[Halloween Special] Feast

Everything was frozen.

Everything was still.

An accident was still unfolding right ahead.

Or was it stopped?

Nothing seemed to be happening, but bodies were floating in mid-air and an explosion seemed to be frozen halfway through.

There was sound, but it was muffled, as a speaker in constant humming in the distance.

Then, a regular sound from behind.

A deep, dark, and slow voice.

- Hello.

- What’s going on? Wait… I can’t… I can’t seem to be able to turn…

- You can, but terribly slow… just like everything else you’re seeing…

- What is happening?

- You died. You’re finally free from your body.

- What?

Oddly, most feelings seemed to have remained with the cadaver, and everything seemed to make sense.

- What happened?

- As I said, you died.

- But how?

- I don’t know. I just got here.

There was a slight pause.

- Who are you?

- You tend to call me Death, so I have taken that name.

- You killed me?

- No… I just got here.

- Did you know I was going to die?

- No. I just roam around and I find you as you die, and then I prepare you.

- Is that what you’re doing? I can feel something, but it’s… weird…

- It’s weird because you don’t have a body, but this will keep you safe.

- Oh… thank you, I guess. What is that?

- Don’t worry. It’ll just keep you cozy and in one place. I know you can barely move, but I really want you to be as still as possible. You’re going to be here a while.

- A while? How long?

- Probably until everybody else dies.

- That long? Why?

- I’m not hungry yet.