He wasn't the only person to think a high vantage point would be a good idea; the roofs surrounding the plaza were not-quite crowded with people, but it was certainly more comfortable than being jammed into the crowd below. The temple guards kept people at bay, around the plaza's main dais, more to ensure the ceremony wasn't overrun with people than anything else, and the crowd seemed to understand, giving them room, for now.<br/><br/>It turns out that the feline woman was, in fact, the chosen priestess. The ceremony begins with the mock burial, a lizard man escorted onto the dais, stripped, and lain out, the burial rites said over him, before being laid in an open coffin, and carried off, through the crowd, by a number of acolytes, the crowd respectfully parting, before the 'funeral' procession. Once they leave the plaza, from the opposite side, a male, more catlike than human, is escorted onto the stage. He, too, is stripped, and, over the next fifteen minutes, the priestess strips, as well, slowly dancing around him, chanting prayers and blessings, before, finally, mounting him, copulating with him rather vigorously and sensuously, in front of the whole crowd, taking a number of different positions, though always with her in control. The ceremony ends when he climaxes, still inside her, and the two kiss, softly, before separating, the crowd cheering, and, slowly, breaking of to engage in their own celebrations, to bring in the new year.