The Case of Tellah
Morticia sighed as she watched the old man's form materialize. "Finally," she thought. "I thought that old man would never die." The old mage was one of those people that Morticia was annoyed with. Their long lives had seemingly no end and it made her impatient to wait it out. The young girl looked at the clipboard in her hand and then at the pocket watch in her other. "If this old geezer doesn't wake up soon I'm gonna-" She widened her eyes as a ball of fire zoomed past her.
"Who are you and where am I?" the old man asked rather angrily as he got up onto his feet.
The girl narrowed her red eyes and wiped her shoulder. "I'm Morticia, and I'm here to send you to your rightful place."
"Rightful…" he echoed.
Morticia nodded. "Tellah of the Blue Planet, as sad as it is, you are dead and if you don't mind, please step into that yellow door over there," she instructed as she ticked of Tellah's name from her long list.
"But Golbez!"
"I thought you already handed over that responsibility to Cecil and the others," she told him.
Tellah gritted his teeth as he marched his way towards the girl. "I can't let them die!" he spat when he stopped in front of her, towering over her. Through his glasses, Morticia could see that he was glaring at her, but she did not flinch. Her red eyes were on him, unwavering and unyielding.
A few moments passed before the girl sighed and turned to her clipboard. "If you must know, they won't be dying anytime soon," she began as she flipped through the pages. "Nope, even Prince Edward will have a long way to go before he calls it quits." Tellah raised his eyebrows. "I'm not supposed to be disclosing this kind of information to anyone, but seeing as you're dead," she said, turning back to him, "I don't see the harm."
A smile crept into her face and for some unknown reason, a shiver ran down the mage's spine. "It's not like any of the dead could take me on."
Tellah looked at the child with utter disbelief and confusion. He opened his mouth to speak, but he immediately thought against it and went through the golden glowing doorway.
The smile was still on Morticia's face when he left. She crossed her arms in triumph before she murmured, "My point exactly."