006 ☾ voice

[playerkills]

[ Obon had already passed by the looks of the seasons, but that doesn't stop some people from celebrating it and doing something remotely related to the summer season. Normals always told their friends ghost stories around this time of the year, so some practice will do her good. It isn't often that this particular deep, spooky voice crops up on the network, but the time she chose was a particularly quiet one in the evening. Those who know her will be able to discern its owner - Yozora. This gloomy tone is the one she usually speaks with, but it sets the mood perfectly. ]

The end of summer, the start of fall. It is during these two seasons that the world pays its respects to the spirits of the afterlife. I wouldn't say that those of this ethereal plane are above us, figuratively speaking. Yet for many generations, haven't humans always been most afraid of what they don't know? Strange occurrences that cannot be explained, - it's almost laughable how these mysteries hold so much power over us.

[ She cackles, and she didn't even need to practice two hours to perfect it. There is nothing but silence that follows. ]

What if I told you they were true? Just because we cannot comprehend these happenings doesn't allow us to simply dismiss them. Although belief is waning, tradition remains strong. There must be a reason behind it all, don't you agree?

Well then, shall we revive that tradition tonight?

I heard this from a local in the Baldr district. It happened long before the disease spread, when the city still had its color...

The protagonist of this story is... let's call her K. She had a friend - we'll call her M. K and M were the best of friends ever since they met by the lake at Gefion Park. Since then, they would do everything together, and they easily got along because they liked the same things. However, there came a time when they also liked the same boy. Fron that point onward, it was clear that their friendship wasn't going to last forever. Now, K was an outgoing girl who had many friends. M, on the other hand, was very timid. K took advantage of this and bullied M without hesitation or remorse. Libel, slander, the looks of disgust on everyone's faces and jeering from the crowd as she walked by... it was enough to drive M to commit suicide. One summer night, she drowned herself in the lake. Her pallid, lifeless face on the surface of the lake would haunt the city for weeks.

K felt guilty for what she did, but as the seasons passed, she slowly forgot about M. But, ever since M's death, a string of unfortunate events began to occur. At first, they were nothing but lost items and gusts of wind, but soon, they progressed into looping labyrinths and cryptic messages that only K would understand.

Exactly a year had passed after M's death. It was a cold summer night just like that day she drowned. That day passed by with no strange occurrences, but when K got in bed just to find her own name on the ceiling written in blood, that did it for her. In the middle of the night, she ran to the lake to sob and beg for forgiveness. But the wind only grew stronger and stronger...

It forced the girl to get on her knees and break her fall with her hands. She happened to look at the lake, and there she saw the face of a friend she thought she'd never see again.

No one saw the girl after that, but they say that if you look into the lake at this hour, she might get you...

[ Another cackle and a strong gust of wind from the window closes Yozora's story. ]

Who wants to go next?

(ooc: People are welcome to post their own stories as well, be it in video, text or voice. Others are free to reply to the stories with their character's reactions and comments. In other words, treat this post like a mingle log!)

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permavoice

[playerkills]

[ oh my god, ange are you for real

YOZORA'S SCARED OF HER OWN STORY, YOU KNOW ]

What else were you expecting?

[entreats]

[ DO YOU REALLY EXPECT THAT TO SCARE LINEFACE DAREDEVIL ANGE.. ]

I don't know, something actually scary, probably. This was only a good try, but it's not really there yet.

[playerkills]

Then do enlighten us with a demonstration of a true tale of horror, Ange-sama.

[entreats]

Sorry, but telling scary stories isn't really my sort of thing. Why don't you find a book with proper scary tales in the library or something?

[playerkills]

I could, but that's not the point of this all. I was practicing.

[entreats]

.. Ah, I see. So this is going to be your new weapon when something bad happens, you'll just scare off whatever is attacking you with a sort of lame scary story.

[playerkills]

You thought it was lame? [ But it scares Yozora... uwoooh... ]

[entreats]

Isn't the whole purpose of a ghost story to scare people? .. I'm not scared, so that case, I'd say it's pretty useless.

[ don't worry, yozora, it's just ange with weird nerves of steel.. ]

[playerkills]

Well, perhaps it's simply beyond me to scare the supernatural itself.

[ ange... is dead after all. ]

[entreats]

[ normal people might be fazed by that, but.. honestly, ange doesn't even twitch, she's already been called a witch in school too many times either way. ]

Maybe you should tell a ghost story about me instead then.

[playerkills]

[ she huffs. ] That isn't as fun. I mean, you're real. [ a real ghost. ]

[entreats]

Which means you know first hand just how frightening I am.

[ she's.. probably joking... but it's difficult to tell!! ]

[playerkills]

Ah, my knees are shaking. [ she's clearly not scared at all ] Especially after meeting your father. [ MUAHAHAHA ]

[entreats]

[ .. wait, what. ]

You talked to dad? .. Don't tell me, you saw his ridiculous broadcast.

[playerkills]

I believe the real question is "who didn't see that broadcast?" With that list going around, it was pretty hard to miss.

[entreats]

.. I don't need to be reminded of it in detail that much, I saw it with my own eyes. [ even if she knows yozora is doing it on purpose darn you.. ]

Either way, I know dad's pretty embarassing. Any further need to rub it in?

[playerkills]

Ah, it's no fun teasing you. No wonder you don't have any friends. [ YOZORA!!! ]

[entreats]

[ RUDE, YOZORA... She does have friends, okay!! But she's not going to deny what Yozora says now, she's just.. sound pathetic.. 'I do have friends, okay!!' doesn't that just sound lame?! ]

So you think people only would want to be fun with you because you're.. 'fun to tease'?

[playerkills]

I didn't say that. Don't put words in my mouth. I'm only saying that you would be as popular as your father says you are if you let loose a little bit. [ SHE CAN'T GET OVER "NICE ANGE" ]

Of course, I don't know if I'll still like you if you do.

[entreats]

He's just delusional and I don't need to be popular. [ then why do you sound almost a little grumpy about it, ange.. BUT YES "NICE ANGE" WAS.. AN.. OVERSTATEMENT.. ]

I'm just fine like this.

[playerkills]

[ quietly ] I think so, too.

[entreats]

[ she heard that!! and ange wouldn't be ange if she didn't deadpan.. ]

.. Ah, look, we're agreeing on something.

SO YOU USED THAT ICON

[playerkills]

I agreed to the fact that you're better off a loser. Be thankful. [ WHY!?

what she means is, she wouldn't have been able to talk to ange if she was popular... ]

IT'S THE ONLY APPROPRIATE ICON FOR THREADS WITH THESE TWO...

[entreats]

[ oh yozora, that's pretty cute... ]

So you haven't noticed it yet? I'm so grateful I'm about to cry. To think you agree with my status as a lowly loser..

[playerkills]

Oh, you're really happy with that? Maybe I should change my stance now.