redacted ★ beach party!

[infreefall]

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[soulus]

[While she does that, he goes back to watching. Kano is not here.]

[infreefall]

[ ...well she'll just continue to be nosy, then. ]

How come you can see him but the rest of us can't?

[soulus]

[Saying nothing, he makes a face. Be nosy afterward, Ochako.]

[infreefall]

[ no ]

So is he saying anything?

[soulus]

[After a long stretch of silence, Rufus gradually lowers his gaze to the sand next to Ochako's feet and answers:]

His head fell onto the ground.

[infreefall]

...But he's already dead!

[ he wasn't even decapitated?! ]

[soulus]

[He lifts his head, opting not to mention that he saw Kano's head roll next to Ochako's feet.]

Being dead doesn't make someone impervious to injury. There was a neck wound.

[infreefall]

[ you're a pal rufus ]

How can you even see him if he's dead, though?

[supremity]

People have been seeing ghosts of the removed this week. [ placid ]

[infreefall]

Since when?!

[supremity]

Tuesday was the first I'd heard of it. I might be a ghost, but none have decided to haunt me directly - just have sent messages. They can't talk or write, apparently.

[infreefall]

[ weird!! ]

I've only gotten messages, too. [ looking at rufus ] I wonder why it's only some of us who can see them.

[supremity]

They might not have enough power to break through the barrier between the Realm and the space that they're inhabiting currently. There's limitations on our messages, so it doesn't surprise me that there's limitations in place here, too.

[riegan]

(?????)

Literally? He wasn't acting it out?

(RUFUS??)

[soulus]

It looked unintentional.

[riegan]

(Closing his eyes.......)

I wonder what happened and if he's alright.

(...)

I know that sounds crazy out loud but really, nothing in this place makes sense to me anymore.

[soulus]

Why does it sound crazy?

[riegan]

Most people usually aren't okay after losing their heads.

[soulus]

I didn't see the aftermath . . . But the wound alone would have sufficed long before that, like most of our own.

[riegan]

I still can't imagine losing my head and being fine in the end but anything is possible here.

(SIGH THIS WHOLE REALM KEEPS challenging all of Claude's logic.)

I wouldn't be surprised if someone just reattached it.

[dianxias]

Did he write you a letter saying he'd come haunt you, Rufus?

[soulus]

No.

[dianxias]

Oh?

Are you looking for a sign from him, or just looking for him?

[soulus]

[Silence is the answer.

Go sit with Hua Cheng.]

[dianxias]

[ no

he puts his hands in his sleeves, looking out into the water with him! no more asking, just quiet listening then. heeere kano kano ]