[ stop their floor!! but he frowns in thought as they begin to wander. it's debatable if jonas feels on edge, or that he's being watched, given he's doing his best not to react to anything yet. ]
It could be from a previous game. People keep talking about tradition so it wouldn't surprise me if this is something from a while ago. But I think that's just a thing, too. Creepy, abandoned house right in the middle of beautiful suburbia. For all we know, we're gonna enter a room and find a coffin for the homeowner.
[ Setsu will shake off the feeling for now, returning to their steady calm but its obviously guarded. ]
...Someone would keep a coffin in their house?
[ of everything else, that is the strangest. looking around the room is fruitless so Setsu will peek back the corridor to see the nearest stairs. still more to explore! ]
Yeah, usually Counts or something. [ stop. just stop. he follows after them, but he doesn't really hesitate before he begins ascending the stairs. explore!! ]
Makes you wonder if there's more houses like this in other parts of the city though.
Counts? [ hate that setsu just trusts jonas that they go with it. ]
I saw a couple of houses earlier but not in this kind of state. At least from the outside they looked pretty normal. [ apparently they can walk into those houses. help. ]
I'm not familiar with Count Dracula. [ unfortunately they're going to. i'm serious. you did this. as the stairs creak, they will glance at the way they came. hmmm. ]
It's possible there are shadow people living in them. Kind of like the ones you see around? Maybe we can find something in them... [ there's that feeling of being watched though. ]
You think so? I mean I guess that makes sense. The shadow people are still out there outside of the UG, so it would track that they have their own houses and places to live. [ but okay, this time he does kind of follow their line of vision and slows down a little. ]
If you say so... [ they're gonna think of count dracula for a while now. thanks. ]
Mhm, that's what I was thinking too. [ they say, a bit distracedly. before they frown a bit more, shaking their head after a moment and looking down at the new floor they've reached. more bedrooms perhaps in their future. ]
...I'm not sure, it.. feels like something is watching us. [ there's caution in their voice, careful. they're just unsure if its their experience kicking in or it's them being paranoid. ]
...you think? [ he's dropping pretty much all lines of conversation, though he glances over his shoulder, too. ] Wait like something or someone? Maybe some of the others made their way into the house, too.
[ it's not like they're the only ones who might've thought to break in, he thinks. ]
It might be because of the oldness of the building but... [ there's uncertainty there. ] I'm not sure. It could just be somebody that saw us coming in and decided to follow after us.
[ so he could be right. they'll cross their arms, finger tapping idly at their own arm. ] ...Well, so long as they aren't doing anything I suppose it's... fine. [ that feeling lingers though, at the back of their mind. uncomfortable. ]
As long as we can see our target, teleporting works okay. [ stop no one is getting erased!! but as they reach the landing of the next floor, he's already wandering a little to glance at a cracked mirror hanging on the wall.]
I think we'd be lucky to find anything useful here. But we haven't checked the bedrooms or anything yet either, so it's possible we haven't gotten that far yet.
[ a nod, and while he goes and does that- they'll come to crouch by these dusty ass floors to try and peek under some furniture. the floors continuing to make such ominous creaking. ]
Worth checking every nook and cranny then. Just to be sure. [ actually, fuck it. let's go diceroll. ... nvm i rolled a 17, nothing happens. fuck the dice. ]
[ wiggles the mirror back and forth a little, curious. ]
We have a lot of ground to cover if we're doing it that way. But there's two of us. Shouldn't be too bad... [ poking and prodding. ] For being as old as it looks, some stuff isn't as bad off as others.
There's always revisiting later if we feel the need to too. At least, before other things start to happen.
Hmmm.. [ they fall quiet in their thoughts ] This place really stands out compared to everything else... doesn't it? Almost everywhere until now has been semi-busy, but not here.
You think there's really a reason for it? Maybe everybody else who came through here got so creeped out, too, they didn't want to look around anymore. I wouldn't blame them, but seems a little...plausible.
[ they glance over at him, head tilting with similar curious vibes, before moving back into the corridor. time to check out the house's kitchen. ]
Only things I've heard from others on the ship. Stella would mention sometimes hearing singing on the ship, from the empty cargo bay... it would be things like that, right?
Little things like that count, yeah. But some ghosts aren't as nice. Sometimes they're a little less patient and a little less hidden. A little more...uh...vengeful, maybe.
[ into the kitchen they go, and he starts to open cabinets even as he coughs away a little dust. ]
I don't think there's any real rule for how a ghost behaves. It's just about having something keeping them from passing on.
You sound as if you speak from experience with them... Are they that common?
[ Their actions are a bit more quiet, slower, as they open drawers and peek around. only because they're more interested in what he's sharing than what might be found in empty drawers. ]
Something keeping them from passing on... [ this part is echoed a bit more quieter to themselves.]
[ there's a sharp drop in his emotions even if his tone and expression don't change. ]
No. I'd never seen them before the island, actually. They're usually just in stories. But that's right. Something keeping them from passing on, or something they want to accomplish. One of the two.
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It could be from a previous game. People keep talking about tradition so it wouldn't surprise me if this is something from a while ago. But I think that's just a thing, too. Creepy, abandoned house right in the middle of beautiful suburbia. For all we know, we're gonna enter a room and find a coffin for the homeowner.
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...Someone would keep a coffin in their house?
[ of everything else, that is the strangest. looking around the room is fruitless so Setsu will peek back the corridor to see the nearest stairs. still more to explore! ]
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Makes you wonder if there's more houses like this in other parts of the city though.
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I saw a couple of houses earlier but not in this kind of state. At least from the outside they looked pretty normal. [ apparently they can walk into those houses. help. ]
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I passed a few of those, too. I was going to go back to see what the deal was. If there were people living there or where we actually were.
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It's possible there are shadow people living in them. Kind of like the ones you see around? Maybe we can find something in them... [ there's that feeling of being watched though. ]
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You think so? I mean I guess that makes sense. The shadow people are still out there outside of the UG, so it would track that they have their own houses and places to live. [ but okay, this time he does kind of follow their line of vision and slows down a little. ]
...what's up?
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Mhm, that's what I was thinking too. [ they say, a bit distracedly. before they frown a bit more, shaking their head after a moment and looking down at the new floor they've reached. more bedrooms perhaps in their future. ]
...I'm not sure, it.. feels like something is watching us. [ there's caution in their voice, careful. they're just unsure if its their experience kicking in or it's them being paranoid. ]
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[ it's not like they're the only ones who might've thought to break in, he thinks. ]
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[ so he could be right. they'll cross their arms, finger tapping idly at their own arm. ] ...Well, so long as they aren't doing anything I suppose it's... fine. [ that feeling lingers though, at the back of their mind. uncomfortable. ]
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Let's keep going for now. If someone is following us and they're about to do something weird, we can always teleport back out. Right? Just in case.
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[ not like they can be erased, not on this Fine Monday. try again later. but not ty, try me. ]
...In the meantime, I haven't really seen anything useful so far.
[ just empty, falling apart rooms. sad. ]
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I think we'd be lucky to find anything useful here. But we haven't checked the bedrooms or anything yet either, so it's possible we haven't gotten that far yet.
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Worth checking every nook and cranny then. Just to be sure. [ actually, fuck it. let's go diceroll. ... nvm i rolled a 17, nothing happens. fuck the dice. ]
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We have a lot of ground to cover if we're doing it that way. But there's two of us. Shouldn't be too bad... [ poking and prodding. ] For being as old as it looks, some stuff isn't as bad off as others.
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Hmmm.. [ they fall quiet in their thoughts ] This place really stands out compared to everything else... doesn't it? Almost everywhere until now has been semi-busy, but not here.
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[ they'll move over, glancing the way they came with a careful look. the vibes in this place do give off that feeling. ]
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Setsu, what do you know about ghost stories anyway?
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Only things I've heard from others on the ship. Stella would mention sometimes hearing singing on the ship, from the empty cargo bay... it would be things like that, right?
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[ into the kitchen they go, and he starts to open cabinets even as he coughs away a little dust. ]
I don't think there's any real rule for how a ghost behaves. It's just about having something keeping them from passing on.
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[ Their actions are a bit more quiet, slower, as they open drawers and peek around. only because they're more interested in what he's sharing than what might be found in empty drawers. ]
Something keeping them from passing on... [ this part is echoed a bit more quieter to themselves.]
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No. I'd never seen them before the island, actually. They're usually just in stories. But that's right. Something keeping them from passing on, or something they want to accomplish. One of the two.
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...I can understand the sentiment of wanting to accomplish something, especially something important. It would be hard to move on if it wasn't done.
[ poor ghosts but also valid. ]
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Even at the expense of other people?
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