playerkills ([personal profile] playerkills) wrote in [community profile] asgardeventide2012-09-02 02:24 pm

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!)
acquamarina: (☁ oh god oh man)

[personal profile] acquamarina 2012-09-02 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
That's horrible! [There might even be a few tears in her eyes, but whether they're from how sad the tale was or because it scared her is really anyone's guess...]
showbizpanache: (You can't be serious.)

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[personal profile] showbizpanache 2012-09-02 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
That's so terrible.
entreats: (and if you could have)

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[personal profile] entreats 2012-09-02 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ ange is linefacing. did you expect anything else, even after a story like that.. ]

... That's all?
acquamarina: (☁ well shit)

[personal profile] acquamarina 2012-09-02 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
But since K disappeared there too, does that mean there's two ghosts at the lake now?!
derpiest: (an ugly fact of life)

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[personal profile] derpiest 2012-09-02 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
that's a really cruel story.

[hahah yeah rion is ... not likely to. enjoy this story. whoops.]
showbizpanache: (When is it my turn)

[personal profile] showbizpanache 2012-09-02 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
I meant that it's terrible what that girl did to her.
derpiest: (an ugly fact of life)

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[personal profile] derpiest 2012-09-02 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
[it's not that it's a scary story, it's--]

everyone knows the story, though. someone gets bullied into suicide and then haunts them from the grave.
acquamarina: (☀ hoheeee)

[personal profile] acquamarina 2012-09-02 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's good. I don't think I ever betrayed my friends. [sigh of relief] I should be able to row their still without any worries!
acquamarina: (☀ hee)

[personal profile] acquamarina 2012-09-02 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
It is. It's not the same as practicing back home, but I have to practice my rowing as much as I can and not get rusty.
derpiest: (those who tell the truth)

[personal profile] derpiest 2012-09-02 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
i already know about what people can do. it's not a horror story, it's a reminder.
refute: (「ᴍᴀɴɢᴀ ❖ ᴀᴄᴛɪɴɢ sᴏ ᴛᴏᴜɢʜ.」)

[ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ. ]

[personal profile] refute 2012-09-02 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Don't be ridiculous. It's not as though the story scared her, but she was certainly eerily quiet after hearing such a tale. One would think that dealing with youkai was enough to demolish the fear altogether, but it didn't seem to be the case for Ririchiyo.

Trying to feign a voice of confidence, she ends up responding but one may or may not notice the slight fear in her voice. By her standards, she thought she was doing quite well at seeming unfazed by the story. ]


Is that the entire story, or was that just the prolouge?
occulthymns: (your tricks and trade)

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[personal profile] occulthymns 2012-09-02 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[If it's one thing Euri is absolutely, unquestionably terrible with it's ghosts and ghost stories and anything related to the undead.

So yep she sounds thoroughly terrified.]


Is - is there really a ghost in the lake??
rakia: (pic#4325887)

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[personal profile] rakia 2012-09-02 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That is quite a story.

[ And yet it seems like he is pleased. At least, he's smiling.... ]
tyrian: (only your desire to set me free)

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[personal profile] tyrian 2012-09-02 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Feferi is at the lake! Treading water, specifically--ignore the tentacles just behind her.]

I don't see any ghost. Do you have to look somewhere specific?
expy: (if i feel the need to hide)

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[personal profile] expy 2012-09-02 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
If no one saw K after that, how do they know what she saw at the lake?

[horror stories are lame bluh bluh]

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