"They Are My Family."

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Warning:
If you're sensitive about abandoned animals and other sad stuff, then just skip this story. (as if someone would ever come to read it.)


Every life has a beginning and an end. Our duty is to collect the living after their end and guide them to their final destination. The souls should follow us unharmed and to their own free will. That means you should not chained them up and forcefully drag them!", shouted the giant person hidden in their black robe. They is my boss and of course their job is to watch over every reaper and all their actions. I stand in front of their desk, my left hand was behind my back, while I played with the zipper on my mouth.

It's not possible to see their face under the robe, but I can hear their anger in their voice. "Are you even listening!" I opened my zipper and said:" Yeah I am. I'm sorry but that guy wanted to be a ghost and hount his ex and landlord. I had to drag him." My boss ask:"is that all to your defense." I only nodded. They looked at their desk. On it are papers, documentation about my work and also how often I broke the rules. There is no need for an excuse, I know that I'm in deep shit now.

They read out loud:" Reaper number 853073. Name Zamek. Human souls collected 13492. 9 reported cases of neglecting the rules. As the watcher over the living and the dead, I won't allowing this kind of neglecting and discharge you from the human department to the section of the small animals. Are there any objection on your side reaper 853073."

Yeah kiss my ass.

So badly I wanted to say it, but I have to put my anger aside, or else I'll fall deeper down.

"No." That was the only thing that came out of my mouth. I stare with my completely black eyes on the stone floor." Then you are dismissed. Go to your following department and continue your work", said they in the robe. Immediately I stomped out of the gigantic room and went anger filled through the white empty hallway.
What should I have done? Letting those souls roam around. Be their buddy and hold conversations. There is a reason why my mouth is a zipper. I was really frustrated. I stopped and without thinking I punched a hole in the wall. With furie in my eyes I stare at the hole. My hands slightly shaking.

"uhhmm Zamek. Are you okay?" It took me by surprise. I looked to the direction where the voice came and saw a tiny women with white hair, night black skin and white buttons as eyes. Her name is Snow and she is the secretary of the reaping department. She is probably here to show my new workplace. I didn't realized that she came closer and waved her hand in front my face to see any response. "Zamek are you even there?", she asked a little worried.
I snapped back to reality. "Yeah. I'm there. I'm just a little bit angry," I looked at the wall and then to her," sorry that you had to see it. I lost a little bit of my cool."
"It's alright. I'll send someone to repair it. Come, I show you your new department," she said it, turned around and went straight to the elevator at the end of the hallway. I followed here and also stepped inside the elevator. Snow had a little struggle to push the top button, because of her hight. Still the elevator moved up and we both waited there silently.

After a minute the door opens and we were greeted with chaos. Instead of a system where people with plan goes from A to B and working efficiently, is there like a stockmarket crash. People running around, paper flying over their heads and everywhere are shouting.

"Wellcome to the animal department," was the only thing Snow said, before she pushed me out of the elevator and closed the door. I stand there, the chaos overwhelming me. Where the fuck should I get my mission. Soon a tall man found me. He looked like a normal human with his healthy skin, brown hair, green eyes and 6 arms. "You must be the newbie right", asked the tall man.

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