The Odeoron

Myriad Reality

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I could go home if I had to. But I don't really want to yet—this place just looks a lot like where I grew up.

@Server

Fair point... so what made you come and work for this tavern then? Why did you chose to start an adventurous life, especially travelling the omniverse like that? *Meanwhile we talk i keep my senses up for anything that reads 'not Jade's energy' signatures*

Myriad Reality

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Maybe a little homesick?

@Server

Hmm... why is that? Can you not return home?

Myriad Reality

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How do I feel? How am I supposed to feel?

@Server

I don't know... do you find it weird? Entertaining? Thrilling? Scary... Hopeful? I mean it is also a way to cure you from within and perhaps even find ways you could fortify yourself against Mierno's curses?

Myriad Reality

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Because that's where the town would be. Plus, there's no reason to go to town.

@Server

Ah! Gotcha! So how do you feel considering all this experience i conjured up?

Myriad Reality

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But then we wouldn't have an exit.

@Server

Y... you know this works both ways right? And why would you changing the environment here block the exit?

Myriad Reality

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Hmmm... nope, nothing other than there not being a way to town.

@Server

Yeah... how about you picture it and will it to appear? This is you after all, it should work much like a lucid dream or your imagination...

Myriad Reality

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Those live here back home. If you don't bother them, they probably won't bother you.

@Server

*Nods* So we seem to have gotten right up close to your memories of home and this new place... Did you sensed anything off all allong?

Myriad Reality

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What is it you’re trying to get at from that angle?

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*Raises an eyebrow to this question*

@Magnanimity

@Server
Well, when you come to think about it, most ghosts are remnants from living people, unless they are other entities too, they normally do not belong in the world of the living, those who built said house and the planet that is populated by said people. They are beings who are mostly confused about their situation or entirely parasitical in nature. Therefore it is highly unlikely that any physical house on any given world and society, is a house that actually can belong to ghosts and ethereal beings. Their true homes must be in an equally spiritual realm as their nature, not lingering among the memories they had when they were living.

Myriad Reality

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That was an impressive trick! How'd you do it?

@Server

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*Squints through it at the shift of brightness, and flicks the wrist of my hand out to my side, dissolving the ball of light into a small bunch of fading sparkles*

@Magnanimity

So is all of this familiar to you then Jade? Did that crocodile, or whatever it was in the swamp earlier, not felt like a foreign entity?

Myriad Reality

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I have a cousin who goes to the beach. I like forests more though.

@Server

Forests are definitely nicer than... well... this! But, one does not debate tastes...

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*Floats past the both of you, my feet drooping my the ankles and my toes just barely above the floor*
I have to admit, this does give haunted house vibes. And the kind you’d usually sign a waiver for. Mysterious and exciting!

@Magnanimity

From that perspective i totally have to agree with you! HAH! Nothing like a dingy dungeon to crawl through! *I grin with new-found vigour*

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I've come to find out that people get scared by haunted houses, but when you really think about it, wouldn't you also be upset if someone walked into your home uninvited?
*Once the path levels out, we stand in front of the forested entrance to a murky swamp, still colored chickenscratch-red by the lamp but fading quickly through its thick foliage*

@Server

That Swamp Tho!

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Absolutely.
*Holds out my index finger and manifests a ball of bright white light that floats just beyond my fingertip*
Good thing you invited us.

@Magnanimity

Both points are valid. Who does go into a haunted house though? And why would you? Also, there's a point to be made there, a haunted house is usually considered abandoned by its original owners, therefore whomever buys that plot, now owns that property... the ghosts need to find the light in that situation.

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*Nods in response, as the light reveals a rotted boardwalk leading into the swamp, missing slats every few yards*
What are we looking for, exactly?

@Server

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Something that feels foreign to you, I would imagine. Something that feels like it doesn’t belong, in a place that’s literally entirely yourself should be a good indicator, yeah?

@Magnanimity

*Nods*