Prologue - Mortician (TBtG)

“Are you sure a shallow, unmarked grave is all you can afford?” Todd asked the sullen blue capped toad next to him.

“Sarge was always frugal when it came to spending my college fund.” Dusty told Todd, letting out a long sigh. “This is what he would’ve wanted.”

Todd nodded as he began lowering the pale body of a toad into the ground. He went to a lot of funerals, but this one was quite the enigma. But when his old friend Dusty wanted his brother buried, the mortician was glad to help. Dusty was the only one who attended the funeral, as Sarge didn’t have many friends, and his relatives were either dead or didn’t care. Looking down at the corpse Todd began the rite.

“Sarge was a good brother and devout guard who valiantly sacrificed himself to stop two amateur thieves from stealing from a powerful monarch. He is now 100% completely dead and will never walk the earth again due to him being killed. We must never forget that this very not alive toad and all the memories of him being not-dead.”

Todd cleared his throat as he looked at the yellow toad nestled in his earthy prison.

“Nothing we can say or do can bring Sarge back.”