LadyRainStarDrago AKA Teresa Amehana Garcia
July 2, 2026
The monastery cats were chanting again. What made it TRULY concerning was that it wasn’t Latin this time.
“Harae tamae, kiyome tamae, rokkon shōjō.” Nine meowtiful voices tolled from before the altar within the stone chamber and rolled out the doors, then over the garden. The strike of a staff and chime of a bell.
The priest poked his head around to peek in the open doorway. Just as he could hear, nine cats sat performing their calls. Before them lay nine deceased mice, recently caught, tiny black eyes staring glassily into infinity. No staffs. No bells. No incense despite the odor of catnip toasting away in invisible censers.
“Again, Brother Dwellyth?” the gardener came up the walk. Over his shoulder he carried the hoe he had borrowed yesterday to cover his hoeing both at home and the kirk until he could replace his own.
“Aye, again, Michael.” Brother Dwellyth looked to his longtime friend.
“I still think you’re just working too hard.” Michael replied, his ginger hair gleaming beneath the sun’s light as he cocked his head just so.
“You hear it too.” Dwellyth passed a sweaty palm over his forehead and dwindling hair.
“Aye, but they are cats. You know how the cats here are.”
“Cats don’t speak human language.”
“Special cats, too much communion wine, not enough food, and studying too late at night. Some mysteries just aren’t meant for humans to know.”
“We’ll never get a proper Priest for long though if the cats keep scaring them away.”
“Do we need one? What is the offering today, anyway? More mice?”
Dwellyth lookat at Michael over his glasses and sighed.
“Yes. I’m not ordained a Priest, remember? Also because of them.”
Michael shrugged. “You’ll think of something.”
The cats began another chant. Invisible paper whisks whisked away at whatever things the cats prayed against.
“I highly doubt my idea of just declaring this a cat-run establishment will work.”
“Is there really anyone left to gainsay you?” Michael smiled, his green eyes gleaming just a bit too cat-like for Dwellyth’s comfort.
As usual, posting next to my DeviantArt and other platforms. I'm having to play catchup with posting. The bookmark files took up a lot of energy (and monday I'll have to go over the hill to have them printed, as I am out of printer ink).
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First posted at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Amehana/posts/ffm-2-2026-of-162854300
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