Grimmy - Episode 1


     “Grimmy!”
     “Fuck.” The Grim Reaper was sitting on a worn out brown couch, flipping through television stations when he heard the annoying voice call out to him. He dropped his head grumbling when he heard the irritating nickname that had been screamed out. “I’m in here mom.”
     “Grimmy,” said a skeletal woman as she walked in, placing her hands on her boney hips in disapproval as he continued to try and ignore her and watch television. She had on a pink apron with a variety of large, yellow flowers covering it, an orange shirt, and short red hair that came down in curls. “Grimmy, why are you here?”
     “I don’t feel like going out today mom.”
     “You don’t feel like going out today?”
     “No mom,” he snapped back, “I don’t feel like- OW!” He winced and lurched forward, rubbing the back of his skull as the sound of her hand smacking against the back of it echoed through the hollow area.
     “Don’t you use that tone with me mister!”
     “But ma-“
     “But nothing. You are 5,632 years old and you are still just sitting around here. You need to get out of the house and do something more than just watch TV and play your little games.”
     “Fine,” he huffed as he turned off the TV and started moving towards the door.
     “Grimmy!”
     “What now mom,” he snapped, turning back to look at his mother. She walked over to the closet, opened it, and pulled out a long black cloak and a scythe made of old, crooked wood and a sliver blade. “You’re forgetting something.”
     “Mom, I am not tak-”
     “You’re going out and you have to take this with you. You know the rules.”
     “But it scares people,” he whined.
     “GRIMM TOMMY REAPER! YOU ARE GOING TO PUT ON THIS CLOAK AND TAKE THIS SCYTHE AND GO OUT AND DO WHAT YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO EVERY OTHER DAY!”
     “Yes mother,” he said, grinding his teeth. He walked back over to her, took the cloak, and put it on. He then reached out and took the scythe, removing it from his mother’s hand and began walking to the door once more, grumbling about what he had to do.
     “Have fun today Grimmy,” she called out after him as he slammed the door.