Ghost reader-insert fics (Papa Terzo era)

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Series Begun:
2026-04-30
Series Updated:
2026-06-16
Description:

These fics are part of the same universe, with the same reader-insert character. The character is gender-neutral, and is asexual and aromantic. They are autistic. I generally do not like writing romance or smut so don't expect that to feature here. Mostly these will probably be hurt/comfort and fluff, because I write that kind of thing to cheer myself up when I'm sad.

Notes:

OK, personal headcanon about the Ministry, for the purpose of fic at least:

Sister Imperator and Papa Nihil, along with much of the Clergy, have esoteric religious goals - they probably want to bring about the end times or whatever.

The rest of the Ministry is closer to something between almshouses and a college - the Clergy loosely oversea this, they say those living there should be attending the Black Mass and so on, but they don’t bother to check, and the people who actually run the place day-to-day (mainly Terzo and some elder Siblings, as well as various Ghouls) don’t care about your actual Satanic practice except in so far as they want to support you with your relationship to it. It’s a home for people who need it – Satanic outreach into the community, with the assumption from the top that those who live there will become true believers and expand the church, but genuine care and concern from the humans and Ghouls who work there.

The Clergy are generally off doing Satan knows what in the Ministry, maybe dark rituals but also probably mostly bureaucracy, and whereas Primo and Secondo were very invested in that side of things, Terzo has little time for that, and prefers to spend his work time (when he’s not touring, anyway) in the residential parts of the Ministry. He performs the Black Mass for those who do attend and he takes on a pastoral role that Primo and Secondo only performed when they had to.

Most Siblings attend classes on theology and ritual, as well as being encouraged to keep up whatever secular education they choose (usually remotely), though nothing is required (because compelling anyone to do anything is rather un-Satanic*). Siblings who are very interested in the esoteric side of things tend to take a lot of classes and ascend ranks until they become members of the Clergy - at that point, being on Sister's good side is very important. Primo and Secondo used to scout out potential new Clergy members, but Terzo doesn't bother, having started to lose his faith in Sister's vision of the institution. (Foreshadowing for canon events that I have no intention of writing about? nooooo surely not)

*likewise, the habits that we see the Sisters of Sin wear onstage are just costume. There is no dress code in a Satanic ministry, except for ritual garb worn by Clergy during rituals (Papa wears his paints and full regalia for Black Mass).

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