driftfleet | 002; and this dream is your story

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

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

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

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.

[she smiles a little]

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

[ he chuckles. ]

I should have guessed as much.

It's a metaphor for what he'll do to you. Do you want to try guessing again?

Why not?

I suppose I can simply refuse him and flee.

Mmm, that's what you have to do.

If you choose another color, he'll kill you a different way. He's very particular about it. But if you refuse or run away, then there's nothing he can do.

It makes him mad. [she looks amused] He complains about it all the time.