Helluva Boss

S1 E4: C.H.E.R.U.B.

A brilliant pair of golden wrought iron gates gleamed in rays of sunlight. The gates stood on a pile of clouds colored white, blue, orange and pink. The gates had curves and a white cloud arch design on the double doors. The doors opened to reveal a hovering blue-gray crystalline structure shaped like a sun in the center, which may have been a Throne angel. An office building was designed like a large golden harp near a cobblestone path. A series of buildings rested atop more clouds, glass and windows within curved cloud-like roofs of blue and orange. A nearby sign framed by clouds read "Cherub Towne," opposite of "Imp City," in Hell. Beyond another golden gate was a silver city of buildings off in the distance surrounded by teal halos: Holy City. Like Imp City, Cherub Towne lay on the outskirts of Heaven, further from the more dominant society of ethereal alien-like angels. And like Imps, Cherubs were of the lower class in comparison to the saints (former good humans gone to Heaven) and the elite HeavenBorn angels.

The C.H.E.R.U.B. headquarters consisted of a tall office building with a golden design over it shaped like a harp. The "strings" were positioned over the windows. Down below, the trees were shaped like various swirled candies. Inside the office building was a sign on a door that read "C.H.E.R.U.B. Headquarters." Cletus, the leader, paced back and forth as his colleagues sat at a round white table decorated with a dark purple Christian Cross on it. They sat in white wooden polished chairs in the immaculate room. On the walls were portraits of the cherubs in the sky with angelic choirs in the background. Written on the white board in front of them were the words "God loves you," "Praise Jesus," "Love saves lives," and "Be a sheep, not a creep!" Various bar graphs and pie charts were on the board as well.

Cletus had the appearance of a little boy wearing reddish overalls and a yellow undershirt with a white collar. He had a chubby pale baby face with clown-like blushes off to the sides. His eyes were large and purple and his short hair was a light ginger pink in a fluffy style. His elegant wings were white feathers with purple feathers toward the bases. A white halo hovered over his head. Cletus was short-tempered, self-righteous and dedicated to his job.

"Greetings everyone!" he said, waving one of his flabby small arms. "I know business has been a bit on the decline, but I know we all have what it takes to move it back up. I'm not saying it's anyone's fault..."

Cletus glanced at one of his colleagues, Collin, who whimpered softly. Collin resembled an anthropomorphic sheep with white wooly hair and a periwinkle face. His eyes were purplish and his hooves were thick and lavender. He wore a sky blue shirt and white overalls with a white bow tie around his neck. He had white feathery wings with a curved light purple base, plus he had a halo. Collin was the most sensitive and kind of the three, caring about his clients and humans the most. He was the only one who showed sympathy toward mortals, rather than as an obligation to his job like the other two cherubs.

"I completed all the paperwork, I swear," said Collin. Collin had been a record keeper of human sin, choices and religions for decades. Now he recorded God's messages, and the progress of each human they saved.

"Make no mistakes!" Cletus said. "You know how God and the authorities are about mistakes..."

Collin gulped briefly as Cletus' shadow covered his face. He rapidly nodded before Cletus pulled back.

"Excellent! Now does anyone have any bright ideas on how we can get our business drumming up again?" Cletus asked.

Keenie eagerly raised her hoof. She was a yellow anthropomorphic sheep with yellow wooly hair and a yellow face. She wore a frilly yellow flowery dress with red trim and a large red bow. Her butterfly-shaped wings were yellow and her eyes had purple pupils with red irises. She also had a yellow halo above her head. Although she was dedicated to her job, she was overly modest and judgmental. She viewed demons as dirt and had low tolerance for what she deemed as inappropriate.