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[neverleftharlan]

[On comes the video. A handsome man in his early forties, wearing a Stetson, staring the screen down with the kind of suspicion typically reserved for interrogations.

And for about ten seconds that is all he does. When he speaks, it's with a thick Kentucky accent.]

I suppose, now I'm thinking about it, using this means of communication is an acknowledgement that this is in fact happening and I am not higher than a summer kite or having a trauma-induced hallucination of some kind. S'funny, I didn't figure myself as the type, but I suppose one never does.

I'm going to find a drink. Somewhere in this… [A pause that stretches long enough to indicate he's at a loss for words.] Extremely creative venture into the deep recesses of my apparently disturbed psyche. Because god knows if I'm in my head, there's got to be a puddle around here somewheres.

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[grimreaping]

[ Have an odd looking teen studying you very intently across the video screen. So intently it looks like he might actually bore holes through something, but he seems rather focused on... your hat. ]

[neverleftharlan]

[Dottity dot.] Somethin' in your eye, kid?

[grimreaping]

... I don't think your hat is properly balanced.

[neverleftharlan]

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t ] Of all the concerns I might have at this moment, that is not one I feel the need to address.

[grimreaping]

[ welcome to his life ]

Well I feel the need to address it.

[neverleftharlan]

Your civic duty is accomplished then. You are?

[grimreaping]

Death the Kid. And yours?

[neverleftharlan]

Beg your pardon. To clarify for my own sake, you did just say "Death the Kid".

[grimreaping]

[ oh this is going to be a sticking point ]

That's correct.

[neverleftharlan]

Are you a contributor to or a victim of our current circumstances?

[grimreaping]

I was brought here against my will just as everyone else was.

[neverleftharlan]

'Everyone' seems to be overstating, given the native presence. [He's still eyeing DtK with skepticism, though it's from a variety of sources.] You pick that name?

[grimreaping]

[ a deadpan look get it ]

When I said everyone, I assumed you would infer that I meant the foreigners given your line of questioning. If I overestimated your reasoning, I apologize and will be more clear in the future.

[ now he's just linefacing at you ]

No, I was named by my father and may I say that for someone with a hierarchy of addressable concerns, you're getting quite off topic.

[neverleftharlan]

I figured someone so focused on the slant of my hat would appreciate specificity, and be less preoccupied with my hierarchy of addressable concerns. [Said with all bland innocence.] Just thinking a suspicious man might wonder if Death were involved with --

[With.] --all this, seeing as it's supposed to be between life, death, dreaming, et cetera.

[grimreaping]

That is a fair assessment, but in this case it has no validity. I have nothing to do with mine or any foreigners' placement here.