Grim Writing Challenge #1

[Reaper]

Just came around to say that there are some interesting tasks among those. I shall be interested in seeing what other people can come up with. I'm going to to tackle one or two myself, though I'm not going to enter the competition. Exams go first.
Also I'm completely unable to stay within a 200 word limit, haha.

One question beforehand though, do you give constructive criticism along with your rating? If not, can I request it?

I'm not Duketsu, but if anyone wants feedback and doesn't mind someone else giving it, I'd be happy to do so. Not going to happen before the deadline though, rather some days afterwards.

By the way, when I read the title, I had to think of

this (Click to View)

... which totally cracked me up.
The picture's from the film Highlander in case people haven't seen it. Though the point is lost anyway in that case.