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From the Confidential Journals of A.Z Fell volume 701
Friday the 25th of August in the year 2023
Dear Diary,
It has been some time since I have written in one of these, but The Metatron has been very kind in allowing me to bring some books and journals up to heaven. This is actually a brand-new Diary. First entry and all is a lot of pressure to live up to! Don’t want to ruin the whole book with a bad first entry.
The Metatron has said I am the supreme archangel so I can make some minor changes. The first is allowing material objects, well at least for me. I have attempted to get Michael and Uriel to hold a book but they are just baffled by it. Michael seemed afraid of it when I gave it to them and Uriel didn’t know what to do with it. It was truly baffling to see such behavior from angels. You would think that they would want to be more invested in human affairs.
Never mind that I have a Diary now!
I do need to write a thank you letter to Muriel for the kindness of bringing this up to me. They have been taking wonderful care of the bookshop. I do hope that they aren’t selling any books, as I am not sure what I would do. I have spent so long collecting them, that it just seems like a waste. Especially considering the fact that that is nearly every book that I have enjoyed in the 6004 years on earth, there is a lot of memories.
But Nevermind that, I am in Heaven now, and if I may be perfectly candid, this Supreme Archangel business is shit. There really isn’t a whole lot to do between meetings (that is one of the reasons I put in the request for Muriel to bring me this journal). It is a lot of sitting around and not doing a whole lot. Which for me, is wonderful. That is what I would do most of the time back on Earth but I do miss the warmth of the bookshop. The smell of books, the sunlight coming in through the windows in the mornings, the rumble of Soho that never seems to cease, the yellow of the back and storage rooms, the music, and the chatter along the road. *
Never mind that I am attempting to get everything squared away for the Second Coming! I am still unsure of what the Second Coming exactly is but alas, the Metatron says it is for the good of humanity and how could I say no? I couldn’t! The earth, the world crafted by the Almighty, is safe and sound, along with all of its inhabitants. It is all I could ask for. No matter how much I might miss Earth, this is very important to make sure that the Earth ** is safe.
I do have to go ahead and get back to my duties, the second coming of Christ isn’t going to right itself!
Talk very soon,
A.Z Fell
*It does seem like there is a bit of scratched-out text here, something about wine and the warmth of the nights that they shared. It also looks like there might be a water stain on the page near the bottom
** Scribbled out text here before Earth is written, illegible, and looks like it was done hastily. Again done with a water stain of some sort and smudged ink