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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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[botamochi]

contacting your fellow ex-channelers?

from all the crazy memories people are mentioning and changes to the world happening, it's hard not to believe it. but i guess if you get a horrible memory, it might be better to think it's all in your mind.

do you want to deny the visions? not that i'm saying they're all true. if they can eradicate the world of blue and green, i'm sure they can make this shit up.

here we go

[toushiro]

Hard to say that they're completely false when some of us are actually learning new skills with these...memories we're getting.

[originallutece]

What do you mean by ghosts, precisely?

[matchbreaker]

Wait, ghosts can exist in people's visions?

[loudmouths]

...i... i guess. i don't know. what i've seen sort of suggests that kind of thing, but

denying it seems to be my instinct. it's like ... in those visions, i was uncomfortable. it felt like i wanted to leave, sort of? but all the same, it felt like a dull sort of acceptance, too...

there were other, more troubling things, but that's the gist of it

have you had any that were like that?

rubs hands together

[loudmouths]

"skills?" what kinda skills, exactly?

[loudmouths]

um, yknow... ghosts? the souls of the deceased?

in my vision, i was... interacting with some.

[loudmouths]

eh?? well... i guess? they were in... a few of mine

[toushiro]

I suddenly knew how to sword fight.

[originallutece]

Works of fiction have portrayed ghosts in any number of ways. I'd appreciate a more detailed description. But that being said . . . how precisely were you interacting? Simply speaking to them, or using some kind of superpower?

[wordcarvings]

I wonder if that might be what some of the things I've seen might be. There was certainly a bit of an otherworldly feeling to some.

And I have no idea what I am supposed to believe. It feels so real, yet some of it is just so absurd. The situation with the visions themselves are already absurd enough,
too.

[botamochi]

i heard denial is the first step to acceptance.

if you were comfortable around ghosts, even in these visions, i would be a tad bit concerned. it's really hard to say until you get more memories, but from what i've heard it's hard to deny the cold hard truth when it hits you.

i had one where it was just a vision of fighting a monster. that's it. fucking creepy if you ask me.

[loudmouths]

...swords, huh

that's... funny, kinda. i mean, not literally funny, but i've gotten visions about using a sword, too...

I don't know the first thing about using one, though. i've never even taken a kendo class before...

[loudmouths]

oh... well, uh. sorry in advance, this will probably be kinda long

basically, they looked like regular people? hard to tell on first glance that they were ghosts, but then it was like... someone changed the opacity on them, yknow? from maybe their torso down, it was like they were fading out, if that makes sense... some of them... had injuries, it looked like. maybe... whatever killed them, i'm assuming. it wasn't really pleasant

um but ... i wasn't usin any kind of superpower, i don't think? or if i was, it wasn't anything i activated, as far as i could tell. it was like the first time i saw them, or something. i was pretty freaked out in the vision

i don't remember if i was talking to any of them. i remember feeling scared, though

[loudmouths]

really? what kind of stuff did you see?

i feel that way, too, though. it felt incredibly real, but it was ridiculous. no one can see ghosts...

[ note that he's not denying they exist... oops. ]

[loudmouths]

is that really how that goes???

ah you're right, though, it'd be weird to be comfortable around ... death, basically.... i really hope any other visions i get won't skew that way. i don't think i could handle it if they did

...oh i've... had one like that, sort of. there wasn't any fighting yet, but... i was holding a sword... i dont like thinking about that one

[botamochi]

yes. generally, people go into shock and denial at signs of unexpected change until they rationalize/normalize it.

it might be normal for "you," so we'll see. i hope that isn't the case since i wouldn't even wish some twisted fate or destiny upon my enemies. seeing ghosts must be really hard on the psyche, i imagine.

woah. you had a sword though? i wasn't able to really make out anything else in mine aside from the damn Frankenstein monster. think you were any good?

[loudmouths]

i guess i'll just have to and see, then... normalizing that sort of thing seems impossible, but so did a lot of the stuff that i've experienced around here, anyway.

but um, i... don't really know if i was any good. it felt like something i was doing out of necessity, i guess. i remember feeling terrified, but also really... um...

[ this... was difficult. ]

i felt like i was ready to die. that i accepted it.

[botamochi]

[ WOAH. reality check. ]

hey, are you doing all right? like is your body doing okay. i don't know if those memories can trigger some physical reactions, but if you need help please make sure to head to the hospital or a clinic even. don't turn a blind eye if you run into any symptoms. if you're dealing with mental stress, which i guess you would, you can just let it all out. we're really all on the same boat.

[ Did he spam a stranger? Shit. ]

sorry about that. you can just forget what i wrote earlier. it must have been really horrible to remember... i hope you're doing all right.

[loudmouths]

[ so much Regret in admitting that to a stranger........ let him die. ]

ugh no don't apologize. i shouldn't have said that. it's not really something to say to someone you don't know. i don't usually share that kind of information with [ anyone, pretty much??? ] someone i just met. so i'm sorry, i really didn't mean to make everything uncomfortable and awkward.

[botamochi]

[ but what if you're already dead... ]

what the hell? don't apologize. it's my fault for prying like this is something easy and normal to talk about. i was being inconsiderate, really.

if you blame yourself, i'll find you and beat you up.

[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 ]

[toushiro]

So you remembered using one, but didn't get the skills along with it?

Mines was the opposite. I got the skills, but no specific memories attached to it.

[wordcarvings]

Some very odd creatures, for example.

Ridiculous or not, or being possible to see ghosts or not, the sensation of reality probably might not be ignored that easily.

[ He sure can’t ignore it. ]

[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.