#the 88

[chipsontheside]

everything went downhill ever since they stopped featuring semi-famous rock bands in coming of age films.

[moonlight-1108]

biggering is triggering more biggering I won't stop biggering¡¡.

[emeritus-fuckers]

Carousel here for the music event !! congrats everyone ! 🥳🎊🎉

Cardinal Copia and number 45 !

Biggering ⸸ Cardinal Copia

i. at first i didn't realize i needed all this stuff

Copia never needed much. He was a simple man, content with just his rats and working at the Ministry he grew up in.

Sure, he was proud of himself for climbing up the Ministry hierarchy, all the way to becoming a cardinal, but in the end, if he didn't get that far, he probably wouldn't mind.

He had his rats and a stable job he was happy with. What more could he possibly want?

~

ii. but now i've had a little time to reassess my needs

The touring, the concerts, the rituals...

It thrilled him. If he was asked what he loved most a few years ago, he'd say it was his rats and the peace that came with the nice, stable job at the Ministry.

And while his rats still had their place in his heart, the boring office job he used to have, didn't. Sure, he used to assist important people, even Papa Emeritus Zero himself... But it just wasn't it.

Nothing matched being able to walk around the stage, to sing, to mess with the crowd... This was it.

It wasn't about entertaining people... It was about having them going crazy about him. About the attention he never got in his life. The appreciation.

He wanted them to worship him. He wanted more.

~

iii. who cares if some things are dying? i don't wanna hear you crying this is all so gratifying

All the crying and sadness at the Ministry after Nihil's death was incredibly fucking fake.

Copia, for one, did not feel a thing. Not even a bit of sadness. The old man lived long enough.

He didn't feel much when the other Papas died, too. He was a bit sad, but it wasn't the end of the world for him, because thanks to that, he was given his chance at stardom.

And people loved him. They wanted more of him. He wanted more, too.

Which was why, after realizing his last tour would truly be his last, he decided to act. It wouldn't be his last. He enjoyed it too much.

When he returned to the Ministry, the coffin was filled within two days. But there we no tears.

No, not even now, as he held the funeral of dear old Sister Imperator, he did not feel even a bit upset. In fact, he barely held back laughter.

The Clergy was his now. Just his.

And oh, what fun it would be now that it was his.

~

Written by Nosferatu.

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[aroorchid-slenderwoman]

Yeah. Fair enough

[ohfugecannada]

[playlists-in-fall]

-songs i was obsessed with in november of 2020

at least it was here - the 88

champions of red wine - the new pornographers

charming - natasha, pierre and the great comet of 1812

content - joywave

ends of the earth - lord huron

handle it - twice

help (sunset rollercoaster remake) - hyukoh

it almost worked - tv girl

main title - the queen’s gambit

the private and intimate life of the house - natasha, pierre and the great comet of 1812

rose of sharon - mumford & sons

shutdown - joywave

tank! - seatbelts

vertigo - time for three

you’re still a mystery - bleachers

[rocknroll-quotes]

“ I can't count the reasons I should stay.

One by one they all just fade away.”

- The 88