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[kagekachou]

[PIRATE KEGGER CONTINUATIONS]

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[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

I don't know. How did you end up becoming a Shinigami?

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

I died.

[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

. . .

Is that what happens when you die in your world, then? Everyone becomes a Shinigami?

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

It's presented as an option to some people, depending on their circumstances and abilities.

[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

Would it be too personal to ask what your circumstances were?

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

You do enjoy personal questions, don't you?

[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

[smiles faintly]

I like learning about you.

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

There isn't too awfully much to learn.

Shinigami are some of the lowest paid employees in Meifu but actually have a relatively high rank. The trade-off is that they're the only ones with the ability to travel between the worlds of the living and the dead, to still be able to take human form among the living on a pretty regular basis. Those who take the position are generally those who still have some sort of attachment to the world of the living and who aren't ready to pass on.

[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

[. . . nods]

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

*smiles wryly*

We're also the department with one of the highest staff turnover rates.

[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

Well, it seems like some of you have been there a while, at least.

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

Every other decade or so, there seems to be someone who tends to stick around.

[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

Hmm.

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

That's all there is to it, really.

[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

[actually leaning against him now]

Thank you.

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.

*not moving away. FOR NOW. though seems a little quiet.*

[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

. . . Was it something I said?

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

Hm?

[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

What are you thinking?

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

Nothing. It's just not usually a topic that gets discussed.

[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

[nods]

I'm sorry if I made you think of something unpleasant.

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

*shakes his head*

It's nothing.

[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

[rests a hand on Tatsumi's back]

[kagekachou.livejournal.com]

*...that seems to be okay.*

I feel as though I'm keeping you away from the party.

[servicewitha.livejournal.com]

Is that a subtle hint?