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I can't say I understand what is going on among even half of the people here. Even if I were a proper folklorist, I would have been studying Japanese folklore and - from what I can tell - almost everyone here seems to be taking cues from Wester folklore ( Read more... )

[there are three voices audible over the communicator]

[one, a sad female voice, moaning and faintly repeating the same phrase over and over again. The second, the sound of mad laughter. Both sound as if they were heard through a wall, and there's light knocking every once in a while ( Read more... )

[with a click, the blackberry is knocked to the floor of a room littered with books and manuscripts. Most are old and almost illegible, others are filled with text written in a format only scholars would be familiar with, most involve urban legends ( Read more... )

[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| ]

'During the Rite of Spirits, they must gouge out their eyes so that they might see dreams even while awake'

[a sigh rattles over the microphone] At least they aren't attacking here. [if there was anything else recorded, it's not audible over the roar of music... Turning on the text function, Kei adds one more thing]This place is too much like ( Read more... )

[there's the sound of static as the communicator comes to life. A long silence follows before something is finally keyed in]

Rei and Miku aren't here anymore... They didn't have the curse anymore so... I hope they're all right.

As for Mio and Mayu...

[there's the sound of curtains flapping carelessly in the room. He's experienced hauntings like this before, when he started seeing things that shouldn't be there... when the Curse first started. Even in the Manor, such things were common occurrences ( Read more... )

[after reading the newspaper article and copying it out into an empty notebook he picked up, Kei stops to turn on the communicator's text function]

Another spirited away, huh? At least it's a [familiar situation] starting point...

[ - click - static - ]

[a short while later, the communicator comes back to life with a strange video. Kei's ( Read more... )

[click]

[static]

[there's the sound of someone stumbling through the door, and faint murmuring;] I should know better... So tired...

[taping off the door he moves slowly across his room]

I think... I'll just lay down... Just for a moment-

[the sound trails off and there's a light thud noise as Kei's grip on the communicator loosens as he ( Read more... )