The nave of the church is a simple but ethereal looking room that is big enough to hold a couple hundred people. There are simple wooden benches, ten feet long, arranged in rows through the room, with one aisle down the center. The benches face the pulpit. Along the side walls of the room there are beautiful stained glass windows depicting Biblical imagery.
Nave, Inside Church
bride
preacher
I am a preacher who does not believe in the deity. I once did, before I saw how corrupt and decadent my church is. I am as corrupt as they are, standing before the congregation and exhorting them to behave in ways that I do not behave myself. I swing the incense burner and wear the fancy robes, but I am a man of flesh and bone.
Ah, my child.  I'm... I'm so sorry to be the bearer of this news but... I'm afraid your groom has... erm... vanished. Oh no you can't be serious! What could have happened to him? Well, the good news is that he's alive and well! Well where is he? Do you know something that I don't? Well he was seen... just leaving the back of the church with a woman whom I believe was... one of the bridesmaids.  Long black hair, pale skin? Sounds like you're describing my wedding planner!!!! How could she? How could he!?!?!? Ah my child, I am so sorry to be the bearer of such grievous news.  Better to discover this now, though, than years after the wedding.  Believe me, it happens more often than one might think. I don't know what I'm going to do now! This beautiful church the reception all these people!!!!!!!! I'm in utter disbelief. Please, my dear, this is, sadly, not my first runaway groom case.  Allow me to speak with them.  If necessary, I can come up with a suitable embellishment to explain his absence. An abduction of a sister, perhaps, or some such tale. Please let me handle this. I'll tell them the truth, he ran off with another woman. Wasted years of my life just to run off with her. As you wish, my dear.  Is there anything at all I can do for you?  It pains me to see someone be so careless with the heart of another. I'll need someone to help me work through this. Thank you for everything you've done!!!