Brook X GN Reader || I'm The Grim Reaper

Chapter 50

Deer spun a pen between their fingers, dropping it for the umpteenth time and making an echoing clatter throughout the room. They sat up from where they lay on the desk and swung their legs over, reaching to grab the pen from the concrete floor. Sitting back up, their eyes glanced across the room. Brook was sitting against the wall, typing away on his phone, as he had been for a while.

"The guy's smart," They muttered under their breath, laying back on the desk. Brook looked up at them. "Hm?" "The blonde guy," Deer said again. Brook only hummed and looked back down as the room filled with awkward silence again. Not so awkward anymore. "He'll know," They continued. Brook hummed again, still typing. "Are you even listening?" Brook hummed again, paying no mind to them.

Deer sighed, hopping off the desk. Their feet slapped on the cool floor, making Brook look up at them, finally. They flicked the pen in his direction and he moved to the side so that it hit the wall and not his face. "What was that for?" Deer crossed their arms, shrugging. Brook looked at them for a while longer before looking back at his phone.

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"Okay... What about 'Ante Nora Woman.' Or maybe 'Ante Nora Female, Black Hair, Black eyes, 28 years old?' 'Ante Nora murderer?' 'Ante Nora Businessperson?' 'Ante Nora Doctor?'" Scarlet shot out suggestions from over Chase's shoulder as he typed in the search engine on his computer. "'Ante Nora super cool badass magical Necromancer?'" Chase shot her a glare. "Scarlet, we tried all of these already. I really don't think we're going to find anything from woogling your name." Scarlet gave him a look of despair.

"...I thought you could find the answer to anything on woogle..." "Well, you can find the answer to almost every common question, but not really specific or personal things... I figured it was worth a shot... There might have been a chance that there was a news article or something... To be fair though, we don't have access to as much information as we used to... Records of you in life could have been lost relatively recently... But even when I looked through the records I took on my phone, there wasn't a single name that was even close to-"

A loud clanking sound interrupted his explanation, and he stopped to look at the computer where the sound was coming from. There was another sound, then another, before Scarlet realized what was happening on the computer.

"FateCraft!!! Someone is killing me in FateCraft!!" The sounds continued as she shoved Chase out of the way of the computer, reaching for the mouse. "Wha- You had t open the entire time?!" "Of course I did! If I log out, then I'll lose my experience bonus-" A groaning sound came from the computer. "Was that dying sound of you or the guy you were attacking?" He looked at her.

Scarlet turned to look at Chase with wide, dead eyes. Red letters appeared on the screen saying 'YOU DIED'.

Chase tilted his head with what he thought was a comforting smile. "Ahh... Unfortunate..." Scarlet didn't blink, still having wide eyes and staring straight at him, hands-on keyboard. "It's... That ASHENFALL guy again... No matter how hard I try, I can't beat him..." She squinted slightly, still not blinking. "...And every time he kills me... He sits and stands on top of my body... why does he do that... And no one seems to be able to kill him... I really want him to die, just once..."

Chase watched her for a moment before smirking, brushing his hand through his hair. "...Well, I guess it can't be helped, then..." He trailed off. Scarlet's eyes were still wide, but hopeful as she watched him. He smiled at her. "...I'll use my full power to avenge you, just this once. You have to give me my chair back, though." Scarlet just realized she was practically leaning over him. "Oh, right, sorry."

Scarlet turned to the computer to watch as he logged out of her account and into his. 'You know... I've never seen Chase's FateCraft character before...'