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[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

[Ayumi bows slightly to the recording before she starts speaking, apparently in her room.]

Greetings everyone, it's nice to meet you all. I'm Ayumi shinozaki, from Kisaragi High. I don't know how many people know about Japan, but that's where I'm from. My hobbies are ghost stories and drawing, and... this is turning out to be a pretty ordinary introduction, isn't it? Well, I know a good way to fix that up.

[And with that, she covers the curtains to her room and pulls out a candle.]

Why don't I tell you all a ghost story, right now! A good idea came to me not too long ago, so I kind of want to try it out as soon as possible.

[And with that, she happily lights the candle, and cuts out the lights.]

So, has anyone around here heard of doppelgangers? It's said that somewhere out there, there's someone that looks exactly like you. According to myths, seeing your doppelganger is an omen of death: That meeting a doppelganger means that it will kill you and take your place.

However, the ones around here work a little differently. If you listen really carefully, you can hear your own voice on the wind. If you follow the source of the voice, you'll come across it: The doppelganger. And then, the doppelganger will steal your voice. No, not merely your voice, but the air itself from your body will be sucked out by it, as though it's eating your soul... And perhaps it is.

So if you hear your own voice singing, calling out to you, don't head towards the voice. If you're foolish enough to investigate it... Well, you can't be saved, can you?

[And with that, she blows out the candle, waits a few minutes, and turns the lights back on, beaming.]

So? What do you think? Not bad, huh?

Comments

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[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

Don't you need more candles than that, Ayumi-neesan?

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[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

Less is better, actually. The key is to keep just one, so all features except the story-teller's face is hidden, which should still be partially covered by the darkness. The key is to encourage the imagination by reducing visual stimulii to a single point.

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[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of the gathering of 100 ghostly tales. Do you know it?

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[departing]

Miss.Shinozaki, if you investigate the voice can you really not be saved?

[He is not convinced but it does make him feel uncomfortable.]

That seems a little... mean.

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[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

Well, it would be possible, but the window of time to be saved is so slim that it's virtually impossible.

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[departing]

In the end it's probably better not to follow the voice...is what you're saying, right?

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[vacationisalie.livejournal.com]

[vacationisalie.livejournal.com]

[vacationisalie.livejournal.com]

[Never going to Japan never going to Japan oh good lord what is that even--]

[vacationisalie.livejournal.com]

That's...pretty creepy. [Really, really creepy. He'd have to keep an eye out for these doppelgangers. With his luck, it certainly sounds like something he'd have to worry about.]

Want to hear one too?

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[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

Really, as far as ghost stories go, this one isn't too bad. Still, I had inspiration, so I had to get it out of my system right away.

[Eh, she kind of met her doppelganger here. It was mostly just awkward.]

Of course! I'm always up for hearing new ones!

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[hitouch.livejournal.com]

M-My voice...? I... I won't investigate it! I promise!! I never knew there was something like that...!

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[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

[The best part? She has the same voice as Chihaya. The doppelganger is. Right. Here.]

That's good, because you never know. Your doppelganger might be waiting for you. Right. Now.

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[hitouch.livejournal.com]

[OH MY GO...D......]

No!! I don't want to meet it! Please tell the doppelganger I'm sorry but I can't!

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[sostaygold.livejournal.com]

[The screen is completely obstructed here, oops. But if you were able to see him, you'd see the very strange smile on his face -- in many ways, it's not much of a smile at all.]

That's... a story I've heard before.

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[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a pretty common story, after all. I just did my own version of it.

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[sostaygold.livejournal.com]

Would it be too tasteless to ask what changes you made?

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[volcanoes]

It was okay. Could have used more details.

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[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

True, it was kind of lacking on details. If I make a more detailed version later, can I count on you to critique it?

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[sora-wo-koete.livejournal.com]

... Shinozaki-san...

[ Is she really going to go around telling people that Chihaya's her evil doppelganger...? ]

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[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

Ah! Kisaragi-san! Thanks for the great idea! I feel a lot better now that I've had a good ghost story to tell.

I hope you don't mind, but when weird things like that happen, they're just too perfect to not use!

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[designerchild]

Not bad at all. I really liked the spooky atmosphere you created with your candle!

[ Grinning, he gives her a round of applause. Despite the cheerful pretense, however, his shoulders are squared, almost defensively, and his eyes are distant. ]

They don't always want to take your place, though.

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[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The atmosphere really adds to these kinds of things after all, and it's hard to get the atmosphere right when you aren't in the same room with them.

[Defensive? Why on earth would you be defensive about it? Besides, she's incredibly bad about noticing these sorts of things when it involves her.]

That goes without saying. Any story's going to have hundreds of variants. I've done quite a few ghost stories where the ghost doesn't really do anything more menacing than tell people to go home after school closes, for example. A lot of doing these things is trying to find a way to make the story uniquely your own, which is why it had the voice twist.

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[roadstotheriver.livejournal.com]

Hello. Conan mentioned you really do know something about ghosts and the undead in your world so I wanted to say hello.

[Pause. Lirael realizes that sounds kind of blunt, so she sends a second text:]

My name is Lirael. Is your ghost story real?

[That's not much better, but Lirael is not good with people. Especially not pretty girls.]

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[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

The one I told just now is only real in that it's possible to find people with the same voice as you around here. The rest of it is made up from myths and other ghost stories.

I try to avoid telling ghost stories involving real ghosts.