GOD OF DEATH AU

[enigmaster]

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[enigmaster]

I suppose. [Stubborn sort. There have been lots of stubborn sorts. Sometimes they even get to talking. But they tend to be far more demanding than this. It's almost polite. ...He'll sit.] I'm impressed you're still holding on. And that you've avoided me twice over, now.

[agoodname]

Oh? I find that rather flattering. [he looks flattered, too. Pleased, even, through the sweat on his brow] I imagine it's rather hard to impress you.

[enigmaster]

Generally I just find mortals impressively stupid. ...You have not changed my mind on this matter, however.

[agoodname]

[alksdhfs that'll get him a huff of air that might've been a laugh if it weren't for, you know, the pain]

But you do find me impressive~

[enigmaster]

Yes. In that way and others. ...Why are you doing this?

[agoodname]

[Osvaldus blinks at that] Doing...what?

[enigmaster]

Poisoning yourself. Surely you can see how foolish this was?

[agoodname]

[at that, his expression slips into a pout--though a pained one] In my defense, I was told that the poison was less strong than it actually is. But I need to be able to resist it, or my plan won't work.

[enigmaster]

And now you're dying. Whatever plan you had won't come to pass.

[agoodname]

[That pout intensifies, and Osvaldus wrinkles his nose, like it's some boring chore that needs doing] Yes, yes, we'll get to that. But in the mean time, tell me more about you. [he props his chin back on his hand] How long have you had this job?

[enigmaster]

For as long as people have been dying.

[agoodname]

Hmm...Well, opinions differ on that. So that's not as concrete as you think it is.

[enigmaster]

For your sake, let's just call it "longer than you could possibly fathom".

[agoodname]

I'm tempted to say "try me," only because you'd be surprised what I can fathom~

[enigmaster]

...At least a couple hundred thousand years, now? Keeping track of time becomes difficult, past a certain point.

[agoodname]

A couple hundred thousand. Huh. [he considers that] I can see why keeping track would be difficult--much less superfluous.

[enigmaster]

At least. And that's only my current form. ...I imagine I may have been something else, before that.

[agoodname]

Oh? [well, now you have his attention, eyebrows raising--at least it's distracting from the excruciating pain--though said eyebrows do suddenly drop again as he cringes, taking a moment to ride out the spasms, before he pants, sucking in air--then addresses another question in his direction] Before humans?

[enigmaster]

Before humans as you know them. It's a long history. There are those older than I that would know better.

[agoodname]

Hmmm. Does it all just...blur together?

[enigmaster]

Something like that. I remember everything since I first became aware of myself, but... There's simply so much time.

[agoodname]

So much time, and so many souls. [he considers] Do you ever get bored?

[enigmaster]

[He tils his head, quizzically.] Bored? [As if the concept is foreign.]

[agoodname]

You know. Like you've done it all before and you want to do something new and interesting again.

[enigmaster]

... I don't believe I'm capable of any such feelings.