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bungou to alchemist: osamu dazai

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I have a nearly full bottle of red hair dye that I suddenly am no longer in need of. If anyone on Retrospec wants it to deal with their own hair changes, I'd be happy to give it away for free. If not I'll sell it on Craigslist, but I wanted to ask you guys first. Also, how creepy is it that my natural hair color changed to the exact shade of red that I was already dyeing it to?

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[So many spirits, so little time!]

it seems like there are a lot of us around these days tbh

Oh, you too?

yeah
not a ghost or anything though
makes me wonder how many different kinds of spirits are here you know?

It might be hard to categorize spirits from different worlds effectively. Like, there's obvious types like 'ghost' and 'demon', but then you get into things like 'probably a dead author who's made of ink now' and I don't know where you'd sort it.

that last one is so specific that i gotta ask
is it you or someone you know?

Both. There's two of us with Retrospec access.

i guess it's a good thing that neither of you have to go through figuring this stuff out alone
bc no offense but that sounds even more confusing than just being a sword

No offense taken. How's the sword life treating you?

tiring
but i guess that saying about how you can adjust to pretty much anything if you have enough time is true

It's true, but I didn't want to know that from experience. So do you turn into a sword, or...?

100% agreed tbh
too bad it's too late for us now ヘ(´－｀;)ヘ

anyway it's more like i am the sword?
tsukumogami is the type of spirit i am
i guess
i still don't remember exactly how it works though

Oh, I know that one. I might be something similar? But I don't remember exactly how it works yet either. If you're a book, do you automatically get the memories of the writer, or would you have to be a ghost of the writer who has ink for blood for some reason?

that's
honestly a really good question but i definitely don't have an answer...
but if you have all of the memories doesn't it sound more like you're the writer's ghost?
with ink blood i guess

Do authors normally have giant scythes? Or is that a ghost thing?

i'm going to go out on a limb here and say that it's probably a ghost thing
even though i'm sure there were at least a few authors out there who might have wanted scythes

you have one?

[Shuji attaches a picture of himself holding the scythe. It's half as tall as he is.]

Swords are way more practical, tbh.

[On first glance, he finds it pretty. Pretty in that "hm, that's a deadly weapon" way, anyway... But also:]

omg
you're 100% right
how do you even go anywhere with that??

It turns into a book. Easy travel mode.

a book scythe
i mean it definitely isn't a normal human author thing
but is it even a normal spirit thing??

I don't think it's a normal anything.

yeah you're probably the only person i know in the city with something like that
do you even remember how to use it yet or is it just like
there

I've used it a few times. I'd rather not if I don't have to, but that goes without saying.

i wouldn't mind not having to chop up weird monsters for a while...
but i guess it's good that you have something like that on hand for when things get weird
and that you can use it

When I first got it I couldn't even lift it, so thanks for your help with the extra strength, Retrospec?

it's almost like they know exactly what to give back and when to give it or something ┐(´∀｀)┌