soulping | hiyo haato

Woah! is that... Helyori?!

I am Death—as is this whole domain. But my visage is that of Hel.

[ she seems uncertain about this Helyori stuff tho ]

Death, huh... I know a thing or two about that. [she sure sounds cheerful for such a morbid topic]

But, can I ask, what's Hiyori doing in there? I mean, she's still alive!

[SHE BETTER BE, in any case]

[ Hiyori? sharpish sidelong look, though she wisely keeps her trap shut. ]

[stop eavesdropping jerk]

She is. Her name is on that grave because someday it will belong to her.

[ she points toward the house ]

That building is representative of the life she had before this place and the life she will have after. She is perfectly healthy and young, but death looms hard on her, encroaching on her mental well-being.

But that's normal, isn't it? Everyone dies.

Is she frightened...?

It's normal, yes. And... not as such, no. She doesn't fear so much for herself so much as she does for those she leaves behind.

That's silly! She'll always be with them, no matter what.

[gay]

She is afraid that it won't be enough. Already one of her companions has expressed distress over it. In her heart, it doesn't feel like it's enough.

[Hiyoroc..... ]

It is enough. Hiyoric gives everything she has to be there for people, spirit or human. The memories she has with them is proof of that. Even she dies, her spirit will live on, so she can't truly leave anyone.

[ she seems curious about this ]

In what sense do you believe she will live on?

Didn't I just say? Her spirit! It's not like people completely disappear when they die. Aren't all the chimpies proof of that...?

[she means shinki]

Besides, I'm a spirit medium! In training! I know my stuff.

Shinki are the spirits of the dead who don't get to move on. They remember nothing of who they were before they died. But perhaps there are indeed other ways....

[ something feels a little less tight in your chest ]

But they get to form new connections. And... those aren't the only spirits out there, you know. One of us Feys could even channel Hiyoroc when she's old and gray!

[what's up with her chest]

[ are you somehow one of those lucky people who's never felt anxiety star? that was definitely pressure lifting ]

[ hel smiles ]

Perhaps. Perhaps there are mediums in her world as well. There is... still hope. Even with mortality.

[ that tightness eases again; you feel much better ]

[no she feels plenty of that, but gosh, this isn't about her, she's trying to ease Hiyoroc's anxiety, not hers!!]

Of course there is! You'll help me get the message to her, right?

Yes. It's an important one.

I'm counting on you, Helyori!

hiyo haato

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