“Don't get
bent out of shape.”
Optimus
Prime*
Saved the world
today. Had to use all the leftover spaghetti in the fridge to do it
though so I'm sad. I like spaghetti.
Anyway onto the
flash fiction!
The Demon
Director
Howdy humans!
My name's Grofjafasaa the Dark. You can call me Mr. G though. I'm a
director. A demon even. However I set myself apart in that I don't
use my fellow demons as my actors I use humans. But I don't pay them
or give them the lines. I set up the circumstances to make a
wonderful show. A sort of reality show that they didn't sign up for.
Aren't I a fiend? Ha ha ha! I record it with my hidden cameras to
then show fellow demons and spirits on the Other Side who wish to
view it(for a hefty profit of course). I'll give you an example of my
work. First my stage directions. How I set up the circumstances. My
starring actor is one William Woods. I disguise myself as a human and
sneak into his office. I break the coffee machine. I install a virus
on his computer. I leave. My reality show is ready to be recorded
while my hidden cameras. My hidden devices peer from a pocket
dimension and follow my actor as he travels not only in his office
building but to any corner of the Earth he could travel to.
His boss is a
coffee addict. Throughout the entire day he grows more and more
irritated. With the down economy the boss is already depressed and
stressed. He already reduced his paycheck to near nothing to keep the
company afloat.
The virus I
made kicks in at the end of the day. At the pivotal moment my actor
is needed with the boss. He can't accomplish a vital task. The boss
snaps after all the stress that has built up on him and fires poor
William while he worries that his livelihood and the livelihood was
threatened by the man he just fired. Every moment the boss thinks the
world might collapse around him. William leaves the office crushed.
The first act of my movie closes with the boss looking at William
with regret, but unwilling to bring him back out of paranoia.
And so William
walks out doomed. Doomed because this is a sequel. A sequel to him
losing so many jobs before. All at my hand in previous dramas I made.
And after this job loss...it takes a few months for a few more bills
to pile up but his girlfriend leaves him for a wealthier man. She
even moves far away. Out of guilt. She couldn't afford monetarily to
live with William, but she couldn't afford to emotionally think about
him either, so she moved oh so far away. It took her years to forget
about him. But eventually she did. She didn't love the new man as
much as William though.
He was left
piled up in debt and loneliness. It tore away at him with welfare
barely helping and mostly just reminding him of his old life. His
spirit had been crushed from the loss of his love so every time he
got a new job his energy was low and he failed again and again. And
when he couldn't take it anymore he committed suicide.
I didn't want
to give away the ending by telling you this, but I always make
tragedies. It takes a lot of work. I make many movies at once, some
much shorter than others. Working at Williams for many years with all
the job losses before this final act with the job loss before the
loss of his love was most of the work, but it was all worth it for
this epic tragedy. The summary here doesn't do justice to what I made
with the film I gathered with my hidden cameras. But alas I can't
sell tickets to an otherworldly show to humans so this summary shall
do. But I do hope you enjoyed the tragedy. It was a great deal of
work as a director for me to get the actor to play his part for
everyone to enjoy.
It's a rough
job but somebody has to do it!
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