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[phantom_envoy]

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This place is just hilarious. Seriously, I can tell. Barrel of laughs a minute from here on out.

[Phantom Girl has swapped out her black and white costume for a dusty old tan jumpsuit and a whole lot of weird electronic equipment. Actually, she vaguely resembles......]

Apparently, 'helping the city' translates into 'ghost-hunting' today, which is just about the worst use of my superpowers I've ever heard. ...Maybe I need a new costume insignia. Anyway, I'm not egotistical enough to think I can handle everything on my own - I've only been here like, two weeks, and yeah, there's stuff in this crazy place I've never gone up against before.

So! ...Who wants to help me out? I can make it worth your while. Never hurts to have a bona fide superhero in your debt, right?

I've been hearing about this weird castle that turns all spooky at night. In the, uh... Leo district, I think it was? It's pretty recognizable. Lots of gold filigree and that kind of thing. If you think you're game, feel free to meet me there a few minutes before midnight.

I'll totally bring snacks.

((Edit!  The action/log portion will be taking place here instead.))

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[phantom_envoy]

Whether or not following the wisp that had put them in danger in the first place is a good idea is a question that is likely to be answered soon. The bobbing flame leads the way silently, illuminating the hallway as it goes - Kairi and Kotoha may soon notice that within the perimeter of its eerie light, the building around them appears... different.

Though the structure is ruined, the will o' the wisp reveals that the building they stand in was something once resembling a dormitory. Rooms are set to either side, and at one point, a bulletin board with messages and notes printed on assorted, colored sheets of paper. If read, they will be found to consist of the single word 'unwind' over and over. ...Deep digging will reveal that one sheet of paper remains intact.

It reads as follows.

"Unwind, by the signing of this order, your parents and/or legal guardians have retroactively terminated your tenure, backdated to six days postconception. Any rights previously granted to you by the county, state, or federal government as a citizen thereof are now officially and permanently revoked."

The will o' the wisp continues on and now, it seems, ghostly faces can be glimpsed for the briefest of moments. Girls and boys, Kotoha and Kairi's age, bodies passing through the hallway, occasional unintelligible whispers floating past their ears.

It will stop, finally in front of one of the doors before bobbing inside. The hallway continues to stretch in front of them - and behind them, of course. The dormitory room has a faded, almost illegible name on a placard: 'L_ss__er'.

They are free to enter or to explore elsewhere.

[unbroken_chain]

Kotoha just sort of stares at the sole intelligible message on the paper.

"...this cannot mean what it's saying."