Sister Gia

You recognize Sister Gia from the entrance. She has black hair streaked with gray. She is short, only a hair over five feet tall. Her pudgy cheeks make you imagine she’s a bit overweight under her habit.

“You. Why aren’t you with your friend, Julia.”

“I don’t think she’s really my friend. She tasered me and shackled me in a dungeon.”

“That area is off limits! How did you get out?”

“I let him down.” Syn chimes in.

Sister Gia glares at Syn’s outfit and gives her a disapproving stare.

“And, who are you?”

“Long story.”

“Well, if you aren’t friends of Julia, perhaps you can help me.”

“How?”

“Our Mother has changed. She used to be kind and commanding. Now she seems cruel, capricious, and defers to Julia on everything. They are doing something to my sisters.”

Syn looks concerned. “What are they doing?”

“They are taking them, one by one, to the basement. When they come back, they’re different.”

“In what way?” You ask.

“It’s hard to say exactly. They have a hunger about them. They stop associating with their friends. Even the ones who disliked Julia seem to hold her in reverence.”

“I’m not sure how we would help. They outnumber us and have tasers.”

“That’s true, but I saw them taking your friend Alecia downstairs.”

“Shit.” You say to nobody in particular. Sister Gia gives you a brief glare.