It is said that Death can take on many forms since it is a concept that transcends any stretch of the imagination; usually it will take on a form consistent with any particular being's expectations.

It makes me wonder what would you see if you encountered the Grim Reaper? I don't exactly know what I would see but I could hazard a guess; the first thing I would sense is the smell and the darkness. A smoke blacker than night and an aroma... well... imagine taking the finest wine and fossilizing it in bedrock for millions of years. An impossibly perfect aged wine, sweet, savory, intoxicating, exhilarating. It is the smell of wisdom, of protection, the perfume and incense of a caring hand that would gladly take your pain for you.

And then I'd see it; a figure shrouded in a black cloak of night before he takes it off and drapes it over the sleeve of his tight cassock robe. He'd look like Sean that's for certain, but incredibly old, possibly tens of thousands of years old? Only instead of aging and growing decrepit it's like his youth settles into a form like perfection, a proud eagle's face whose gaze, his hypnotic gaze, is a pool of infinite knowledge, wisdom, and compassion. Not quite a god's form but someone who clearly is in charge and radiates respect without demanding fear. You following me so far?

So tell me, what do you think? Who or what would you see?