40th Note

[thewildone]

[Video]

I guess understand why some people find today annoying. But I like it. Why wouldn't I want to see my old friends and meet some new people. Plus, I've never had anyone show up from home, which is...sorta good, sorta not.

[Curt shrugs. He holds up a gnarled stick.]

Anyway, at the risk of sounding morbid or metaphysical, I'm looking for Death-with-a-capital-D, who should recognize this branch came from and of course I'm hoping to see the one who gave it to me the last time we had one of these things. So I'll be sitting on the steps of building 10 if anyone wants to say hi.

[ooc: Anything goes :) If Death is around he is particularly welcome--even though they've never interacted, Penny kept talking about him.]

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[and-immortality.livejournal.com]

[And lo, the doom-y spectre-y cloak and scythe figure of one's worst nightmares abruptly disappears into...a guy. Pretty average-looking. Since when does Death wear a hoodie, leather jacket, and baggy jeans?

...Since he read a magazine that said it was stylish, apparently.]

Really? Shoot, I'm gonna have to tell the PR department they need to recalibrate this thing again. That happens sometimes, you know, it wears out or needs a new springy thing or they rethread the hems or something. It's supposed to look like the unholy incarnation of your worst nightmares that howls with the screams of dying kittens, but sometimes it kind of burps and only sounds like the screams of dying people who probably deserved it. Oh, well.

So hi! I know you. You're Curt. And you know Penny and you have part of my tree. It's a good thing Penny gave it to you, too, because I don't like it when people mess with my tree. He's sensitive and it hurts his feelings.

[thewildone]

[Okay, that's better. He looks much more like someone Penny would be friends with.]

I dunno, it was pretty scary, I just--well, I was looking for you. Is there a reason you need to look like the screams of dying kittens or is that just traditional?

I'm sure Penny is always extremely sweet to your tree. But speaking of Penny, I have something for you--and for you to pass along to her if she doesn't show up here this time around.

[and-immortality.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true. Most of the time when people want to meet me they're pretty prepared to actually face me, you know? Which I guess is kind of annoying because some people are a lot more reliable about making dates with me and then actually showing up. Not that I mind being stood up when it means people get to go on living and whatever, but you know how it sucks when you're all set for a date with somebody and then they never show up? So you just kind of wait around at the table with the appetizer wondering if maybe they got caught in traffic or something? It gets kind of sucky after a while. Kind of like the doom-y spectre-y thing! My PR department says I have to go with that because I'm supposed to look horrifying and stuff, but it's really hard to impress girls with a decrepit old skeleton face. Which is why I just kind of do it when I'm on the clock.

[And all this is delivered without breathing because, well, since when does Death need to breathe?]

Oh, Penny's allowed! And Morty probably didn't need that branch too much anyway, so it's okay. [Pause.] You have something for me?

[thewildone]

[*blink*]

Huh..oh, yeah, I do! [He reaches into his jacket and pulls out a cd case.] It's a copy of Time Bomb's first album--that's my band here. Penny said you might be interested in that kind of thing, and if you see her before I do, well, I wanted her to know we went through with it. It's not completely finished, this is just a preliminary copy, but it's pretty close to what'll hopefully be hitting stores.

[and-immortality.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, that's really neat! I meet a lot of musicians, you know. Blue Oyster Cult wrote a song about me and everything. But that's great, I'll listen to it on my motorcycle when we head back! It's kind of a drive so it's always cool to have something fun to listen to.

[thewildone]

Okay, great. It's been cool meeting you...but besides these visitor days I think I'll try to delay the, you know, real time as long as possible. Nothing personal.