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mp_strikinglyblessed ([personal profile] mp_strikinglyblessed) wrote in [community profile] spirits_and_such_offices2023-09-12 10:29 pm

Chapter 4: Cutting Algae Part One

Texting was a pretty neat function. It was widely adopted by every teenager except the one he, Reigen, had so generously gifted a phone to do it with. Mob was diligent to a fault about picking up his calls, but texting? Still a work in progress. Mob was getting better, though. After all, how else was Reigen supposed to give him a heads up about big jobs before the end of the school day? Excepting the occasional friendly lunch break chat.

That was of course assuming the phone was still intact. After their chat last night, Reigen wasn't so sure. It wasn't like Mob made a habit of texting him first.

Reigen squinted at the clock on his second-hand laptop he'd just replaced the shattered one with. 12:05PM. He had found a decent deal on one in a flea market but there was something off about the graphics. Parts of the screen were always slightly out of frame and most of his day had been spent trying to uselessly dink with the display options until it was righted, but instead he just ended up with a resolution that was too small.

'Ugh. New laptop, and if we're really unlucky, a new phone? I'll just garnish it...' Reigen pulled out his phone and fired off a text to his pupil. You didn't get washed away, did you? Your phone's still working, right?
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"I didn't think it was important."
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"I didn't know until recently, either." Mob gazed out at the sea as they passed. Mob decided he liked the sound of it.
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"It feels pretty lonely," Mob remarked. Many of the things he said aloud were direct almost to a fault, or would have been thought as weird to a normal person. This probably fell in the latter category, but Mob wasn't at all worried about being judged for it. This was his Master, after all and he was anything but normal. "I thought it might be scary, but it feels sad."

Mob reached out with his psychic powers, trying to penetrate the field of emotion he felt beyond it. It pierced through and was struck with a wave of anger as

"And angry," he added. "That's kind of strange, isn't it? Usually the sadness is buried beneath the anger. I don't think I've ever felt it the other way around."

Mob may not have the slighest clue about the emotions of other humans. Spirits were always easier for him to read.
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-02 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
"We really need to be careful." Reigen had already made that clear earlier, but it was worth highlighting again. "If we agitate the spirits, we'll likely run into trouble." Just look what might have happened with Asa.
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Reigen's back bumped against Mob's front. "Master, are you okay?"
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-04 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Mob stared blankly up at Reigen.

"I don't feel anything."
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-04 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
If Mob was at all offended by being called a rookie, it doesn't show on his face, which remains as neutral as ever.

"Maybe I should go in first."
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Mob was relieved that Reigen seemed to recover so quickly. It made it easier to concentrate on reaching out for any dangerous spirits in the area. Unfortunately for the both of them, the negative energy is too dense for him to root it out at its source. At least from here. It'd be like swimming through an enormous bowl full of jelly. If they got closer, it'd be easier.

"I'm not sure which way to go," Mob said, though his feet continued to carry him forward. "Do you have a map? I might have an easier time if we're closer to the building's middle."
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Though Mob had been deep in focus, he didn't neglect to see the candles that lit up as Reigen passed.

"I suppose this means we're headed in the right direction," he observed as he followed along, just a scant step behind his Master.
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Reigen rushed in the library (was it a library?) so quickly that Mob barely had a moment to register a blink before his eyes were frantically scanning a scroll mounted on the wall.

Maybe it was something important? It had to be if he was this deeply focused on it.

But the silence between them grew. Mob was accustomed to the silence. Until recently, he was alone a lot of the time. But he wasn't accustomed to silence when he was in the same room with Reigen. He had enough words to speak for the both of them.

"Master," he began, somewhat hesitatingly as he stepped in after him. "Is everything okay?"
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-04 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
This was far more disturbing to Mob than any self-lighting candles would be.

"Is this necessary?" he asked. "We really should be focusing on the job."
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-04 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, so his Master had his reasons. He shouldn't have doubted him.

Mob joined Reigen and began to read the scroll. But as much as he tried, he couldn't seem to find a connection. Then again, he wasn't really good at this kind of thing, anyway.

"I don't really get it," he admitted, turning to look at Reigen after spending a long moment absorbing what he read.
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Mob turned his focus and re-read it a second time with such intent that he didn't even realize that Reigen had drifted outside.

"Um, Master?" he called out, setting the scroll down. When he didn't get a reply, Mob's feet carried him out into the courtyard after him.

"Oh, a garden." Or at least it used to be. Now it probably couldn't be called that. It'd take a lot of work to get it back into the state Mob was sure it was in a century before.

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