Death Fourteen: DEATH IS NOT HAPPY

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 [After seeing the town decide to treat death so lightly, making a game of it in fact, Death was not pleased.

And then he learned even better news. And now he's doing something he knows is a bad idea.

Thinking things over.

Mayfield have a phone call. And a voice just appearing in your head when you pick up the phone.]

DO YOU EVER WONDER WHY THINGS

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[While Death looks through the books, Slugger appears near the scythe where he stands beneath it, gazing up at the blade. He then slides a hand upward along the handle, which is much taller than he is despite how high he stretches.]

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[Flipping through a book. Not looking up.]

BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.

[The blade is of course so sharp that there is a slight blue haze around the edges as it cuts the atoms around it.]

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[Sliding his hand back down again, his eyes are still fixed on the glowing blade.]

Did you get anything new?

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IN A WAY.

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[He turns his attention away from the scythe for now. Let him rephrase.]

Something old?

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I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY THAT.

MORE LIKE A FEW THINGS I SHOULD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO DO.

[And he's suddenly at the bookshelf behind you, reaching up to get a book.]

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[Slugger grins. Now he gets it.

Finally taking his hand off the scythe, he cranes his neck in an effort to see what book Death has taken from the shelf. But considering Death's height, it doesn't work very well. He'll appear, instead, seated atop the bookcase where he has a better view of Death and the book. Trouble is, the text appears upside down from where he's sitting above.]

What are you looking for?

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JUST SOMETHING TO KILL TIME WITH I SUPPOSE.

[That may or may not have been a really bad pune.]

I'M GOING TO HAVE MORE FREE TIME AGAIN.

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Me too.

[Though he's quite pleased with not having to go to school.]

How did you use to kill time before?

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I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH OF IT.

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So you're going to read every book in Mayfield?

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I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO. I THOUGHT I MIGHT FIND AN IDEA IN ONE OF THESE BOOKS.

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You could write a book...

[grinning as he contemplates further]

...about being Death.

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THAT WOULD BE EITHER A VERY LONG OR A VERY SHORT BOOK.

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I'd read it.

[For real. And he usually hates reading.]

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PERHAPS. THOUGH IF YOU WANTED A STORY, YOU ONLY NEED TO ASK.