Innocent Soul [Quest]

[Airen]

Train, En Route to Aoyama
After 6
November 13th, 2000

"Idol huh? Which one?"

It doesn't surprise me that I hadn't heard of it until now, I was never too into the idol scene, the crowds always felt like a bit too much for me. I'm not too used to operating in areas like that, when my family went out, it was always smaller things, a restaurant, maybe an amusement park on occasion... Things like concerts... Well...

I can see how it would be fun, but at the same time, that many people yelling and cheering just seems like it would make my head hurt.

Still, can't help but be curious.

"Think it was Tomoe, uh, Tomomin?" lightly tapping her chin, the red-haired girl turns her gaze to the ceiling for a minute, before diving back into the bag of seemingly limitless space, emerging with a picture of someone I recognize, if only vaguely, "Yeah, definitely her, the date's on the poster. Concert happens a bit before noon, it seems."

"Oh, butterfly girl."

While I didn't remember the name, still didn't really recognize it even after she said it, it was still someone I remembered as "butterfly girl." It was her usual costume, at least, as far as I could tell, and it was definitely the gimmick they were going for, since every time I had seen a concert on television in passing, she always made her entrance out of some elaborate technicolor cocoon being lowered from the sky. She wasn't bad, was certainly pretty enough for the part, she could sing, and her outfit was attention grabbing enough that even someone like me bothered to remember her.

Pretty much a success, her agent must be happy.

"Well, since we're talking idols, the truly devoted ones probably showed up the day before," mimicking my friend's one eyed pose, I casually float the picture back towards her, "This your way of implying you wanna go?"

As good as she is, I'm still pretty talented at reading her.

"Hehe... Well, it might be a fun intermission, right?"

Eyes getting shifty, she fidgets slightly as I stare her down, slightly amused.

"Didn't know you had a thing for idols."

"I-I don't, I just happened to stumble across these tickets. Complete accident, I assure you."

Such a bad liar.

You totally bought them.

"Well..."

1.) Sure. Might as well give it a try. Pop music is always a good counter remedy for the gloomy atmosphere of a ghost hunt.
2.) Feels less special if it's not just us...
3.) Kind of sudden. Are you one of her fans?

[Rafflesiac]

3

[Janx]

2.

[Kuroyuki]

2.) Feels less special if it's not just us...

[Airen]

Train, En Route to Aoyama
After 6
November 13th, 2000


'Well, I'm not entirely against it, but I was kinda looking forward to it being just us today..."

While it's a bit selfish, it's also what I would call honest. With the advent of exams, and all of the school clubs demanding her attention, there hadn't been much time for Emi and I to hang out together lately. It shouldn't bother me as much as it does, probably wouldn't if I was extra social like her, but to be honest, Saginuma Emi is really my only friend. It's not like I don't talk to other people, I am a Club President after all, but the only person I can feel one-hundred percent comfortable around that's not family, is her.

I only ever tried to found a Club because she convinced me I could pull it off.

I see my family all the time, but she was harder to get ahold of, and I had finally grasped a bit of her time for myself so, even if it's a bit selfish...

"O-Oh, I see," flushing slightly, perhaps because I had been too honest, the red-haired girl nervously messes with her collar, "I didn't mean to... Sorry, forget I brought it up. Don't worry, it's just you and me today."

A little awkwardly, we pass the remainder of the trip in silence, although I catch Emi glancing at me every once in awhile, as if she was trying to figure something out, or was perhaps having difficulty figuring out how to say what she wanted to say. By the time we get off the train, out of the station, and out onto the street she's seemingly back to her normal self, although, she also seems to be making an effort to stay a bit closer...

"Alright then, Kaicho! Your call, where to first!"

Yeah, that's the usual energy.



1.) Aoyama Cemetary. Might as well hit the obvious one first.
2.) Yurei Zaka. Rarely see any living people here, always one or two ghosts though, Emi can't actually see em, but maybe I can spook her a bit, she'd think it's cool.
3.) "Loveless" Shopping Mall. Stores that apparently change location every few hours, ghost shops that supposedly vanish after you leave them, easy access to restaurants... Seems like it might be neat.

[Rafflesiac]

2

[Vritra]

3 I supremely disappointed in every one who voted idols then didn't vote idols.

[Airen]

waifu focus

[Vritra]

You can waifu while you listen to idols.

Also I wanted to ask you something but you never came on you jerk.

[Airen]

Phoneeeeeee

[Vritra]

Your phone wasn't around, or at the very least it wasn't named properly and with all the randoms hanging around i'm not just going to randomly messaging stuff so I still blame you.

[Janx]

I never voted for idols.

[Airen]

Always flirt with the best friend when given the chance *nods*

[Mooncake]

2

[R.Lock]

But you always have to choose a tease option if there's one. Even over idols.

2.

[Bobin]

3

Sounds intresting.

I should've been around to vote for idols, regret of my life.

[arkturus]

2) Lez go
Flirting with your best friend never has any consequences. It's just what your normal HS girl would do right?

[R.Lock]

So long as you don't have rewind time ability to break reality in most hilarious ways!

[Airen]

Yurei Zaka
Approaching 11
November 13th, 2000

Even though it was little more than a road, an out of the way path that led to the cemetery, the Yurei Zaka had always seemed to be a bit more active as far as spirits went. It made sense if you looked at human mentality, just because a person was dead, didn't mean they wanted to just stare at their tombstone forever, if they thought it was a dream, or were simply in denial, it was natural to just wander out of a place like a graveyard, if not for their own sense of satisfaction, then to follow home their family, or someone else who piqued their interest.

While we had meant to get here earlier, there was a remarkable amount of traffic, people flowing in and out, idol fans storming a distant park in preparation for the show. It's a big crowd, bigger than the usual, which was saying something in a place like this...

Even so, once we arrived, I had found that today's selection of spirits were remarkably cooperative, in spite of the rather tragic circumstances of their own existence. It was a businessman that had been in some sort of wreck, he couldn't remember which even when I asked, but the simple act of "remembering," had seemed to trigger the start of his own "crossing over."

The denial had been pretty heavy.

Assuring me that he wasn't dead, even though we could both pretty clearly see that he was walking through things, and that there were tire marks on the back of his clearly broken right leg. I suppose it's the usual, no one really wants to believe that they've died, but he's thankful enough when I point it out and convince him, thankful enough to-

"You know, it's a little freaky that you manage to pull this off so consistently..."

-Play a quick game of catch with me before letting the light carry him off. It's a simple party trick of the psychic really, if you have enough ghost friends there's not much you can't do, cheating on tests becomes easy, you can pretend to have telekinesis by getting them to move things around, gather information silently, prank people you don't like, you name it, an invisible wandering specter can probably do it for you if you're convincing enough.

Of course, there are probably ways to force it, I mean, if ghosts are real, then magic is probably also a thing, but I've never looked into it, and I never really plan to look into it.

Even this ability is almost too much for me.

"Spin, please."

The thing I gave him to scare Emi with was my jacket. It's big enough to make an impression, and while the sight of a man running around her in circles because I asked him too is far less impressive to me, to someone who can't see him, it's probably a bit more exciting, although when I was showing off for the other members, I had done a few more tricks with a ghost and a yo-yo...

A president of an Occult Club should be able to put on this much of a show at least, and while this was technically a ghost hunt, I had no intentions of running into anything that was actually dangerous.

Not that you'd find many dangerous ghosts in town, the suicide forest was a better place for that kind of hunt.

Watching with some amusement as the normally chill school ace tightens up slightly, my gaze turns when I notice a woman standing just at the edge of my vision. She's tall, with teal hair and eyes, and...

For some reason feels familiar, like I've met her before.

She's not looking at me, Emi, or my new salary-man friend, she was looking... Past us... Staring at something in the sky...

1.) Follow her gaze.
2.) My thoughts get strange when I look at her... Just ignore it.

[Bobin]

2

Impending danger.