A/N This was inspired by sitting in a lecture, switching on Bluetooth and then having Death appear on the screen. I'm at med school and the actual med school building is part of a hospital. I've attempted to match Terry Pratchett's writing style, but mostly this is just because I thought it's a funny story.
Sitting in a small corner of the hospital canteen, Ted wondered at the phone screen. It's a wonderful thing human curiosity; it can make us do the strangest things.
Ted clicked the circle representing the phone whose owner chose to be known as 'Death' on Bluetooth. He presumed it black humour by a doctor, surgeon most likely. Seemed their sort of thing. But he would see who would respond when he selected to connect with their phone. He could see the whole of the canteen from his corner.
"Please Enter Code".
Ted typed in the 4 usual digits and waited.
Eventually another message appeared. "You could not be paired with Death."
With some disappointment, and a strange unnerving relief like when the deadline for a project you haven't finished gets pushed back, Ted went back to the list of people nearby with Bluetooth on. Death was no longer there.
"Sorry wrong Teddykins Weinglass. There's just so many of you. Until the last time."
Ted watched with the confusion of someone who has just seen a monkey wearing sunglasses, sipping green tea and eating a granola bar.
Death walked out the canteen and looked up at the arrowed signs. Then headed off to the Podiatry department.
A/N Death heading off to the podiatry department is a medical in-joke.
