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TikTok. A wonderful tool for entertainment and learning, or a complete nightmare. All depending on what type of content you come across. However, is undeniable the popularity it has gained worldwide and how said popularity has helped people go from practically unknown to garnering celebrity status overnight. That and help tremendously those who were already known and established publicly to reach bigger and younger audiences.
So, obviously, that had to be the case for the Ghost Project as well. Or, at the very least, they would have to try to make it so.
As the Ministry’s main objective is basically world domination and to spread its influence across lands and seas, what better way to achieve that in this day and age than by amassing a large following through social media? The more followers they have, the farthest their influence reaches. And, at the end of the day, it’s all about spreading the word of the Lord. The Dark Lord, that is.
In light of that, Sister Imperator comes up with an idea that takes into account exactly that, using as a tool a social media platform that has been gaining a lot of traction as of late. Obviously, she enlists her dear Cardinal to carry on the important task.
“You want me to do what, exactly?”
“I want you to open an account on a social media platform called ‘TikTok’ and upload content on it.”
“And…why do you want me to do that?”
It’s fair to say that the poor clergyman, who is sitting in front of Seestor’s desk, is confused beyond his wits, not understanding what she’s getting at. More so, he’s feeling extremely anxious and self-conscious about what would entail what she’s asking of him, thus why he’s wringing his hands on his lap.
“To gain popularity amongst the younger generations. You need to increase your numbers and be more successful if you want to attain the papacy.”
Upon hearing that, Copia makes a small “ah” sound as it finally dawns on him what their meeting is about and what Imperator wants him to do. Yet despite being less confused, he’s feeling even more apprehensive about that idea as a whole. That’s what leads him to inquire about specifications.
“What type of content do you want me to make?”
“Whatever is trending on the platform,” she replies nonchalantly, making a vague gesture by moving her hands around. “Or, at the very least, whatever draws a significant viewership.”
“Okie-dokie,” he squeaks out, fairly unconvinced about his ability to achieve Seestor’s goal.
The man accepts his fate, resigning himself to obey. He wants to point out that he’s just finished a successful year of touring and that it shouldn’t be necessary for the band to make an account to upload content that goes beyond some photos of their rituals and posts announcing tour dates and the like. However, he keeps his mouth shut. All be it for the papacy.
Without anything else to say, Copia is dismissed by Imperator. Yet as the man gets up from his seat and reaches the door, Seestor calls his attention once more.
“Oh, before I forget,” she begins, maleficent smile present on her face. “Get the ghouls and ghoulettes to help you with it.”
“Of course, Sister.”
Copia accepts, staring impassively at the woman for a few seconds before exiting her office. Even though he agreed, the directive leaves him feeling discouraged about the new project he has to carry out. Because he knows it will be absolute chaos if he has to involve his beloved demons.
Right after closing Imperator’s office door behind himself, Copia sighs deeply before beginning to curse in Italian under his breath, wondering how the hell he’s going to pull all of that off. As Seestor didn’t give him any more instructions than “make a TikTok account and upload content”, he’s feeling completely lost about what he’s supposed to do after he opens the damn account. And even though the woman did say something along the lines of “following trends”, the poor man doesn’t have the slightest idea of where to begin.
The Cardinal has no social media presence in the sense that he doesn’t have any accounts of his own. The only ones that he’s connected to are the Ghost Project’s, but those are managed by people in the Clergy with the help of a few Siblings of Sin. He has nothing to do with them otherwise. Thus, he doesn’t even know how to open a TikTok account, to begin with. Even less what to do once he manages to open it.
So, in his desperation, he chooses to take a leap of faith and seek the aid of his trusty demons, hoping that they might know what to do. Or, at the very least, they might be able to offer him some support and comfort. After all, the ghouls and ghoulettes are supposed to partake in the affair as well.
With his resolution made, Copia starts off towards his bandmates’ common room with haste while he conducts a quick Google search about the app they are supposed to start using, wanting to get the whole thing over as soon as possible. Even though he knows that the whole shtick is more of a long-haul kind of deal than anything else. That’s truly what worries him the most.
As the singer descends the stone spiral staircase leading into the ghoul dens, he mentally rehearses how he’s going to pitch the idea to his fellow musicians. Because, despite the fact that the hellish creatures are required to help him out per Seestor’s explicit request, it is best if they are leaning more toward willingly assisting him than doing it out of sheer obligation. He really doesn’t wanna get on the bad side of those he has to work closely with.
Once in front of the repaired door that leads into the common room, Copia knocks his usual pattern, letting the demons inside know that it’s him calling. He then waits until he hears Aether’s voice from the other side of the thick and ancient wood, telling him he’s welcomed inside. Only then does the man dare open the heavy door, having learned from past experiences that entering without permission can result in… Well, let’s just say “unsavory situations”.
As soon as the Cardinal makes it into the room, he wastes no time in announcing to the others why he’s there.
“Alright, everybody! Please gather around, we have something important to discuss today.”
The seven ghouls and ghoulettes take their seats around the coffee table after registering that their frontman has some news to deliver. And as almost all of them wait patiently for the man to continue speaking, a few tails wagging around, Aether knows better and prods the Cardinal for further information.
“What is it, Cardinal?”
“Dear Sister Imperator has asked me to engage in a new social media platform to reach younger audiences and grow our popularity,” he announces with a grandiose gesture that is quite anti-climactic.
“Oh, which one is it?” Cumulus asks, clapping her hands in excitement.
“It’s called TikTok, and anyone can upload 15 to 60 seconds videos on it doing whatever they want! Like singing and dancing.”
The Cardinal explains with enthusiasm as he paces back and forth in front of the demons. However, not everyone shares his nervousness excitement about the app. While Rain wants to be considerate and encouraging, Dewdrop wants nothing to do with the thing.
“Sounds like it could be fun.”
“No, it sounds annoying and pathetic.”
“Speak for yourself, little gremlin,” Cirrus admonishes with a cocky tone.
“I am, tall witch.”
“Lads and lasses, please, focus!” Copia interrupts before an argument breaks between the fire ghoul and the air ghoulette. “This is crucial for the future of the church.”
“Okay, but what does that have to do with us?”
It is Mountain who finally asks what they are all wondering about, worrying that the fact the clergyman is telling them about the platform is because it might involve their participation as well. And that is exactly what Copia tells them, eliciting Swiss and Dew’s perplexed questioning.
“Sister told me you have to participate in this endeavor as well.”
“Holup a sec, Cardi, she said what now?”
“Yeah, what the fuck does that mean?”
“It means that we have to help out with the videos,” the earth ghoul relays to his bandmates before facing the man again. “Doesn’t it, Cardinal?”
“Yes, exactly. Thank you, my boy,” Copia confirms with a somewhat relieved little smile.
“I don’t mind helping–”
Before Aether can even finish his sentence, he gets interrupted ‒like many other times‒ by an incensed Dewdrop, who wants to make his stance clear on the matter. The last thing the lead guitarist wants is to be an accessory to the Cardinal’s foolish endeavors on the Internet. Also, he firmly believes that he has better things to do.
“Fuck that. I refuse to debase myself like that. I already do more than enough on stage for people to film me with their phones. Not gonna do that shit in my free time as well.”
Too bad Imperator’s request is more of a demand than anything else. And Copia reminds them all of that right after Dew’s tirade.
“Well then, I’m sure Sister will find something else for you to do in the meantime…”
“Wait, what?! Hold on a second!”
“If it’s mandatory then there's no point in arguing against it,” Cirrus reasons as she ignores the smallest ghoul’s complaints. “So, just tell us what we are supposed to do.”
“Glad to see that someone has some good sense in here. My dear girl Cirrus is right; you don’t have much of a choice in this. You are required to participate, in one way or another. However, there’s a loophole that I found and that I think even the little rascal will like to exploit,” the frontman unveils, waggling his eyebrows.
As he hints at the cheat he realized they can take advantage of, and ignores Dewdrop’s scoff at being called “little rascal”, Swiss scoots to the edge of his seat, curious to know more about the “loophole”.
“Do pray tell~”
“Dear Sister didn’t give me any specifications regarding this task, which means that we can pretty much do whatever we want as long as we do something that gets plenty of views. So, my boys and girls, you are all free to make your own accounts and upload the kind of content that you like the most and are better at. Although, do keep it somewhat civil and decent, please,” he finishes by looking pointedly at Dewdrop.
And with Copia’s speech being over, the room erupts into chaos. Long forgotten is his initial idea of getting the demons’ help to set up his account.
“Hey, what’s that supposed to mean?!” Dew demands, scandalized.
“You know damn well, lil’ gremlin!” The multi ghoul teases as he nudges the fire ghoul with one of his elbows, making the other even angrier.
“Oh, fuck off!”
“Hm, I can’t wait for this to blow up in our faces.”
While Mountain mutters his expectations, arms loosely crossed on top of his chest, Aether ponders out loud as he strokes his chin.
“I wonder if anyone would be interested in my banana figurines collection…”
“Wait, do I have to be in front of the camera to do this?” Rain whispers his concerned question as he worries his bottom lip between his fangs.
“I already have so many ideas!” Cumulus exclaims before turning toward Cirrus. “We should totally collab with each other!”
“Sure, just don’t get too excited about it, sweetie,” the taller ghoulette warns gently. “We aren’t guaranteed any success from the get-go.”
With every ghoul and ghoulette submerged in their own musings, the Cardinal is left staring at the harmonic chaos that has taken hold of the room. Seeing some of them excited and others reluctant is enough to confirm his initial suspicion that getting the demons involved is potential for disaster. Thus, all he can do is pray to the Dark Lord under his breath before sighing deeply and letting his head and shoulders drop in resignation.
“Satan helps us all. I hope they don’t fuck this up.”
With the app downloaded on everyone’s phones, the members of Ghost didn’t waste any time before starting to inspect all of the platform’s nooks and crannies. First, they all went through the general content that was recommended to them, making quick work of customizing the algorithm to their particular likes. Then, they began to think about what kind of content they would like to make. Thus, they soon forgot about Seestor’s prerogative regarding following trends and making content based on popular topics. They are way more interested in just having fun.
Although, not all of them are already a hundred percent sure about what they are going to do on the platform, which leads all the male band members (sans Copia) to discuss their worries on that subject while hanging out in their common room. They all have their suspicions and theories about what the others are more likely to do.
Still, they want to know for sure. And that’s why Swiss ‒who’s lounging on the couch, all stretched out like a cat‒ starts off by asking Dewdrop what he’s got planned.
“So, whatcha gonna do for ya TikTok content?”
“I’m gonna do what I do best,” the fire ghoul replies nonchalantly, sitting on his preferred bean bag and with one of his B&W Fantomen in hand.
“Set random shit on fire by accident?”
“No, you idiot! Play the guitar!”
“I would say that’s second best,” Swiss shoots back with a big devilish smile plastered on his face.
“Well, nobody fucking asked you, so shut the fuck up.”
Feeling annoyed by the multi-instrumentalist, Dew decides to just ignore him and keep tuning his guitar, getting it ready for his first trial round of filming TikToks. However, he’ll have to go back to his room to do that, not wanting to do it in front of the others. Only reason why he’s even there, to begin with, is that he’s trying to find out if any of his bandmates are planning on making content similar to his.
Speaking of which, someone that’s also worried about their mandatory task, but for different reasons, is Rain. The water ghoul that’s sitting on one of the armchairs (between Dew and Aether) is having a hard time trying to deal with the idea of uploading videos to the Internet. The bassist is quite a shy creature, despite literally being part of a touring band. It is one thing to do what he has been brought to Earth for, and another completely different one to make video content on his own and upload it somewhere that anyone with a cellphone and Wi-Fi connection can see it.
“I don’t really want to show myself in the videos,” Rain confesses, fidgeting with his hands on top of his lap.
“So don’t,” Mountain calmly retorts from the chair between the couch and Aeth’s seat, lighting hope inside his friend.
“Can I?”
“I guess so,” the drummer shrugs.
“Yeah, you can build some mystery like that,” Swiss adds, offering the possibility of capitalizing on the problem.
Yet the multi ghoul isn’t the only one to join the conversation, as the subject garners Dewdrop’s attention, prompting him to give his opinion as well. Even though, it’s hard to tell whether his words are meant to be encouraging or dismissive. The fact that he isn’t even looking at any of them, still focused on his guitar, doesn’t help either.
“I doubt anyone would mind anyway.”
“I don’t know whether that’s a compliment or an insult,” Rain mutters, deadpan.
“Take it however you want, I don’t care,” Dew replies as he shrugs.
“I think it doesn’t really matter.”
Mountain’s opinion attempts to settle the matter and reassure the bassist at the same time. And even if it seems to work, the comfortable silence that arises afterward is what leads Aether to ask his fellow demons the same question he had wondered out loud after Copia first told them about their new task.
“Do you guys think people would be interested in my banana figurines collection?”
“No,” Dewdrop, Swiss, and Mountain answer in unison, with varying degrees of annoyance.
Meanwhile, Rain pats the quintessence ghoul’s right shoulder, not saying anything but still trying to be somewhat comforting. Because, even though he agrees with the others, he doesn’t have the gall to tell the rhythmic guitarist.
Thankfully, the slightly tense and downcast mood is broken as soon as the door opens, revealing the two missing members of the pack.
“You guys still brainstorming?”
Cirrus questions the group of ghouls as soon as she and Cumulus walk into the common room. While she makes a beeline for the kitchen, looking to get a snack and something to drink for herself and her bestie, the other keyboardist makes herself comfortable on the couch amongst the debating demons. Of course, Swiss makes more than enough room for her, aware that Cirrus will want to sit next to her best friend once she makes her way from the kitchen.
“We already chose what we are going to do,” an enthusiastic Cumulus announces.
“Really? And what’s that?”
Swiss curiously questions the shorter demoness as he scoots closer to her on the couch, bracing both arms along the backrest.
“We are going to do some of those dancing trends and sing popular songs!”
“We are going to ensnare the audience through our beautiful voices and sexy moves,” Cirrus confirms with a smug tone as she sits on the right end of the couch, leaving Cumulus in the middle.
The reactions her comments get from the ghouls are varied. They range from wonderment to skepticism. While Aether makes a silent “oh” expression, Dewdrop raises an eyebrow behind his mask. At the same time, Rain and Mountain exchange confused glances but otherwise remain silent on the matter. The only one to comment on it is, as expected, the multi-instrumentalist.
“Right on, girlies! Get. Those. Views,” Swiss cheers, emphasizing each of his last words with a clap of his hands.
“What about you, guys? Anything interesting you have planned?” Cirrus asks before taking a sip of her iced tea.
“Dew’s gonna play guitar, apparently,” Swiss answers for his bandmate.
“At least I’m gonna do something cool and productive. What the hell are you gonna do?”
“I kiss but don’t tell,” Swiss tells them as he winks, remaining cryptic. “Y’all gonna find out eventually.”
“Jackass,” Dew scoff under his breath.
“What about you, Rainy?”
This time is Cumulus the one to ask, amidst popping cherries into her mouth, wanting to change the course of the conversation before Dewdrop gets more aggressive.
“Only thing I can think about being interested in sharing is something along the lines of gardening tutorials, maybe,” the bassist admits as he shrugs. “But I don’t want to appear in front of the camera, so I don’t know how I’ll do it.”
“We could get you a GoPro camera that you can strap to your chest or head,” the drummer offers pensively. “That way you’ll be able to film and not show more of yourself besides your arms and legs.”
“I like the sound of that,” Rain admits, tail wagging happily.
With the water ghoul’s worries eased for the time being, the earth ghoul takes the opportunity to answer Cirrus’ initial question before she gets the chance to ask him directly.
“I guess I’ll be doing content related to books. That’s what interests me the most besides playing drums. And since Dew already chose to do music content with his instrument, I don’t want to do the same.”
Monty’s last comment gets a snort from Dew, who quietly mutters something along the lines of “no one daring to steal his spotlight”. Thankfully for him, his veiled threat either goes unheard or ignored. Otherwise, the others might have made fun of him for it or even attempt to “sabotage” him by copying his chosen content format.
“Oh, that will definitely be interesting. I’m sure lots of people will be curious about that kind of content,” an excited Cumulus points out. “Besides, you read a lot, so you must have more than enough material to film.”
“So, guitar playing, gardening, book reviews, mystery…” Cirrus lists, looking pointedly at Swiss as she says the last word. “What about you, Aeth? What are you thinking of doing?”
“Uh, I’m not entirely sure, yet. Maybe reviews of some kind as well.”
“Reviews on what?” Cumulus prompts.
“Um, banana-related things?”
“Well, I guess there might be an audience for that…” Cirrus offers, sounding a bit doubtful.
“You think?”
“Sure! On the Internet there are people for everything,” the smaller ghoulette joyfully assures the hopeful ghoul.
As the conversation lulls to a comfortable silence, the ghouls and ghoulettes relax amongst each other’s company. Only sounds disturbing the quietness are Dew’s continuous tuning of his guitar as well as Cumulus’ munching of cherries. And although it seems like the subject has been closed for the time being, a question pops into Swiss’ mind all of a sudden. One that he can’t just simply ignore and not asks the others.
“Yo, anyone know what Cardi’s gonna do?”
Cardinal Copia is a performer, of that there’s no doubt. He loves the spotlight almost as much as he loves rats. So, even though at first he was intimidated by the idea of making video content and uploading it to the Internet himself, as ordered suggested by Imperator, upon further consideration, he realized that he could thrive on the chosen platform if he just did something he was passionate about. And that is performing.
The clergyman is used to performing music by singing on stage, he has done so numerous times. He loves entertaining his audience, not only by singing flawlessly the catchy tunes that the band plays. However, that’s not all he has done during his life. Far from that. When he was younger, he used to partake in all kinds of performances at school, like theater, bands, choirs, and more. Although, he usually got minor roles in plays because he liked to go off-script and steal the show a lot. Thus why he usually played as trees or non-talkative animals.
Because of that, and the grudge he still holds against the teachers and nuns that were in charge of all those plays, he has come up with the great idea to relive his childhood dream of being an actor. To do that he’ll take the opportunity given to him by Seestor and use TikTok to upload videos of himself re-enacting scenes from some of his favorite movies. He also got himself a green screen for that same purpose and rallied up a few Siblings of Sin savvy enough regarding technology to help him set up and get everything running smoothly.
It’s easy to say that the Cardinal has the most elaborate filming set-up out of all the band members. Meanwhile, the ghouls and ghoulettes make do with what they have at hand, most of them using just their phones to record and edit their videos. Except for Rain, who uses the GoPro gotten for him and asks Mountain to do the rest.
The water ghoul ends up in fact doing gardening content for his account. He makes videos showing the gardens around the abbey and the Ministry’s property (save for his secret garden, so as to keep it a secret, of course), about tips on how to take better care of different plants, and even a few that become quite popular about debunking myths regarding botany in general. Nevertheless, what catches his audience’s attention is the fact that he never shows more than his arms and legs, which leads them to start asking for a face reveal.
Rain categorically refuses every time he’s asked to do it.
Mountain has three places he uses as backdrops for his book review videos. The usual one is a little area of his room that houses his personal book collection as well as a comfortable reading chair upholstered in dark green velvet. The second most recurrent one is a beautifully carved iron bench that has one of the abbey’s fountains sitting behind it. And the third one is the library, which he only uses at night and when talking about certain genres ‒like horror and thriller.
He’s allowed to do so by the librarians since they trust him to keep everything in order, and since he does it after closing hours, he can’t bother anyone while doing it. Also, the candles he lights are small enough not to pose a threat to the books surrounding him.
Naturally, his audience favors the videos filmed in the third location, given its spooky ambiance as well as its aesthetic appearance.
Cumulus and Cirrus try to keep their backgrounds varied as much as possible. They use whatever place the Ministry’s grounds have to offer that fits better whatever subject the video they’re filming is about. Classical pieces, either played on the piano/keyboards or sung are usually filmed inside, while viral dancing trends to pop songs are usually filmed out in the gardens or inside the solarium. They also like to sneak in between a couple of videos doing cute baking recipes from time to time, just to have an excuse to eat cookies and cupcakes.
Dewdrop doesn’t leave his bedroom to do his content. He just plugs his guitar into his amp, sets his phone atop his desk, and sits down on his chair, ready to play away. He does pretty much whatever he feels at the moment, that being either guitar riffs and solos from Ghost songs or from other bands he likes to listen to. He does have his preferences, of course, those being playing songs by Merciful Fate, King Diamond, Tool, Macabre, Opeth, Katatonia, and Bloodbath. Obviously, he does all that flawlessly.
Or at least, what he plays in the videos he uploads is always flawless. What he would never let show is every time he messes up a chord, curses and throws his pick, and has to start over. The fire ghoul leaves out all the bursts of anger he has over making mistakes, not wanting that footage to be used against him or to be anyone’s laughing stock. Not even if showing a more “human” side would probably gain him his audience’s sympathy.
Although, maybe not even doing that might win over his audience given the fact that he has the nasty tendency to insult anyone who dares to leave anything less than flattering comments on his videos. Still, at the same time, that’s also one of the reasons why his particular audience likes him so much.
But since none of his bandmates nor members of the Clergy have caught up to the chaos going on, no one has put a stop to it yet. Not only that, but Dew has also been getting into fights with other TikTok creators as well, mainly other guitarists like himself. Thankfully though, the Internet squabbles he gets into have not gone further than a few chosen colorful words and hand gestures…so far.
Aether is the one with the most specific content since he mainly does videos regarding his love for bananas. He has done TikToks ranking the varieties he finds more delicious, and others talking about the history and evolution of different kinds of bananas, even going as far as telling about the “extinction-level events” that the fruits have gone through.
And even though his account is the one with the smallest audience out of all the demons’, he has the most diehard community out of all of them as well.
I guess people are either really into bananas, or him talking about them.
Now, Swiss and his mystery subject are…something else.
Turns out that the multi ghoul kept everything a secret because he knew otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to pull off his plan at all. Because, what he wanted to do, was basically prank everyone in the abbey. Only person that hasn’t fallen victim to Swiss’ chaotic mischief is (you guessed it) Sister Imperator. Everyone else was deemed fair game in the ghoul’s mind.
Dewdrop got all his guitars de-tuned right before he was due to film a video. Cumulus and Cirrus’ latest batch of cupcakes was stolen while they were cooling down. Aether was “missing” some of his favorite banana figurines. Mountain’s favorite book was replaced with a copy that had multiple pages torn off while others were scribbled with permanent marker. And Rain was threatened with a face-reveal leak through the comments of a few of his videos (from an anonymous TikTok account that Swiss opened just for that prank).
Those pranks were secretly recorded and uploaded by the multi-instrumentalist on his account, which of course meant that everyone ended up finding out he was the one messing with them. That earned him a couple of acts of revenge, mainly from Dew, Mountain, and the ghoulettes.
However, Swiss’ prank on Copia is a whole different thing.
One of the ideas the Cardinal had come up with after Seestor’s insisted that he needed to grow engagement on the platform, was to film himself in front of his green screen without any digital backgrounds and make different skits and poses. That way, he would be giving his followers material to make their own video edits and upload them to TikTok tagged with a particular hashtag.
All of that would be encompassed by a contest. The winner, with the most creative and liked video entry, would win tickets to the next ritual in their city or the city closest to their home. The runner-ups would be shown in a video compilation that would later be uploaded to Ghost’s official YouTube channel.
Thing is, Swiss chose the filming of that exact video to mess with Copia. More specifically, to mess with the poor man’s filming set. He decided to loosen up the setting of his green screen, knowing very well that Copia has the tendency of walking backward into the thing more often than not. That’s the reason why the thing had to be fixed in place, because it got knocked askew and fell down a couple of times.
So, with the screen only pending from the hook that fixes it to Copia’s bedroom roof, Swiss hides under the clergyman’s bed after setting up his phone to record. He waits patiently for the Cardinal to start filming and for the inevitable to happen. Luckily for him and his stiff muscles, it doesn’t take long for the man to walk backward into the screen. Only difference to previous incidents is that this time around, the cloth gets pulled off the ceiling hook, consequently falling right on Copia’s head and knocking him down. At least, the tripod holding his phone didn’t get knocked over as well.
Swiss saw everything happening from basically front row view, thus why he has to do his best to contain his laughter lest he wants to be found out before he can make his escape. He will be found out eventually anyway, but he’ll rather be punished after uploading his video than before doing so.
Too bad for him that his upload won’t be as good as Copia’s since the Cardinal’s has the perfect first-person POV that Swiss’ lacks. Because, it turns out that after getting out from under the screen and getting up to cut the video, the unfortunate singer made a little mistake. Instead of stopping and leaving what was filmed in his drafts folder, he hit the upload button. That meant uploading a video containing his embarrassing “accident”. And the panicked man, who might be sporting a concussion after being hit in the head by the screen’s heavy upper rod, doesn’t realize what has happened until it’s too late and the video is already garnering its first views.
That leads Copia to wobbly attempt to get out of his room and find someone who can help him erase the video, given that he’s in too much pain to think clearly. In the meantime, Swiss seizes the moment to get the hell out of there, happy to have new content to upload.
After all of that, Copia goes to the infirmary to get checked by the resident nurses while a Brother of Sin inspects the video that resulted in the medical visit. The young lad is about to delete the upload when he notices not only how many views, likes, and shares it’s getting, but what the comments say as well. Despite there being an expected amount of people making fun of the Cardinal, there is a large quantity that’s praising him for the funny TikTok.
That’s also when Seestor finally arrives, having been alerted of what happened through a notification from the platform about a new upload from the Cardinal. And as soon as she sees the traffic and engagement the video is getting, she advises Copia to keep it posted. The man agrees just so he doesn’t have to deal with the issue anymore, allowing the Brother to add to the TikTok’s comments the information about the contest which was omitted in the description when Copia mistakenly uploaded it. He also shares the video on other social media platforms along with the same info.
In the end, the crisis is avoided and the contest is a success. Nevertheless, the Cardinal’s pride does take a bit of damage since he’s always been sensitive to criticism. Especially the harsh kind. One comment that particularly bothered him was one by someone with the username GodOfSax1969 and a picture of Papa Nihil taken from one of the promotional pics for the Ghost YouTube chapters. Even though at first he thought it was just a troll, he ended up discovering who the real man behind the comment was.
Turns out that Nihil was being assisted by a Sister of Sin who had her TikTok account open. That’s how the old man stumbled upon the now infamous green screen fall video and urged the Sister to help him open an account just so he could leave a scathing comment on the TikTok.
Said comment read as follows: “You go down just like my expectations of your success, dumbass.”
It is still the most-liked comment on that video. Yes, including all of the ghouls and ghoulettes’ likes as well.
And also, yes, Swiss’ video didn’t blow up as Copia’s did.