Boo!
Rian saw the Grim Reaper today.
Truly.
As Rian was driving down The Hill to the local nursery, Rian passed through a tree lined neighborhood of old houses. Standing in the deep shadows beneath two very thick trees was...
Well. A creature. In a black hooded cloak. Tall. Just standing. Very still. Too shadowed to see face or hands or shoes. Just a still, dark, BLACK cloak.
Rian started. "Yip! Do not stop the car, Rian. Do not stop the car. Curiosity be damned, do not stop the car."
Yet I craned my neck the entire way, peering into the rear view mirror. The Reaper never shifted position.
"Something for early All Hallow's?" Rian argued with Self. "Or a very tall, motionless child dressed as a Sith and waiting for a friend. Yessss....that must be it."
Drat. I am still getting goosebumps. Thank the gods of small oceanic creatures that I did not see signs of a faucet.
Truly.
As Rian was driving down The Hill to the local nursery, Rian passed through a tree lined neighborhood of old houses. Standing in the deep shadows beneath two very thick trees was...
Well. A creature. In a black hooded cloak. Tall. Just standing. Very still. Too shadowed to see face or hands or shoes. Just a still, dark, BLACK cloak.
Rian started. "Yip! Do not stop the car, Rian. Do not stop the car. Curiosity be damned, do not stop the car."
Yet I craned my neck the entire way, peering into the rear view mirror. The Reaper never shifted position.
"Something for early All Hallow's?" Rian argued with Self. "Or a very tall, motionless child dressed as a Sith and waiting for a friend. Yessss....that must be it."
Drat. I am still getting goosebumps. Thank the gods of small oceanic creatures that I did not see signs of a faucet.
posted by La Tulipe | 2:41 PM
6 Comments:
"Yip!" indeed! However, Death without his faucet is much more friendly. Perhaps he was just visiting some family in the area.
You should have thrown something to make sure.
*sniggers* That's a great prank. Standing around like a reaper, watching people jump. Nice.
Eeeee... Unpleasant. Reminds me of my nasty dream of recent weeks. Horrid horrid horrid. I would have sped home far too quickly.
But then, I am a wimp.
*makes a note of "ye gods of small oceanic creatures" and grins*
Hmm. My mum claims she actually saw Death once. When very close to it. I'm honestly not sure whether I think she dreampt (once again - in your blog, I start talking like you) him or was light-headed and hallucinating or what.
What did he look like? What did he do? What did he say? Did he touch her?
Rian is suddenly feeling rather like Art Bell.
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