My name is Jack Dawson and I am an angel.
Sorry, that was too sudden. Please, let me explain.
My name is Jack Dawson. I was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin on March 26, 1852. Growing up, I kept to myself, mainly sketching for fun and reading a countless amounts of stories. My parents were very distant and never showed much affection toward me. Come to think of it, they never really acknowledged my existence, even though I loved them both.
In my childhood, I loved so many people, but the love was never returned. I came to love everybody, even the people I hated who still hated me.
I'm going to stop the sob story that was my life and save it for another time because nothing really happened until my death.
When I was eighteen, I was stabbed to death in an alley by a serial killer. Some may say that it was a "brutal murder" and that I was too young to die, but in all honesty, I didn't feel anything. I was relieved to be put out of my misery. Still, there wasn't a funeral service held for me or anything and it still upsets me to this day to think that my parents didn't really care at all.
When you parish, you are sorted in to a group based off of what you were like as a person: angel, shadow, reflection or conscience. Angel is apparently the highest rank, so I was fortunate enough to become one.
Let me define the word "angel" for you... The Bible says that we are messengers of God, which is true to some degree but we also use our own common sense to help. There are also two types of duties: hidden and flesh.
Hidden duty is when you are completely invisible but have total control over the subject's common sense along with everyone who is somehow connected to that situation. You can control anything to get the subject to receive and understand the omen you sent to them. I am always sent to do this and frankly, it can get annoying.
Flesh duty is when you go undercover as a human being. This, I haven't done. Somehow, you find your way to the subject and tell them full-out as yourself. The reason why this isn't used very often is because it can be really tricky. You have to make yourself unnoticeable and blend in to your surroundings. They only send angels that they really trust, angels that they have complete confidence in.
Like in the physical world, angels have work shifts. For now, I have the night shift, so I'm constantly sending teenagers omens to make the right decisions. I mostly work with teenagers because I'm still eighteen and I will always have the same mentality and appearance as an eighteen-year-old.
Tonight, I am on flesh duty for the first time. The unusual thing about this assignment is that no one knows what is going to happen, but they know that whatever it is, it could be really awful. The only thing I know for sure is that I am this person's only hope.