Meet the Deaths [Video]

[acapriciousthing]

[Two faces appear on screen. Well, one pale face wearing a rather lot of black eyeliner and one skull. It’s like a face. Really. They are both smiling, though the one with a skull may have less of a choice in that regards thanks to his permanent grin. The perky goth one speaks up first]

Okay, we’ve been getting a lot of questions so we figured we’d clear it up. We’re Death.

YES BOTH OF US.

And no, he can’t not talk like that.

IT COMES WITH HAVING NO VOCAL CHORDS.

[The voice in question sounds like the slamming of crypt doors, or tombstones falling over. And more importantly it bypases the whole “being heard” bit, to just appear in your head.]

Some people find it easier to call us Didi and Bill. That works for us.

[Her voice, on the other hand, sounds perfectly human]

AND BEFORE ANYONE ASKS. WE ARE NOT FROM THE SAME WORLD. I AM THE DEATH OF THE DISCWORLD.

I’m from... well, it doesn’t have a name. The one where Earth has a remarkable number of superheroes. That also means that neither of us is actually on duty here.

IF THERE IS A DEATH OF THIS WORLD. WE HAVE YET TO SEE THEM.

And... if you have any questions [Because everyone always does] we’ll do our best to answer them.

((Tag Order: You--> Didi--> Bill... though they may start finishing each other's sentences))

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[wolfchild]

[ …you know, when she was told death was a god of many faces she didn't picture it like this.

she thinks to type then figures they deserve a bit more respect than that. ]

You're really Death?

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[acapriciousthing]

[The voice sounds vaguely familiar to her, but not enough to place it]

We are. Dividing life from all that comes before and all that comes after.

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[likescats]

YES. THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT.

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[wolfchild]

Then… [ a little pause ] Would you have heard my prayers? Either of you?

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[ex_question191]

Neither of you are on duty? What the hell is that supposed to mean. Because lemme tell you what it doesn't mean, it does not mean people don't die here. Because they definitely do.

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[acapriciousthing]

Simply that we aren't the ones overseeing it. People tend to be concerned.

Voice

[likescats]

WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE. HOWEVER WHEN PEOPLE DIE HERE, WE WILL NOT BE THE ONES INVOLVED IN THEIR SOULS PASSING ON.

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[tumbleweeds]

There are many Deaths, where I come from.

[ Jaye is, perhaps understandably, not bothered. ]

But I am from a world where every god is real, and living among the rest of us.

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[acapriciousthing]

There are a lot of gods of death where I'm from. Any that enough people believe in. But Death and I aren't gods.

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[likescats]

YOU NEED BELIEF TO BE A GOD. WE HAPPEN EVEN IF PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE IN US.

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[faithlessly]

You're both Death? [ he's only heard of death back in his world, never actually seen the horseman for himself. ] Sounds like the beginning of some great joke. [ don't mind him, he's just a biiiit secretly nervous. ]

Re: video.

[acapriciousthing]

Yep. We're pretty sure someone in Mayfield thought it was funny.

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[likescats]

THEY DID HAVE AN ODD SENSE OF HUMOUR THERE.

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[humanistic]

[It's difficult to argue with that voice--Christ, but that's quite a voice--or to think anything to the contrary... but it helps that they're anthropomorphic and cliché.

Wow.]

Might be a bit easier t' believe if you weren't a pair of stereotypes. I mean, a skeleton and a goth, it's a bit obvious.

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[acapriciousthing]

[Death giggles]

You know, I've had a lot of reactions, but 'you're such a stereotype' is actually a new one. So... congrats?

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[likescats]

THAT IS ONE I GET MORE OFTEN. I PREFER THE MORE TRADITIONAL LOOK YOU MIGHT SAY.

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[gilding]

Well, it seems there's no limit to what our odd ship can pull in. Are you off duty out of choice, or have you found your touch... dampened?

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[acapriciousthing]

If I were on duty, I would know. It's not like I go around collecting people without it being their time.

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[likescats]

MY JURISDICTION...SO TO SPEAK, IS ONLY THE DISCWORLD.

[okayokay]

What happened to your face?

[acapriciousthing]

[A slightly puzzled look]

The skull?

[Of course he has a skull. He's a skeleton.]

[likescats]

[He holds up a bone hand.]

NOTHING.

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[godofthemachine]

You say you are Death. I'm assuming you are some sort of ridiculous literary Grim Reaper of sorts.

[Oh and AM finds this very difficult to believe, yes. But he'll go along with it.]

Tell me, then - what are you? And please don't say Death. I want to know what you are and how it came to be that you're the designated Grim Reaper.

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[acapriciousthing]

Well, grim has never been strictly mandatory. We're anthropomorphic personifications: fundamental forces of the universe given a humanlike shape.

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[likescats]

YES THAT IS MERELY A TITLE SOMETIMES APPLIED.