Act II

Dead people living mundane lives as they wait to pass on to the next life. Death promotes four citizens, known simply as The Assistants, to ease the burden of processing. (Grand Success) This succeeds in drastically cutting down the turnover time on incarnation and finally lets the Reaper gain a foothold in this flooded situation, even in the face of a new organization, Myriad, attempting a coup on Death himself. (All In)

Eventually, however, the Assistants come to realize that this "gift" Death has bestowed on them stripped them of vital portions of their humanity. They no longer sleep, they no longer get hungry. Every moment is dedicated to pushing souls through processing, and more or less doing the Reaper's job for him.Upon realizing this, the Assistants become despondent, unable to cope with the overwhelming jealousy they have for their human counterparts, the Representatives, who welcome newly arrived souls and have them sorted into their residences to await processing.

As the quartet of quasi-immortals begin to fester in their angst and resentment, shadowy figures identifying themselves with the long though dead Myriad organization approach them with a plan to destroy Waiting and sunder the Portal, thereby ending their eternal torment of endless paperwork. The Assistants readily accept and abandon their posts, only showing up again when the ritual is nearly complete, the four of them tearing the Veil between worlds the Portal resides upon, drawing terrible power from the act and transforming themselves into the self-christened Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse just before escaping into the Living World. (Failure)