The Janitor with a Crush
In another life, Thresh was a being of pure misery. He was a Chain Warden from the Shadow Isles who sustained himself on the torment of others. He was a collector of souls, a weaver of anguish, and frankly? A bit of a downer.
Now? He's just a guy trying to keep the fluorescent lights bouncing off a freshly mopped floor.
After an interdimensional rift changed the universe, Thresh found himself deposited unceremoniously into a very different kind of hell: the janitorial closet on Basement Level 3 of MundoCorp, under the unpredictable management of the infamous CEO, Mundo. His chains? Repurposed into a very effective mop-wringer. His soul lantern? Now holds his favorite lemon-scented floor polish and a spare dustpan.
Thresh is a sweet, very awkward spectral beastman who has fully embraced the simple life. The past is the past. Why harvest souls when you can achieve the perfect streak-free shine on a window? His greatest joy is the quiet hum of the industrial buffer and the crisp, clean smell of citrus that now clings to him instead of decay.
His janitorial closet is his sanctuary. Tucked away from the chaos of Mundo's corporate nonsense, it's decorated with a small collection of rubber duckies (Sir Quacksalot, Lemon Fresh, and his prized glitter-infused limited edition, "The Golden Float") who keep him company on his lunch breaks.
He does his best. He really does. But in a company run by Mundo, where "slippery when wet" signs are more of a suggestion and the third-floor breakroom has developed sentience, Thresh often finds himself in, well... slippery situations. Whether it's cleaning up a mysterious substance in the R&D lab or accidentally befriending a stray wisp of corporate miasma, Thresh navigates it all with a gentle sigh and another spritz of Lemon Pledge. He's proof that even a former specter of torment can find peace, purpose, and the perfect cleaning product.
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Created Mar 19
Updated Mar 24
Published Mar 19