Video 4 - George's room

[toiletseat_girl]

[the video opens on George, sitting on the edge of her bed with her legs crossed. she looks curious, but also a little sheepish as what she's about to ask is . . . personal.

no, she's not asking for flirting advice again.

that was one time.

stop looking at her like that.

no, this time what she's asking is even weirder]

So, uh, I was kind of wondering. How many people here died before they came here? And how many are now immortal?

I was just. Wanting to know?

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[toiletseat_girl]

[things definitely could be far worse for her. she could be further along in years, trapped watching her family age and die from afar and be helpless to do anything about it.

but becoming a Reaper was tough. not only was she not given any time to mourn herself and adjust to her new circumstances, she was expected to do the job pretty much immediately after death. which meant confronting even more death with some serious unresolved issues about death in general]

I guess.
Betty, one of the other Reapers? She was my friend.
But now she's gone.
[there's a long pause, followed by]
I miss her.

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[abbatis]

do you reap other reapers?

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[toiletseat_girl]

No.
Betty had been a Reaper for something like eighty years.
And I think she just got tired of waiting for that last job.
So she hitched a ride on someone else's afterlife.
Never heard from her since.