Rachel Lawson's The Magicians Podcast

"Where is Aureus? He's late, he's never late for an intergalactic summit," said the worried emperor of the universe to his son Valentine. "No one has seen him," Val replied, when in the room walked an elephant, attracting everyone's attention. It wasn't an actual elephant, it was a man, an anomaly. The Emperor saw him and walked over to him and spoke to him as a friend. "Hello Ghost, why are you here?" asked the emperor puzzled. "I don't know, I feel I'm meant to be here somehow?" said the Ghost. "You are," said the emperor, "I didn't expect to see you like this." "Me either, the last thing I remember was dying," said the Ghost. "Been there, done that," said Val offhandedly. His father smiled. "What? Are you a ghost too?" asked the Ghost. "No, a zombie," said Val. The Ghost screamed.