Audio [05]

[morbidmausoleum]

Okay, so... anyone have any tips for killing the monsters quickly that they'd be willing to share?

[There's a startled cry, a repetitive wet thudding sort of sound, and then Dinah returns as if nothing has happened.]

Because I'm thinking there's got to be a more convenient way than 'hit it with a baseball bat until it stops moving.'

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[audio]

[pinnedbangs]

[Too bad he can't suggest, kill it with fire - wait, hmmm...]

Have you tried setting them on fire?

[audio]

[morbidmausoleum]

... Actually, no. Not sure why I didn't think of that, it seems like it would be pretty-

[The sound abruptly fades again. Same wet smacking as before, followed a by a splash, a 'vwoooosh' sort of sound, and then the crackling of flames.]

Wow. That was actually a little anti-climactic.

Thanks for the tip, uh...?

[audio]

[pinnedbangs]

[From the sounds of that battle, it seems she's a-okay on her own!]

Anti-climactic? ...Right. I'm Rin Okumura. You?

[audio]

[morbidmausoleum]

[Yeah, she's pretty used to fighting angry dead things that want to kill her.]

Mm-hm. I was expecting them to run away or at least try to defend themselves. It's kind of weird that they don't. [Not boasting or disappointed or anything - this is all just scientific observation to her.]

Dinah Wherever. Nice to meet you, Rin.

[audio]

[pinnedbangs]

[It's great that she can defend herself, not so great that she's so used to it all.]

Oh that! [chuckling] Some of them put up a bigger fight than others but I think they don't want to fight. It's like they're waiting for something. [And that's much more frightening. He doesn't let the apprehension seep into his voice.]

Nice to meet you too, Dinah.

[audio]

[morbidmausoleum]

[Some people take part time jobs bagging groceries. She took a part time job guiding the spirits of the restless dead, which sometimes want to kill her.]

Waiting for something? I really don't like the sound of that...

[audio]

[pinnedbangs]

Neither do I. But that's the feeling I get!

Most demons I've know have either been under strict orders or they've been called in some way. ...Or they just go crazy. [He shrugs his shoulders -- oh, wait, she can't see him.]

[audio]

[morbidmausoleum]

You think they're demons? I was thinking corporeal spirits, or, y'know, zombies.

Either way, though, they're usually aware of their surroundings enough to defend themselves, at the least, so...

[audio]

[pinnedbangs]

Yeah. I'm not completely sure. They don't look like the ones in the textbook. Cor-po-re-al? [He'll be able to pronounce this word after a few more tries...] Never met a zombie.

But you know what's weirder? The demons - spirits, whichever - the smaller ones don't seem to know what's going on anymore than we do. It's the Nurses that know a little more but they won't say anything.

[audio]

[morbidmausoleum]

Yeah - means, in a nutshell, that they have enough of a physical body to affect things in the physical world. Like, say, by trying to drown people. Or actually drowning people. And neither have I, but they seem to fit the definition so I'm not ruling it out.

[A pause as she digests that last bit.]

Really? Huh. Not exactly surprising, I guess... still. ... Do the nurses even leave the hospital?

[audio]

[pinnedbangs]

So, it's like possession... okay. [And he smiles in thanks - damn audio.] Thanks.

[He thinks back to the battles both within the hospital and outside of it.] I don't think so. I haven't seen one outside of it yet. And I really don't want to. [Them nurses be scary.]

[audio]

[morbidmausoleum]

[Possession. Sure. Close enough.]

Well that's a relief. I hear they're worse than any of the small fry outside.

[audio]

[pinnedbangs]

Those are the worst? [Well. This is news to him.] There's not a Doctor? Or a Lawyer?

Re: [audio]

[morbidmausoleum]

I haven't been near the hospital since I arrived, so I don't know for sure, but... I haven't heard anyone mention any, no.

[audio]

[pinnedbangs]

[There should be a Malpractice Monster as well. If he remembered his American crime tv soap operas correctly.]

Okay. [a beat] Don't go near them.

[audio]

[morbidmausoleum]

Wasn't planning on it.