LJ Idol Season Ten: "Managerial Discretion"

[halfshellvenus]

Managerial Discretion
idol season ten | week ten | 1033 words
Take a hike!

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Griblitz loved his job in Hell.

Well, -ish.

As much as one could love anything in Hell. The combination of Hell and "love" was confusing, like a triple negative that kept flipping from Yes to No until it was spinning. Much like his Afterlife, really

Comments

[beeker121]

I admit that I think overly detailed expense reports are hellish not just limbo, but I suppose that's imposing my Hell on poor Griblitz. If even the demons are tortured than that is a version of fair, I suppose.

This sucked me right in, with all the wonderful detail.

[halfshellvenus]

I don't like the idea of expense reports either, though I think it would be more hellish to have to create them, perhaps continually.

Actually, that sounds like a really good punishment for an IRS auditor!

I'm glad you enjoyed this and had fun reading it. :)

[bleodswean]

Heh. I love how you almost always enrich your offbeat humourous writings with a very solid lesson. This one is no exception! You had some really well done detail throughout and it absolutely breathed a nasty breath of life into it! Excellent!

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you! Glad you liked it, as well as the details. The mundanity for Limbo was new territory, and it turned out to be fun to work with. :)

[dmousey]

I love this. This character you've created is so likeable in his bumbling way and weirdly naive. It kept me laughing. Thanks for that. Hugs and peace~~~

[halfshellvenus]

I'm glad you got the essence of this poor guy. He is earnest and possibly neither as bad nor as good as he might seem, mainly because even his own perception of himself might be part of the illusion in his personal hell. There's no way of telling!

Except to say that any previously experienced degree of paranoia is probably inadequate for this situation. ;)

[murielle]

LOL!

Brilliant! Of course that's the way they do things! Brava!

[halfshellvenus]

I imagine that it still hasn't occurred to the poor guy that it could all continue to change even now. There are no guarantees! That's one of the reasons it's Hell!

[xlovebecomesher]

Love this!

[halfshellvenus]

:D Thank you!