[ WP ] The straw that broke the Grimm Reaper 's back

Hᴇʟʟᴏ. Yᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ. 
 
 `` That's a bit blunt is n't it?'' 
 
 I'ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴛᴏʟᴅ I ᴅᴀʟʟʏ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ. I ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ɪᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛʜɪs ᴛɪᴍᴇ. Wʜᴏ ᴀᴍ I sᴘᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ? 
 
 `` You should know. How else would you find me?'' 
 
 Gʀᴇᴀᴛ ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ. Hᴏᴡ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀ ɴᴇᴀʀ ᴏᴍɴɪsᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ. I ᴅᴏ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ. 
 
 `` Someone got up on the wrong side of the crypt this morning.'' 
 
 Sʜᴜᴛ ᴜᴘ. I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪs ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ. 
 
 His voice echoed like a bass drum sounding in a long forgotten cavern. 
 
 Yᴏᴜʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ, ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴀᴍᴇ... ʏᴇs, I sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ ʜᴇʀᴇ. Bᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴅᴏᴇɴs'ᴛ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ. Wᴇʟʟ, ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ. Nᴏ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀɪᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴅᴀʏ. 
 
 `` That's it? Just, you know, move along? No explanation? Nothing?'' 
 
 Oʜ I'ᴍ sᴏʀʀʏ. I ғᴏʀɢᴏᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴍʏ ᴊᴏʙ. 
 
 `` Hey sorry, I just have some, y'know, expectations of this. Maybe have life explained, what comes after, everything.'' 
 
 Iᴛ's ɴᴏᴛ ᴍʏ ᴊᴏʙ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ᴏғ ʟɪғᴇ, ʏᴏᴜ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ғɪɢᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀɢᴏ. Aɴᴅ ɪғ I ᴋɴᴇᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴇxɪsᴛᴇᴅ ʙᴇʏᴏɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʟᴇ, I ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏ. 
 
 `` Come on man. Give me a break, I just died.'' 
 
 Iɴ ᴘᴇʀғᴇᴄᴛ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ, ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ sʟᴇᴇᴘ, ɪɴ ᴀ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴏɴᴇ's ʜᴏᴜsᴇ. Lɪᴋᴇ I ᴄᴀʀᴇ. 
 
 `` Holy shit, what is wrong with you?'' 
 
 Fᴜᴄᴋ ᴏғғ. I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴀʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜɪs. Nᴏᴡ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ᴏɴ ᴏʀ ɴᴏᴛ? 
 
 I folded my arms. 
 
 `` No. Not until I get an explanation.'' 
 
 If a skull's eye could twitch, that's what it did. 
 
 Fᴜᴄᴋ ɪᴛ. Fᴜᴄᴋ ᴛʜɪs. Fᴜᴄᴋ ʏᴏᴜ. I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴄᴀʀᴇ. I ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ I'ᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜɪs ғᴏʀ ᴍɪʟʟᴇɴɪᴀ, I'ᴍ ᴅᴏɴᴇ. I'ᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ɪᴛ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ. Eᴠᴇɴ ɪғ I ᴇxᴘʟᴀɪɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛ I ᴄᴀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ, ʏᴏᴜ sᴛɪʟʟ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜɪs. Iғ I'ᴍ ʙʟᴜɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏɴ ǫᴜɪᴄᴋʟʏ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜɪs. I'ᴍ ᴅᴏɴᴇ. AND YOU CAN SHUT UP TOO. 
 
 The last sentence was screamed at an invisible being. After the echoes died, the figure disappeared. 
 
 I glanced around the misty grey landscape. 
 
 `` Hello?'' I called. `` Anyone there?'' 
 
 The mists swirled. I shrugged. And set forth.
