Arch-Priestess → Novice-Priestess

[AN: As stated before, I've chosen to rush an Esme change every cycle. This is tracked in addition to your normal queue, so you might sometimes get two changes if one's in this branch, and if there are -somehow - so many Esme changes in queue that we go through enough cycles for yours to come up on your normal queue before this special one, it will still be produced.]

Before anything else, I want to reduce the amount of harm this woman can do to us in the short term if she somehow slips out of the grasp of the Prompt: it feels shaky, after all. I don't like how some parts of her prompt are just... completely resisting my attempts to change them.

So, to make it easier to fix her later if I can shake loose the demon, I replace 'Arch-Priestess' with 'Novice-Priestess.'

Our place in the halls change, and then so does Esme.

The woman's robes become very slightly less detailed, while a white habit appears over her head. Her staff becomes longer and glows brighter, while she herself seems to become younger and more... womanly. Her curves grow much more pronounced - especially her bust and her expression twists. The gentle motherly smile becomes more seductive and lurid, with an ulterior motive clearly showing through and I realize that in reducing Esme's capability as a Priestess, I've reinforced the demon's hold over her. And it seems less subtle about its actions, now that its host is no longer so high-profile.

It's very slight, but the visible result is easy to see. Alright: lesson learned. The ripple effect goes both way. I need to be careful, here, or I might give it too much control for me to shake it off at all.

<??? roll: 1d10+1 (3+1: 4.). Nothing happens. When the roll exceeds 10 something 'extra' will happen.>

Prompt: dark castle hallway interior, at night, mature human woman, beautiful old woman, novice-priestess, [(demonically-possessed):1.1], [(pure soul-)pearl-brooch], elaborate white robes:0.9, long silvered-hair, warm brown eyes, [(false) smile], walking, holding glowing scepter, facing viewer

o - Note: Refer back to the root chapter of this branch for the rules regarding [(Protected) (Phrases.)].