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Luo Binghe ([personal profile] demonvinegar) wrote in [community profile] sevenhorrors2025-09-08 09:55 pm

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Who: Kin'un
When: September 8th
Where: Kin'un
What: New boy is here... and also, food??
Warnings: probably not but... well
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-09-09 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[First thing he might notice: it smells like cigarette smoke in here.

The second thing: there is a tall, lanky man, stretched out on the couch in the common area. On the coffee table before him, there are stacks and stacks of books, no rhyme or reason to the chaos.

This man sits up quite suddenly, peering over at the new face.]


Ah, a new addition to Kin'un, I perceive.
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-09-09 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[That scent is, unfortunately, going to be a constant here. At least until he runs out of his cigarette stash – which will probably happen any day now, so the point is moot.

Goodness, that bow. How formal. Meanwhile, Holmes does not even get up from the couch.]


My chosen alias for this place is Kieran Adair. You may call me Mr Adair, if you like. As for yourself...

[And now he stands, peeling himself off the couch.]

...you are right to not offer our real name, but in time, we must call you something, my dear fellow.
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-09-09 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Adair-shixiong. This school really is a place of firsts. He has never been addressed in such a way, though it certainly is an obvious clue as to this man's heritage.]

Very well, Mr Little Disciple. [Sorry, he will also tack on the "Mr" for now.] It is good to meet you, too; if only the circumstances were better.

[Hm. He's brought food. From the new kitchens, no doubt?]

No, I am not. There are three others. Ms Fairplay, a tiefling woman. She is blue and in possession of horns and a tail, and thus hard to miss, but her intellect is invaluable in a place like this one. Ms Girl, a young lady who ultimately means well, though she will make certain you put in the effort before she warms up to you. And Mr Kazu, a young man who has some experience with ghosts prior. He is full of energy and enthusiasm, to say the very least.
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-09-09 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh? He flutters back to the table and scoots aside a pile of books or two to make room for him, eying the foodstuffs with great curiosity.]

Oh, whenever they feel like it. It is impossible to rein in this classroom, you will soon learn.

[Whatever, he's not their Team Dad (laugh track), they can come back whenever. Right now!! Food!!]

My, aren't you a deft cook.
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-09-09 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
My dear fellow, anything that is not from the cafeteria will be to my taste at this point.

[He will never be a picky eater again after months of surviving off of school cafeteria food. He will go for the stuffed bean curd first, expecting questions in the meanwhile. The first one he receives actually makes him huff with amusement.]

Only your first day, and you'd prefer a different class? Tell me first: what is it that compels you to another?
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-09-09 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, I see! So you are one of the few who have not been pulled here alone, but with a companion from your world.

[Interesting. He has a few follow-up questions of his own, but first he will attend to the other's.]

Then, to answer your question: no. There is no way to transfer classes officially. Even those of us who've tried to sleep for an extended period in another dormitory will find ourselves soon beset by nightmares, the protective powers of their patron spirit waning.

That said, there is nothing to stop you from spending more time in one dorm than another, generally speaking.
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-09-09 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Many of the others, yes. There is the chance that there are pairs of us who hail from the same world and remain unaware of it, but that is highly unlikely. You will get a sense of this yourself as you come to know everyone better.

[A moment of consideration.]

As for myself, I daresay it is likely we do not share realities. Does London, England mean anything to you?
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-09-09 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Then, no, not from his world.]

No one has felt a sense of memories or knowledge being missing. However, there is always the trouble of verifying such a thing.

[How do you know you are missing memories if you... do not remember it? A quandary, indeed. But he would like to think the more mentally cognizant of them would at least sense something is amiss.]

Do you suspect you or your companion may be missing something?
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-09-09 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh??? Holmes pries a little more-]

May I ask why you believe this is the case?
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-09-09 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[All signs point to not receiving a straightforward answer.



He asks anyway:]
Why do you believe you have forgotten something?
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-09-09 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mm. He thought so. And yet so polite about it.]

The details may help me better understand your situation. However, if you refuse to share them, I can hardly force you. Let me offer you this alternative instead: you and your companion may not hail from the same points in time. This has happened once before, too.

[And thus, what is construed as missing memory is simply the fact that it has not yet happened for one party.]
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[personal profile] ratiocinations 2025-09-09 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yes, welcome to brain break town.]

It is certainly not in the power of anyone here to do so, no.

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