Twenty-Eighth Spools of Thread-[Action]

[so_shik]

[Shiki knows a good business opportunity when she sees one. She's currently sitting behind the counter of All Passions doodling in her journal. Outside is a giant sign taped to the window.]

Custom-made, hand-designed souvenir clothing from Luceti here!

[Because hey, they all have to leave sometime, right? And everybody likes souvenirs.]

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[so_shik]

[The stalker suddenly feels stalked. Shiki's just going to look up suddenly and peer at the window...what is this.]

/icontwins

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[Oh crap did Eri see her?! Shiki holds her breath because that will totally make her less conspicuous when she's OUTSIDE and Eri is INSIDE... automatic reaction.

Don't panic, don't panic. It would be good to just leave... on the other hand she wants to know how Eri is doing.]

<3

[so_shik]

[Shiki...is suspicious. Very, very suspicious. She's almost tempted to get up...and so she does. And she starts heading toward the window because seriously, this is starting to creep her out. If she finds out it's just Joshua though, man, will she be ticked.]

[two-star-thread.livejournal.com]

[Sneaking a look at the window again shows that Eri is up and heading in her direction. Yeah, she's been spotted.

Crap.

Tiny smile and a little wave.]

[so_shik]

[Shiki's going to stop dead in her tracks. What. Is. This. Eri. This...oh man, this is not good. How would you even explain this?! "By the way, I died and took your body, but then I came back but got stuck here in your body still". That probably would go great.

Instead, Shiki's just going to stare and give a weak smile back. Great.]

[two-star-thread.livejournal.com]

[Shiki is thinking... pretty much the exact same thing.

What would be the best way to solve this? Run away? Running away sounds good. Yeah, let's do that...

...stops once she gets around the corner of the building though because wasn't she supposed to STOP doing that? But... this is not how it was supposed to be.]

[so_shik]

[Wait, what? Eri's leaving?

...maybe she thought it was just a reflection. Or maybe she somehow figured it out and really just didn't want to see her at all. Shiki's pondering whether she wants to chase after her, but would it actually help at all? She just stares out the window and looks out, hoping to spot her before she gets too far.]

[two-star-thread.livejournal.com]

[...Shiki slowly comes back around the corner, glancing at Eri as she passes and opens the shop door.

She takes a deep breath. How is she even going to begin....]

Hey, Eri.

[so_shik]

[As soon as the door opens, Shiki starts talking though.] Eri I- [Shiki was going to explain, but suddenly she stops.] ...wait, what?

[two-star-thread.livejournal.com]

[...wat.

Again.]

What? You're Eri! ...aren't you?

[so_shik]

No...I thought you were Eri!

[two-star-thread.livejournal.com]

No! I'm Shiki!

[Okay now she's totally lost. That's taking the edge of the 'ohgodno' quiiiite a bit.]

What's going on here?!

[so_shik]

You think I know!? I know as much as you do! [Why, why does weird stuff have to happen to her all the time?]

[two-star-thread.livejournal.com]

Okay, well... are we both Shiki, then?

[Notices something.]

And what's with the wings? They don't look like Reaper wings...

[so_shik]

I...guess so, but why are you in Eri's body, too?

These? They're wings everybody here has. They kind of keep us alive or whatever.

[two-star-thread.livejournal.com]

I was supposed to come back in my own body. I'm not sure why I'm still like this.

[What, really? She looks over her shoulder and feels her back, but nothing.

That might be bad.]

...I don't have any.

[so_shik]

I was in my own body too before I got stuck here. [She looks on the other Shiki's back...huh, weird.] A lot of the people that just got here don't have wings, it looks like. Totally weird.

[two-star-thread.livejournal.com]

Really? Well... I feel okay so far, so maybe it's not a big deal.

Hey... did Neku ever come back?

[so_shik]

Yeah...he did. He's okay.