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[marsfireignite]

Hey, Adstringendum. I've got a question.

[Rei is sitting in a chair, in Castiel's impromptu study, with a worn book in her hands. An anthology of ghost stories. And, because of simple curiosity:]

Do you believe in ghosts?

[Scientists? What scientists? Fran is going to handle that part.]

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[light_n_ing]

I guess. Believing in pieces of people isn't so hard.

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[marsfireignite]

Why do you think they're only pieces?

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[ragebending]

What's the point?

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[marsfireignite]

Life, in my world, doesn't have just a beginning and an end. It's a constant cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

I'm taking it's not the same in your world. Or, if it is, you just haven't noticed it yet.

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[ragebending]

It is.

But it's better to let them go rather than dwell on the past. ( As hard as that is. )

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[marsfireignite]

That's true -- but the spirits don't always have a choice whether or not they can pass on.

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[genkireaper]

[Well, it seemed a bit silly to answer that question exactly, but Botan is curious... And she can't resist curiosity.]

I take it the question is for those that don't actually interact with spirits and ghosts directly... What exactly is the definition for 'ghost' in this case, if there is one?

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[marsfireignite]

One of my best friends in this world is a ghost.

[Rei flashes Botan a grin.]

You're exempt -- but I take it to mean as someone who has passed on in their living life and is reborn again in the next, as a spirit, without a body, but with an attachment to the world.

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[genkireaper]

It is hard to prove or show to people here, though... Given Adstringendum gives or forces everyone into a corporeal state.

It actually feels a little strange, knowing that I've been in this body for as long as I have. I usually only had it as long as I had to be interacting with the living world, so it was more like it was by choice.

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[marsfireignite]

The shinigami are like that, too. Toushirou doesn't have a corporeal body in his world unless he's in the 'real world', or whatever you want to call it.

[magicxmarker]

Well, seeing as I'm a paranormal investigator and have seen and dealt with them, yeah.

[marsfireignite]

Aah, you should have hung out with the Winchesters when they were here. I'm pretty sure they do the same thing in their world -- or something close to it.

[Rei didn't really ask a lot of questions of Sam and Dean of their own world. Their world sucks. Majorly.]

What kind of ghosts have you seen, then?

[magicxmarker]

I don't remember them. Where they here before I left? They sound pretty cool...

But um, I'm dealing with a case with one right now. The guy was murdered trying to get a Selkie pelt, and he just. stayed in the building he was murdered in. Its kind of scary how strong feelings can translate to power in spirits. I mean, the guy hadn't even been dead a week and he was possessing people and messing with the lights...

But I guess that's love for you.

[marsfireignite]

Dean left while you were gone, I think. Sam's been gone for much longer.

[But Rei listens, for a moment or two, before looking curious.]

Emotions are strong enough to attach a ghost to a place in your world?

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[feel_nevermore]

How are you doing?

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[marsfireignite]

Fine, more or less.

John and Cas were furious with me when I got back. Big surprise.

[Video//Private//Unhackable]

[feel_nevermore]

[Raven snorts softly.] Join the club.

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[marsfireignite]

Yeah, and happy New Year.

[SIGH.]

Has Fran compiled all of the information yet?