Pride Post!

[takeme2urpants]

[It's a beautiful day in Camp-the sun is shining (though there is shade for vampires), the birds are singing (but not taunting anyone), and there is a magnificent spread complete with all sorts of food (including human flesh for those so inclined). Above all this reads a huge banner:]
PRIDE!
Be proud of who you are!
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[runstowardsfire]

[You look familiar. . . But the voice is wrong.]

. . . Are you a Death?

[Also the bracelet is confusing . . .]

[cenizasquedaran]

Gracias.

[Lights one and takes a drag] I enjoy it when I make a difference. That doesn't always happen.

[runstowardsfire]

. . . What do you mean by "make a difference"?

[cenizasquedaran]

Help people make the trip faster. Give them advice. Make passing on a little less of a hassle.

[runstowardsfire]

. . . Witches do that sometimes. To ease the passing, I mean.

It makes a difference even if they don't say anything.

[cenizasquedaran]

[Takes a long drag, thinking]

...I could do a lot more good without all this red tape.

[runstowardsfire]

I'm sure you could, but even Death has rules. Your world seems to have a lot of complicated rules for dying.

[cenizasquedaran]

It used to be a little less complicated, but there weren't any rights for the dead. There are pros and cons to everything.

[runstowardsfire]

[If you knew some of the zombies on the Disc . . .]

You care for them.

[cenizasquedaran]

When I can. It's my job.

[runstowardsfire]

[It speaks volumes about her job that trying to cheer up a smoking skeleton is fairly normal.]

I'm sure you're good at it.

[cenizasquedaran]

Gracias, Señorita Aching, but we have only just met. How can you know this for sure?

[runstowardsfire]

. . . I don't know for sure, but caring helps.

My grandmother said that we have a duty to care for the sheep and the animals because we order their lives for them and they can't say anything. So a farmer who cares for the land will be a better farmer than one who doesn't.

[cenizasquedaran]

Your grandmother is a wise woman.

[runstowardsfire]

She was.

[cenizasquedaran]

[Nods]