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[The talisman starts transmitting almost out of spite, catching a few seconds of Hermione chopping herbs meticulously, in what looks like her room in the teahouse. The few days before departure are very clearly spent preparing supplies for the road, with her cauldrons bubbling happily away.

She brings her herbs over to one cauldron and drops them inside, picking up a spoon to stir, muttering under her breath:] Ten counter clock this time, maybe it will be stronger - no replacement for - [She flinches, her jaw twitching where she grits it.

Somewhere in her head, she is treated to a cacophony of Ke-Waihu's dead, the most recent ones outraged that they were not rescued sooner by all these strangers. You stir your potions and tell us to mind that face paints aren't poisoned, but do you do anything for us? Where were you when the beasts attacked?

A from Hermione in stirring, the sudden flash of anger in her face at having lost track of her counterclock-wise strokes, and to anyone unwise to what's happening, she snaps at thin air:] Will you shut up for ONE MINUTE - all of you --

[She freezes in place, and looks at the talisman, propped onto the worktable next to her.] Shit. [The feed stops.]

[ooc: SOMEONE signed up to absorb some volcano spirits and now SOMEONE can hear the dead and the dead have A LOT to say right now so now SOMEONE might be extremely angry. (Set before sea-travel, after Subaru's post announcing it.)]

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I can live with spirits haunting me, can you?

My school had ghosts. They spoke to us, interrupted us during meals, played pranks on us in the hallways, so - technically I already have.

Uh-huh. Fascinating story.

Do you need help and do you have candy?

No. [GUESS which.]

Then what good are you?

Kindly bugger right off.

Aish, you are ungrateful.

I said thank you to you already, you haven't even done anything now!

Does the thought count for nothing, simply because you are too stubborn to accept it? Is it not an effort to extend it? Am I not worthy of praise to offer help in good faith, when I can expect nothing but derision?

My kindness is worth all the more for how little you appreciate it. You should give me candy just to make up for it.

[begone, thot]

I don't know, Xue Yang, is it such an effort to extend kindness and consderation that you require praise for basic decency?

Yes. Who says what is basic and what is decent? Do you measure everyone by your standards? Then why can't I do the same?

I deserve it.

Did that hurt?

Because you took such a detour with that logic, you gave me whiplash, so I can't imagine what it must be like in your head right now.

[And yet more whiplash, his mind is a wild ride, as he laughs softly, sounding calm enough.]

Quiet. Better than yours.

You can owe me the candy, if you need to.

[Attempting to drip sarcasm] I'll keep my eyes peeled for a jawbreaker.

What's that?

[From context, he guesses it is candy. Slightly violent sounding candy no less. And so his voice siunds different again, a pure kind if excitement in answer to her sarcasm.]

Are they properly sweet?

[SIGH]

It's a candy - but I don't know. I've never had one, my parents wouldn't - [Falters a little.]

They fixed teeth for a living, and sugar damages teeth, so they were strict on that.

Ugh, that's awful. What's the point of teeth if you can't eat sweets?

Other food.

Ugh.

Why are you so boring?

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