Fourth and a half Punch

[conflictedrebel]

[THIS IS KANJI. THIS IS KANJI TRAPPED IN THE BELL TOWER. DON'T ASK HOW HE GOT THERE, HE HAS NO IDEA HIMSELF. THIS IS KANJI SURROUNDED BY FIVE MILLION GASTLYS AND HAUNTERS. SEE KANJI RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE. IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY--OR IF YOUR INSIDE THE TOWER, YOU CAN HEAR HIM SCREAMING FOR HIS LIFE.]

WHY'D IT HAVE TO BE GHOSTS, DAMMIT?!

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[packofcards]

[DID YOU SAY GHOST. I THINK YOU DID.

Have a tap on the shoulder, Kanji. Then an unnerving, childish giggle.]

[conflictedrebel]

[N-NON. LIES. ALL LIES. DOES ANYBODY WANT THESE GHOSTS? HE DOESN'T WANT THEM ANYMORE. Kanji jolts up and gulps before turning around. When he does he stares and blinks and gapes.]

U-UHHHHHH

[packofcards]

[There's no one there. Peculiar. Hm.

Wait, what's that tip toeing sound? It's getting closer. And -- Wha?! Kanji, you just got slapped in the face!]

Teehee!

[conflictedrebel]

[lskdhaoigasodijf!!!]

W-What the hell!? WHAT THE HELL IS GOIN' ON HERE?!

[packofcards]

Teehee! Teehee! You're funny! [And with that, Alice materializes in front of Kanji, swaying back and forth on her heels.]

Can I as you a riddle? I dunno if you're smart enough to figure it out!

[conflictedrebel]

[Kanji sputters a bit as he stumbles over backwards.]

U-Uhhh... Wha--What kinda riddle?

[packofcards]

A most difficult one, indeed!

[Clearing her throat, Alice begins to recite it eloquently.]

"John gave his brother James a box:
About it there were many locks.

James woke and said it gave him pain;
So gave it back to John again.

The box was not with lid supplied,
Yet caused two lids to open wide;

And all these locks had never a key-
What kind of box, then, could it be?"

[conflictedrebel]

[Kanji rubs his chin as he thinks about the riddle.]

Uhh--nothin' will happen to me if I don't answer it correctly right?

[packofcards]

Well, I do suppose if you're dead it won't really matter either way, yes? [GIGGLE]

[conflictedrebel]

W-What the--WE NEVER AGREED TO THAT!!! Hell we never agreed to anything!