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[coinflipped]

Isaac McKinstry March 5 near Pawn Promotion

So, question for everyone. If you’re a magical being of some sort that supposedly blesses people, but you’re also known as a Reaper, what do you think that exactly means?

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[livingimpaired]

Makes sense.
I had got into my head that it was related to chess pieces and tried to think of what sort of business that would be.
Sometimes an apple is just an apple, though, hm?

[coinflipped]

I mean it sort of is a chess pun because you can bring you stuff in to get money or better stuff, so it's like promoting a pawn in a sense.

Maybe.

[livingimpaired]

I'll visit.
But I'm afraid I won't have anything.
I live rather meagerly and so there isn't anything I can pawn.
So I hope you won't mind me loitering.

[coinflipped]

Normally, I would mind, however, I'll make an exception here.

[livingimpaired]

Thank you for your kind consideration, Isaac.

And you are always welcome to my shop.
It's a restaurant called RAMEN.
I'm afraid, however, that I only ever make mapo tofu styled food.
... but there is mapo tofu ramen.
And a fifty percent discount to those on the app.
You may be able to get a seventy-five percent discount -- which is reserved for those that are close to death.

... too soon, perhaps?

[coinflipped]

Normally I would say 'too soon'.

But if it saves me money, I won't complain.

[livingimpaired]

I'm glad your greed quieted such reasonable indignation.
I am merely teasing.
But good.

[coinflipped]

Even if you aren't teasing, it's not a lie.

Money is money and I'll save it where I can.

[livingimpaired]

Mmn. True.

And I may have to pick your brain a little on how to run a business.

[coinflipped]

I'm not the best business owner in the world, but sure you can. If I'm being honest, I barely break even sometimes.

[livingimpaired]

Ah, no.
That is my situation, too.
What is that saying?
Between the two of us we may have two pennies to rub together?

[coinflipped]

That probably sounds about right.

A second job is the only reason I have money to spend, but it's worth it.

[livingimpaired]

Sounds eerily familiar.

You didn't pick up your shop due to your father's dying wish, did you?
And what is your second job?

[coinflipped]

No, I didn't. I opened it because I traveled the world and hoarded so much crap I needed to do something with it. Selling it sounded great and I sort of got into pawning.

I also have an obsession with coins so there's that too.

As for my second job, I work at Club Sunshine as a host.

[livingimpaired]

Honestly, a relief to hear.
And a better thing to do than continue to horde it all or sell it on eBay.
Speaking of, do you have anything that looks haunted? I am thinking of an early present for someone.

Club Sunshine, hm.
I have never been.
But it makes sense.
You do appear to be aesthically pleasing to look at.
What an odd thing to say.
But sadly, I never really know what others consider good-looking or beautiful due to my own tastes running more to the macabre. But I acknowledge it is a possibility that you are handsome, at least.

[coinflipped]

I mean, I have items from other cultures that are considered cursed, but I promise you my shop isn't haunted.

Maybe.

I don't know.

[His domain of misfortune has been returning so...]

In any case, I'll accept your compliment. I do think I'm rather good looking myself and others tell me that as well.

Though macabre tastes, huh? Mind telling about them? I'm slightly curious.

[livingimpaired]

Are you all right?

[ Like he has any right to ask that. ]

Then it is probably true.

And did you see that zine posted? Doll Parts? I found the images beautiful, myself, but I am aware that most would find it unsettling.

[coinflipped]

Sorry. I react to anything about my store being haunted.

[Because it sort of is, but shhh.]

And I haven't seen it. I usually try not to use this app too much, if I'm being honest. However, I'll have to look it up at some point just out of curiosity.

[livingimpaired]

You see how ironic that kind of is, yes?
A supernatural being is superstitious.

[ Anyway! ]

Please do.
And I'd ask you not to judge too harshly, but it'd be understandable if you did.

[coinflipped]

Okay, so I just went an found it.

...it's interesting, I suppose.

[He's judging, but he's also trying not to judge...]

[livingimpaired]

You don't need to soften your opinion to me.
It's fine if you don't like it, haha.

[coinflipped]

Hmm, it's less that I don't like it and more that I'm morbidly intrigued.

It's definitely not a culture thing, but an aesthetic that people like, as if they do find the idea of death intriguing without wanting to be near death themselves.

Like they're curious about it.

I personally don't find death beautiful, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate that some people do.

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[livingimpaired]

Equally ironic to hear a Reaper say as much.

[livingimpaired]

I have no curiosity about death.
No, it's merely the ugliness that intrigues and fascinates me.
What others call "ugly," anyway.
I happen to see it as "pretty."

I won't deny that humans have a curiosity towards death, but I don't.
Because it's life that is far more interesting.

[coinflipped]

You find death beautiful, but life more interesting. That's quite the contradiction, isn't it?

But I also find life more interesting. It's why I'm having trouble grasping this Reaper idea.

Yet who I am as a Reaper and what our popular culture believes a Reaper is, I honestly think they're different. Maybe. There's still obviously a lot of things I'm unsure about.