Title: Gilt Letters
Prompt: Ooook! and #76 – Who?
Summary: For the love of a name…
Rating: G
Words: 100
Pairing: None
Death is one of nature's librarians. He metaphorically stamps the books with the due date, doesn't let anyone borrow out more than their card specifies, and keeps a very orderly catalogue of every member.
So, when a hole appears where a book was, Death is Annoyed.
Death travels crab-like in time, Remembering.
When the book, name on golden spine, was here.
When the book was gone, a void of shelf.
When 300 pounds of Orang-utan came creeping from L-Space. The book was lifted from the shelf, the paperwork filled out.
I wouldn't have told.
It was written in Ook, anyway.