Death Nineteen: Somewhere on the Discworld the auditors are not pleased

[likescats]

[Phone : FILTERED FROM SUSAN. SO VERY MUCH FILTERED FROM SUSAN.

Anyway, answer the phone, have a voice in your head.]

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE USED TO ....EMOTIONS......

HOW CAN YOU TELL IF THE FEELINGS YOU HAVE ARE....I SUPPOSE THE WORD HERE WOULD BE ...ROMANTIC? I'M NOT QUITE CERTAIN. BUT YES. HOW CAN YOU TELL IF THEY ARE?

AND WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO IF YOU'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE ENOUGH....WELL HUMANITY TO BE HAVING ENOUGH EMOTIONS FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM AS ....ROMANTIC, IN THE FIRST PLACE?

I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF THAT EVEN MADE ANY SENSE.


[So yes. Death is very confused after the flowers have worn off and he realized that yes....there are some actual ...feelings. Feelings, what are feelings. Also.....action!

A. At Susan's house. Coming over to check up on the family.

B. At his own house. Trying to knit. Rincewind however has decided that yarn is not something he is afraid of ...anymore and is making it a little difficult.]

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B

[bread_goes_bip]

[Death is... nervous. She doesn't usually do nervous. She's supposed to radiate confidence and comfort and probably a few other things that start with c. (Apparently his speech patterns are rubbing off) But today? Nervous.

Half the town was probably right though. She should talk to him.]

Hey...

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[Looks up. Rincewind grabs the end of yarn.]

...HELLO.

[bread_goes_bip]

[She smiles at Rincewind]

I... I've been thinking. About, well, what happened the other day.

[Thinking is probably understating things a bit]

[likescats]

YES....SO HAVE I.....ACTUALLY

[bread_goes_bip]

[That's... good? She hopes that's good]

I know the flowers were doing something but...

[Just talk to him. Sounds simple, doesn't it?]

But the more I think of the things I actually said. The ones that weren't about, um, pounding hearts and...

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[Wait...her too? Okay...so maybe this will be less confusing.]

...AND SIMILAR FLOWER INDUCED THINGS

[bread_goes_bip]

Yes. But... a lot of the rest. I...

I've realized that I...

I meant it.

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[A pause as Death thinks this all over. He's had some difficulty in all this after the flowers wore off. He's not really, ever had emotions like this. Not as in, oh I've never been in love. As in the way a rock has never felt love towards another rock. Because it simply doesn't. It doesn't work that way.

However, he wasn't always this attached to humanity either. Perhaps the Auditors were right, he was starting become more like them. And with that came the emotions. At least some of them.]

IT WAS VERY CONFUSING....

BUT IF I WERE TO REPEAT MYSELF I DO NOT BELIEVE I WOULD BE BEING DISHONEST.

[bread_goes_bip]

[At this point confused is becoming her default state. If Desire was here. If Desire had any power over her, she'd be suspicious. But that's not the case...]

Confusing... doesn't even begin to describe it, does it? I think... I do think I like it, though.

[likescats]

NO NOT REALLY. BUT CONFUSION IS A GOOD WORD.

IT'S....DIFFERENT.

BUT NOT ALL DIFFERENT THINGS ARE BAD.

[bread_goes_bip]

[No... definitely not]

I think I might even... like it.

What I said before. About how if I had to be confused with anyone.

[likescats]

...YES?

[bread_goes_bip]

I really am glad that it's you.

[likescats]

I'M GLAD IT'S ME AS WELL.

I MEAN...I'M GLAD IT'S YOU.

[bread_goes_bip]

I... can't imagine trying to figure this out with anyone else.

[likescats]

NEITHER CAN I.

[bread_goes_bip]

At least we're both confused. I didn't realize confusion could feel... kinda nice.

[likescats]

YES. IT'S BETTER THAT BOTH OF US ARE.

....IT DOES FEEL RATHER NICE.

[bread_goes_bip]

This way we can figure it out together. Being around you makes me... happy, in a different way.

[likescats]

YES...I'D LIKE THAT.

HAPPY, THAT IS A GOOD WORD FOR IT.

[bread_goes_bip]

Is... that what love is, maybe? The way... you make me happy?

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[He seems thoughtful.]

PERHAPS. I'VE NEVER HAD EMOTIONS ...LIKE THESE BEFORE.

PERHAPS THAT IS IS WHY.

[He's not sure if he's saying that right, but it's confusing and yet...at the same time, not unpleasant.]

[bread_goes_bip]

At first... I thought it was just like what I felt for my family. But it's... different.

Not in a bad way.

[Confusing as... well, not hell. Something actually confusing.]

[likescats]

YES. I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

[He's reminded of the talk he had with Slugger. It was a different emotion then the one he had for even his Granddaughter.]

[bread_goes_bip]

[She smiles. Maybe one of them does.]

It's... confusing. I think we might be on the right track though...