, Lilith's master. :D

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

*misses all of you guys too, and so does Tina, who I'm on the phone with* Darius rather figured that would be it, or something like it at any rate.

[naughty-tess.livejournal.com]

Tina! *waves* This may not please her, but I think of her whenever I see "Hallmark." ;)

*sigh* Poor Tess is in a real quandary. *loves it*

ooc

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

She says thanks, she thinks.

*snickers* I bet.

[civ-barbarian.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* Awww...Hsu would have liked that! But understand not wanting to be stuck with a pissed off muse in your head. *still wondering how Hsu will answer this*

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

*grins* Oh I'll get him to work it in one of these days when I don't have to be with sporadic internet for an entended period of time.

[the-bride-tm.livejournal.com]

Good to see you around. *g*

ooc

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

Here and there, when I can manage it. I just can't give it up completely! I so need a twelve step program or something. ;)

*loves*

[voiceofthewoods.livejournal.com]

Missing you already, and hope you don't mind if the chat at your farewell is regarded as IG, and we might get to continue if you have the time, or chance.

Re: *loves*

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

Nope, I don't have a problem having it be IG at all. And we can continue as long as you don't mind the rather sporadic responses from Darius. *snickers*

Re: *loves*

[voiceofthewoods.livejournal.com]

Sure, the rest of the plot is also slow so not a huge problem. Just good to see you able to get here at all. *snugs*

[theothermary.livejournal.com]

fter all, if you couldn’t trust your priest, then whom could you trust?

Mary says : Lots of people.

[on-holy-ground.livejournal.com]

Darius says: I know, and I'm glad of it, as I could not handle it alone. *soft smile*