Post by Leigh at DLU on Aug 17, 2010 14:51:26 GMT -5
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Everyone dies. But not everyone gets to move on to the Great Beyond. People who died with unresolved issues become Grim Reapers. They still have lessons to learn that - for one reason or another - they failed to learn in life. They move about in the full light of day. They walk the city streets and eat at all-night diners, just like anyone else. They have to find somewhere to live, cook, eat and do their laundry, and some even have jobs. They look just like everyone else but as grim reapers they appear physically different to the living than they did when they were alive, typically more dull and unremarkable.
Death has a list of who is scheduled to die and when. This list is delivered to the head of each chapter of each division. Chapters are geographical areas. And Reapers are broken up into Divisions for different types of deaths. The boss of each group then gives each Reaper a non-transferable assignment to collect a particular soul or souls. Then the Reaper must find the soon to die person, and with a touch 'pop' the soul from the body and guide it into the light.
Dead Like Us is a slightly twisted look at life and at one possible version of life in the after life. What if death is not the end? What if it is not even an escape from the issues that plagued us in life? What if it is not a way to avoid accountability, but an opportunity to accept responsibility and learn the lessons we didn't learn in life?