closed | call me snoopy 'cause i'm putting my nose where it don't belong

[nemuru]

Who ☽ Ritsu, Ryouma, Lan Wangji, Chongyun, Shylock
What ☽ Doing a little underground investigation, specifically around the administrative offices
When ☽ Somewheres about between the underground reopening and the Daitengu's funeral, more solid date to follow /lazy
Where ☽ The underground
Content Warnings ☽ n/a ... maybe. we'll see.

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[nemuru]

( Well, while Ryouma goes off and does all of that......

Sure, ghost adventures, why not, seems fun and Chongyun is cute enough about it that it really tugs on his "gotta take it seriously for his too-earnest junior's sake" heartstrings. Ritsu's only experiences with the supernatural technically are him and then, like, he guesses Yumenosaki has a handful of school urban legends, but most high schools have those; he's never cared enough to really check them out, either. He's not easy to scare, and he doesn't really believe in ghosts, either...

Halloween is one of his favorite holidays, though. So, okay, ghost hunting. How do you even talk to ghosts... It takes a few minutes of messing around on his phone, but he's got it recording. )

...If there's any ghosts or spirits or whatever around here that wanna tell us stuff, mic's open. ( . . . ) Mmm... Does this kind of stuff actually work? You see it in all the movies and stuff, but that's all make-believe.

[strikingchords]

[Lan Wangji will follow up on the physical elements of the waterworks situation in just a moment himself, but he pauses before heading deeper in to investigate the machinery further, because that was a whole lot of terms he's not used to mixed in with a topic where he's very familiar. he's not quite sure what Ritsu is doing with his phone -- the idea of using it as a recording tool, much less the idea that spirits might be able to interfere with soundwaves or photography and leave traces of themselves accordingly, would be new to him as well. he's very used to ghosts using sounds to communicate, but that's in quite different circumstances.

he's vaguely aware of movies at this point in his "living in a modern city" journey, though he's never actually seen one. do they have instructional pieces for night hunting? maybe he should investigate.]

"Work?"

[he's frowning, a more severe expression than he really intends... his face just looks like that.]

You intend speech with ghosts?

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[ Chongyun is just as perplexed as Lan Wangji. He's standing beside Ritsu, watching him take out his phone with a mix of confusion and interest, little stitch creasing between brows as he observes. He had taken out his phone so seriously, without even thinking about it, the exorcist has to wonder if this is a method of communing with spirits that's common where Ritsu is from. Maybe these phones have even more uses than he originally thought?

He looks up at the older exorcist's question and answers with a nod. ]

Yes. Don't you get a sense that something is off here? [ is this an actual sense or just wishful thinking? we just don't know. but the underground undeniably has a vibe, and what if that gleam in the photo he took isn't just a trick of one light? ] I can't put my finger on it ... so it would be remiss of us to not investigate, right? If there are any ghosts, they could give us an account of what's happened down here.

[ Somewhere out there, the mods are looking at this log going, "Why did I let such dumb characters in my game?" But we're in now, you can't kick us out, and we're HUNTIN' GHOSTS that aren't here. ]

Would you like to join us, Master Lan?

[nemuru]

( Ritsu just can't say no to Chongyun, that's all... A good boy. Don't abuse that. )

I don't mind if you do, Lan-san. ( Just putting that out there. He stops the recording and replays it.... there's nothing but their conversation, so he deletes it. Hmm. ) Maybe we need to go further... C'mon.

( Down one of the hallways he starts....... Shylock and Ryouma can take care of themselves, it's fine— )

[strikingchords]

Mm. It is strange.

[Lan Wangji replies directly to Chongyun's vibe commentary with a sober nod, and he'll turn to follow Ritsu with the same sincere attention in response to the invite, at least for now. oddly enough, instead of taking out his phone to try to record static and invite ghosts to beatbox with him like any self-respecting modern ghost hunter, he reaches instead to loosen the ties on the guqin he carries on his back as he walks. this is clearly the time for some musical entertainment, right?]

Spiritual energy has been affected since the explosion. May be stronger here.

[he speaks confidently, as if he takes it for granted that what he's saying is perfectly straightforward even if they haven't sensed it themselves.]

[cutcloud]

[ Ryoulock, y'all will be fine doing what you're doing. There are ghosts waiting somewhere out there. Gooodbyeeeeee.

The hallway they've chosen to go down is darker because a few of the lights having been broken at some point. During the assassination chaos or otherwise? Unclear. Either way, it certainly lends itself to the atmosphere as the three wander deeper into the Underground. The musky scent grows, as does the humidity. ]

Right ... of course. [ he nods—anywhere that's had sudden violence is always a bit charged with energy, isn't it? a kind of ghost on its own. ] Ritsu, did you know? Master Lan plays the guqin.

[ Don't mind him pointing out the obvious, sounding like a mom at her son's first piano recital. He glances to the instrument, equally as curious as he had when Ritsu had whipped out the phone. Where he's from, he can just ... talk to a ghost, like they're talking now (when they aren't busy fleeing from him, anyway). Tools aren't usually necessary. ]

Do they like music?

[nemuru]

( Oh, is that what that is? A guqin... It looks kind of unwieldy if he's honest, but he keeps his mouth shut on that comment. )

If it's music, then I can just sing... I know a couple haunting dirges. ( More ballads, though. Knights loves their ballads. ) Heheh, or maybe he's hoping to call 'em out with a couple of ghost notes...

( ...

IT'S A MUSICAL TERM, HE THINKS HE'S FUNNY, he's smiling for a moment before he continues. )

A ton of people probably got hurt or died down here, so it's not that surprisin' the spiritual energy's higher... Mmm, though I can't feel that kinda thing, so I'm just trustin' you two. ( Chongyun the exorcist, Lan Wangji the... .... ..... actually he doesn't know what Lan-san does, maybe he's an exorcist too, they kind of got that similar color scheme going on. ) Since you two know more about ghosts and all... You can take the lead. I'll keep an eye out for anyone skulking about ♪ I've got pretty good eyesight in the dark.

( Does he? ...Well, maybe slightly better than average. )