Death One: WHY DO I HAVE SKIN?

[likescats]

[At 308 Miller Street a phone has fallen off the hook and it's possible to hear a part of a conversation. Anyone from Discworld might hear a rather .....familiar voice...though it seems a little stranger, more human. Quotation marks and everything. Someone seems to be arguing with a drone child.]

"NO, I AM QUITE CERTAIN I AM NOT YOUR FATHER. WHERE

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Quotation marks. Weird.

[istheatmosphere]

My condolences.

I know. You can "hear" his voice normally and not just in your head now.

[humandeath]

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

Is his human name Bill Door? Please say it is :D

[istheatmosphere]

You've been taken away from your world and shoehorned into this town.

I've only been here a few days, but I'm beginning to realize this is an ongoing process.

Of course. :)

[humandeath]

I SEE. YES. IT IS MOST UNFORTUNATE. I AM VERY BUSY.

[istheatmosphere]

We all have things that need doing in our worlds. [Personally, Mokuren would like to get on with dying so she can reincarnate on Earth and see Shion again, but apparently that's not going to happen in Mayfield.]

It is quite unfortunate, yes.

[humandeath]

[Normally he would be able to help you with that]

YES. MY WORK IS RATHER VITAL TO THE RUNNING OF THE WORLD.

[istheatmosphere]

You must be very important.

[humandeath]

I AM DEATH.

[istheatmosphere]

Death. Really? [She feels it doesn't need to be said that death is, well, something that happens to everyone. It's not a, well yes, it's been personified but everyone knows it's not...]

[humandeath]

YES.

Also, we're next-door neighbors

[istheatmosphere]

[Well, okay, why would anyone lie about something like that?] I wish you luck, for what it's worth.