The mess room is filled with simple brown wooden tables. They are rough, their edges sharp and not sanded. They are crooked and wobbly. Simple matching wooden chairs are around the tables. The walls are dark, but there are holes for windows. The air smells like freshly baked bread.
Mess Hall, Inside Temple
person
villager
I live in a very old village on the bad side of the country. The villagers are nice where I live but we get a bad reputation. The forest behind my village is known to have magical creatures in it. I know the villagers are not allowed in the forest but we want to explore and find something new.
Why does our village have such a bad reputation?  It doesn't seem right. Who has said things against your village? Everyone we meet!  Perhaps it is because we are not afraid of exploring the nearby magical forest? Oh are you not allowed to explore the forest? Oh yes, sometimes someone comes back a bit different . . .you know, not right in the head.  But aside from that, it's a lovely forest. Well then that is why you get a bad reputation! Can you not have them see a physician Well, the physicians refuse to see them until an exorcism is performed, and the priests refuse to perform an exorcism because "none can cleanse the taint of the Dark Lord" or some such silly excuse. So it seems you have a dilemma Well, I suppose you could say that. I just did! Indeed! I can just smell the good bread that is being baked! Maybe that would help your poor ones that have been struck with troubles