[catchall] Kate

[sixillusions]

An introvert and a shadow walk into a haunted house

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[sixillusions]

[SHADOW...

He pauses when he sees her, and lowers her sword, but he holds it in a position that would allow him to attack very easily if needed. Shockingly, despite the way his eyes narrow, he doesn't lash out like he did with Karlach. She is the wrong size for (redacted) hallucinations and there are no (redacteds) around her, so...

Bluntly:]

Are you a ghost?

[sootprints]

No.

[ she shakes her head, and keeps her hands where he can see them. ]

And not a monster, if that was your second guess.

[sixillusions]

[He does appreciate that, at least, even if it doesn't show in his rudeness]

What, then?

[sootprints]

A shadow.

... I'm afraid I don't have a good explanation for what that is, exactly. But that is the name for people who look like me.

[sixillusions]

[Oh. Hmmm.]

...Are you from here?

[Maybe she's the source of all this? He's seen weirder things.]

[sootprints]

No... I'm an outsider, like yourself. I assume.

My name is Kate.

[sixillusions]

[He considers this.]

Kanda. [...] Tell me more.

[It's not phrased as a request, but his tone isn't rude, actually--just calm, albeit straightforward. He's filing this away to report as anomaly later.]

[sootprints]

About... myself?

[sixillusions]

Yes. [Kanda say "please" challenge (impossible)]

[sootprints]

Well...

I'm a member of the Shadows household, a family of nobles that live in a large manor. I live in the children's wing of the building. Ordinarily, one would not leave the manor until reaching adulthood...

But I suppose these are unusual circumstances.

[sixillusions]

Where is it located? What country?

[Maybe he will finally learn about alternate worlds]

[sootprints]

It's a place called Soot Island. But no one I've spoken to seems to have heard of it.

[sixillusions]

[He shakes his head slightly. Unfortunately, same for him.]

...I'll ask others when I leave.

[It's impossible to tell because Kanda doesn't know how to communicate, but this is actually him being nice for DGM-related reasons.]

[sootprints]

Thank you. I'd like to know if anyone knows of it.

What about you, then? Would you tell me a little about yourself?

[sixillusions]

[Kanda says "no" and they spend the rest of this thread in silence

No I'm kidding. He won't volunteer much, but after a brief consideration--]

I'm an exorcist.

[sootprints]

Really...?

I've only read about them in books... Does that mean you deal with haunted places, possessions, and the like?

[sixillusions]

No. [But he doesn't seem surprised by the question... they get this a lot] Not unless they have the things we're looking for.

[sootprints]

What sort of things do you look for?

[sixillusions]

Holy materials, for the Church.

[Kind of. Close enough.]

[sootprints]

How do you find them?

[sixillusions]

[With a lot of legwork and a bajillion casualties, if they do at all

He doesn't say that]

They cause unusual phenomena. We investigate reports. [...] Like this fog.

[So hauntings or possessions or whatever could be relevant sometimes, but it's not, like, their actual job.]

[sootprints]

Oh...

Do you think this might be caused by such a thing?

[sixillusions]

[This is pre-Sunday, so:]

Most likely.