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Celestial Attendant

12th floor attendant · twelfth-floor attendant

A post on the twelfth floor serving a goddess — and Katia's one route out of the ninth.

Story so far

Being a celestial attendant means going to the twelfth floor to serve a deity, and for Katia Grim it is not a promotion but an exit. Her deal with the rich CEO Huanxin Jinx, who sponsors the goddess Eileithyia, is that she will eat the Orchid of Eileithyia's Grace and take the attendant's post from among the three choices the flower presents.

Quasar lays out the chain without sentiment: Katia takes the post, and only then can Princess Donut leave — because both of them put on Crown of the Sepsis Whore, and only one may go. The attendant's role is described in the flattest possible terms, a job on a floor most crawlers never see, and nobody in the conversation asks what it actually costs the person who takes it.

Appearance

Not described; a station on the twelfth floor rather than a thing with a form.

Role

The twelfth-floor divine post offered to Katia as the mechanism for freeing Donut from the Crown's curse.

Relationships

Katia Grim — The candidate for the post, via the Orchid's three choices.
Eileithyia — The goddess the attendant would serve.
Crown of the Sepsis Whore — The curse this arrangement is designed to work around.

Earlier in this series

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