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[onerous]

What is it that keeps you living? Why? What makes it worth it to you?

[That’s, uh. That’s it. That’s the message. There’s no follow-up explanation or anything.

She’s just curious and doesn’t seem to see how alarming a question like that out of the blue might be]

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text (sn: a name)

[kanbai]

( Finally, something she has an answer to in her suddenly upturned life. )

Myself of course
Life wouldnt be worth it for everyone else if i werent in it so i must keep living for them
Im so generous

text; this made me laugh what a good response

[onerous]

You have a lot of self-confidence, huh?

But this is a different world, you know. People continued on before you were here, and people will likely continue on after you're gone.

But I can understand the idea of living for other people. THere wasn't a time you thought differently?

text; i live to serve

[kanbai]

Then their lives are now bettered having the chance to meet me
And no not at all
I have a duty to those who follow me
To be the best that i can be

( Thanks, Tendou-han. )

[onerous]

I'm a little envious. I wish I thought that highly of myself.

I realize in text that might've come across meanly, but I mean it truthfully. It's admirable.

[Don't....encourage this, yuri.......]

[kanbai]

( You deserve better than this, Yuri. )

I wasnt going to take it badly

( Mostly. She might have, after a moment, thought she was being made fun of, but she's now 100% confident she is not the butt of someone's joke. )

But arent you lucky
Youve met me and im in a fairly good mood now
Shall i give you some pointers on becoming more confident like me
How fortunate for you
That I would offer you such a wonderful thing
Make sure to thank me

( ...She hasn't even said yes, Kaoruko. )

[onerous]

[You know what, life is already so weird. This might as well happen.]

Sure. I'll hear you out.

[kanbai]

( You deserve better than this, Yuri. )

Very well
You simply need to find something you were born to do be good at it and be sure of it
For example
I am the granddaughter of the head of a very prestigious school of japanese dance
I was born into it and i am good at it and i will become the best dancer of all dances in the entire world
Not just japanese
One day i will have everyone recognize my talent and myself as such
To aid in this i am attending a music academy where i study all types of dance
I say this to myself because it is the truth and will happen no matter what i have to do to achieve it
Your turn
Explain what you were born to do how you are good at it and how sure you are of it

[onerous]

[Oh... this is a lot more than she expected. She immediately wants to ask what she'll do if she doesn't achieve that goal, if there's a back-up or something. But already Yuri feels like the answer will be something along the lines of "that won't happen/I won't fail."

It's the question being turned back on her that has her pausing for a long moment.]

I don't think I have something like that. Does everyone need a goal that big or something?

Or maybe it's just that what I'm good at is something most people don't like thinking about or talking about... [what does that even MEAN, yuri]

[kanbai]

( Yuri'd be right about the answer - she won't fail, and she can't fail. She's lost a lot, true, but the spot of "top star" will belong to her... )

Whats that supposed to mean

[onerous]

I help locate people who've gone missing on the mountain where I live. I can find missing items too, so long as I have something connected to the missing person or thing.

[That's not so bad--]

And I can see and talk to spirits. So I end up helping them out too...

[kanbai]

( Kaoruko was about to say how quaint that all was but- )

Spirits
Like ghosts

[onerous]

Yes, like ghosts. I exorcise them.

[kanbai]

( OH, PHEW. )

You get rid of them
Thats very nice
They shouldnt be hanging around all spooky and ready to scare people and all that

[onerous]

Hmm, I agree, mostly. But most of them aren't here scaring people because they want to be. [...Alright some of them really hate the living and are lashing out at them, BUT IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT...

Ghosts Did Nothing Wrong]

Most of them want to move on as much as you might want them to. But not everyone can see them anyhow, and they generally don't bother with people who can't see or hear them. So I wouldn't worry about it.

[kanbai]

( We All Have Choices To Make, Yuri, And Their Choice Was To Hate People And Scare Them. )

Oh thats good

[kanbai]

(












Wait. )

Does that mean theres ghosts here

[onerous]

There are ghosts everywhere.

[SHe hasn't actually really seen any here but then, she hasn't really been looking either... So she just Assumes.]

[kanbai]

( Iiiiiiiiiiiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa nooooooooooooooo..... Nooooooooooooooo.

It's easy to hide that she's not the biggest fan of this idea over text anyway, even if now she feels like she's definitely being watched. Ugh, it's just her imagination, right...? It has to be, right!? )

I see
Well then
I hope they can also pass on quickly and without bothering anyone or anything
As they do in any other world

[onerous]

If you're afraid, or ever see one or something, you can call on me. I don't mind taking care of it for you.

[kanbai]

( Yuri, her new best friend. )

Ghosts dont scare me at all
In fact im very good with horror
My classmates are terrible with it however
Regardless
I shall take you up on that offer if i need to