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[stillsomehope]

[the little communicator clicks on without ceremony, but for a long while nothing is written... When Kei finally finishes reading (and reading and re-reading) the article the only line he types is;]

I suppose this is what one would call irony.

[ooc: My notifs aren't working for Kei. Sorry if tags are late. D| ]

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[notlikethemovie]

Why does it not surprise me at all?

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[stillsomehope]

Because we've been here for over a month. It's hard not to get used to these things...

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[notlikethemovie]

And still no way to take care of anything. Aside from the tape. Which only wards things off.

So frustrating.

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[stillsomehope]

...

Whatever exorcisms that used to work before doesn't seem to have any permanent effect here. [not that... Kei can actually fight ghosts, that's what Choushiro is for]

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[notlikethemovie]

Nothing I know from back home does anything, either.

Might be because I'm not good at this, but I doubt it.

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[stillsomehope]

I'm sure there's a way through this. And really... You're no the only one who had problems with ghosts before coming here.

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[notlikethemovie]

Well, I can't say I had problems with them. They were just an interesting thing to study.

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[stillsomehope]

[ping'd!]

So you were studying folklore as well? Or... was it hauntings and ghosts in particular that you were interested in?

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[notlikethemovie]

A bit of both really. I'm actually an art major, but my friends and I liked studying the paranormal and folklore for fun.

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[stillsomehope]

... I see.

I'm sorry you had to experience something like this. Though I suppose this is what we get for getting pulled too deep into this sort of world, isn't it?

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[notlikethemovie]

It's nothing like they show in movies and videogames, that's for sure. At least in those the character gets something to fight with. The reality is a bit more mind-numbingly terrifying than I was expecting. I guess this is what I get for having bad hobbies.

So did you have problems with restless spirits or angry ghosts where you came from?

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[stillsomehope]

Games...?

[it takes a long time before he types a reply] You could say that. Though there are certain 'requirements' that need to be met before they actually... did anything to people.

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[notlikethemovie]

Yeah, the horror and survival game genre is really popular in the United States.

Requirements? I'm kinda afraid to see an explanation for that. You don't have to, though.

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[stillsomehope]

I suppose the sort of haunting and folklore I studied with Mafuyu and Yuu would be a bit different from the ones often found in the Western Hemisphere.

... Have you ever come across an urban legend regarding something called the 'Manor of Sleep'?

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[notlikethemovie]

Probably, but I tend to branch out into some Eastern lore when I can.

Uh....wait. Does that have anything to do with creepy little girls singing about pinning a priestess? Because one of the girls around here was singing this demented lullaby and it was freaking me out.

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[stillsomehope]

Would it happen to start like this-

'Sleep, priestess, lie in peace.
Sleep, priestess, lie in peace.'