Hey everyone. I'm so, so sorry for no updating in so long. Life just really got in the way lately. School's been keeping me busy, and whenever I had free time, I took sometime for myself trying to distract myself from all the shit going on in my life lately. I never used to think much about it, but now I'm just really glad I'm not suicidal, because I seriously think I wouldn't have been here anymore if I were. But! I now have motivation to write again, and it is yet another form of distracting myself, so I'll try to update more regularly again.
So on with the story! And again, sorry for the lack of updates.
To all readers of Blog Knox,
We, the team, are very sorry for the lack of updates recently. The higher ups found out and... weren't to pleased. After some time, we finally managed to get permission to continue working on Blog Knox, however. So here we are again, ready to do your dares! And also, everyone, thanks for sticking with us and reading and watching the blog. And all those dares you send us! Amazing! Some of the things are just perfect, and none of us would ever have come up with it ourselves. So from the bottom of our hearts, thank you all so much!
Team Blog Knox
"Well," Ronald began, finally back in the meeting room for Blog Knox after god knows how long. "It's been a while, but we're back." Looking at the other members of the team, he added, "And while we were gone, the dares have just been piling up. So! I picked one -the oldest dare we haven't used yet- that would be fun to use for our comeback." He took the dare out of his pocket and, after clearing his throat in an over-dramatized way, read it to everyone.
Blog Knox is the best and I just had to post a dare. I'm sure a lot of people have suggested something similar to this but here we go. I dare the entire Blog Knox team to be some one else for 24 hours. Everyone will draw a name from a hat and who you get is who you nave to dress and act like. But because I really, REALLY want to see what would happen I specifically dare Undertaker to be William, Grell to be Undertaker, and and of course William to be Grell (I might be evil I'm sorry). As a reward everyone will receive a batch of cookies, any kind of their choice. If anyone breaks character once then they will have to be their respective person for the next week. Cheers!
He smiled as he put it down on the table. "Why, thank you! I know, we're awesome."
William shot him a glare that clearly suggested he was doing his utmost not to beat him to a pulp for that comment, but stayed quiet. Alan and Eric were re-reading the dare for themselves, while Undertaker was already taking off his hat and scribbling his name on a piece of paper. Just as he was about to drop it in his hat, Johnathan grabbed his wrist and sighed, reminding him, "Undertaker, you don't have to do that. You got one assigned already, remeber? Go be Spears, and let us do this... thing, 'kay?" And thus, the others proceeded to put their names in the hat. Meanwhile, William stared intently at Grell, his expression growing more annoyed with the second. Grell, ofcourse, noticed this and smiled 'seductively' (though it was far from seductive, really) at him. "What is it, Will-dear~? Finally realised you love me?"
"...This is going to be impossible," the stiff manager muttered softly and averted his gaze. Well, it was to be expected, this reaction from him... "I have two dares like this... Mind if I do both at once?" There came no answer, so he just shrugged and assumed he could. Well, no. It wasn't exactly assuming he could. He just decided it.
The other five Blog Knox members had all pulled out a name by now, and read them aloud in turn. Eric grimaced. "Aoko... damn, that's gonna be hard." Ronald just raised his shoulders and announced his new temporary personality. "And I have to be Alan-senpai." Then came Johnathan with "Eric" and Aoko with "Ronald". Which left Alan as Johnathan.
Ronald, taking advantage of this last moment he could be himself for a day, fist-pumped in the air. "Alright, team! Let's do this!"
The next morning, Undertaker entered the office long before anyone was there, dressed neatly in a black suit, his long hair combed back and tied together. Straight-faced, he marched to William's -today his- office and started sorting files and assignments for that day. After only about half an hour, a young member from the Personell Department came in to collect files on the Dispatch Officers, as they do each month. She stood still instantly when she saw Undertaker instead of William, stared at him -blinking only twice- and after two minutes, turned around and left with a quiet "I'll come back some other time."
The rest of the office slowly got as crowded as it could get with the lack of reapers working there, everyone beginning their work as usual. Everyone but William. To everyone's astonishment, he just sat down at as desk and leaned back. It didn't seem like he'd start working on 'his' assignments of that day anytime soon. Or anytime at all. Someone walked over to Alan and tried asking him what was going on. The only reply he got was a glare and a huff, followed by silence. Aoko, who sat a desk not far away from them and had heard the question, explained, "Senpai's not really in the mood for questions now. You see, Blog Knox has been asked to do a personality switch, and Alan-senpai has to be ever-grumpy Johnny." Her colleague looked at her, back to Alan and back to her again, and shrugged. "Alright then. Who're you? Ronald?" Aoko grinned and winked at him. "Gotcha! And Eric-senpai's me, Ronald-sen-...kyohai's Alan, Johnathan is Eric, William-senpai's Grell and Undertak-" She didn't get to finish as the door to William's office swung open, and Undertaker emerged from it. He shot Aoko and the other a venomous glare that would've killed them if they were mortal. "You two, who said it was alright for you to talk instead of work? Surely you don't want overtime?" He then walked over to Grell's desk, where William was still leaning back and staring at the ceiling, apparently lost in his own thoughts. Or at least acting like it. He was doing a good job so far, the others decided, but with Undertaker now standing beside him in an excelently played Will-role, he'd get quite the challenge.
"And you, Spears? What about it? Are you going to work, or should I just give you overtime right now?" William sighed, leaned on the desk with one elbow, resting his cheek on his hand, and looked up at Undertaker, almost pouting. "But I haven't even done anything yet, Undie-chan~!" A shocked silence followed, and someone muttered "gold star for him" on the other side of the office. Only the slightest twitch of the eyes and mouth showed how hard it was for Undertaker to hold his laughter at that moment, but he managed to stay in character. He pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed. "You know what, Spears? I'm not even going to bother. Overtime for the rest of the week. Now get to work." As he walked away, A playful smile spread on Will's face, and he called after him, "Overtime in your office? Anytime, Undie. Just say the word, and I'll be there~!" The door to his office slammed closed hard, which meant Undertaker was either still in-character, or actually pissed.
Johnathan then got up from where he sat at Eric's desk, and went over to his superior, giving him a not so gentle smack on the back of his head. Will grumbled a bit, glaring at him while at the same time pouting in the way everyone thought only Grell could. "What was that for?" Johnathan returned the glare without the pout, and stated matter-of-factly, "You're annoying, Spears. Had this one coming for ages. Now do as Undertaker says and just get to work already." He turned around to leave, but before he did, he looked over his shoulder with a tiny grin and added, "Also, I just wanted to do this while I have the chance to do so without you giving me overtime for it."
William just stared at him, mouth slightly open and an insulted expression on his face. "Hey! Isn't that breaking character?" Not too far away from him, Eric shrugged, fumbling with his hair a bit. "Not really. Sumimasen, senpai. It's on my Bucket List to do that, just so you know." Before William could protest further, which he was clearly about to do, Aoko snapped her fingers and pointed to Eric. "In-character! Well done, senpai."
It was then that Ronald looked up, and spoke for the first time that day. "Can't you all just be quiet and work? You're the more experienced reapers here, you should set examples for the others!" And that said, he continued his work, leaving everyone else in the office to stare at him, baffled.
Meanwhile, in London, a certain Earl and Demon duo entered the local undertaker's shop. the moment they entered, Ciel demanded information on some case he was working on, but his words were met with an eerie chuckle that wasn't quite the eerie chuckle he'd expected. In fact, it sounded completely different. As though it were another voice. The Undertaker turned around slowly, "Welcome~ Eeeaaarrllll~!". The moment Ciel and Sebastian saw his face, they spun around and left in an instant, leaving Grell to stare at the closed door. "What, not even staying to test my newest coffin? Or bone-biscuits? They're fresh~..."