SHRIEKING SKULLS WILL SHOCK YOUR SOUL AND SEAL YOUR DOOM TONIGHT

[acherontiastyx]

[After 10:00 p.m., the library's... definitely a little different. The tables have lit candles on them, and there are... kind of janky cardboard cutouts set on some of the shelves. An attempt was made, at least, even if there could've been more boxes destroyed in the attempt...

But regardless. There's candles set around a place for some snacks if anyone wants to bring them, and there's also a blanket set on one of the tables. Because clearly, that's where the storyteller's supposed to sit...? Maybe you wanna do it. Maybe you just want to stand or sit or something.

Either way, let's get fucking spooky up in here.]

Comments

[oyashiromama]

Soft? ...What would you say we do?

["We" in this case meaning...any other species than human.]

[matchbreaker]

[ Che.

... Putting herself on the spot like this is hard ]

Vampires are a superior species, so even if we're hidden, there's no reason that we need to be considerate about them if they won't be back.

[oyashiromama]

Striking back won't do a single bit of good in the end. No matter who is more powerful, in the end, violence to end violence only causes more violence.

[matchbreaker]

Then why shouldn't I -- we repay them?

[ She hadn't thus far because...

... Man, she misses James already ]

[oyashiromama]

Any one life is a price too high. If we resort to what they do, how are we any better? ...How can we face ourselves, or our regrets? Our children? [...] A bridge between species must...somehow, happen.

[It's clear she doesn't know the alternative. She's just firm on this stance.]

[matchbreaker]

[ They already had to abandon Europe. But... She's biting her fingernail now, trying to collect herself. ]

Nnnng.

Not like it's that easy.

[oyashiromama]

Oh, no. Neither road's easy. We're stuck between a rock and a hard place, I believe the saying is.

[Perhaps what she's most grateful for is that her precious miko outfit doesn't look as it did when she died. Those constant memories...would be too much.]

But I know for sure this one's at least a little better.

1/2

[matchbreaker]

[ . . .

Inhale, exhale.

She lowers her finger. What would be better is a world where humans didn't exist. Or well no, they need them. Shit. ]

[matchbreaker]

Now's the time to fantasy and legend anyway.

[ Scary stories. ]

[oyashiromama]

...That it is. We can enjoy in the festivities in whatever way we can, leaving this for another day.

[In Hanyuu's case it's "not very much" but at least for a little, it's nice.]

[matchbreaker]

[ This is a conversation she never wants to continue.


But she nods all the same, giving Hanyuu another somewhat affectionate nudge before going up to tell her story ]