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[ashkente]

Good afternoon, Castle. There's a new arrival, a seven-foot-tall skeleton in the ballroom sampling the sweets. He may be the most unruffled newbie to arrive on the floating island in quite a long time. Those who can remember events before they happen tend not to be surprised very often, and this is nothing more than a vacation for him. No Duty to do at all, for he doesn't have dominion here. He hopes it'll be restful and possibly even pleasant.

He's going to try a little bit of everything in the room, in no hurry. For any witnesses, it's a bizarre thing to see. Food goes into his mouth, isn't chewed at all, and must go somewhere, because it's not ending up on the floor. No matter how long he's watched, it's going to remain a mystery as to how he swallows and where it's ending up. Best not to ask, you'd only embarrass him. Some things ought to be kept private.

(Of course, skeletons eating food can't be anything new here. Hopefully no one will stare at him too long.)

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[notsogrimreaper]

That... certainly is a tall skeleton. Ryoji had gotten used to all the skeletons here being shorter than him, so this is a little shocking, but at the same time, he's gotten used to bizarre creatures. Seeing another skeleton eating sweets isn't anything unsettling, or even anything remotely new.

He approaches as the skeleton picks up a cupcake, snags one for himself, and then breaks it in half.

"You'd better be careful. These treats double as hiding places for jewels... and those aren't nearly as fun to digest."

[ashkente]

There's a scythe nearby. He's not On Duty, but he does want to keep an eye on that--imagine if he lost it.

"I ᴀɢʀᴇᴇ. Dᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴏ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ? Aʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟᴏsᴛ ᴊᴇᴡᴇʟs ʙᴀᴄᴋ?" Unusually clumsy, these bakers, to have lost so many pieces.

[notsogrimreaper]

The scythe gets a glance. That's... rather stereotypical Death imagery. Is that supposed to be a hint? Ryoji shakes off his discomfort to smile.

"Luckily, whoever made these don't seem to be around. I think the castle itself may have made all the cakes? It's a strange place, to say the least."

[ashkente]

"Aʜ. Pᴇʀʜᴀᴘs ɪᴛ ɪs ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅs. Hᴏᴡ ɴɪᴄᴇ." He continues on being not surprised. A sentient castle handing out goodies to the people it's kidnapped would not be the strangest thing he knows of. Perfectly logical, if you're the castle.

[notsogrimreaper]

“Heh, with this castle, I guess I wouldn’t be too surprised to find out it was trying to make friends. Or at least apologize to us for taking us away from our homes.” He beams. “You don’t seem all that surprised either. Are you used to things like this?”

[ashkente]

"Nᴏᴛ ᴠᴇʀʏ. I sᴀᴡ ɪᴛ ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ."

Naturally, it would make sense that Death has some way of knowing the future, wouldn't it?

[notsogrimreaper]

“You… knew it was going to happen? That’s certainly convenient.”

Ryoji wishes his powers extended to premonitions of the future.

“Ah, but I’ve been rambling on and I haven’t even bothered to introduce myself! Sorry. My name is Ryoji Mochizuki, and I wanted to welcome you to the castle.”

[ashkente]

"Yᴏᴜ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ sᴀʏ I ᴘʀᴇ-ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜɪɴɢs, ʟᴏɴɢ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ." Not just things related to his Duty, mind. "Bᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏᴇs ɴᴏᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ I'ᴍ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ."

Here comes the unpleasantly dramatic introduction, again. He's expecting a lot of drama simply meeting friendly folks... there's just no way for him to introduce himself and not have it sound dramatic, with his hollow voice. "Iᴛ's ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ. Cᴀʟʟ ᴍᴇ Dᴇᴀᴛʜ."

[notsogrimreaper]

“Pre-remember things? That’s… definitely strange. But at the same time, a little sad. Only being about to know the future without having a say in it…”

Ryoji trails off and gapes at the skeleton in surprise for a minute. But, if Death was expecting dramatics, he may be surprised to find Ryoji’s expression twist into a wry smile as he muffles a chuckle.

“Death-san. Maybe it’s good I used ‘Ryoji’ to introduce myself. I wonder what people would say if there were two Deaths in the castle.”

He still isn’t pleased with his existence and his purpose… but Ryoji has to admit, it’s nice to laugh about it once in a while.

[ashkente]

"Is ɪᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ sᴏ sᴜʀᴘʀɪsɪɴɢ? I, ᴏғ ᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ, ᴋɴᴇᴡ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ Dᴇᴀᴛʜs ᴏɴ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅs." He's always known that, it's only logical. "I ʜᴏᴘᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴜᴘsᴇᴛ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ."

[notsogrimreaper]

“I suppose I knew that, but… I wasn’t expecting to see an alternate of myself. I thought it would be different for such a powerful being. But… as long as you’re polite, I doubt anyone will be upset.”