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[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

[ there's a young, cheerful woman in the mirror, white as a sheet. Around her neck hangs a silver ankh, and in one hand she holds an umbrella ]

Oh, this is wonderful!

You mortal types – and not-so-mortal types – and your pocket dimensions, I mean. Your little rolled-up universes tucked away into the corner of who-knows-where. Y'know, they obliterate any sort of logic that ought proceed them, mess around with the very foundations of time, and completely shatter any hope we had of keeping continuity, well, continuous! In the end, though, none of this really matters. It's like a drop in the ocean, compared to everything that's come before it. Still, we all have a tendency to believe that the world, that all worlds, revolve around us. Like the Universe or the Creator or whatever you believe in purposely did this to mess with you, and you alone, and everyone else has fallen by the wayside. Not that this isn't important. Not to you, anyway.

But what am I saying? Listen, it's like this: take a moment to step back from it all. Stop with the whys, wheres and hows, and all those other question words, and breathe it all in. Some days, I feel as if nobody appreciates life anymore. Not even the little things, like being able to enjoy the chemical aftertaste that follows food, and, oh, I already mentioned something about breathing, didn't I? So take a look around, take a moment to relax! I promise you, nothing's going to fall apart while you all kick back.

Anyway, it's great to be here. I hope we can be friends!

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[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

((For reference, she's a dead spirit given form out of magic. Since I assume death probably could tell such things.))

Mm! Mm! ... Amiably living in the moment...! Truly, a beautiful way of living, like a flower in bloom that never stops to consider the next coming season.

I like your spirit! Yes, it is good.

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[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

I believe this is the exact sort of situation that calls for a high-five.

[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

A what now?

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

An ancient ritual, whereby two being possessing hands with, typically, five digits, raise them in the air, and ceremoniously bring their palms together in a short, sharp motion. It tends to represent strong agreement, heart-felt congratulations or celebration, and feelings of intense familial warmth.

[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

[As if watching her own hands, she brings them up in front of her face, paused inches apart before, with a smack, clapping them flat together, as if in prayer.]

[The joined hands lower out of her face, though she glances down at them.] ... Like so?

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I could tell that you'd be a natural.

[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

[Nero loves praise, whatever the form~]

Mm, mm! It's like sharing the action of applause between two~ It does have a crisp, refreshing feeling to it.

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

That's certainly a novel way to put it! But really, you should try it with another person some time; it's much more fun that way.

[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

Mm, yes, that does sound pleasant.

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus~!

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

May I call you Nero for short?

[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

Hmmmph, rather presumptuous of you, isn't it?

But! Because I like you, you may.

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

My apologies for being so very presumptuous! But really, I'm flattered, Nero.

[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

Good! That is the intended effect, to strike a chord in your heart. And yourself?

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

Consider it struck!

I'm Death.

[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

Ah, a title, hm?

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

Less a title, and more a statement of existence.

[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

One of those artsy sorts who chooses a morbid name as a statement?

Well, that's not a problem, certainly.

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

Not really, no! But if it makes you happy, then sure, we can work with that.

[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

No, it is good to understand the truth of things. But it is kind of you to say such an offer.

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

Very well: I'm a concept, to keep things simple. Death in the flesh.

[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

But you wear the symbol of life.

Ah, because you take it?

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

In the most basic and fundamental terms, that's right. Take it, give it... it all blurs into one, eventually.

[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

I did not expect Death to be such an amiable fellow.

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

I shall take that as a compliment. Thank you very much!

[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

Death is, no offense meant, hardly welcomed by most.

The reputation does your excellent character a great disservice.