002; and this dream is your story

[dreamvour]

Who: Baku & you
Broadcast: fleetwide
Action: Caprine if you're so incline
When: now (October 26)

[for the unaware - which is a lot of people - Baku has an office! And she's made it spooky for this particular broadcast; which is to say, she's turned off the lights and lit a few candles to fit the mood. You might even see some glowing eyes in the background every so often - but no worries, that's just her leopard prowling around.

But shhh, it's totally spooky, shut up]

Around this time of year all of the really scary stories start getting passed around at school, so I thought I'd keep up the tradition, even though I'm not there right now and it's a little early.

One of the more popular ones at my school is Aka Manto - the red cloak. He's a ghost that haunts the old bathroom on ground floor. It's said that if you end up using it late at night, that you shouldn't use the fourth stall, or else he'll come to you. And that he's so charming you won't be able to resist answering his question.

[she props her chin on her hands] So he'll come to you and he'll ask, "Do you prefer the red cloak or the blue cloak?" If you answer red, he'll make it so you have a "red cloak", by cutting you. If you answer "blue", he'll drain your blood. [a hum] There's a way out of it, of course, because there always has to be, so I wonder if anyone knows or can guess the answer.

So that's my question to everyone.

[a considering pause, and then:]

Or - ah, or even better, you could share your urban legends from your world, if you'd like. Those are always fun, and it is the season for it.

Comments

[dreamvour]

No. [she tilts her head] I've long since grown out of my fear of the gods.

[dothelokimotion]

[ he chuckles. ]

I cannot say that is wise or unwise.

[dreamvour]

Oh, it's both. One day I'll run my mouth to the wrong god and it'll probably end badly for me.

[she sounds entirely unconcerned]

But they make my job difficult and I make sure that they know every time they do. It's only fair.

[dothelokimotion]

I don't think gods concern themselves overly much with fairness.

[dreamvour]

Mmm. Even so, I still try. Sometimes I get through. Most times, I have to find a way through the rules instead.

[dothelokimotion]

Mm, I do like that. I am a big fan of cheating.

[dreamvour]

[with a very serious, straight face]

It isn't cheating. It's finding loop holes.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki cocks an eyebrow. ]

That's the same thing.

[dreamvour]

[she pouts at him]

It's a little different. I'm not breaking the rules, technically.

[dothelokimotion]

You do not have to break a rule for it to be considered cheating.

[dreamvour]

I guess not . . .

It's not as though they leave me a choice.

[dothelokimotion]

There is always a choice. It only matters what you choose.

[dreamvour]

I do what's right. [firmly, immediately]

[dothelokimotion]

[ that's hilarious. ]

No doubt.

[dreamvour]

[she tilts her head]

That doesn't always necessarily put me on the good side, you know. I do what I think is right. Not what the gods think.

[dothelokimotion]

Personally, I think good and right are overrated.

[dreamvour]

[she just smiles and shrugs]

I'm a neutral creature by nature. I think both good and evil are overrated, if we're being completely honest.

[dothelokimotion]

Well, they've never been my concern at least.

They are for those with outdated social structures.

[dreamvour]

Like Gods?

[dothelokimotion]

Well.

Some gods.

[dreamvour]

Some.

[hmm]

You never answered the question I asked, though. At the very beginning.

[dothelokimotion]

Which one would that be?

[dreamvour]

How would you get out of Aka Manto's question?

Remember, you have to think like a human would. No powers.

[dothelokimotion]

I would only answer if he lets me put the cloak on him first. Or soak the cloak in some way to change the colour.

[dreamvour]

[she smiles a little]

There's no actual cloak. He only presents you the question.