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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[kindlichekaiser]

[She clears her throat a little] Sir? Excuse me?

[humandeath]

[And it takes him a moment to realize where the voice is coming from. He picks the phone up awkwardly.]

HELLO?

[kindlichekaiser]

Hello! [She smiles a little] You must be new here. I'm the Childlike Empress, and I'll try to help you, alright?

It's...a bit shocking when you first wake up here, I know. This place, as you know, is called Mayfield, and I'm afraid no one's found a way to leave yet.

[humandeath]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHILD.

AND WHERE ON THE DISC IS THIS MAYFIELD?

[updollsdresses]

[That... No, it couldn't be. There is no... him here!]

... Hello?

[humandeath]

[Oh but he's everywhere...eventually. And also...]

AH, Mr. TEH-A-TIM-AH. I DID NOT EXPECT TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN.

[updollsdresses]

Rest assured, I'm just as surprised as you are... I had begun to doubt you could even enter a place such as this. Won't Susan be ever so happy I was wrong?

[humandeath]

SUSAN IS HERE?

[Well that is...good news and bad news.]

I TRUST YOU HAVE NOT BEEN GETTING INTO ANY TROUBLE. MR. TEH-A-TIM-AH.

[knowsitsname]

The child does have a point, sir. You are in Mayfield, and it isn't surprising that you haven't heard of it.

[humandeath]

ON THE CONTRARY, THERE SHOULD BE NO WHERE ON THE DISC THAT I DO NOT KNOW.

[knowsitsname]

I'm afraid that this isn't anywhere on the Disc. It's supposed to be in America, but even that is debatable.

[humandeath]

NOT ON THE DISC.

I SEE. WOULD YOU MIND EXPLAINING WHAT YOU MEAN?

[humandeath]

SHE IS NOT MY DAUGHTER.

[humandeath]

SHE IS MISTAKEN.

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.