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Well lovely you've got me set up with this nice little journal here-- brill name by the way, though I don't think me boss will be too pleased if he hears it. Big Man in charge is the only Death. We're all more like messengers, or maybe guides would be a better fit. Either way I'm no more Death than you are, just a cloak carrying member of the Reaper's Union.

I've gotten off track haven't I? What was I saying again?

Oh! Yes, right. So now that you've got me set up with this pretty journal think you might send me somewhere? Anywhere's fine really, though somewhere I won't be needing to break out the scythe too often I'd prefer. I know it ain't the standard farming equipment, but that don't mean I want to be fighting in any battles ya hear?

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Don't go invisible with the ones that deserve to be reaped. Let them see you coming.

Oh no invisible works excellently, as long as I'm wearing my cloak of course. There's something to be said for playing into the mythology.

Yeah, I get it, you're staying true to the origins. I prefer to approach someone more socially, but it is interesting to blend into your surroundings and then watch how unaware other people are of you.

But you know what? By turning invisible, you're cheating.

[She raises an eyebrow.]

And how exactly am I cheating?

You don't have to try to be invisible, you can turn it on and off whenever. I haven't seen anyone else do that.

That would likely be because they're invisible.

Oh, so more of them could be here then. They could be right behind me and I wouldn't even know because everyone decided to stay anonymous. [That paranoia is kicking in.] Well, go ahead and try to kill me now. Even though I already know you may be here.

We don't just go about reaping willy nilly you now. Death gives us assignments. Unless your clock's run out you'll be fine.

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And in any case colony Reapers tend to stay visible most of the time. Living here wouldn't be half as fun if no one saw us.

Alright. [And just like that, he's already calm again.]

Lucky me, I don't have a clock. I think I'm in the clear. [He can't say the same for everyone else. And that sucks.]

And what makes you so sure you haven't got one?

[She's amused and a little curious.]

~~I have a friend who can see timer's above people's heads. Oh, and there's the fact that I keep coming back from the dead.~~

You're a grim reaper, can't you see why?

[She shakes her head.]

I can't see the clocks, even if I could the numbers aren't set in stone. People have free will, the choices the living make matter.

Ah, okay.

Free will may work that way in your world, but in mine, probably not. No, I'm sure it doesn't work that way. Well I don't know how it works exactly, but no one has a choice to live or die because of their actions.

Shit just happens because it can.

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