Who: Ned and OPEN Where: The still un-named Pie Shop When: Early evening What: Ned needs to think over Death's offer. Status: In progress!
It had been two days, seven hours, sixteen minutes and three seconds since the Pie Maker had spoken with Death, or as she referred to herself, Didi. The Pie Maker had not spoken to the girl named Chuck about Death's offer yet. He wasn't sure how she would take it. Death's offer to the Pie Maker was one which he wanted badly to take advantage of. He wanted to be able to receive and emotional heimlich when necessary from the girl named Chuck. His problem, however, was that he did not believe Death to be telling the whole truth.
It was too much to imagine that all of his problems with Chuck could be solved so simply. His biggest issue was that he did not want to touch the girl named Chuck only to find out that Death was merely playing a cruel joke on him. His only conclusion was that eventually he would have to tell her. But he wasn't ready to do that yet.
So, he went to his new pie shop. It wasn't quite the Pie Hole, and there was no Olive to serve the customers with a smile and anecdote. But there was Chuck. Ned smiled to himself, as he put yet another pie in the oven. The sign outside of the shop said "PIE" but did not have an official name. He couldn't quite call it the Pie Hole. That felt wrong. But no other suitable alternatives had come to his mind.