Drabble: Not in the Job Description (YnM/MerlinRPS)

[b_hallward]

Summary: Death, like a great many other things that happened in France, isn't quite what Bradley expects. YnM/MerlinRPS. Almost not crack. For p_zeitgeist.

Not in the Job Description

"Huh." Bradley stared out at the cobbled courtyard. People rushed frantically and the horse was still rearing, but everything felt slow and distant. "I always thought this kind of

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[p_zeitgeist]

Oh, that's wonderful. Thank you.

It just figures that Bradley would take it all in stride. Hit tv show; death and consciousness afterward; hey, it's all interesting, right? (Mind you, now I kind of want to see him exploring this strange new mode of existence. But (a) knowing assumption of risk, and (b) I would be sad if he went all dead in that unpleasant Meifu kind of way.)

[b_hallward]

Hit tv show; death and consciousness afterward; hey, it's all interesting, right?

*g* And it helps that, thus far, he is still mentally filing this under weird things that happened in France.

And, since paperwork in a foreign jurisdiction always takes forever, Bradley ends up stuck in Pierrefonds and Villers-Cotterets. He plays increasingly elaborate (but still not highly intellectual) pranks out of sheer boredom. Hisoka shows up every now and then. And I wonder if, perhaps, ghosts could be made to show up on film? In retrospect, it was a lucky break that Colin always had a knack for acting against things that were, in fact, not there.

[p_zeitgeist]

Of course Hisoka shows up every now and then. Because Bradley is right: This is the kind of thing that happens to Colin. It was supposed to happen to Colin, and not to Bradley at all.

So naturally he's stuck there. And naturally Hisoka has reason to be there on a semi-regular basis: for whatever odd and horrid jurisdictional reason, either it's his case or he's consulting on it.

Also, since he isn't supposed to be dead and all, possibly he has shinigami-like ability to manifest a visible body, and does show up on film. Or maybe he isn't visible to the eye, but does show up on film (but perhaps not on digital imaging systems?).

You're right, it's barely crack at all. It's as solid a story as either canon gives us; who'd have thought?

[b_hallward]

Honestly, I was shocked at the non-crackiness of this, given that these are two universes that should in no way be able to interact: I have trouble imagining a more WTF? combination. Yet, all in all and viewed from a certain angle, this has almost the awful cast of reasonableness about it.

for whatever odd and horrid jurisdictional reason

Exactly. This is one of those perfect storms in an otherwise functioning jurisdictional system, like plugging numbers into an equation and, for once, having the answer turn out to be cake. And there is no grinding administrative system like a French grinding administrative system.

("Let me guess. It's worse once they're all dead." Bradley stopped and examined the thought. "Dead French civil servants.)

Hisoka's mouth twitched. If he wasn't careful someone might call it a smile.)

Perhaps the loophole is that since there was clearly some colossal mistake somewhere which caused Bradley's candle to be accidentally snuffed out--when asked, the Earl looked shifty and made noises about other

[lady_ganesh]

Oh, Hisoka. Never change.

[b_hallward]

I guess that's the upside of being dead. *g*

[b_hallward]

Thanks! Oddly, many of the things I love most about Bradley are exactly the qualities that would allow him to take all this in stride.

[kelene]

I... never thought YnM and Merlin RPS could work, but it does. It really really does. ♥

[_profiterole_]

Hey, bb, it looks like we've found somebody else with crack crossover ideas! ^^

[kelene]

Yes! It seems we are not alone in the world. \o/ Now if we can only persuade b_hallward to expand on this fabulous universe, it would almost make up for the lack of Viewfinder!Merlin. *shifty eyes*

[b_hallward]

I was utterly shocked at this hybrid universe, which should be either impossible or utter crack. And, yet, as I was mentioning to p_zeitgeist there really is a whole story one could tell--Things To Do In Villers-Cotterets When You're Dead--the outline of which is here. *g*

[_profiterole_]

Hisoka! <3 Awesome!

[b_hallward]

And, you know, France-according-to-MerlinRPS is just quirky enough that Hisoka has stray moments of recognition, and comes to the conclusion that small groups of people trapped together just naturally all go slightly crazy. It would explain so much. *g*