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[theothersissel]

[Hey Vatheonites. Yomiel is sitting in his chair in his apartment, looking smug. His eyes are covered by his sunglasses, as always, and he rests his chin on one hand, smiling at the screen.]

So, another year come and gone, huh?  In about a week or so, actually, I'll have been here for a year myself. Time really flies, doesn't it? So, just reflecting back on the year, I have to say-

I can't die because technically, I'm already dead.

[...What. WHAT WAS THAT. The words had just come out of his mouth without any thought behind them. He pauses, looking surprised, wondering where that even came from.]

Um. I...I didn't say that. I didn't say that at all. I mean, I went mad for a few years because of what I am and I always feel alone because of it.

[NO. He did not just say that OUT LOUD. His mouth curls into a confused sneer, and his body tenses as he looks around like a caged animal. Was somebody...possessing him? No, he would know. He's silent for a little bit as he looks around in Ghost World, but there isn't any telltale sign of a soul anywhere. He's alone.]

Okay, this isn't funny. Somebody is making me say thing that aren't true, and- I REALLY LOVE CUTE AND FLUFFY CATS.

[With a growl, he jumps from his chair and throws the SFC against the wall in anger, turning it off. He was the manipulator, not this place. Nobody could get the upper hand on him. Not if they valued their life.]

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[4before]

[Sissel pads over to him, meowing in concern.]

What happened?

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[theothersissel]

[He twitches when he hears Sissel, and just buries his head in his hands, as if that would help him forget what just occurred.]

...I said some things that I didn't mean to say. Things which are supposed to be secret.

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[4before]

[... This calls for serious action!]

[And by serious action, of course this means jumping on his lap and settling down.]

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You like cute and fluffy cats, huh? Good to know.

[lololololol—]

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[theothersissel]

It's something the curse made me say. Don't take it seriously.

[NO ONE CAN KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVES CATS. NO ONE.]

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Hey, nothing wrong with liking cats.

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[p2iioniicii2t]

A gliitch iin your 2y2tem proce22e2, Manipulator Yomiel?

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[theothersissel]

[...]

[He lets out a laugh. Before, he would have corrected him and said that humans don't have glitches. But now...]

...

Yeah. Yeah, you could say I'm glitching at the moment.

[Humans were machines, in the end. And they could be tampered with. It all made sense, really.]

[fonmaster]

You also died before coming here? This isn't really the afterlife, is it?

[theothersissel]

...

No. This isn't the afterlife.

[NOT ANSWERING THAT FIRST QUESTION, NOPE.]

[schrodingersghost]

Wait, what?

[theothersissel]

Disregard what I said. I'm under a curse made by this place.

[schrodingersghost]

Some curse. What is it this time?

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[kingwithnocrown]

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[theothersissel]

[...Great. Just what he needs. Izaya finding out about this.]

What's so funny?

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[kingwithnocrown]

Nothing~. It's just a charming new perspective about you that I never knew~.

[Granted, Izaya's impacted by the curse as well but he doesn't say that. Duh. Why would he.]

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[last_lombax]

[Ratchet just kind of stares as he appears on screen. There are questions he wants to ask but...where to start?]

...What was that about?

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[theothersissel]

[A sigh.]

I'm under a curse made by this place. It's making me say things I don't mean to say.

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[last_lombax]

I see. Sounds like a sucky curse to be under. So, you really love cute fluffy cats?

[tsundyne]

...

Guess it's a little too late to warn you about the curse that's going on.

[Welp. More things she was never meant to hear, she supposes; and she can't help but sigh. How do you react to something like this, anyway...?]

But hey. I like cute and fluffy cats, too.

['Cause clearly, that was ~important~ thing in this video feed here...]

[theothersissel]

Yeah. I managed to figure that out.

[A shrug. He's trying to save face after that whole debacle, really.]

Do you? I like cats, but I have no idea why it made me single out cute and fluffy ones.

[tsundyne]

[Yukari shrugs, too.]

I dunno. It's not a particularly embarrassing thing to admit, is it? I figured that'd be the whole point.

[There's a pause, as she thinks about it, with a scratch of her head. And then--]

But then again...well.

...

[...Everything else he'd said would be more than enough to make up for that, if it was true, huh? She stops herself there, though, looking away from the screen.

Pretending to think some more.]

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[kissedgoldfrog]

[Color her surprised. Dead before arriving in this place? Was it possible? It sounded like a sensitive subject so Madison decided not ask about it. And absolutely nothing on the second line for the same reason. But she does smile a bit at his last confession.]

Did you have one back home?

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[theothersissel]

[It's complicated. Being a person who's literally stuck between life and death is hard and nobody understands.]

Actually, yes. And he's here right now. He's not really fluffy and can be cute, but I like him all the same.

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[kissedgoldfrog]

Well that's the important thing, right? Having a friend with you in a place like this.