title: this vision of my spirit™chapters: 5/8rating: Tcategory: genrelationships: cardinal cop

title:this vision of my spirit™
chapters:5/8
rating:T
category:gen
relationships:cardinal copia & papa emeritus iii
characters:cardinal copia, papa emeritus iii, era iv ghouls, sister imperator
additional tags: AU - Halloween Warehouse, Cardinal Copia Is Not Papa Nihil’s Son

“Ah, good,” Secondo says instead of hello, or how do you do, or sorry I scared the piss out of you, can I refresh your coffee? “Someone’s here. Terzo’s not usually in until noon.”

“I’ve—I’ve noticed,” Copia says, in the absence of any other response. Then, gritting his teeth and letting his body give into its well-honed customer service impulse: “Sorry, can I help you?”

“Well, it’s the first of the month,” Secondo says quite reasonably, like that explains it. “I’m here for my paycheck.”