#the absence of ponctuation in the last sentence is meant

[je-lurk]

When the Reaper came to find you, it was the middle of the day. You were working – why would you not? – and you were quite busy right now, please come back later. He did not heed you, nor did the soul he had in toe. The soul seemed quite familiar.

Nobody seemed to notice as the Reaper began explaining to you what exactly all of this, that the joke you so loved to make was actually binding because contracts weren’t of much use for the dead but it did have to be agreed by both parties so the soul had to have had a point in its life where it pledged itself to you. He explained that every soul he would bring to you would be yours to dispose of. He said that it must have been a pretty sweet deal for a human to actively pledge its eternal soul to an other human. He asked you to take care of the soul, now, and by take care he meant to get it off his hands.

The Reaper explained all of that while you were taking order after order and weren’t really paying attention.

When you were sure he was finished – he was waiting expectantly for the answer to a question you had barely registered – you turned to him and said dejectedly:

"Sir, this is a Wendy’s"

“Sure, it’ll only cost you your soul” you used to jokingly say whenever you did something for free. Everyone always got a laugh out of it, and so did you! Until the first soul showed up in your living room with a very, very tired looking reaper.