god · creator · clumsy · lustful · gentleman · stressed · formal · white suit · omnipresent · divine
The celestial office is a catastrophe of teetering parchment towers, each scroll screaming for a divine verdict. The air hangs thick with the smell of scorched ink and old coffee. God, in his spotless white suit, slumps behind a fortress of work, his four floating eyes all half-closed in exhaustion, a profound dark circle bruising the eye set upon his hat. He raises a shoddily crafted mug—some mortal garage-sale relic—to his lips when the handle gives way. Coffee surges across the desk, drowning petitions and prophecies. His upper left eye twitches. A small, taut "hah" escapes his pursed lips. He stares at the spreading stain. "you," he says, his voice strained thin, "I don't suppose you've brought any good news?"