asgardeventide | 006 ☾ voice

[ 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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So you've just started to develop schizophrenia randomly and now raise your voice for random sentences. [ ANGE THAT'S TAKING DEADPAN TOO FAR. ]

Is schizophrenia contagious? [ YOU TOO ]

[ why are these two even allowed to talk tbh ]

No, I think you'll be fine. In fact, not listening to this girl's horror stories anymore might just be the cure for it.

[ next question ty ]

Soooo are you going to charge me for this visit, Doctor Ushiromiya?

.. Since it's you, it's free this time. [ yes, she does like rapunzel, although even though that's implied here it isn't exactly what she was going for.. it's just a deadpan joke. ]

Consider yourself lucky.

[ the feeling is mutual ange ]

Of course I'm lucky. I met you!

[ yeah

she went there ]

[ i was actually already stalking that thread believe it or not

BUT WHY.. ARE YOU GOING THERE.. She can't handle this, this is too much, abort mission?! ]

.. Huh? [ so eloquent all of a sudden. ]

[ jellepen aflkafja goddamn it ]

[ also enjoy this smiiiiiiiirk ]

Need me to say it again?

[ I FOLLOW YOU WHEREVER YOU GO [eyesmovingbackandforth] ]

N.. no. [ ugh, that smirk just makes it worse.. ] Besides, now you're acting like what you just said is a threat or something.

... I need to stop that. I can't keep doing that- I'm sorry. I don't know why I keep doing that.

.. Hold on a moment. It wasn't anything that bad, at least, it wasn't anything you have to apologize for. Like I've probably said before, I've had worse.

When you do it, it's more like.. [ .. embarassing.. again.. come on, ange!! ] .. like what friends do, I guess. Not that I'm an expert on the matter.

Friends... threaten each other?

[ ...actually yeah, in her experience they do so it makes sense on second thought. ]

Mammon used to do it all the time too. [ although in a more joking way.. but then again, so was this, huh. ] So I guess they do.

Mammon was one of the steaks right? [ proud to remember ange trivia!! ]

[ there will be a pop quiz on all this later. ]

Stakes, they're furniture, not edible. [ saying it so casually too, good job, ange. ] But yeah, she was. I'm a little surprised you remember.

Well I have a pretty decent long-term memory... My short-term could use work. I think it was all the repetition. But I hope Mammon shows up. Her name sounds familiar.

Familiar? Don't tell me you've been dealing with demons back home or something like that. [ she doesn't seem the type, after all.. ]

Oh no. My life was nowhere near as exciting as yours, trust me.

That's not a bad thing though, you know. I wouldn't mind switching with you.

...Don't say that.

.. Huh? [ did she say the wrong thing..? ] I just thought you'd be the type who'd like a more exciting life. Although.. yeah, my kind of 'exciting' is probably the kind you shouldn't have to go through.

No, you didn't say anything wrong. [ see she's even smiling ] It's more that...

If you hadn't lived your life, you wouldn't be you. So you should hold onto that.

Me being a little different.. [ briefly she thinks about the possibility, about everyone returning from rokkenjima just as usually, about her growing up like that.. huh. ] .. Would that really be such a bad thing?

It would. [ without missing a beat ] As you are, you are so important. And I now the people who love you would say it too, so...

.. You sure know how to say embarassing things, don't you.

[ things that are so embarassing that they make her happy, yup. ]

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