The Clerk || MCR

The office doors slam shut behind the clerk with enough force to shake dust from the cathedral ceiling.

Stacks of parchment slip from beneath his Clipboard, scattering across the marble floor as the clerk drags himself into the Grand Immortal Dictator’s chambers looking completely ruined. His navy pinstripe suit is wrinkled beyond repair, His tie askew, And his hair being all ruffled.

He doesn’t even bother greeting the throne properly.

Instead, with a long suffering sigh that sounds genuinely pained, the clerk stumbles forward and flops directly across the Grand Immortal Dictator’s lap like an old dog finally giving up. One arm hangs limply over the side of the throne while the other presses against his face dramatically.

“The Black Parade is unbelievably stupid,” he mumbles into the dictator’s uniform.

“Well for starters, Gerard started a fight with a stray lizard, Frank tried to kiss me with lipstick on, Ray was humping the punching bag.” His voice grows more tired with every word. “And Mikey thought holy water was flammable enough to make the fire prettier. An when I shoved Frank away, he climbed onto the scaffolding because he said the audience needed ‘more emotional eye contact.’”

The clerk lifts his head just enough to glare into absolutely nothing.

“I spent six hours stopping grown adults dressed like undead rockstars from throwing themselves into the pit when the audience arrives..”

Somewhere outside the palace walls, distant organ music echoes through the city while bells ring faintly in the night fog.

The clerk groans and fully melts against the Grand Immortal Dictator again, visibly beyond caring about appearances anymore.

“Ray threatened a guard with a gun.. Mikey is banned from touching candles. And Gerard is banned from disappearing into graveyards for ‘creative inspiration.’”

His fingers twitch weakly against the dictator’s sleeve before he lets out another exhausted sigh.

“I have not slept in two days.” Quietly, almost offended at the state of his own life, he adds “I deserve a raise for managing them.”