Twilights house (12:03am)
Third person POV
So this is what it feels like to have flesh and organs. I feel...fat. Thought Death as he started to feel himself up while ignoring the stares of the ponies in the same room. He couldn't see them anyway because of the blindfold. However he could feel their eyes on him. He decided it would be best to ignore them for now.
It's going to be hard to get used to being so squishy. I haven't had skin since....wait....did I ever have skin? Death then took off the blindfold and decided acknowledge the ponies in the room. Before he could ask what they are looking at Rainbow exclaimed, "WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU COME FROM?!"
...ITS ABOUT TIME I GOT A VACATION! Watch closely Gregory. I'm about to show you how to have a good time!
"Well it all started about thirty years ago when my mother and father fell in love and then they decided to have sex. Skip forward to now and, TA-DA! Here I am answering your question about being my parents' seed! Death replied to Rainbow Dash, with a small smirk on his/Gregory's face. She responds by giving him a confused/angry look.
Death doesn't get to observe it for long though because Twilight interrupts him by screaming.
"GREGORY! RAINBOW DASH! THAT IS NO WAY TO TALK IN FRONT OF THE PRINCESSES! AND WHY DID YOU TAKE THE BLINDFOLD OFF GREGORY?" Death turns to the now fuming Twilight Sparkle. Who knew her mane could catch fire like that? And since when were her irises red? Oh wow she looks pissed. It's adorable!
"Well I simply decided I don't need it for now." Death shot back at Twilight, while keeping that smirk.
"It is quite alright Twilight. I can forgive them both for there comments. After all, it was surprising to see him appear out of no where." Replied Princess Celestia with a gentle smile. "Although Rainbow, you didn't have to use such colorful vocabulary. I have been around and heard some things, but that doesn't mean I care to hear such language at inappropriate times. And Gregory I would ask that you not refer to your self as your 'parents' seed' I can forgive you for that comment because you are new here. Though it would be wise to keep those kinds of comments to yourself, Understand?" Death/Gregory nods.
Twilight instantly calms down and looks at Celestia. She really can admire her mentors' ability to be calm in just about any situation. Maybe with time, she too can learn to remain calm in stressful situations. Now Twilight feels bad for the way she overreacted and has a downcast expression.She then turns to Rainbow and notices that she looks sad as well.
"I'm sorry Princess Celestia,," Replied a defeated Rainbow Dash.
"I'm sorry too Princess. I shouldn't have overreacted like that." Twilight admits while simultaneously finding an interesting spot on the ground. To this, Celestia just chuckles.
"Oh Twilight you have nothing to apologize for. I can understand where you wouldn't want royalty to be hearing such language. But to be honest...I have heard and delivered my fair share of cursing and flipping out. But over the years it's become easier to maintain through control. It's all in the placing and timing Twilight."
"Like the bedroom." Death replies with a smile
"Yes like the..." Celestia then turns to Gregory/Death with a stern look.
"He he... sorry your majesty. Wont happen again." Replied Death with false nervousness.
"...See that it doesn't. Now then, there is much to discuss. I want to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible. Luna and I can only stay here for so long before we must return to Canterlot. But, considering it is lunch time, I suggest we eat first and then have our Q&A."
All the ponies and dragon agree. Death just sits there with a considering look on his face. He doesn't really need to eat, considering he's an immortal skeleton. But he does understand the importance of living beings partaking in the activity. Still...he himself had never actually eaten anything in his life. He was contemplating if he should try it or not. Would he enjoy it? Or would he hate it so much that he offends the with his choice of words towards hating the food? It's Gregory's body so...either way, win win!
"Sounds like a plan princess. What's on the menu?" Death asks while still wearing that smirk.
"Well lucky for yall, Ah had a bunch a apples and apple related snacks, packed for last night. We didn't get into too many of them considering Pinkie also brought cupcakes." Applejack said while going through her pack and pulling out the mentioned food items.
"Hey that's right! I also brought a celebration cake to celebrate our night together that we didn't eat yet!" Pinkie exclaimed happily while bouncing in place. She then turned to her bag, (while still bouncing), pulled out a cake, (while still bouncing), and laid it on a dish that she had also pulled from her bag. (...While still bouncing!)
That mare sure likes to bounce...I wonder if her soul will be bouncing when she dies and meets Gregory? I'll have to remember to ask him that when her time comes.
"Well the apples sound healthy at least. Though isn't it odd to be having cake for lunch?" Death asks with a quirked eyebrow. I think I'm getting the hang of this face thing.
All ponies but Pinkie seem to shift their eyes away from Gregory/Death. Pinkie is staring at Gregory/Death with a look that could bring mortal men to their knees. It's fortunate for Death that he is not mortal, nor man. So he is relatively unfazed by the look she is giving him. After a while though it starts to get on his nerves.
"What? What did I say?"
Pinkie just continues her death stare until a faint *blink* is heard and her mood instantly changes. She just returns to her normal cheery self while still keeping focus on Gregory. "OH silly me! I forgot you don't like cake! Your a pie person! And to think, I was going to go off on a whole tangent about how it's always a good time for cake. Especially lunch time! But I guess since you don't like cake you wouldn't know! My bad!"
All the other ponies in the room sigh in relief at the avoided Pinkie tantrum. Death however is left severely confused.
"Now hold up. I never said that I don't like cake. I just said that I like pie better." Death replied.
You did say that to them right?
Yeah I did say that. It's just a personal thing really. You see, it all started wh-
I know...I judged your soul. I didn't ask for your life story to be relayed to me by you. I just asked if that was what you said to Pinkie and the others.
...Yes that's what I said. But don't you think it's interesting tha-
No. I don't.
Buh...why?
Because I have judged a countless number of souls. Men, women, animals, aliens, dinosaurs, dragons, and even a planet or two. Each one of them had their own interesting lives before they met me. And then I judged them based on that. The way I see it, compared to them, you had a pretty boring life until you were killed and met me. In a way, I'd say that you dying was the best thing to happen in your boring hermit life of disliking cake and color.
...Wow...when you put it like that...My life does feel kind of wasted...
It was. Trust me. You could have done so much more with your life. But no. You had to stay in Nalarath. Though I guess it was a good thing you did. If you had left, you most likely wouldn't have been assassinated by that guy. And if you didn't die from him, I might not have been able to convince you to be my apprentice.
...You did kind of threaten me.
Yes but only after I had given you the incentive of judging your killer. Then you basically agreed and questioned what I would have done had you said no. THEN I told you of torture and suffering.
Oh yeah...I kinda messed up there, huh?
It happens. Now shut up. Daddy's working.
Upon leaving the mental conversation with Gregory, Death turns his attention to the table full of food now set up before him. Huh...Maybe I shouldn't space out when mind chatting. It is a simple oak table with a red tablecloth covering it. Everypony is in a certain seating arrangement. Celestia and Luna are seated at the head of the table. To Celestia's right are Twilight, Rarity, Spike, and Applejack. To Luna's left are Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Death/Gregory. (Gregory and Applejack being the farthest from the Princesses and facing each other.)
Death/Gregory then looks down at the plate before him. A whole apple, two apple fritters, and a piece of apple pie. Apples huh...guess this is a good place as any to start. But uh...how do you eat these things? Suddenly remembering something from watching souls' past lives', he remembers you should use a fork when eating. Looking to his right, he luckily finds said object, and grabs it with gusto. Ok...Now what? Oh geeze...I should have paid more attention to the eating rituals instead of just skimming through them. But they were so booooring! Especially Gregory's... And I don't think I would ever know that one day I would be punishing someone by eating food.
It's not really much of a punishment actually.
Give me time...
Death then decides to look around the room to see what the other ponies are doing. Most of them have eaten their apples, and are working on either apple pie, or Pinkie's cake. Well they are using forks... With that thought, death then stabs the fork directly into the apple, and brings it to his face. Ok step one complete. I have the food. Now step two uh...Gregory?
Yeah?
...What do I do with this?
...Eat it...
Well yes I know that but how do I eat it?
You open your mo-... You know what? You figure it out. After all, this is supposedly MY punishment.
...Really?
Yep. Good luck Death!
Simply shrugging off Gregory's rudeness, Death then proceeds to stare at the apple. He said I should open something...did he mean my eyes? My ears? Do humans eat with their ears? How are the ponies eating?
Turning his attention once again to the ponies, Death notices with some chagrin that most of them are done. How long have I been spaced out? I hope no ones been trying to get my attention this whole time and I've been ignoring them...
Since when do you care?!
Ignoring that.
Spike and Rarity were the only ones that seemed to still be eating. What Death and Gregory thought were strange was the fact that Spike was eating...gems? Huh...never seen a dragon eat gems. Different world, different rules I suppose. I wonder how those taste?
"Pssst. Hey Sugarcube?"Death turns his attention to Applejack. "Yah need some help there pardner?"
"No I think got it. Thank you though." Death says with a smirk. He then decides to go or it by opening his mouth wide and shoving the whole apple into his mouth. This causes Applejack to grow an shocked expression.
OH CRAP! WHAT DO?! Trying to cover from his mistake, Death then takes the fork that's still in his grasp, and yanks it out. Unfortunately for him, only the fork comes out, leaving the apple still in his gaping maw. At this point he utters a growl and gains the attention of the other ponies at the table.
Ignoring them completely, he focuses solely on the apple. Maybe if I bite down really hard... Trying that, results in the apple being shoved down his throat whole. This elicits a gasp from all the ponies and surprised laughter from Gregory, who was watching the whole thing through the strange box. Quickly remembering that it is his body, Gregory then stops laughing and grows a worried look. What happens if he dies in my body?
But to the surprise of everypony, and Gregory, Death manages to swallow the apple without trouble. Turning his attention to Applejack, the smirk reappears. "I told you I had it!" She just stares at him in awe. Along with the other ponies. Even Celestia and Luna are looking at him in shock. After a moment of awkward silence, Death decides to break the tension.
"Uh...real tasty Applejack. Thank you. Now I believe the princesses had some questions for me?" Death asked while turning his attention to the two rulers of Equestria. It only takes a few seconds after Death's remark for everypony else to recover from the strange event that just occurred. Princess Celestia is the first to speak.
"Ahem yes. Though I suppose we can skip the question about human eating habits..." This gets a small chuckle from the ponies. "I guess we should start with the obvious. Where are you from exactly?"
Ooooh this is gonna be so long and boring...