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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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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-15 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
"But then you met other people like you and figured it out, right?"
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-15 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Nothing. I just wanted to make sure you weren't possessed by a spirit."
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-15 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
"What makes you think I didn't know the answer?" Mob asked, gazing at Reigen with his usual neutral expression.
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-15 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
"My powers have changed a lot since I first met you... and I've been spending more time with the Telepathy Club... and with another psychic."
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-15 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
Mob just gazed blankly back at Reigen, unmoved and unanswering.
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-15 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Test me?" Mob tilted his head slightly to one side.
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-15 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Reigen seemed really serious. Mob couldn't help but feel unnerved.

"If you don't what?"

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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-15 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"N-no, I'm good, really!!" Mob flailed.
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-15 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"I promise," Mob said, hands raised in front of his chest, as if in surrender. "I was just messing with you before. I haven't gained telepathic powers at all!"
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-15 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"It was a joke," Mob said, his voice cracking with panic.
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[personal profile] spiritsandsuchtrainee 2023-10-15 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Mob deflated into the water, his eyes and the top of his bowl cut the only parts of him exposed to the world.

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