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[loudmouths]

Keigo Higashino 6/11/17 near Recollé University

So, a lot of people are talking about the different kinds of ...visions they're getting lately. It's kinda comforting, in a way, that so many people have gotten weird shit or seen weird shit... So, I guess I'll just come out with it: has anyone had any sort of visions relating to, um... ghosts? Like, ghosts of people, not necessarily uh... polter...geists or anything like that. I figure it shouldn't be that strange to bring up if everyone else is in the same boat, right? The sort of things that I've seen are ... troubling. Do all of you believe what you see or do you think it's just a way to mess with our heads?

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[loudmouths]

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no, you didn't know!! how could you have known??? i mean, everyone else has those kinds of visions, i think, and they're all cool and stuff!! it's only natural to think that way!!

[ welcome to keigo, groveling central. ]

beat me up?! but i'm not
i'm just
it's not like you were being mean!!!!!! i mean beating me up is kinda mean i guess BUT I WAS THE ONE WHO MADE IT WEIRD!!

[ this is embarrassing on many levels ]

[botamochi]

not all of them are cool and i should have known that, okay? my first "memory" is far from anything nice or great to mention, likewise there's a possibility for everyone else. that's logical to think, right? i thought so.

[ HE WON'T LOSE THIS ARGUMENT why is this an argument ]

okay, where are you? i gave you a warning, but you didn't take it.

[loudmouths]

well!!! you know what i meant!!!!

[ did... he... keigo pls. ]

NO

YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE

[botamochi]

[ someone help. ]

WHY ARE YOU YELLING?

[loudmouths]

[ but nobody came...

welcome to keigo enjoy your stay. ]

BECAUSE IT'S ONLY NATURAL TO YELL AT A TIME LIKE THIS!!!

THE THREAT OF BODILY HARM IS ENOUGH TO HAVE ANYONE YELLING!!!

[botamochi]

[ He can't handle this... ]

i'm not actually going to find you and beat you up, let alone kill you. it would defeat the purpose.

calm down.

[loudmouths]

[ victory?! ]

oh

[ just like that... ]

well good!! i don't think i should be punished for being sorry!!

[botamochi]

you shouldn't be sorry in the first place...

[ Here we are again. ]

[loudmouths]

[ look he's got this... ]

people say that, but really it's just a burden in the end, isn't it?

everyone has their own problems to attend to, so blurting out mine to someone is rude

[ ...he may have a problem with internalizing. maybe. ]

[botamochi]

did you forget that we were both sharing? it's a mutual thing, so don't go on ahead and assume you did it on your own. there's no reason to harbor any guilt over it.

also, just because everyone has their own problems, it doesn't mean yours weigh any less.

[loudmouths]

...well, no, i didn't forget, but i feel like what i said was... oversharing, i guess? it was a little too deep

[ and don't say that to him... ]

and thank you for saying so.

[ ...because he doesn't believe it. ]

[botamochi]

it's fine with me. overshare all your want. it's not like we can go back after threatening to hunt you down and beat you up, right?

[ Takumi doesn't think he has ever initiated a conversation that would... become like this. ]

it's no problem. just remember you're someone and, like everyone else, you also matter. i have a motivational poster, if you need it.

[loudmouths]

i... i guess that's a good point...

[ that's a pretty high bar to set, after all. ]

...hah, i think i'll be okay.

[botamochi]

all right, we're even then.

my name is already on here and all, but you can call me Takumi. nice to meet you.

[loudmouths]

well um

thank you for being supportive... you can call me keigo!

[botamochi]

you're embarrassing me. i didn't really do anything, but you're welcome.

[ NOW he feels awkward. ]

i'm not sure if you still want to talk about it, but you were able to see ghosts as if they were alive? in these memories of yours.

[loudmouths]

i'm being serious!! saying those things and being concerned about my health!! it's supportive and thoughtful!!

[ end this. ]

ah that's fine! um but yes, pretty much. there was some weird sort of fading effect that started at their torsos, for the most part, but otherwise they looked like normal people

[botamochi]

[ He's ending this because he's dying on the inside. ]

so they have tails? or something? or just no torsos. that's pretty interesting... i always thought ghosts wouldn't retain their forms.

i kind of want to meet one, but it sounds really unnerving.

[loudmouths]

[ good idea. though keigo won't forget this any time soon... be prepared. ]

um, sort of? it was weird, some of them looked like normal people, others were kinda faded and wispy. i dunno why.

i was pretty scared in that... vision, or whatever. like maybe it was the first time i was seeing them? it was pretty intense, but nothing bad happened in that one...

though if you met one, what would you even say?

[botamochi]

i see. well, they do say there are good and bad spirits. you must have met a decent lost soul or something. i wonder if there's a reason you can see ghosts... maybe you're supposed to guide them or help them pass over?

i kind of want to meet someone specific, but i never thought as far as what to say. forget i said anything about that.

[loudmouths]

woah, you think I'm like some kind of um... grim reaper or something??? I dunno how I feel about that...

... oh. well, I'm sorry that I asked...

[botamochi]

i guess? but you don't really seem like a reaper, just from reading your messages. they're usually grim, dark, and cold, right? maybe shaman is a better word...

it's no big deal. how often do you apologize? I'm starting to think i should keep count.

[loudmouths]

maybe i'm just a different type!!! i break the mold!!

...um. i never really keep track of that, though... i never noticed that i did it all that much...

don't you keep track, though!! that's embarrassing!!!

[botamochi]

so now you want to be a reaper? make up your mind. though i think i would rest easy to know there are reapers like you.

i won't keep track if you only apologize once when necessary. it's easy as that, Keigo.

[loudmouths]

Well I didn't say that... I'm just saying that if it ends up that way, I'm sure I'm a good one??

But ah, then if that's the case, I hope I am one!! I think it'd be nice to help people...

[ is that a compliment... he's taking it as one, even if it's embarrassing...!]

hrmph... look sometimes I don't realise that I'm apologizing!! it's just habit!!