It wasn't a place where "light-hearted" things happened very often...
...
Well, perhaps... there was the time when all of the dead were able to return for a day, as ghosts. We all decided to show up right when Todomatsu set up a kissing booth on the living side, to surprise him.
... Don't tell Todomatsu that I told you this.
[ it's an embarrassing story, for him... everyone else had a lovely time. ]
[ oh. hm. that somehow wasn't what he expected of her origins at all. mordalion observes with a tilt to his head... there's a lot happening here. morphs, like shapeshifters? and a house overrun with them.
... I gained a lot of allies. I spent weeks building trust with people around me, working my way up in that twisted aristocratic system, trying to free people from the powers that controlled them...
But everything I worked for was lost in an instant.
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[ says the shadow? ]
Do you have a specialty among those things? Or do you do it all...?
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[ makes a flapping shape with his hands. ]
My Deputy Leader is a ravener. He trains High Beast birds to spy and communicate for us.
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I see. We used birds in Scawwy to communicate with the overseers... They're surprisingly reliable.
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[ glances at her. her game... ]
Did you have anything interesting or embarrassing happen in Scawwy, Kate?
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Er, perhaps... I'm not sure what you would consider interesting...
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Well, perhaps... there was the time when all of the dead were able to return for a day, as ghosts. We all decided to show up right when Todomatsu set up a kissing booth on the living side, to surprise him.
... Don't tell Todomatsu that I told you this.
[ it's an embarrassing story, for him... everyone else had a lovely time. ]
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[ like that. his ears lift, a faintly amused upturn to his lips. ]
That is extremely funny. I won't tell him.
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but anyway, another wind comes along and they are subjected to a memory of kate sneaking into the Shadows House. ]
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and kate, who isn't quite the same? ]
You were risking a lot to blend in, weren't you?
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Looking back, it was really reckless...
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Did you find your answers, eventually?
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There are things that I need to do... that only I can do.
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Do you have allies? Friends, that can help you with this?
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... Yes. Some...
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But everything I worked for was lost in an instant.