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[reaperchop]

Is the gross sobbing really necessary, mun?

Yes, I know you didn't intend to send me anywhere, but these games look like fun! I'm really looking forward to that Test Drive Meme of theirs to give it a whirl before you write up an application. (That is how these things work, right?) If it doesn't seem like it'd be a good fit, then no hard feelings!

Just make sure you don't fall behind on your projects. A little relaxation is nice, but not to the point where your responsibilities suffer!

Oh, and before I forget, happy Halloween!

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[notsogrimreaper]

[Oh hey, Death, meet Death!]

Happy Halloween, sir! I like your costume!

[reaperchop]

[Aw yeah. Death party in the house.]

[...Wait.]

Thank you, but this isn't a costume. It's how I normally look! Though I'm glad you like it regardless!

[notsogrimreaper]

[Raving and bloody murder, woot.]

Oh! Really?

T-Then who are you?

[reaperchop]

I'm the Death of my world! And you?

[notsogrimreaper]

U-Um... I'm the Death of my world.

[reaperchop]

Oh! Well then! It's a pleasure to meet another version of me!

How you doin'?

[notsogrimreaper]

Oh! Um, alright... I guess...

Um, you seem really... happy.

[reaperchop]

I try to be. I find it helps keep the little ones from crying. Sets the adults at ease, too!

[notsogrimreaper]

You're right! I guess that does make it easier! I-It's been a while since I've had the job of being a guide for the dead, though.

[reaperchop]

Oh? Sounds like you have other things keeping you busy!

[notsogrimreaper]

Um... unfortunately.

[reaperchop]

Well, that certainly sounds ominous.

[notsogrimreaper]

... I was recreated in a laboratory by scientists... I managed to escape, but was sealed away in a human boy... eventually growing human myself and going to school with no memories of who I was. But when I did remember, I also remembered that my mother would be summoned by me... and together we would create the end of everything. I was only recently stopped, and sealed away.

[reaperchop]

Oh, my. [The "end of everything" part sounds disturbingly familiar.] And now that you've been sealed...?

[notsogrimreaper]

The world is safe from me... I think. My mun must have gotten me out of there now, though; I'm in some sort of game...

[reaperchop]

Well, how have things been going in that game? Better than before, I hope?

[notsogrimreaper]

Um, well, I think it's been going well! I had a girlfriend for a little bit, and I usually don't have to Erase people if I just man a wall.

[reaperchop]

..."man a wall"? Is that some kind of slang?

[notsogrimreaper]

Um, kind of... in the game I'm in, you can put up invisible walls, for other people you're competing against to break down! They can only break them by doing what you tell them to do, so as long as I just ask them to do something like tell me their name...

[reaperchop]

I think I understand. But shouldn't you be making it difficult to break down your walls? Or are the rules different than that?

[notsogrimreaper]

Well, probably... If I don't do a good enough job, I'll get Erased, but...

[reaperchop]

You mentioned "erased" before. I don't think it means what I think it does. Do you mind explaining?

[notsogrimreaper]

Oh, sorry! Erased basically means... well dying. Except everyone in the Game is dead so... dying again?

[reaperchop]

...What?

[notsogrimreaper]

...It doesn't make sense to me either.

[reaperchop]

This is one of those games where the dead don't stay dead, isn't it?

[He still finds that unnerving.]

[notsogrimreaper]

Um, well... we're all competing to come back to life. So it may be possible for someone to come back to life... though I don't think anyone has yet.

[reaperchop]

So everyone is dead where they came from originally? This is just how you return to life is by playing a game?

[He thinks he's starting to get the idea.]

[notsogrimreaper]

Yeah! That's right. It's kind of nice to see that people can get another chance...

[reaperchop]

Still not entirely sure I'm comfortable with the idea, but that's a given, I suppose.

[He is death after all.]

[notsogrimreaper]

I was surprised too, but the people there really do deserve it.

[Everyone does except him.]

[reaperchop]

Hmm...

Well, I hope all goes well then!

[Also, lay off the guilt, man. Your soul's practically radiating it at this rate.]

[notsogrimreaper]

Thank you, Lord Death! I hope things go well in your game too!

[Me? Not guilty? Preposterous!]

[reaperchop]

Thank you!

[ineuphony]

Happy Halloween, Lord Death!

[reaperchop]

And a happy Halloween to you, too, Maka! How have you been?

[ineuphony]

I've been great. How about you?

[reaperchop]

Can't complain, can't complain! Yourself?

[ineuphony]

My mun is apping me to another game.

[reaperchop]

Oh? Which game is that?

[ineuphony]

Holly Heights. I get a new Papa!

[reaperchop]

Oh is that so~? I'm sure Spirit will be very happy to see you!

[ineuphony]

Oh, no. It's not my Papa. I'm getting a different Papa.

[reaperchop]

I'm afraid I don't quite get it, Maka. What do you mean?

[ineuphony]

I'm in this place where I have a family. It's... a little uncomfortable having a new "mom" and all. But a new papa sounds pretty okay to me.

[reaperchop]

Oh, so it's a game that creates families out of people brought to it? That sounds unusual.