William T. Spears
Meanwhile, in a different dimension, a certain William T. Spears was sitting at his desk, reviewing the week's worth of collections that needed to be completed. As usual, there were a number of car crash victims, a handful of shootings...
honestly. To be transferred from the London division for six months, and with that
idiot redhead? He didn't know what had come over management, and frankly, he wasn't sure he wanted to know. Something about the New York division being grossly understaffed...but wasn't that always the case with London, too? With a sigh, William turned the page of his collection book, looking at future souls to be collected. He scanned the page, seeing nothing amiss at first, but...odd. There was a name, but no date of death, and no collection time...? He hadn't seen anything like this for over a hundred years, not since
that scum was supposed to have devoured
that brat's soul. One of the benefits of being a reaper in modern society was that the demons of the world had significantly shrunk in number, humans growing more and more skeptical of the occult as the 20th century had pressed onward. But to think...a demon's work, right after he, William T. Spears, had transferred, with his almost-spotless record? Management was surely not going to like this, and it wouldn't do any good for his career, either.
After a short trip to the reaper library, William had finally found the man's file who had contracted with one of those beasts. A seemingly-ordinary human by the name of Dante Desmond...honestly. It looked as if he hadn't known what he was getting himself involved with...it was likely stupid humans such as this that kept the demons alive. William brought the file back to the New York office, stamping his file with "compromised" before submitting it to HR for investigation. Until they reached a verdict, he supposed it couldn't hurt to do a bit of investigation on his own, as they would likely order him to, anyway. With that, he summoned his death scythe, and set out for the city.