( This is so weird for Mika because he doesn't really do wellness checks, but... he's doing his rounds this night (a few nights after the Granvelle Ghost incident), and he stops to linger in front of Jing Yuan's door. He can hear him inside, so after a few moments of pause, he'll just... knock once. If no response maybe he can just skedaddle— )
[ Jing Yuan isn't exactly unused to surprises, and the threats are not dissimilar to Heliobi, among other things.
Thus, him considering strategies, making note of personal blunders. He even practices magic at the same time with even more focus; transformation, illusion, and then trying light-themed magic even if his 'country affiliation' is ill-suited to it. Still, he isn't expecting anyone to knock upon his door, even if only once.
Jing Yuan stops his efforts, silencing birdsong, even if the 'finches' can be seen in sight when he opens the door. He is dressed in his casual wear, and offers a tired, lazy smile. ]
Good day, Mika. Is there something I can help you with?
It did not get me as bad as you think it might have.
[ Jing Yuan simply says, but steps back if the other wishes to come into the room proper. ]
Even a ghost like that isn't exactly the most formidable. The only matter that made it more tricky was the fact it had a hostage.
[ Which means he had to hold back; the problem with being powerful is that one can easily overdo it. Shifting gears on a similar subject, he will go towards...somewhere else, but still relevant. ]
Though, I am glad you came. We can discuss anything it might have said that could be relevant. I may have missed something, though there is one aspect that others may have missed as well.
( While he isn't sure he fully believes that it wasn't as bad as it looked, Mika doesn't seem keen to argue it, exactly - especially since Jing Yuan shifts the topic. )
... Yeah, might as well.
( He feels a little awkward being invited in (he doesn't usually go into people's rooms, barring the one), but he'll step in - he's like to take a spot by the wall if not directed to a seat, but he would sit if indicated. Mika is a simple creature. )
I spoke to Ahito, too. It didn't tell him anything interesting, so... All I know is what it told me.
( As much as he wishes he could say he caught every piece of lore the ghost was shouting in every thread at every person, there was so much chaos and blood that Mika couldn't catch everything. It was an overwhelming amount of stimulation. )
... For one thing, it sounded like it was a wizard when it was alive. It sounded like it couldn't move on because it'd made a promise to another wizard, and it had to keep fulfilling that promise.
( However: )
... But it might instead be that, so long as it persisted as a spectre, it was bound to carry out its promise. It wasn't clear about the exact specifics, but...
( Basically, he doesn't want to inject too many of his assumptions into his interpretation when the verbiage itself was slightly ambiguous. The first outcome was pretty alarming - it meant a wizard who meant a promise would be forced to ghoulishly persist in order to carry it out. But was that likely...?
It's hard to say, really. Maybe it was worth finding actual wizards from this world to talk to... )
[ Jing Yuan will gesture to one of the chairs when he sees him standing up. It's habitual, really, for him to expect people to be seated somewhere, even as he sits down himself on the bed.
Some of the finches move around to accommodate where he seats himself. He looks focused in thought as Mika begins to tell him what he does, though. Given the chaotic mess, even he wasn't privy to everything, even if he tried his best, and Aeons did he try. ]
Hmm. It could very well be a mixture of the two. That even should it have died, it would remain bound to this world, as a spectre, made to fulfill the promise. Even if whatever previous consequences have been enacted.
[ Loss of magic, etc. ]
It knew details about us, but that was unsurprising. What was moreso was the fact that it seemed like it could tell what we were thinking.
[ Maybe Jing Yuan was delusional but he got this strange sense that it did when he was talking to the ghost. ]
Something to consider if it is not the last ghost we will ever encounter; and I do believe it be possible we will run into others like it all the same.
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Thus, him considering strategies, making note of personal blunders. He even practices magic at the same time with even more focus; transformation, illusion, and then trying light-themed magic even if his 'country affiliation' is ill-suited to it. Still, he isn't expecting anyone to knock upon his door, even if only once.
Jing Yuan stops his efforts, silencing birdsong, even if the 'finches' can be seen in sight when he opens the door. He is dressed in his casual wear, and offers a tired, lazy smile. ]
Good day, Mika. Is there something I can help you with?
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... The ghost thing got you pretty bad.
( Is he asking if Jing Yuan is okay after all that? No he's not. Obviously. However, )
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[ Jing Yuan simply says, but steps back if the other wishes to come into the room proper. ]
Even a ghost like that isn't exactly the most formidable. The only matter that made it more tricky was the fact it had a hostage.
[ Which means he had to hold back; the problem with being powerful is that one can easily overdo it. Shifting gears on a similar subject, he will go towards...somewhere else, but still relevant. ]
Though, I am glad you came. We can discuss anything it might have said that could be relevant. I may have missed something, though there is one aspect that others may have missed as well.
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... Yeah, might as well.
( He feels a little awkward being invited in (he doesn't usually go into people's rooms, barring the one), but he'll step in - he's like to take a spot by the wall if not directed to a seat, but he would sit if indicated. Mika is a simple creature. )
I spoke to Ahito, too. It didn't tell him anything interesting, so... All I know is what it told me.
( As much as he wishes he could say he caught every piece of lore the ghost was shouting
in every threadat every person, there was so much chaos and blood that Mika couldn't catch everything. It was an overwhelming amount of stimulation. )... For one thing, it sounded like it was a wizard when it was alive. It sounded like it couldn't move on because it'd made a promise to another wizard, and it had to keep fulfilling that promise.
( However: )
... But it might instead be that, so long as it persisted as a spectre, it was bound to carry out its promise. It wasn't clear about the exact specifics, but...
( Basically, he doesn't want to inject too many of his assumptions into his interpretation when the verbiage itself was slightly ambiguous. The first outcome was pretty alarming - it meant a wizard who meant a promise would be forced to ghoulishly persist in order to carry it out. But was that likely...?
It's hard to say, really. Maybe it was worth finding actual wizards from this world to talk to... )
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Some of the finches move around to accommodate where he seats himself. He looks focused in thought as Mika begins to tell him what he does, though. Given the chaotic mess, even he wasn't privy to everything, even if he tried his best, and Aeons did he try. ]
Hmm. It could very well be a mixture of the two. That even should it have died, it would remain bound to this world, as a spectre, made to fulfill the promise. Even if whatever previous consequences have been enacted.
[ Loss of magic, etc. ]
It knew details about us, but that was unsurprising. What was moreso was the fact that it seemed like it could tell what we were thinking.
[ Maybe Jing Yuan was delusional but he got this strange sense that it did when he was talking to the ghost. ]
Something to consider if it is not the last ghost we will ever encounter; and I do believe it be possible we will run into others like it all the same.