<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/srLzVfT.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/XpRMu7s.jpg)</div><br/>They again went down the stairs to Paladin Etron's basement apartment and he locked the door behind the trio as they entered.<strong> "Listen," </strong>he said in a somewhat exhausted tone,<strong>"I hope you'll forgive me, but I need to slip out of all of this and relax while you explain what you've learned." </strong>He wasn't asking for permission, he was simply telling the two of them.  Then moving to the windows high on the wall that opened into wells to let in light and let out heat, he closed the shutters so no one could see in.<br/><br/><strong>"So,"</strong>Sil said laying notes out on the paladin's table.<strong> "We had already suspected that this was a multi-faith temple.  Much like the one Laelith already reclaimed that's used by multiple worshipers of different dieties, right?"</strong><br/><br/>Paladin Etron groaned as he began stripping off his armor, letting it simply drop to the floor where he stood.<strong>"Don't get me started on them.  Shoni isn't a real goddess.   Pfffft"<br/><br/>"Well, that's what this temple was as well.  That's what some of those markings were.  They are very old draconic versions of what we use now.  But no doubt there was markings for Shoni, you recognized those even though they were archaic."</strong><br/><br/>Paladin Etron had stripped down to mostly naked, and nodded.  Then his body began to soften, his skin losing it's coloring, his cock shrinking, as he changed into a more feminine form.  Not the beautiful buxom Lady Jinn, but her true form, her changeling form.  White skin, ashen haired, pupiless eyes, and a body that was hard with muscle, but also soft with feminine curves.  Even as her body changed she stripped off the last bits of armor and strode nude across the room to draw a silken robe from a cabinet and toss it about her shoulder,<strong>"Of course?" </strong>Jinn Etron asked sensing that there was more.<br/><br/><strong>"But some of the other symbols we didn't recognize were those of Gaia, Metahune, Teimu, and even Ah'mie."</strong>Sil said with confidence.<br/><br/><strong>"Really?" </strong>Jinn Etron asked as she flopped down onto her couch and looked like she wasn't moving afterwards,<strong>"Odd that Shonites and Ah'mie devils would share the same space.  But...."</strong><br/><br/>She trailed off and Sil smiled at Miyuki,<strong>"But... all five of those dieties deal with sex and the primal forces.  So even though they are opposed to each other, in a sense the temple had that shared purpose."<br/></strong><br/><strong>"Ok, and?"</strong>The changeling asked as she settled her lank grey hair down onto a pillow.<br/><br/><strong>"And I think that the reason we couldn't get through was a sort of saftey measure.  Wherever the main entrance is, it's probably buried under rubble.  What we found was a back door of sorts.  But one with a powerful enchantment on it.  A saftey precaution of sorts.  Only a follower, a priestess or a cleric, of one of those faiths could open it with the right spell.  But they couldn't do it alone.  They'd need at least one other divine caster from one of the other faiths."</strong><br/><br/>Jinn Etron moaned and ran a hand across her grey face,<strong>"So we'd need to find a priest or priestess of Ah'mie basically, and convince them to work with us?"</strong><br/><br/>Sil shrugged,<strong> "Or Gaia or..."</strong><br/><br/>The changeling sat up slowly, wearily, shaking her head.<strong>"I haven't met a faithful of Metahun in my life time.  Pelor's pantheon pretty much subsumed it.  Teimu rarely has actual priests and priestesses, just prayers of the wicked that flee out a window when a husband comes home.  Gaia has it's followers, but good luck tracking one of them down.  I heard that one came through the city a while ago, but that was a month ago or more.  The only worshipers I know of that exist in the city for certain are those of the bitch goddess Ah'mie.  And I know there's no way they'd be willing to talk to me, let alone work with me.  Even if I could trust them."</strong><br/><br/>Sil shrugged,<strong>"That's where we're at.  If you want to go through that back door, we'll need to find one of them."</strong><br/><br/>Jinn Etron turned pupiless eyes towards Miyuki,<strong>"You're quiet, do you have thoughts on this, or ideas?  Or maybe you're just wondering how much fucking a paladin of the goddess of sex and love would have to take to be this tired?"</strong>