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[reaquila]

WHO: Nanashi and friends
WHERE: Inside the city, going around places
WHEN: 4/7
WHAT: He's dealing with the loss of his humanity and turning undead.
WARNINGS: Mentions of death and dying all over this post. Usual Megaten warnings apply.



1. In the streets

[If you're the type of person who hangs around the streets of Recolle at night, you may find Nanashi all by himself. He mumbles nonsensical phrases and sometimes shouts loudly. It's almost disruptive, but he really doesn't care about that. Nanashi can sense the presence of spirits more strongly than before. Honestly, it's both pissing him off and tripping him out. ]

Would you stop that already? You've been at it for hours.... [Why were there so many things he couldn't see before? Why is retrospec doing this to him? Nanashi shakes his head in disbelief. ]

What is so fun about dancing without a shirt on? Oh my god. I regret everything, I'm sorry I've sinned in my past life.

Now stop haunting me. Take this as an offering.

[Nanashi passes your character two silver coins for good luck!! Are you going to take it or not?]

[For characters who've known Nanashi from before: you'd notice his eyes are green instead of brown like in his icons. ]

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2. In the forest

["This gun is fake". It's an excuse he's used many times before. and he's gotten away with owning a pistol so far. Nanashi feels like trying it out in the open. He's right outside the city borders with a demon and a pistol. Surely, nothing will go wrong. Just leave a 15yold with guns. This is fine.

Tin cans are lined up all in a row and he's using them for target practice. He hasn't missed anything yet. They all have noticeable dents and holes in them. Nanashi's reaction times are a bit slow however. It's taking him such a long time reload every shot. His hands feel numb and it's hard for him to move in general. Eventually he puts everything down and tries to rest. Take a breather.

You can either find him:

a. shooting things and reloading bullets in realtime
b. taking it easy chilling with a demonic bird. or
c. wild card me because these aren't terribly interesting. ]

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3. Anywhere inside the city

[Nanashi awkwardly stumbles and can't seem to hold his ground. Being undead is exhausting. At this rate he may never pull himself together again. He decides that he'll give up and stop moving for a while. This is the worst!!!

If you're unlucky he'll crash right into you. Surprise.

Otherwise, he can be found taking a nap on a bench somewhere. Let the kid rest....or wake him up rudely. That works too. He did run away from home without warning. Nanashi looks like a disaster. ]

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[Inside Jouhei's place: Closed - Jouhei, Shinn. ]

[Nanashi spent most of his day normally. He's staying at Jouhei's place for various reasons. They had dinner and now he was planning on sitting next to the sofa. The next thing he does is open up a history book. It's not like Nanashi knows what he wants to be when he grows up yet. He just entered highschool and adjusting to the new content is hard. He still tries to put effort into learning it though. Getting a good job is important to him and everything.

After sometime he falls asleep on the sofa. School can be draining. He shifts to the side awkwardly.

A few minutes later he rolls over and drops to the floor. Of course this causes him to wake up in surprise. All the energy in his body suddenly disappeared. That's not the weird part. Suddenly his senses seem off somehow.
His body doesn't feel like his own. The world feels like a colder place too. Nanashi can't get off the floor even if he puts all his effort into it.

So instead he screams very loudly. Jouhei would have heard that. He's banking on his cousin to be around. Help? Jouheiiiii.

Nanashi thinks he's going to die for real.

Did he eat something weird for dinner that day? Nope.
Did some thug sucker punch him on the way home from school? Not at all. He's been staying out of fights for the most part.

The fact that all of this is happening is very surreal. Screaming for help is tiring so he may just go fall asleep again.

Jouhei can slap this kid awake or something. ]

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Comments

[blacksong]

Yikes. You know why at least?

[Do some things really just never change.... That doesn't exactly bode well for her.]

[reaquila]

I can take a guess. People seemed to really hate that guy.

[Yes, Rose. Some things don't change but Nanashi doesn't want to admit it either.]

He probably picked a fight with the wrong guy and ended up in behind bars.

[blacksong]

... Well, good thing you're not him. If you stop getting into trouble all the time, you'll never have to worry about jail again.

[If she tells that to someone else enough, it'll make it easier to believe it for herself, right? Sure.

That's how it has to work.]

[reaquila]

I've been trying to stay out of trouble. Believe me.

[TOO MANY FUCKING COPS AT HIS DOOR. Make them leave.]

Retrospec's giving more shit than I can handle. The body I'm in doesn't even feel human anymore.

[Rose can see for herself. Nanashi places his hand on her shoulder. There's no pulse in his veins and he seems little lifeless somehow. Oops? Hi he's fucking dead. ]

[blacksong]

[OH GOD his hand really does feel unnaturally cold and clammy, stiff even. It reminds her of every zombie cliche there is. She tries to tamper down her reaction as much as possible, but she can't help a small shiver. He really does feel—dead.]

Shit, that's fucking crazy. Do you like... actually feel dead though? Not that I have any idea how that'd feel, but.

[reaquila]

Yeah, I feel dead all the time. [He nods. It kinda sucks.]

I'm still hanging around here so it doesn't make any fucking sense.[People die when they are killed except if your name is Nanashi then he breaks all the rules.]

My past self was pretty messed up. I think he traded his soul to demons for a chance to live. That might be why I'm like this.

[You become what you remember even if that thing isn't human.]

[blacksong]

What the fuck, seriously?

[YOUR PAST SELF WAS CRAZY NANASHI!]

But you still feel dead, right? That must've been some shit revival on the demons' part. I guess that's why they say don't make a deal with the devil, you still got screwed.

[reaquila]

Tell me about it. I didn't feel like telling my parents or siblings what happened.

So I ran off somewhere and fell asleep. Thought this was all some kind of bad dream.

[Then Rose came along and offered a real place to rest.]

[blacksong]

Can't say that I blame you there. You can't just avoid them forever either though.

[She speaks, sadly, from experience. She's dodged her sisters for months trying to keep them from seeing her eye, or lack thereof, but most of them are finding out one way or another anyways.]

[reaquila]

Yeah, I know. I'll get off my ass and talk to them eventually.

[FAMILY...UGH. If only you could avoid them forever. That would be nice.]

Just gotta think of what to say. It's a huge pain sometimes.

[blacksong]

Good luck with that. I have no idea where I'd even start. "You don't need to take me to the doctor anymore because I'm dead"?

[SHRUGS. She's never had parents or guardians man, so who knows!]

[reaquila]

Dead people can't get check ups, why should I?

[THAT JUST MAKES HIM LAUGH...ROSE oh my god. no]

This is fucking stupid. I'll need more than luck to handle this.

[blacksong]

I've heard that with some changes you get, people without Retrospec don't even notice them. They just think it was normal the whole time. Maybe it'll be like that for you?

[Although to think he was essentially a zombie the whole time would be. Fucking weird in her opinion.]

[reaquila]

Maybe. I don't wanna think about it. That's messed up.

[He's just saying it the way it is?? please...why is it so fucked??]

Do you see why I'd prefer to avoid all my issues? I hate this shit.

[blacksong]

Like I said, I don't blame you.

[Also THEIR RAMEN IS DONE probably, or it might as well be. She gets their food and brings it over to him yeaaaah.]

Well, you're gonna have to do it eventually, but you can crash here for now.

[reaquila]

That ramen smells pretty good. I hope that I can still taste food.

[BECAUSE HE WOULD BE UPSET IF HE COULDN'T EAT PROPERLY.]

Guess it's time to find out.

[blacksong]

[SHE'S ALREADY DIGGING INTO HER OWN TBH, what are manners.]

If it's November all over again, you have my condolences.

[reaquila]

Oh hell yeah, I can still taste food.

[He's eating ramen too and swallows it without much of an issue!]

I don't have to remember how awful it was back in November....fuck. Thanks, Rose. This is amazing.

[blacksong]

It's just an instant ramen, don't get so worked up over it.

[PLEASE STOP IT WITH THE GRATITUDE SHE CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS.]

[reaquila]

It tastes better knowing that I haven't repeated the incident back in November.

[Best instant ramen ever.]

How do people live without food? I won't be giving this up even if I am dead!

[blacksong]

No idea, but I'd never give it up. This life isn't worth living if you can't enjoy eating.

[SHE LOVES FOOD, OKAY. This isn't even quality food, but growing up poor means that even now she'll take just about anything.]

[reaquila]

Agreed.

[Hey man, Nanashi's just about the same. He didn't have ideal circumstances either so instant Ramen is awesome in his book.]

I don't feel any different after eating food, but it's not bad to spend time like this...

[blacksong]

Aside from being cold and having no pulse then, what's the difference in being dead?

[At least he isn't a brain-eating zombie or anything, but seriously..... He might as well be alive.........]

[reaquila]

I don't think I can die again? Unless it's possible to kill something that's already dead...

[Then he's basically immortal. Yikes.]

Have you ever heard of something like that before?

[blacksong]

[i can't believe you're making me do this]

I feel like I heard that in a tv show once. "People die when they're killed." [Rose watches bad anime, confirmed.] But what even killed you in this case? Retrospec? Couldn't age or disease still kill you? Maybe you should go to the doctor and find out. It feels like you're still alive to me.