Mark Heathcliff asked, "How did you die?"
Barnaby: You see this wonderful rock on my waistcoat? Yeah, the pretty swirly thing sitting on a double Albert chain? I have a funny story to tell you!
100 years ago, I was a living owl. A long eared owl. My time period was much more different than yours. I was born in the 1920s. And I was a curious little owl clocking in at around six feet tall minus the ear feathers (plumicorns). And... I was tinkering with magic science one night, finding a way to be immortal. I made the Gem of Reality. It came at a stupid price: being a ghost owl. So that's how I learned there is an afterlife! Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo! And that's how I found out about how fun it is to be dead! Being a mortal is very tiring and you get-!
Sonicphobia: They fucked around and found out. Uh... Played stupid games and won a stupid prize.
Barnaby: Oh, Sonicphobia! A taste of immortality is a fine thing for you! Come join my party, little one! Just choose the method!
Sonicphobia: Uh... I don't have a credit card and Headmaster Sonic would flip about the debit card...
Barnaby: Oh, no no no! That won't do! There's a different payment method!
(Sonicphobia shoves all of the coins they collected to Barnaby)
Barnaby: ... Aw, you adorable, naive mortal. You know the token fee is more than just pennies, nickels and dimes. Unless you're being saucy. The token fee to get in... The question remains! Would you like to be stabbed? Strangled? Crushed? Oh! How about poison? That's a good one!
Sonicphobia: *slams both hands on the table* Oh, my apologies, Barnaby. You made a tiny whoops. Ya see, you majestic descending owl puff... You mistaken me for someone who is a selfish-!
Barnaby: MOVING ON! HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO! 👻 🦉
