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I became a reaper

[writing prompt] There is more than just one Grim reaper- there is the sorrowful reaper, the envious reaper, so on and so forth- one for each emotion behind the death. You were chosen to take over one of the reaper roles… Welcome to day one as the Puzzled reaper. ----------- Another day, another soul to collect. It’s been years since the puzzle reaper had started doing this yet he could still remember how he came to be so vividly as if it only happened yesterday. He was a special case, at least now they would say. Thus why he was appointed the role of the puzzled reaper. 1999 He was 25 at that time, the prime of his youth. That time he had just moved into the new city and performed street magic for a living. He had met various people but five people struck him the most. One was of a woman that always wore red. She was beautiful and apparently was the owner of one of the most famous diners around town; one that eventually became a favorite of his as well. The other was another street performer but this one was different. This man was well off to being a professional singer for all anyone could say and with the beauty of his voice. The third one was the so-called town idol. Everyone knew her and everyone liked her. Her beauty wasn’t one to take lightly too. She was definitely one the town could be proud of. The fourth and fifth were twins, genius ones at that. One by one each of those five people suddenly disappeared. And the cause… was him from 1999 to 2005, he pursued each person. As to why? well because he found the true nature behind each person. Yes, he soon discovered what horrors each person hid in their own closets just to attain their current standing in society. Each was horrid in their own way. And he was equally horrible for having rid of them. Later on he found out that the people he had murdered and brandished as alices were not in their own minds. Each had made a deal with the devil. And now the devil grew furious that each of his hosts perished without having to consume them fully. Perhaps he did the people a favor with having murdered them but he didn’t have time to think of his deeds when the devil soon came for him. In just a matter of moments and in an attempt to possess him, it was soon over and he found himself being guided to some hall by this hooded figure. At the end of the hall was something like a conference room. and there stood multiple hooded figures yet what was different was the kind of item each one held. At the very center stood a figure that held the traditional scythe, the grim reaper. Yet those that surrounded him were apparently reapers of different kinds, he couldn’t tell which was which but one thing was for sure, they were the ones to pass judgement on him. The hall erupted with voices and whispers of his most unusual death. Death simply by being too weak to possession was not common anymore, much more was simply being possessed in the year 2005 but what was most puzzling was why the devil didn’t drag his soul into the underworld seeing as devils were the reaper’s rivals with soul. He was a very special case and thus was granted a special place among them as one of the grand reapers whose deaths were all special cases in itself. After much debate and a brief confirmation of his last emotion during his death, he was given the role of the puzzled reaper. ----------- I'm sorry for my absence and for not finishing the inktober prompts. I've been job hunting and has been getting stressed with the interviews and all. So yeah, my depression was getting the best of me again. Anyways, this is just a plot i thought of. Should i expand it to a series?

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