[video]

[stickshift]

Does anyone know if there's some sort of... central location these spirits seem to be coming from? Or if there's anything we've done to disturb them?

[She looks deeply speculative. All the lore on spirits in her world tends to... function a little differently than it seems to here.]

If we can maybe find out what they want, they should be able to rest. Any ideas?

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[video]

[hackingyoursensors]

I've seen them everywhere. Most of them don't seem angry about being brought back.

[video]

[stickshift]

No, but... isn't the sign of a spirit interacting with our plane of existence an indication of unrest?

[video]

[hackingyoursensors]

Not sure, this is my first haunting. But that's what they say in books and movies.

If we want to help them, we have to figure out why they're here. Maybe someone dug up a cursed artifact or something.

[video]

[stickshift]

Well, what's happened recently that might concern them? The gang war was a while ago... but there was that fire in the Earth sector...

[video]

[hackingyoursensors]

That's true. Maybe there was something in or near the building that was disturbed by the fire. But they didn't appear immediately after the fire.

[video]

[stickshift]

No, but do we have any indication that spirits view time the same way as the rest of us?

[Video]

[plains_hunter]

Don't know, myself. I don't have a problem putting up with them, really. The activity in my place has been pretty negligible. I'm not really an expert on the paranormal stuff.

[Video]

[stickshift]

[She smiles a little-- definitely a new face, or at least one she hasn't spoken to yet.]

I don't think most of us are, to be honest, Mr...?

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[plains_hunter]

[He gives a slight nod of acknowledgement.]

Thomas, one of the new arrivals. Nice to meet you, Miss.

[Video]

[stickshift]

I'm Asami. Asami Sato. It's nice to meet you, too.

Re: [Video]

[plains_hunter]

Asami Sato? Are you a Japanese native?

[stickshift]

[She laughs.]

I've been asked that more than once, but no. I'm from another world.

[plains_hunter]

...Huh. Oh well, so much for that guess. Very similar naming conventions.

[video]

[hackingyoursensors]

No. But, honestly, I'm not sure about a lot here in general.

I take it the kedan haven't been helpful? The living kedan.

[stickshift]

Mm. Someone even told me what my name means in Japanese. It's definitely a little strange.

Is that where you're from? Or have you spent time there at all?

[video]

[stickshift]

Not... exactly.

[There were those ones that offered to help, but. Welp.]

[plains_hunter]

I'm pretty good at recognizing faces, dialects, things like that. I was a hell of a tracker, in the past. I've been all over the world.

[video]

[hackingyoursensors]

You got a visit from the ghost busters too?

[stickshift]

'In the past'? Not any longer?

[video]

[stickshift]

Is that what they're called? 'Busters'?

[video]

[hackingyoursensors]

Nah. It's a reference to a movie back home. Though maybe they'll decide it sounds cool and pick it up.

[video]

[stickshift]

Movie-- that's a moving picture, right?

[video]

[hackingyoursensors]

Yeah. They're way more interesting than they sound, I promise.

[video]

[stickshift]

I'm sure they are. The concept sounds completely fascinating. I know people on my world who've been trying to develop something similar but we're still a few years away, yet.

[plains_hunter]

Not nearly as much. The skills come in handy from time to time, but there's not a huge market for it.