Assigned? Well, it ain't like he's a stranger to having no choice in something, so is getting assigned a name that sounds more like a title really all that weird?
Yeah, it is, he decides. Just not weird enough to really do anything about it. The humorlessness, the utter absence of any emotive response whatsoever, though, those are things that prickle at him, at his contradictory sense of self-preservation. But c'mon -- maybe the guy's in shock or something, or hell, it's probably just some wild dream anyway, so who cares?
Besides, the guy's gotta question.
"Exit? Buddy," chuckles the skeleton, one supraorbital ridge a little higher than the other, "Didja notice we're on a beach?" Spreading his phalanges, he drops his hands to his sides, shrugging, "Listen. If you want off, I really hope you're a better swimmer than a conversationalist."
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Yeah, it is, he decides. Just not weird enough to really do anything about it. The humorlessness, the utter absence of any emotive response whatsoever, though, those are things that prickle at him, at his contradictory sense of self-preservation. But c'mon -- maybe the guy's in shock or something, or hell, it's probably just some wild dream anyway, so who cares?
Besides, the guy's gotta question.
"Exit? Buddy," chuckles the skeleton, one supraorbital ridge a little higher than the other, "Didja notice we're on a beach?" Spreading his phalanges, he drops his hands to his sides, shrugging, "Listen. If you want off, I really hope you're a better swimmer than a conversationalist."