dead hearts are everywhere

[goodforsomething]

[Stan arrives at the chapel early. It doesn't take long to re-create his ghost summoning setup from yesterday; he left all the materials stowed under one of the middle pews, where the hymnals should have been. He sets it up exactly as it was, right down to the angles of the candles. Honestly he suspects the mirror was the only really important part, but he's not about to risk technical difficulties. Not tonight.

The rest of it was all gathered up earlier: there's some coffee, to ward against people falling asleep outside the rooms, and a lot of extra notebooks and pens taken from the storage room. He didn't tell anybody what to bring, after all, or what to expect. Secrets are easier for one person to keep, even if only for a day. Some of the rest might have gotten excited, the Kingmaker might have gotten curious, and then what?

As the meeting time draws near, he tears a page from one of the notebooks, scribbles his little symbol and a message on it, and slides it in front of the mirror.]

You there?

[To the others, he turns with a grin. In a voice somewhere between a gravelly whisper and his Mr. Mystery act, he says:]

Thanks for comin'. Our friends on the other side have been waitin' for us.

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[cherryblooded]

[Cherryblod isn't sure what he was expecting, but this - actually, after the Glory thing? This is pretty close.

He takes a notebook and taps on it with a pen idly.]

Wouldn't miss it for the world.

[...He knows already what he's going to ask first.]

[sleepingkogoro]

So what, somebody like Glory contacted you here?

['Friends on the other side' is kind of vague and Mouri doesn't make the connection. It also doesn't help he's half asleep right now, it is almost 1 AM, god damn it]

[notjustawriter]

["Friends on the other side" makes this sound menacing as hell, but he's not about to turn down a chance to know for certain that the others are still around.

...Still around as ghosts, but that just means they need to get out of here for their sake, too.]

...I hope this works.

[trustharder]

[After a moment you'll find another message in the mirror. It's written backwards, but it shouldn't be too hard to make out what it says.

"HERE NOW, GATHERING AS MANY AS WE CAN IN HERE."

Below this are a good number of doodles. We've got:
- A little crown like the one on Yato's robes
- Two fish that form a circle
- A Wayfinder
- A shell with wings, like a certain mermaid's pendant
- A fancy cross surrounded by little sparkles
- ...okay who drew another knife
- And another poorly-drawn cat with the words "zagi would you stop" nearby.]