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[whatoncewaswhole]

Who: Open to anyone, but anyone from the first log will be doubly urged to come.
Where: Starting in Virgo, leading in to Gemini.
Summary: The next night, the song is back, and even stronger...but this time, it seems to have a purpose.
Warnings: Secondary, small plot event
The 27th seemed to have been a bust. Many stood around, discussing the strange music, before eventually retiring when exhaustion hit after the 13th hour...and boy did it. Strangely, the civilian population- even persona users -reported to not hearing anything at all.

The night of the 28th, it happened again. The same song, the same pleading call, to the same row of shops. But something did change, as midnight melted quickly towards the Thirteenth hour.

Another noise sought to be heard over the music- this one akin to television static. If one looked closely at the glass of the nearby shop windows, they could see something cloudy forming on them...but that was only a reflection. Nothing stood in that spot in the street. A figure took form amid the shimmered raindrops, only visible in the reflection of the rain and the glass. A ghost, glowing dimly, with eyes so pitch black that one could never see through them. And where were those unending eyes pointed? Up at Mount Utsugi, giving way to Mictlan...

It moved instinctively, heading for the structure without any glance at the Persona users it had called out to. The piper had it's children, and now it only had to lead them...

[ OOC: Feel free to try to interact with the ghostly figure, or just go along for the ride! And just to clarify, yeah the ghost has no physical form- it's only visible in reflective surfaces -so if you wanna follow it, you might need a mirror or something. If you want to know if something would work for that, just bug me on plurk (gaakishi)! ]

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[pistolsakimbo]

"Wait, seeing things?" she asked, deciding not to address the rest of that at the moment. "Seeing what?"

Seriously, Pit, seeing things is never a good thing. Trust her on that one.

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

"I dunno. A kid? But I only see him when I look in the glass or in puddles..."

[whatoncewaswhole]

The 'kid' seemed to round a corner...or was it inside that shop? Some of the windows made it increasingly hard to tell which was which.

For a moment, they seemed to vanish...before reflecting in a hubcap halfway down the road.

[pistolsakimbo]

"Really...?"

Rune frowned, looking to the window just in time to catch sight of the kid in question passing by, before seeing the image again in a hubcap.

Well.

Well then.

Rune had dealt with plenty of monsters that would give anyone nightmares. Ghosts? That was a whole different story. She clung to Pit's arm at that; how are you enjoying those mixed signals, Pit?

"P-Pit..." she whimpered. "Your hallucinations are contagious...!"

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

"You saw it, too?"

He knows hallucinations aren't actually contagious, so he feels a lot less insane now. Thanks, Rune!

[pistolsakimbo]

Rune nodded numbly.

"...what should we do?"

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

"It looks like he's moving. Let's follow him!"

[pistolsakimbo]

"F-follow?" she squeaked, eyes wide as she looked up at him.

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

"Have a better idea? We both can see him, and we both can hear the music. There's even some people going in that direction. What if he's the source of the music? We gotta find out before we're dragged out of our rooms again."

[pistolsakimbo]

"B-but what are we supposed to do with a ghost!?"

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

Pit quirks an eyebrow. "Oooh, is someone afraid of ghosts?"

[pistolsakimbo]

Rune let go of Pit's arm at that, flailing. "No! Of course not!"

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

That elicits a very brief smile from Pit. "Anyway, I dunno what we'd do with a ghost, but maybe he'd lead us someplace that'd explain what's going on? Or maybe he'd even talk to us!"

At this, he raises and wiggles his fingers. "Oooooh~, welcome to my super spoooooky concert, ooooooh~"

[pistolsakimbo]

Pit, you deserve this punch to your arm. Not that... she can punch very well. She is a gunslinger, not a brawler.

"S-shut up, and start running!" she grumbled, starting off after the ghost.

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

"H-hey! Wait for me," he calls out, tripping and nearly falling as he scrambles to catch up with her.