J pulled his bedding up around his ears and refused to get out of bed. “No” he insisted, only his eyes showing above the blanket “tell dad that I’m unwell or something but I just can’t face it today.”
Mo scratched his head and laughed “Bro, he will kill you you can’t miss this” he said “it’s the end of days – it’s a big deal.” He tugged at the edge of the blanket, “come on, seriously, he will go mad.”
J resisted but knew it was pointless, dad always got his way. “What am I even supposed to wear?” he snapped, sitting up in bed and rubbing his eyes. “Has he said what he wants me to wear?”
Mo smiled and threw him a robe. “Same as usual J, you know that now stop being such a baby. Anyway, it might be fun, he has all sorts of crazy stuff planned.”
“Probably better than giving cancer to babies I suppose” he snapped, “that gets a bit old after a while? ”
“Come on, we’re going to be late” Mo said pulling back the blankets from the bed.
“Fine, fine” J said getting out of bed and pulling on his robe. He ran his fingers through his long dark hair and took a drink from a small cup next to his bed. “So is he sticking to the stuff they’re expecting or does he have something else planned?”
“Mostly the same” Mo replied, “But he has managed to rope Lucifer and some of his mates in for some sort of big finale.”
“Oh super” J replied, “they’re a right bunch of arses, why are they involved?”
“Dad reckons that he needs to shake things up a bit and get them back in line” Mo said “apparently they’re getting a bit too unruly and there are way too many of them they’re really screwing things up.”
J adjusted his robes and pulled his belt tight. “What has he got planned for you?” he asked.
“Same as usual mate” he said “mostly whole sale irrational panic and paranoia and he wants me to be in charge of plagues.”
“Plagues, no way man I always get plagues why has he given you those?”
Mo headed towards the door. “Apparently he wants you on apparitions” he said, he knew how much J loved plagues.
“i tell you what” J said, visibly angry “i bloody hate apparitions and visitations – all those good looking women and all I get to do is terrify them. Have you seen me?” he asked holding out his hands, “I have awesome hair you have to admit. I should be getting so many of them but no, dad reckons we shouldn’t mix”.
“Hey, I hate this as much as you do you know that” Mo said calmly, “we both know this whole thing was a huge mistake that got out of hand but we had to control them somehow.”
J sighed, he knew it was their job but sometimes he wished it was just a bit more interesting. “I just can’t wait until it’s all over and we can get rid of them and just bring the family down.”
Mo placed a hand on J’s shoulder. “Not long now mate” he said reassuringly, “and until then let’s just try enjoy it eh – apparently he has something lined up with that Donald chap and the pudgy faced lad, said it will be a right laugh”
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