Aoko Nakamori: 031: [In Person]

[abluechild.livejournal.com]

[Nothing special here--Aoko is just dusting the halls. Feel free to say hello!]

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[abluechild.livejournal.com]

B-but-!

[she's scared of ghosts >:]

[stalking_horse]

Trust me, if I'm not here, then it -

[And then there's a brief stricken look of recognition as he sees what it's about to do, just as it moves to trip her as she's getting close to him.]

[abluechild.livejournal.com]

[And she trips-and stumbles and well- plows falls right into Hakuba.]

[stalking_horse]

[Of course he catches her so she doesn't fall.] Damnit, I need that flashlight. [He's giving his shadow a reproachful glare over Aoko.]

[abluechild.livejournal.com]

[Stupid ghosts! She's standing up again and looking around to see if she can see what tripped her]

[stalking_horse]

[He's going to start edging for the stairs.] I really should go deal with it before it starts too much trouble...

[abluechild.livejournal.com]

Before what starts too much trouble? [sorry, she's still following] I could help you look for a flashlight!

[stalking_horse]

[He gets a very unhappy lineface.] My shadow.

If you're helping, it's just going to keep harassing you. I'm not sure what it did to Kaito, but I woke up to him throwing things at me.

[abluechild.livejournal.com]

Your Shadow? [....she looks at the ground to see if it's around]

...s-so it's not a ghost?

[stalking_horse]

[Oh, it's there. And contrary to the light, it is still staying pretty close to her.]

No, it's not a ghost.

1/3

[abluechild.livejournal.com]

[Well. that is a huge relief]

Good! Aoko hate ghosts.

-But I'll still help you find your-

[abluechild.livejournal.com]

[.....]

[abluechild.livejournal.com]

[Dear god! It happened again! Her face is very-very red again and she just going to cover her eyes]

St-stop that!

[stalking_horse]

[It - didn't do anything that time -] Stop - what? I can't control it, but - I didn't see it do anything -

[abluechild.livejournal.com]

[She... is afraid to look right now and going to keep her eyes tightly closed and covered]

N-nothing j-just-n-nothing.

[stalking_horse]

....Right. [On the one hand, he's sort-of worried. On the other hand...] I'll... just be going then ... before something else happens. [And he's...going to start for the stairs again.]

[abluechild.livejournal.com]

A-are you sure you'll be okay? [still not looking up]

[stalking_horse]

Well, at least I won't have it harassing you, which will be easier to handle.

[abluechild.livejournal.com]

I'm not mad at you- [she looks up again buuut immediately covers her eyes again after squeaking]

[stalking_horse]

[He's not sure what's wrong with you now, but he's not laying odds on its patience.] And I thank you for that, but there's really no reason to subject you to it while I'm trying to get it under control.

[abluechild.livejournal.com]

...There's probably a flashlight in the store room. [yup, her eyes are still covered]

[stalking_horse]

Thank you - I'll see if I can't at least find SOMETHING to slow it down with. [And he's ... leaving as soon as he can, before it gets another idea in its nonexistent head.]