un: jonas. cw: blood chatter.

[coherer]

ik this is going to sound like an episode of 60 Minutes that never got aired, but I have smelled worryingly like blood for the past week or so.

Please pre-emptively cool it on the wild guesses, though. God forbid any of this winds up vaguely sexual like Keith's thing (F, buddy). No, I haven't even been injured lately. No, it's not my time of the month. No, I'm not actually a murderer. I woke up one day, sniffed foul air, and have been increasingly ill since.

Does anyone have any idea what I can even do about this? bc I feel like I've tried literally everything but bathing in bleach.

Oh, actually, for ppl who don't want to interact with my TMI, what are your favourite movies? I work at the theatre in Mirth now and I'll get a 2% raise if I bring in more traffic, so I kinda have a vested interest in knowing what kinds of things you'd wanna see screened. Set can't pay for everything yk lol.

Thanks.

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[coherer]

omg bad movies are the best, esp when you've had a smoke/drink lmao. Just sinking into the couch and watching smth stupid feels amazing.

War documentaries, though, those are the best. The World at War is insanely good. ig I just find the world wars neat.

Like not neat as in "good" neat but as in "wow that's messed up" neat. It's kind of like a car crash you can't look away from. In general idk, I maybe would've joined the military back home if college didn't work out.

[windsongs]

and I don't smoke but a bad movie and a beer sound great!
it's a real good way to detox

war movies aren't really a thing given the whole war thing
I wouldn't say there's trauma back home but that's probably the best way to put it........
but idk I think it's a good idea that you weren't able to join
I'd hate to see you have to fight

[coherer]

hahahaha sign me up for your version of a detox, I'm in.

Wait does your earth not have war movies?? tbh sometimes ppl don't even go on tour when they're military bc they pick up special skills or just aren't needed. I don't want to shoot guns though which is a big negative.

[windsongs]

I'm sure they do in other places but they're not really a thing in Japan
at least not that I know of
we've got complicated feelings about war. especially the older generations

but I'm glad you didn't end up going that route
you're a good kid. I don't wanna think about a situation where you'd have to use a gun against someone

[coherer]

Yeah jfc, I can imagine. A lot of war movies are propaganda too, so it's like part of the whole problem.

idk about good a lot of the time but I'm trying to be. p sure if I was passed a gun I'd start holding it like a dirty diaper though. Have you ever held/shot one??

[windsongs]

no I haven't
I'm pretty sure I'd freak out too
I feel like there's way too many ways for that to turn out badly
plus they wouldn't really help in the work I do so no point

[coherer]

Oh yeah, for sure. There are already like way too many guns in the world and too many ppl who do use them, so I actively choose not to contribute to that lol

What do you do for work anyway?? Like ik you were detective-ing, but I don't think I heard about your job.

[windsongs]

seriously!! if you wanna settle things then just use your words
or your fists if that doesn't work!

[ HIBIKI?? ]

I'm kidding!

I'm a contractor with an agency that "helps spirits of all designations with their transition to their next phase of existence"
which is a lot of words to say that I help those departed still clinging to the living world cope with and eventually move on to the afterlife
basically a spirit social worker

[coherer]

Yeah, tried that a few times and it does not work out the way it's supposed to. I'd rather just let ppl be crazy far away from me.

I wish I was more shocked that that's your actual job. Like idk what me being like "oh okay" says about my life experiences so far, but woof. That's cool though, there should be more work like yours. Shockingly, the church has a monopoly on exorcisms or whatever.

Can I ask you a question about spirits or whatever? Is it hard to send them off or is it contextual ig like everyone has smth different they need done?

[windsongs]

it can be heavy don't get me wrong. but at the end of the day, so long as I can help someone cope with the unthinkable then I'm satisfiedbut what did you think I was gonna be, a receptionist? nope! no way!! that's WAY too boring for me!!

I've heard it can be. I've only been in this business for a short amount of time so I can't say for sure
but some of the stories you hear are absolutely heartbreaking. THOSE are the times that are really tough

not the gruesome or tragic deaths, but the understated ones where they know they need to go
where all you can do is reassure them that their loved ones will be taken care of

[coherer]

No, I'd never peg you as a pencil-pusher. You're into that all that high-octane stuff lmfao

I'm glad it's rewarding in that sense. I think those kinds of jobs take a huge amount of empathy but also a huge amount of desensitization. Like nurses and doctors, ppl who see death a lot. I couldn't do it.

(the next question comes as a separate text.)

Have you run into any bad ghosts?

1/2, laughs in canon update in a couple months...

[windsongs]

I think I'd look pretty cute in a suit and pencil skirt though ✨

it's complicated for me. the more I dig, the more I realize my family's never been exactly normal
I guess that makes me well suited for the job?
idk once the shock factor wears off it feels pretty normal

2/2

[windsongs]

[ There's a long pause after he sends the last text. It's an easy enough answer on the surface, but Jonas deserves more than a yes or no. ]

no. but I've heard stories
I'm not totally convinced they're true but
they aren't for the faint of heart

[coherer]

Um, you 100% would lol

(had to respond to that one because it's CRUCIAL)

You're really building the suspense here, I feel like I'm watching the intro narration for a scary movie. What kind of stories? Like hauntings and stuff?