so_shik | Sixteenth Spool of Thread-[Voice]

He's a Reaper, which is automatically higher than a Player. That's all I can think of.

Did they seem limited in any way?

His powers here? A little, generally his attacks could easily kill us in the Game, and he can't summon super-powerful Noise to attack either.

Do you think that maybe he figured something out? Like, a way to make them work?

And pardon my repeated ignorance but, noise?

I'm not sure really...I should look into it but right now it's not really an option.

Noise are the "monsters" of the Game.

Right--now, the only option is healing up and getting mobile.

Well I've got crutches but I'm pretty sure if I tried walking very far Haruki would pitch a fit.

He's the protective type?

Apparently! I'm not sure what made him decide to be so protective of me suddenly but...it's kind of nice, I guess.

Do think that it may be because he sorta-kinda-maybe has eyes for you?

Eyes?

You know--the interested in you kind of eyes?

...um, I'm pretty sure that's not the case here.

Oh, why so? It can't be that unbelievable, can it?

Yeah it is. His girlfriend just left Luceti and he's still upset about that and...I don't know, I'm just not his type okay?

[That took the wind out of her sails.]

Oh. Sorry to hear that--for him, I mean.

[Well that helps, Shiki's just in immense denial at the moment.]

Yeah, it's kind of sad. That's mostly why I moved in just to keep him from going completely insane...but I think I might be too late, the guy's got a coffin in his bedroom. Who does that that's not a vampire?

Actually, that's a common misconception about vampires. Most of them consider the coffin thing to be mucho tacky.

Still, though. He's got a coffin in his room? Do you know why? Besides his obviously serious case of being a heebeejeebie-giver.

Knowing Haruki's logic it's probably in case a vampire decides to stay with us. He's...really into the supernatural weird stuff you know? I'm pretty sure he's the one that called that giant squid alien to Luceti.

But tacky as it might be, it goes with the decor of tiki heads, alien crop circle patterns, and shrunken skulls.

Huh. Well, if he really wants to get to know a vampire so bad--there's always Angel. He's usually in the relatively harmless category. But, then again, he's also not so big on to socializing.

Shrunken skulls? This kid's far-gone.

His goal is to discover the unknown mysteries of the world. Aliens, monsters, that kind of thing. Ambitious enough but totally weird. I'm not even sure why he has half the stuff he does, maybe it's just to scare people, who knows? All I know is that it's spread out everywhere. It's like a tornado of weird hit the whole house.

I know a guy who owned a magic shop, once. It was sort of like that, only...less of a tornado and more a really well organized inventory system designed by a stuff old British man. So, maybe not at all like that. But there were weird things. Shrunken heads, mummy hands, the odd black arts book.

Somehow I think Haruki would have a field day. I just don't get it.

Some people are just fascinated by the unknown. That same guy who had the shop? He devoted his life to studying the occult.

Now see that's even weirder. I get the idea of having a hobby but some people take it a little too far.

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