[. . . july showers bring august ghosts]

[sevenhorrorsmods]

Who: EVERYONE
When: August 3, wobbly hands
Where: Around the school!
What: some things happened. the school is suddenly a lot more crowded
Warnings: references to blood and bite injuries, but otherwise, non! unless you bring something to the party yourself

[August 3 stars off. . . weird.]

[The morning bell chimes at 6 a.m., as it usually does! But there appears to be a very thin layer of fog settled against the ground outside. Some of it seeps into the school's hallways, before dissipating in a few wisps of haze. Weird??]

[As the day goes on, you feel like you can hear strange whispers echoing in the air-- a voice, hissing the word miiiiiiiine over and over again. Also weird!]

[And by the time the afternoon hits, you may find yourself running into some very unwanted guests. You've been here two weeks, and this is the first time you're seeing these guys?? Where have they been??]

[By the way, the nurse's office is unlocked!]

Comments

[presgarddihellis]

[oh.

that's alarming.

and has Klein's eyes narrowing.]

Are they using our own powers against us...?

[tailsofwoe]

[ OH DEAR GOD SHE SURE HOPES NOT. ]

... I'll pray it was just a coincidence...

[presgarddihellis]

[YEAH, KLEIN HAS SOME SERIOUS OBJECTIONS TO THAT CONCEPT.]

One can hope, but are there very many scythe-wielding spectres in Japanese lore?

[tailsofwoe]

No... They're much more commonly associated with the Western concept of a Grim Reaper.

[ mrrrgh ]

[presgarddihellis]

[curse his genre-savvy brain immediately leaping there, honestly. hhhhhh...]

Also.

In my experience, coincidences are never just coincidences.

[HIS COINCIDENCE PTSD IS SO VERY REAL.]

[tailsofwoe]

Hah... One should always assume the worst, is that it?

[presgarddihellis]

And hope for the best.

... even thinking about whether it's that sort of Coincidence is usually a danger in and of itself where I'm coming from.

[tailsofwoe]

[ A mildly confused tilt of her head. ]

What do you mean?

[presgarddihellis]

I'd rather not get into that just now.

[the mental healths just TANK]

[tailsofwoe]

Mm. Well, if it's something you don't wish to talk about, we can leave it at that.

[ Considering the kind of stuff he IS pretty willing to talk freely around, must be bad. ]

[presgarddihellis]

[it's soooo bad.]

We should make note of any future encounters, however.

Was it just the dogs and the scythe?

[tailsofwoe]

There was a train, too.

[presgarddihellis]

... a... train?

Are there train tracks near here?

[tailsofwoe]

[ A laugh that's something between a snort and an exhale. ]

You can't look for that much logic in the supernatural. We wandered our way toward train tracks, which I imagine would no longer be there if we tried to look now.

[presgarddihellis]

No, of course not. I was just wondering if there was a physical location as well as a spiritual one.

The path between to the two seems to be easily crossed here.

[tailsofwoe]

If there is, we wouldn't know where. We got lost in a fog for a while.

[presgarddihellis]

[...... right. the fog.

not the gray fog he knows.

different fog.

fog of a spiritual realm.



:/ ]

Right. I'll have to ask around or even look for myself.

[tailsofwoe]

[ Cracks a lopsided half-smirk. ]

I'm not sure who you're going to ask, if not one of us. You might as well skip to the second option.

[presgarddihellis]

Others have explored the grounds around this place. If there is a physical location and not just a spiritual landmark, then it would be known by someone by now.

But I have no issue with needing to make the attempt myself.

[tailsofwoe]

If you do, I wouldn't mind accompanying you as a source of firsthand information. Though I am not much of a fighter, so you might want someone else as an escort.

[presgarddihellis]

I'll need to take stock of things, first.

Though I also don't think your group would appreciate me putting you at risk once more.

[tailsofwoe]

[ Honest confusion flits across her face, like of all objections, that wasn't the one she was expecting. ]

... I wasn't even hurt... I don't think they'd have reason to be that concerned about it.

[presgarddihellis]

[... looks over to Puck who is a softie who already clearly cares about his team and feels bad about being unconscious while people were hurt.

looks to Styx who clearly also cares about this team and was grossly injured in the line of duty.

looks back to her.]

Don't they?

[tailsofwoe]

[ ... haaaah... ]

... More than they would be for anyone else.

They're good people.

[presgarddihellis]

They are. Which is why I'm hesitant to be the one to make things worse for them, even incidentally.