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[fireflowered]

[ oh look, it's Kohaku. she's sitting on her bed.

but she's quiet. too quiet. and she doesn't seem to be moving. she doesn't seem to have anything to motivate her to move.

... look at her eyes. they look as though she has no soul.

dare you ask what's wrong with her? ]

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[ALL ACTION, SOME CREEPING REQUIRED]

[fallingjunkyard]

[ SUDDENLY THERE IS A DUDE IN UR ROOM. Don't ask how he got there, because he won't tell you. But Joshua's definitely there while no one other than this strange girl and himself are in the room. He gives her a small wave, as if casually appearing in some stranger's room is perfectly normal ]

Hello there.

[OH SNAP]

[fireflowered]

[ she doesn't react. some part of her knows that having some random guy in your room isn't generally a good thing to have, but without her spirune, she doesn't know quite how to react to it. ]

[fallingjunkyard]

[Hum, how curious]

It isn't polite to ignore a greeting, you know.

[Says the person invading peoples' rooms]

[fireflowered]

[ well now. the only emotion left in her is kindness; she can't just well ignore that. ]

Hello ...

[ he shouldn't be here. something tells her that. but she doesn't know what to feel about that, or even the words to express how he shouldn't be here. ]

[fallingjunkyard]

[ What an incredibly boring answer. But even at a casual glance, Joshua can tell there's something strange here. Perhaps it's time to probe a little further. ...Or attempt to. ]

This isn't normal for you, is it?

[ He approaches her, but not too quickly, lest he startle her. But he has his doubts about whether he'd actually be able to startle her in the first place. ]

[fireflowered]

Normal ...?

[ yep, totally just sitting there. not startled at all. ]

[fallingjunkyard]

[The resistance he's getting while he attempts to read her soul is rather odd. Yet... ]

Do you even know how to count to 10 right now? How about you stand for me; it really wouldn't do for me to talk down at you.

[fireflowered]

[ she remains quiet. yes, she knows how to count to ten. does she have any motivation to do it? no. not even curiosity as to why this person wants her to stand, or why he would challenge her with such a simple thing is coming to her. ]

[fallingjunkyard]

[ It's really quite the headache, trying to read this girl's soul. It's almost as if the soul itself wants to keep him out. He changes tactics and attempts a cursory scan, probing her surface thoughts. Again, he meets more resistance than he's used to, but the fact he finds no thoughts is oddly disconcerting.

Hmm... how did he manage to have her respond earlier? ]

Your manners really are atrocious. The only time one is allowed to lie in bed while they have guests over is when they are incapable of rising, you know.

[fireflowered]

[ and there he went, poking at the one part of her spirune she had left; kindness. she didn't want to seem rude to this person she'd only just met, regardless of how .... strange, the meeting was in and of itself. so she rose from bed, standing, but not doing much more than that. ]

Sorry ...

[fallingjunkyard]

[ Hmm! So there's some responsiveness, but only to certain things? Perhaps this girl isn't as empty as he was first lead to believe. But he's not about to attempt probing her soul some more; it was giving him a headache and he had no intention of potentially damaging it trying to get further in. ]

Well, I suppose that's a start. Now, how about tea for your guest, hmm? It's basic courtesy to offer drinks to visitors, you know.

[fireflowered]

...

[ may as well be nice to her houseguest, even if he's not exactly one she invited. she's now working at making her way down the stairs and to the kitchen. ]

[1/4]

[oursomalink]

[DOOT DOOT DOOT coming home now. The door opens to reveal Shing!]

Ah, Kohaku--!?!?

[2/4]

[oursomalink]

[... wait who is this person]

[3/4]

[oursomalink]

[OMIGOD WHY IS KOHAKU SOULLESS WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON WHY WHY WHY

DID HE DO THIS]

[oursomalink]

[Suddenly, Joshua is going to have a Shing grabbing him by the shoulders and shaking him like a rag doll in panic.]

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE?!?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER, YOU STALKER?!?!?!