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[adsum]

[ There's a little "hehe" when he pats her head, and she leans into it, trying hard to be solid so Natsume's hand doesn't sink into her skull. Maybe the monster outside wouldn't be too scary if she'd gone with Natsume— look, he even gave it a name, like it's a dog— but she's just fine staying inside the school while that thing prowls outside. ]

How long...? I don't know... I never thought to keep count.

[ Days just sort of blur together when you're a little library ghost. ]

I remember a huuuuuuuge fire, though! I haven't thought about it in a long, long time, but just a while ago, I remembered again.

[ Like several weeks ago. Like 2.A weeks ago. ]

[crystallomancy]

( shjkdgm we'll never get the arisu lore memory dream because they remember stuff— )

Ahh, I SEE. I just wanted to know if the school store's been around for LONG, and if the person who runs it has been the same every YEAR. ( just out of curiosity. )

[adsum]

[ Stares at the sky... Hiro's death is out there but I'm going to sit on Maya's forever. ]

It's been open a while... I can't remember when they made that room into a store, though. Usually the students take turns running it, before school and after school. But I don't spend a lot of time outside during the day.

[crystallomancy]

( me rn )

Because there's too many people who can't see YOU. ( ...he'd guess. maybe she told him but i don't remember if she did or not, help. ) ...You know, I asked about big scary GHOSTS, but are there any new spirits that've showed up in the past few MONTHS?

( ... )

Slightly incomplete, perHAPS?

( else he guesses he's just gonna go root around in the hitodamas he guesses /jk )

[adsum]

[ It's that, yeah, when she's much harder to see in the sunlight than she is when it's nice and dark out, but she also can't collect library dues until it's after midnight anyways. ]

Incomplete? Like how? The only new ghost I know is the boy who's in the bathroom a lot.

[crystallomancy]

( the WH oh, wait, nene's ghost probably. )

...I'd ask what kind of ghost hangs out in a bathROOM, but there's quite a common urban legend about one back HOME. ( hanako-chan. ) Don't worry about IT, Little Owlet. A friend of a friend's soul... well, part of it anyWAY, wandered off some months aGO, so I've been looking for it for HER.

[adsum]

Part of her soul is lost...? Won't it come find her again?

[ like... a lost cat. you just got to go around and go pspsps until you're close enough and it'll come ]

[crystallomancy]

( .........is that how it works? does he just have to go pspsps. haruka do you want to pspsps with him- )

I didn't really deal much with souls prior to coming to this SCHOOL, so I'm woefully uninformed when it comes to such THINGS. ( makes him mad!! he wants to know everything. ) It was released back in JUNE, so it's been about three months since THEN... Ideally I'd like her to have it at least back before ChristMAS, like a little present for HER.

[adsum]

[ maybe ]

Three months is a long time... How do you know if it's still missing? Maybe it already went home.

[crystallomancy]

( making a mental note to s

to


no he can't ever face nao again, actually. he's just going to have to assume she's whole again. )

PerHAPS, but I'm still conCERNED. It possessed someone after it was unSEALED, so I'm worried that might have impacted its safe reTURN.

[adsum]

[ H E PROMISED i can't believe he's going to abandon Nao, thanks a lot ]

Unsealed...? If you open a cage and a bird flies away, it'll be fine. Isn't this the same?

[ It's not like you dropped the birdcage and stepped on it and bent the bars and potentially squashed the bird inside before you're able to wrench open the door, that would've been a different story ]

[crystallomancy]

( LOOK AT THEIR LAST CONVERSATION, HE CAN'T LOOK HER IN THE EYE ANYMORE, HE'S JUST GONNA HAVE TO HOPE FOR THE BEST????? maybe he can just help her from a distance, where they never talk again, or look at each other, or acknowledge either of them know how to speak )

...It's a little diffeRENT. ( ummmmmmmmmmm, ) The soul was locked away in a TOY, and it was released when that toy was broKEN, rather than the puzzle being solved and opening as it should have BEEN.

[adsum]

[ Nao's just "how did you fuck up friendship with Maya AND losing track of my soul" ]

Oh no... the poor toy. [ the poor soul? the poor toy ] Cheating is never good. You shouldn't have done that.

[crystallomancy]

It was an acciDENT--I fought with a senpai of mine and crushed it underfoot in the proCESS, so I'm making it up to HER.

( or ... trying to. )

...It was my FAULT. It's only right that I help HER.

[adsum]

[ Haruka makes a little distressed noise at fighting with a senpai and breaking a toy and everything that happened; no wonder Natsume got cursed. ]

If it was an accident, all you have to do is apologize and she'll forgive you. I know she will.

[ Because that's how it works. That's the response to "I'm sorry."

Anyways she's going to reach out and pat his knee. ]

[crystallomancy]

( STOP THE CURSE IS GONE(?) PROBABLY probably................ probably.

That still doesn't really solve the problem of if her soul is back to normal or if she's still missing something or what, but Haruka's getting her head pet anyway. She's a good girl. Children are so simple at this age. He's kind of glad she can't grow up. )

Not everything can be fixed with "I'm sorRY," Little Owlet. But thank you for the encouragement nonetheLESS.

[adsum]

[ probably............

She stands a little taller when she gets her head pat, clearly enjoying the fact that she can get her head pat by anybody in the first place. ]

You're welcome! [ The proper response to "thank you," even if she didn't do much in terms of help ]

Will you be okay now?

[crystallomancy]

( probably............

sighs his favorite little ghost girl. note to ori, he's gonna bring her fun little riddles for her to solve every couple of months. bonding. )

...I'll be betTER. ( maybe. He'll just put it out of mind for the moment and doubly try not to think that maybe he'd been a little rash in trading away his eyesight.

Well. Seeing Haruka so happy makes him think it was worthwhile, anyway; being able to speak with Kazuki whenever he'd like to, too. ) You shouldn't worry about people older than you anyway, alRIGHT? We adults can take care of ourSELVES.

[adsum]

[ Can they? ]

I know. But it still feels nice when other people take care of you, right? That's how you know they care.

[crystallomancy]

( No, but part of being an adult is telling little white lies like that to people younger than you so they don't worry over the things they can't help. It's looking like you have everything under control so other people won't panic. )

It's been quite some time since I had anyone take care of ME, so perhaps I'm simply forgotten about THAT.

[adsum]

Oh no... Even adults need to be taken care of, sometimes! Like when you're sick, and somebody brings you hot soup. Or if you're not tall enough to reach a book, somebody holds a chair steady so you can climb on it and get what you need.

[ That's taking care too. ]

I don't know how to cook, and I'm not strong enough to hold the chair steady for you... But I'll think of another way.

[crystallomancy]

( ...She'll think of another way? He isn't sure what she can do either, but he's touched. Such a good girl. )

I could teach you how to COOK, though given your statURE, I'm not sure how well you could do IT. ( right, her being small is the biggest problem here. ) But if you'd LIKE, I can show you how to make a favorite of mine anyWAY.

[adsum]

[ She can do it!! Believe in her who believes in herself. ]

Yeah! What do you like? Chocolate pudding?

[ Something you just pour hot water into and stir and wait. That she can do. ]

[crystallomancy]

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Yes, it's my favoRITE.

( He's going to regret this. )

[adsum]

[ !!! ]

Mine too! Let's make you lots of chocolate pudding!

[ They're going to make a whole pot full and Natsume is going to have to eat all of it or find willing volunteers because Haruka is a ghost and only chews on fingernails for the fun of it. ]