Albatu's Dilemma

Abatu’s Dilemma

Gail D Prentice

Father Iblis,

I have been struggling this last week. Everything I do seems to work against me in my attempt to cause discord in my subject's life.

You suggested causing serious car troubles. I made the electronic ignition fail, and the fuel pump in the gas tank malfunctioned. This left her stranded on the interstate on her way to work. Yes, she was late again. No, she did not get fired.

These consistent problems with her car have only strengthened her resolve. She is more devoted to her Lord.

Do I have the authority to bring infirmities upon her? I am sure that that will make her question her stand with him. It worked with my other charge. He began cursing, drinking, and turned away from all that he believed.

Your son,

Abatu

Son Abatu,

I realize you are new to this work, but you must understand that you never say, write, or even think the words Lord, Jesus, Christ, or God unless you are referring to me as God. That is the only acceptable time. There is a reason we use father and son titles. If the enemy intercepted these letters, they would not know who is writing them and would not know who is being spoken about.

Concerning bringing about infirmities, you may do so, but they cannot be fatal. That is an absolute with no variable acceptable.

It troubles me that I should write this explanation to you. You ought to have learned that before being dispatched. I will have words with son Jestan. His lack of training of the recruits shall be dealt with.

Is her employer getting ready to let her go because of her continual tardiness? An infirmity advance would work well with the depression that is sure to plague her. With continued absences of her job, that should cripple her outreaching to others who are ours.

Irritated,

Father Ilbis

Father Ilbis,

Concerning her employer, no, the vehicle problems have only encouraged him to give her a company vehicle. He must value her valuable enough to tolerate such tardiness.

However, I did send her into an accident with the company car. Her right hand and her left shoulder were severely injured to the point she is unable to work. The car was totaled.

I am waiting to see what happens when she is released from the hospital and sent to rehabilitation therapy, then home.

With the car totaled, her absenteeism, and her being the cause of the accident, that should bring about the depression that we are looking for, and also the loss of her employment.

She has been quite a pest at work as she speaks to our people. They have begun to question our leadership.

Your son,

Abatu

Abatu,

I am getting very annoyed! No, very very upset with your lack of respect, and you taking authority that is not yours to take. When you speak of ‘our people’, you mean my people. You have a charge, and only a charge to take care of. You do not have a people.

One more outburst of insolence will get you recalled. You do not want that!

I took time out of my schedule to investigate your failings. You failed to tell me that her employer was her father. You should have known that and considered that very carefully. She will never get fired! Your lack of attention to these details is quite troubling.

I strongly suggest you shift your attention to the company and the father. With a created and severe financial distress in the company, which is linked to the daughter’s mishandling of the fiscal situation, that should raise some eyebrows. Whereas, she is the Chief Financial Officer, that alone should bring their testimony to family depression.

Care must be taken to do this with great finesse. If it should seem out of character for the business model and embezzlement, it could compound and worsen our position. Best case scenario would be an employee buyout, with my people at the helm.

I strongly propose a victory or your head will roll.

Cautiously,

Father Ilbis

Father Ilbis,

It has been six weeks since the financial demise of the company. Clients have been dropping like flies after spraying. The father has considered bankruptcy. He hasn’t made a final decision. He has hired three corporate and financial wizards to investigate the cause. At this point, they have not seen my manipulation.

I encouraged one of our people to sow discord amongst the clients in his portfolio, to trust him and the company he is starting. Though it isn’t fully functional, they have pulled many of their orders to wait on the employee’s official start. They are investing in his company to get it operational.

Oroan has assisted me in creating a financial eclipse. So much money went dark and disappeared. It hasn’t gone missing, it just got shuffled into a new account that the company does not know about. It is in the hands of my newly acquired company employee, who will be using it to purchase the company and get it back on its feet.

My charge knows nothing about the accounts. She will not know until after the sale, then she will assume it was her failure that caused it.

I have learned much from Oroan. His method of eclipsing things into obscurity for later use is genius.

Your servant,

Albatu

Albatu,

What is this that I am hearing about the company discovering the accounts that you thought you hid so cleverly? Your job was to cause your charge to curse her God and stop evangelizing.

The accounts have been found, and your “superstar” employee is now sitting in jail. Your failure has been noted. Let me be the first to tell you that you are on notice. I do not tolerate this kind of failure.

I have sent Mictain to take charge of your case. You will be reassigned to a less important and simpler charge.

I am so disappointed that you have failed in such a dismal way.

Your Uncle,

Ilbis

Master Ilbis,

I must apologize for my conduct and the ultimate anticlimax of my duties. However, I am a bit confused. Your instructions were to not cause her death, but you sent Mictain, whose specialty is death. I could have been quite successful in that order, had I been given the opportunity.

Mictain notified me that he will be here next week. Is there something that I can do to correct my error?

Respectfully,

Albatu

Albatu,

Thank you for your respect in your greeting.

No, the only thing I want you to do is observe your charge. Do not allow her to speak to anybody about anything other than the company. Create any diversion possible to prevent her from winning her father to Christ.

You cannot imagine how foul of a taste that is put in my mouth when I mention His name.

Should her father change his heart from me, the consequences would be devastating to my kingdom. His company is powerful, and he is quite a dynamic speaker and industry leader. I need him.

In short, do not let her near him for any reason.

Perturbed,

 Ilbis

Most Worshipful Ilbis,

My charge has shut me out. She has spoken directly to… well, you know who. She now has a horde of angels surrounding her, protecting her. No doubt, they have heard that Mictain is coming. I have tried many times to detain her. I cannot disrupt her life in any way.

I have tried another car accident, I tried sickness, I have used business distractions, power failures, and distractions from her children. These pesky angels have stopped me cold. I cannot reach her at all.

There are times, there are so many angels that I cannot even see her because of the throng around her. At this point, she is unreachable and untouchable.

Her children and her siblings are protected as well. I am at a loss.

Please help Mictain get here soon.

Feeling helpless,

Albatu

Albatu,

I have lost patience with you. Your insecurities, your ignorance, and your complete lack of command of your charge have brought more damage to me and my kingdom than I can explain, nor do I want to explain to you.

Mictain has been recalled and reassigned. He will be taking over her father’s case. Her father has turned away from me and turned to the enemy, and the legitimate Bible printing business. Instead of making it a for-profit and selfish money-making business as he printed bibles for me, he has restructured it into a Christian non-profit company.

Because of your absolute failure in this, I have lost a valuable asset in my kingdom. He has had a series of… excuse me while I vomit… Bibles printed in Yuchi. That people have been isolated from… God… for so many years. The last Yuchi-speaking people now have the Bible in their language and are excited to share, expand, and teach the language.

I almost had those people extinguished from existence until now. There is now a school of the Yuchi people. At one time, they were my greatest assets in the southeast United States.

Because of your actions, or lack thereof, the foothold I had in that area is waning rapidly.

It has also been brought to my attention that because of the father’s transformation to the enemy’s side, many of the other industry leaders have gotten a whole new vision.

They are ramping up the presses and sponsoring scholarships for young people to go out as evangelists and carry the Bibles to the people of the world.

You are hereby ordered to come to me to begin your eternity where you belong. Your abysmal actions have prompted me to take this decisive action. I have only had to do this once before, it pains me to do it again. I take this as a personal failure of my own.

The evangelists are moving quickly, I have no time to waste on losers like yourself. Time is drawing to an end, and I am not winning. That is enough said to you about anything.

Your Judge,

Ilbis