[004] (AUDIO) Funny thing about getting thinner...

[ghostsofspring]

[ She's reading over the message once again, and audio picks up at the tail end. ]

"...everyone says I look so different, even pretty. Pretty." [ A contemplative silence. ] Confidence issues are one thing, even I have those, but... I have a feeling hers landed her in the middle of "be careful what you wish for." Nine pounds was probably too

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[kandied]

"Be careful what you wish for," or maybe just one of those "too good to be true" type of thing.

[ghostsofspring]

Or both. Anything I hear about from the people behind the curtains here is suspicious. A carnival that kills, then steals your vision? A kitsune at a school that grants wishes?

[ She sighs. ]

It just seems the chances of that going well are so very slim.

[kandied]

Couldn't agree more. I'll admit I'm curious to see what might happen to anyone who attempts to test it, though.

[ghostsofspring]

I'm torn between wondering if we should set up a test pending us finding these twenty-nine scholastic steps to see exactly how this 'spirit' interprets wishes. Maybe craft a wish to minimize on the loopholes for interpretation.

[kandied]

That could be interesting. We already know that not all of the spirits here are malicious, at least.

[ghostsofspring]

Exactly. If this ends up being a way out, or even just a point toward the ones responsible for bringing us here, that's information we can use.

[kandied]

The girl who wrote the message we all read might even be a spirit here. Which would be unfortunate, but if that's the case, we could attempt to get in contact with her.

[ghostsofspring]

Right, we should definitely try. Old newspaper articles at the library, or even in the clippings in the basement here might lend us a clue to how her story ended.

[kandied]

Yeah. The hospital records as well, though it's not quite as simple to get through there, given the spirits it houses.

[ghostsofspring]

Not a fan of the doctors either, are you? Not that any of them are pleasant.

[ She pauses for a beat. ]

It's a mixed bag. I know there are some of us who are much faster and used to the kind of infiltration work it would require, but most those skills rely on forms of energy that attract the attention of phantoms.