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Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 04:47 (1 Year ago)
Lucian Arbred's POV
...
What... What was with that look in her eyes?
"...Miyako, I... I'm sorry, this... This is going to sound really mean but..." He hesitated.
"...why do you care? A-About me... I mean. Why do you?"
I mean... If she does.
Why is she even bothering...?
"You're here now, Lucian. Don't focus on anything, okay?"
...
"I could sing or read to you or anything you want- but no matter what, I'm staying right here. That's the common denominator."
"I'm---"
He wanted to say "I'm fine" and just... Just push her away because...
Because this was...
...
This was... Miyako. Who was scary and confusing.
Was this some kind of manipulation on her part, or...
...
Or was this a part of her he hadn't seen?
...
He wanted to just say "I'm fine" and push her away, but...
No.
Nono.
He...
He wanted to push away the person she seemed like on the surface. Maybe she wasn't so bad...
Lucian barely looked at her, a faraway look in his eyes.
"...Miyako, have you ever heard... That song about the hanging tree?" he asked quietly
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 04:50 (1 Year ago)
Miyako Hiroto
Why do I care about you? Isn't it obvious? She watched the way his hair brushed over his shoulders- the odd twitchiness in his movements. The enormousity of his eyes.
Because I see him in you. And I refuse to lose anyone, ever again.
"It's the right thing to do. I always do the right thing, like you, Lucian." She tipped her head to the side. "I don't believe so. If it's some suicide BS, I'll slap you upside your head. But... if you want to tell me-" she hesitated. "Go ahead. I won't mind."
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 05:16 (1 Year ago)
Lucian Arbred's POV
Lucian went very still. He didn't look at Miyako. The slightest of tears bubbled up in his eyes, but he tried his best not to release them. His breathing heaved in and out, in and out, in and out, in and out. He couldn't blink. He just... He just stared straight ahead. And tried not to think about it, but it was impossible not to think about it...
"...I always do the right thing, huh?" he croaked out weakly, his body still scarcely moving. He closed his eyes. Always did the right thing...
If I always do the right thing, why couldn't I save her?...
If he always did the right thing, why couldn't he save everyone for that matter?
"...I don't think that's true, Miyako. I don't always do the right thing..." He breathed deeply. "...no one does. And I..."
Miyako... YOU always do the right thing?
What was... What was she talking about?
Either that was a blatant lie, or...
"...I... I assumed so much about you, didn't I? When I hardly know you at all."
A pause.
"...I thought you had something to do with it, Miyako. Maybe... It was just my own grief." He lowered his head. "...maybe I just needed someone to blame. I'm... I'm ashamed of myself."
Breathing was feeling so hard. His chest tightened.
"...I may have not known her that long. But Kaoru... Was the best friend I ever had. She reminded me so much of my sister. And..."
He shuddered, thinking back to that day.
"...the things you said to her, the way you acted... What... What the hell was with that? I thought... You may have pr-provoked her into it. Somehow. I'm sorry."
His shoulders sagged.
"...I've been unfair to you. I'm so sorry."
...
"I'm supposed to dig deep, and find the truth about people. The REAL truth. Not all that seems to be there on the surface. Heh..."
...
"...what kind of therapist am I, anyway? When I couldn't save her, and... So many others?"
...
"...I failed."
"I don't believe so. If it's some suicide BS, I'll slap you upside your head. But... if you want to tell me- Go ahead. I won't mind."
...
"Oh, well, it's..." Lucian shifted awkwardly. "...it's this song, that tells this story..."
...
Mei... I'm so sorry.
"...that tells this story about a man, condemned to hang, because he was accused of killing three people. It's left ambiguous if that's true or not. And someone, probably romantically involved with this person in the song, well... They told them to run so that the two of them would both be free. The song isn't very clear about this, but they shifts to asking that person if they're coming to the tree to..."
He paused.
"...wear a necklace of hope, side-by-side with me. Well, it's... Hope. Or rope, depending on the version, but..."
...
"It's... Funny how familiar it all feels. We're all trapped here. And most of us... Well, there's a very real chance we're all going to die. I... Don't want to let that happen, but... I can't help but think about how no matter what hope we hold onto, we all wind up at that tree eventually. How we wind up there... It depends on what we do, but..."
...
"...death is really such a strange thing. We all cling on to the hope that we can run away with those we love, and escape from what torments us..."
...Kathryn flickered in Lucian's vision. Tears stirred within his eyes.
"...but in the end, we all wind up hanging at that tree, somehow. I guess... The important thing is that our deaths aren't in vain, right? I... I don't really know what I'm saying..."
Setsuna... I'm sorry.
"...sorry. Got carried away there..."
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 05:25 (1 Year ago)
Miyako Hiroto
Kaoru...? What does she have to do with this?
But as Lucian went on, she understood. Ultimately, those long-dead ghosts had EVERYTHING to do with it. This was a game of Blood and Water- friends and family, brought together and repeatedly torn apart, until all that remained of those precious connections were the ghosts. The memories.
He blamed her. She hadn't known that. Right now, she wasn't even sure she could being herself to care.
But still... it was important to him.
Hope. Suicide. Hanging. Kaoru. Memories.
She was the Ultimate Ghosthunter. She saw the way those spirits clung to him, begging for his eternal attention. To be what drove him over.
"Send it away, Lucian," she said. "I know they mean a lot to you, but right now, we need you here, with us. You're our Ultimate Therapist- we need you. I need you. Setsuna needs you. And-" she inhaled sharply, hating to say it, but knowing it was what she had to say. "Kubo needs you, more than us. I don't like you livin for him- he's a bastard, and he sure doesn't deserve you. But if it helps... I dunno."
She grimaced, ducking her head. "Maybe he can make you forget your ghosts for a little while. He's no replacement for family- but you can still keep him, you know? Guilt free." She risked a glance at his face. "He's your Shi. You don't owe Kaoru zilch- me neither, not him- just enjoy whoever makes you happy- or whatever."
Miyako sighed.
"I'm probably saying the wrong things, huh? But I mean it. I want you happy, Lucian, and I hate to see you haunted like this. Goes against my very principles as a ghosthunter. Supposed to exorcise people y'know, not leave em in misery.
All I'm saying is, stay here on this planet for a while. Might not be as crappy as you think."
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 05:28 (1 Year ago)
Sutaraitsu Umemoto
"E-ehh? Sure...I guess. Umm...we can go to the cafeteria, or something."
Sutaraitsu was...startled, to say the least.
He asked quietly, "Umm...by the way...wh-what's y-your favorite food?"
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 05:37 (1 Year ago)
Setsuna Jun
"My favourite food," Setsuna echoed dully. His hands slipped from Sutaraitsu's shoulders.
What is my favourite food...?
"Whatever you like. We can eat together. It's safer... Everything's safer together." He blinked, gave his eyes a good rub. "I was just crying... wasn't I?"
Over ■■■ ■■■■■■■■.
Weird name. He didn't think he recognized it.
"Kinda funny. I wonder if Planet X aliens took over my brain." He giggled. "C'mon, Sutes! Let's go!"
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 05:46 (1 Year ago)
Sutaraitsu Umemoto
"O-Okay!" Sutaraitsu clung onto Setsuna's arm. "Oh, aliens...that reminds me of- actually nevermind."
He took off his azurite hairclip. "H-Here, y-you can have this. This way, we'll...umm..."
"We'll never forget about each other. Y-Yeah, that's it." He smiled shyly.
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 05:50 (1 Year ago)
Setsuna Jun
"No, go on!" Setsuna perked up. "I wanna hear what you're into." He took the hairclip and admired it for a long moment.
"W-Wow!" he breathed. "Thank you! I love it!" He brought it close to his chest and tugged nervously at the hair by his neck. "Can I really keep it? Are you sure?"
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 05:52 (1 Year ago)
Lucian Arbred's POV
...
...everyone needs me.
...Setsuna needs me.
...maybe she's right. I was going to go see him, you know. But you told me not to...
...
"And- Kubo needs you, more than us. I don't like you livin for him- he's a bastard, and he sure doesn't deserve you. But if it helps... I dunno."
"...does he really? He... He freaking.. he told me he hated me and wanted me dead..."
...
"...doesn't deserve me? Yeah- y-you're right. He deserves better company."
...
Needs me... huh...
Kubo needing him... If he needed him, why did he just leave him to possibly jump out here...?
"Maybe he can make you forget your ghosts for a little while. He's no replacement for family- but you can still keep him, you know? Guilt free. He's your Shi. You don't owe Kaoru zilch- me neither, not him- just enjoy whoever makes you happy- or whatever."
"...yeah, maybe, I--"
. . .
Lucian's face went red. "K-Keep him?! My- Shi? It's... It's not like THAT! R-Really! And... It'd never... Be like that."
Forget his ghosts for a little while...
"It's not..."
He pulled out the sheet of paper and stared at it, trying not to cry again.
"...like that."
...
"...Do I really not owe her anything? She died because of me..."
...
It was my fault.
"I'm probably saying the wrong things, huh? But I mean it. I want you happy, Lucian, and I hate to see you haunted like this. Goes against my very principles as a ghosthunter. Supposed to exorcise people y'know, not leave em in misery.
All I'm saying is, stay here on this planet for a while. Might not be as crappy as you think."
"No, I... Not at all. Haha... Thank you. Miyako..."
...
"...do ghosts... Really exist?" he asked.
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 05:55 (1 Year ago)
Miyako Hiroto
"None of that's your fault, Lucian," she said firmly. "None of it. No matter what happens, hold onto that at least."
She burst into a grin at his last question.
"Oh? Now we're getting into the juicy bits. Trying to distract me from your love affair with a little flirting, I see."
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 06:03 (1 Year ago)
Lucian Arbred's POV
"...how... How is it not?"
...
Everything was his fault, wasn't it? Who else's could it be?
...
Was she serious?
"Oh? Now we're getting into the juicy bits. Trying to distract me from your love affair with a little flirting, I see."
Lucian turned to stare at her with a bewildered expression. (I wish he was drinking fruit punch right now because it would be hilarious if he was choking on it) "LOVE AFFAIR?! Nononono-"
His face grew even redder. "It's not like that! I'm his... His therapist, and he's my client. That's all. Sure, I care about him, a lot, and... He's important to me, but..."
God, what's the use in denying it?
...
Maybe it was just instinct. After all, his whole life, he'd... Had to hide things.
He knew if... He and Kubo somehow...
Became romantically involved, he'd have to keep it a secret.
That's how his whole life was.
"No, no, I wasn't flirting! I'm serious. Are... Ghosts really real?"
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 06:05 (1 Year ago)
Miyako Hiroto
Miyako chuckled, shaking her head. "Never change, Lucian. Never change. You're still so fun to play with. I like people like that."
She shot him a sly smile. "Ghosts are rather fond of mischief, after all, and I'm no exception."
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 06:12 (1 Year ago)
Lucian Arbred's POV
Lucian would be mad, if he was supposed to actually have rights and feelings of his own. It wasn't right to toy with people's feelings, but... Well, he didn't count as one.
"I... Thank you?"
...since when... Had someone liked him for who he was...?
It'd been a long time since then...
"Ghosts are rather fond of mischief, after all, and I'm no exception."
Lucian couldn't help but give her an amused smile. "would... Now be a weird time to mention that I personally consider myself a ghost?" he asked half-jokingly.
...
But... Did ghosts really exist?
The question lingered in his mind.
Such a strange girl, Miyako was. And so avoidant.
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 06:15 (1 Year ago)
Miyako Hiroto
"A ghost, eh?" She mock-tapped her chin in thought as she leaned in. She studied his face, mere inches from her own, lips nearing, breath catching-
And then she pulled back.
"Naw, you seem plenty alive to me. Good on you, thinking with your sixth sense, though. Your third eye is wayyy open."
She winked at him.
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 06:16 (1 Year ago)
A Being Called Rumia
"Hee hee! Look this way, Lucian, I'm balancing an eraser on my nose! AGAIN! Now give my your attention or you're taking a Moonlight Ray in the face."
Sutaraitsu Umemoto
"Y-Yeah, you can have it." Sutaraitsu smiled.
"So, uh, we can talk about it while we eat. I'm trying to remember...stuff."
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 06:20 (1 Year ago)
Setsuna Jun
Setsuna stared at the pathetic thing in his palm. A singular hairclip. Cheap. Plain.
He felt his cheeks heat up.
Beautiful.
"O-Oh! I should get you something too!" He fumbled for his bag, dropped it, and his hands flew up to his face. He shoved his glasses at Sutaraitsu. "Here! Take this- wait no, I need those to see, hold on-" he began shuffling through his bag and produced a bracelet.
It wasn't like... the best. But it had aliens on it, so it was kinda cool! Like what they'd talked about.
"Here! You can have... this. I know it probably means less, since it's not really something I always wear but... it's kinda a part of both of us, you know? Something we both like."
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 06:26 (1 Year ago)
Lucian Arbred's POV
...
Wait- what the hell was she-
Alarmed, Lucian jolted backwards. For a second there, he was worried she might have been planning on stabbing him 37 times in the chest.
"Naw, you seem plenty alive to me. Good on you, thinking with your sixth sense, though. Your third eye is wayyy open."
After recovering from that alarming
"No, I-- that's not... What I meant."
Lucian nervously pulled up his scarf as she winked at him. Such a strange girl...
"pffft... Don't you have a girlfriend?" he asked in a joking tone. After all, there was no way her intent was to flirt with him. Because seriously, nobody would do that, that was crazy!
"I'm a ghost because... In some ways, I'm... Already dead."
Somehow, he got the strange impression that a nearby Yōkai was demonstrating her brilliant nose-eraser-balancing skills, before telling himself he must be going insane.
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 06:32 (1 Year ago)
Miyako Hiroto
"My gf? Oh she's great, thanks for asking! She thinks you're adorable too!"
Miyako laughed her head off. My god, this kid was fun to tease! He was so short too! Like a scruffly little gremlin. And with the way he was dressed, god, you just wanted to bundle him up and plant him in front of a scenic fire!
"I'm... Already dead."
She sobered up. That wasn't good. She didn't want him thinking that way at all.
"Come on, people are happy you're alive. You're still breathing, and people are glad for it. None of that martyr crap, you're staying on this planet with us- we're not letting you go just yet."
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 06:50 (1 Year ago)
Lucian Arbred's POV
Oh, of course. Thank goodness.
But then Lucian twisted a lock of hair around his finger, looking legitimately befuddled.
"...adorable?"
How in the world was he... Adorable? She had to be joking!
"Oh, um... Thank you."
He wasn't sure what else to say.
"Come on, people are happy you're alive. You're still breathing, and people are glad for it. None of that martyr crap, you're staying on this planet with us- we're not letting you go just yet."
"...it's not that, I-- it's... Complicated."
...
"...I don't know if I've ever learned to solve my own problems... To be frank. I mean, look at me, one of the things I do when I have intense feelings I'm not used to around some guy... try to jump off a ledge, in a way that won't solve anything," he murmured, mostly to himself.
...this... This girl sure was... Strange.
"...it's just-- well, it's... Other things. There's more than one way to be dead."
He smiled slightly at her. "...although... I- maybe you're right, I don't know."
I always tried to find other people's answers. I never wanted to search for my own.
...
Could I be a part of that future?...
"Hope's Peak's family"
..she said she'd be honored to let me be a part of it.
I miss you, Kaoru...
But he wondered how she'd feel about it...
"...is... It even right that I feel the way I do about him? I'm... Supposed to just help other people, that's supposed to be all that matters..."
Laughing, smiling, holding hands.
And they all lived happily ever after.
Posted: Tue, 28/03/2023 15:50 (1 Year ago)
Miyako Hiroto
"There's only one way to die, and it's by giving up," Miyako said firmly. "They're gone by their own choices, you hear me? Nothing about this is on you- this game is the bear's twisted concoction, and we've done nothing but stir it up."
She took his hands in hers.
"You know what I say? F*ck em. Die with spite. You are who you are and even if you can bleed out in a back alley, those words'll be on your tongue, even as it lolls out the back of your skull. Own it. You're you, Lucian. No matter what happens, you won't die here, even if you lose every drop of blood in your body, or your heart is torn to pieces. So long as you don't give up, you're here with us."