Video ☆ Spirits Fearing Ghosts

[minogame]

( The video is normal enough! Urashima props his phone up so it's at a good angle and holds up a poster for everyone to see. )

Look! There's going to be a lot of haunted houses in this park soon! Everyone should go! It looks like a lot of fun!

( And he sets the poster down next to Kamekichi, his always sleeping turtle. Right now, she appears to have a cooling washcloth on her shell. It's hot, guys. Summer is here. Someone get this turtle to a cool pond. )

Hmm... you know, it's that time of year, too! Isn't that fun? Maybe we can tell each other ghost stories! I'll start, I'll start!

Have you ever heard of tsukumogami? They're spirits that live in "things." I think the scariest one is Boroboroton! Boroboroton is an angry futon spirit. If you don't take care of your futon, it'll come to life, throw you out of bed, and cover your face. Isn't that scary? So you should take care of your things before they get angry!

( He isn't very good at this ghost story thing and he has twenty more stories just like this one. )

What do you think?

For those interested, this is a mini prelude for my upcoming player plot so check it out!

Comments

[revolutionfalcon]

[Shun notes that reaction, and doesn't push further on the subject. Even if it sounds like Urashima knows what he was, if it's causing him a reaction like that it's not worth asking.]

I know that much, at least. I take care of my weapons as well as I can. [And everything else too, but his weapons are what he feels are most relevant to taking care of him in return, whether it's his deck or his dagger.

He moves on with the change of subject, in any case.]

There aren't many things left that can scare me. Ghosts aren't one of them.

[minogame]

( The knowing by itself isn't the problem. It's combined with the topic at hand that it gets uncomfortable. Was he taken care of? How could he died if he wasn't human? How could he die if he was taken care of? Was he thrown away? He doesn't want to get on that particular line of thinking.

He's grateful for the change of topic and recovers without missing a beat, )

So you're really brave? ( Is that it? ) Hmm... but you'd have to be afraid first before you can be brave, right? So maybe you just dont' care about ghosts?

[revolutionfalcon]

Don't care about them is probably more accurate. Being called brave doesn't mean much if the fear was never there in the first place.

[The only ghosts Shun cares about are the ones of people he knows.]