spooky scary skeletons

[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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[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!!

[botamochi]

[ It's hard to find someone so goofy as spooky. ]

at least your heart is in the right place. even if you aren't a grim reaper, i'm sure there has to be a good reason for you to see them. if not, you have to make the best of it.

like those mediums that help the police.

[ HE'S REACHING SO HARD. ]

it's a bad habit. you're not that old where you can't break it, right? i thought so.

[loudmouths]

[ probably for the better... ]

uwah, helping the police?? is that actually a thing? that would really be a turn of events...

[ that reaching is working, at least. ]

I'm not old!!! I'm 20!!

but even still... I guess I could work on it...

[botamochi]

i wouldn't say it's common for police to reach out to mediums, but it isn't that uncommon, too? it's weird. most of the time i don't know if they're being serious about their ESP or whatever, but if you're serious about seeing ghosts maybe it would work out?

good boy.

[ not that you're a dog or anything. ]

[loudmouths]

...i love how we're considering career options for this weird skill that i may or may not actually have...

and why are you saying it like that?!?!?! i'm not being trained here!!!!

[ he doesn't appreciate this!!!!! ]

[botamochi]

you can say we're being productive. you don't lose anything by being mentally prepared, so yeah. unless sleep? you might lose sleep.

i only said two words? you should be appreciative of praise! it doesn't come so easily nowadays.

[loudmouths]

this is all too bizarre... my life is turning into one of those tv dramas... i might lose sleep about that, honestly.

THOSE TWO WORDS WERE CHOSEN FOR A REASON!! like i'm a dog doing tricks or something!!

that isn't how i'm used to receiving praise!!

[ do you ever receive praise, keigo.......... ]

[botamochi]

ghost busting with keigo, rated NC-17. either way, i wouldn't be surprised if you have trouble sleeping with memories like that. drinking milk 90 minutes before you head to bed should help you fall asleep, by the way.

okay. enlighten me? how would you like to be praised?

[ He's a kind and gracious soul. ]

[loudmouths]

NC-17???? is that like R-18??? what's with that rating?!

[ you're giving him way too much to work with here. ]

i'll hopefully pass out from stress sooner or later, at least... there's that much to look forward to...

though, how i'd like to be praised... that seems a little...

[ how did it end up this way. ]

[botamochi]

realistically, it's going to be NC-17, but not yet R-18. google this? also, that doesn't sound all too promising, but i understand.

seems a little what?

[ He's lost. ]