[02] hologram;

[eternalritual]

... Hello?

[ There's a slightly faulty hologram of a young girl speaking on the network. It flickers and distorts once in a while, but overall remains in one piece. She looks nervous, cautious, hands clasped against her chest as she speaks up again. ]

Hello - oh!

[ Automated audio; the voice doesn't fit quite right. Surprised, she covers her

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Video.

[thiswaydaddy]

[Cindy is just going to press her face as close to the hologram as possible so you get a nice clear view of a gaping helmet window in your video feed.]

....Hello?

Hologram.

[eternalritual]

Ah!

[It's... that person with the red light helmet. Mayu keeps her hands close to her face, eyes wide as she stares up. The apprehension in her expression and body language don't quite translate when she "speaks".]

... Hello.

Video.

[thiswaydaddy]

Hello.

[Cindy parrots back at her again and pulls back just slightly. This ghost looks an awful lot like a girl, and she fails to associate it with the butterfly from before. Still, as per usual, she simply stares and waits for instructions.]

Hologram.

[eternalritual]

[Yeah, it's that helmet. This person never hurt her before... and they won't now, right? She eases up a bit, lowers her hands slightly, watching to see if they'll say or do anything.]

Video.

[thiswaydaddy]

[This was a strange ghost, it didn't move and just watched her. She didn't know what to think about it or what to do, so she just stared. The gurgling sound she let out was as close to a question as she was capable of voicing.]

Hologram.

[eternalritual]

[Safe... right. Okay. She doesn't really know what to make of those sounds, so let's try talking again.]

What's your name...?

Video.

[thiswaydaddy]

[At first, she's not sure she understands, but the question is one she's heard before. She vaguely recalls someone shaking her, a long time ago, and shouting the answer at her over and over. Could have been someone else, though, with all the ADAM she's ingested.

Still, the ghost asked her something and she has to respond. She gives it the only answer she remembers, half garbled though it may be.]

....name is sssscindy.

Name is?

Hologram.

[eternalritual]

[Some concentration... What was that?]

Cindy?

Video.

[thiswaydaddy]

[There's an indistinguishable metal sound that doesn't really sound threatening. It's probably a yes. Either way, the big sister goes still and just watches her.

What am conversation?]