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[flameandpassion]

Hey, Adstringendum. I've got a question.

[Rei is sitting in a chair, in Castiel's impromptu study, with a worn book in her hands. An anthology of ghost stories. And, because of simple curiosity:]

Do you believe in ghosts?

[Scientists? What scientists? Fran is going to handle that part.]

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[wingsandwill.livejournal.com]

[Someone is out today, and when he checks his PCD he notices this. The question's answer is too obvious for him to give, so he's more focused on an entirely different part of this.]

Why are you in my research room?

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[flameandpassion]

Because I'm going through all your stuff and putting it in the wrong places and finding out all of your dirty secrets.

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

Reiiiii-chan, this isn't one of your scary stories, is it? [Please say no. No would be a much better answer.]

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[flameandpassion]

I don't know -- I heard something tip over in the upper floors today and no one was there.

[It's hard to tell whether or not she's serious.]

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[stepford-smiles.livejournal.com]

No, not at all. Do you?

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[flameandpassion]

I do. Less ghosts and more 'spirits', though I guess some people would consider them the same thing.

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[012420.livejournal.com]

Believing in ghosts is stupid. Such things do not exist.

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[flameandpassion]

In your world, maybe not, but in mine -- and in this one -- they do.

Why don't you believe in them?

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

Ghosts do not exist. Spirits do, but they do not have the same origin- and while spirits are often mistaken for ghosts due to their mischievous behavior, they are not the same.

[flameandpassion]

[Rei looks faintly amused. She hadn't expected Nathaniel or the shinigami to answer it. Mainly because she knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that they exist in their world. But she'll play along.]

Your world's terminology isn't exactly standard.

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[light-n-ing.livejournal.com]

I guess. Believing in pieces of people isn't so hard.

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[flameandpassion]

Why do you think they're only pieces?

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[ragebending.livejournal.com]

What's the point?

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[flameandpassion]

Life, in my world, doesn't have just a beginning and an end. It's a constant cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

I'm taking it's not the same in your world. Or, if it is, you just haven't noticed it yet.

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[genkireaper]

[Well, it seemed a bit silly to answer that question exactly, but Botan is curious... And she can't resist curiosity.]

I take it the question is for those that don't actually interact with spirits and ghosts directly... What exactly is the definition for 'ghost' in this case, if there is one?

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[flameandpassion]

One of my best friends in this world is a ghost.

[Rei flashes Botan a grin.]

You're exempt -- but I take it to mean as someone who has passed on in their living life and is reborn again in the next, as a spirit, without a body, but with an attachment to the world.

[magicxmarker.livejournal.com]

Well, seeing as I'm a paranormal investigator and have seen and dealt with them, yeah.

[flameandpassion]

Aah, you should have hung out with the Winchesters when they were here. I'm pretty sure they do the same thing in their world -- or something close to it.

[Rei didn't really ask a lot of questions of Sam and Dean of their own world. Their world sucks. Majorly.]

What kind of ghosts have you seen, then?

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

How are you doing?

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[flameandpassion]

Fine, more or less.

John and Cas were furious with me when I got back. Big surprise.

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[sadistsword.livejournal.com]

Do you?

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[flameandpassion]

Yes.

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[saintedsinner]

What, the animus aren't proof enough?

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[flameandpassion]

I don't know if I would consider them 'ghosts' in the sense of the word. I'm not sure whether or not they'd count.

[foundtheheart.livejournal.com]

*Just. This face. He's pretty sure he doesn't need to answer. This entire reply is probably just because he felt your reiatsu go under the city and fade.*

[flameandpassion]

The shinigami and the Hollows are exempt from answering, Ulquiorra.

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[floralprophecy.livejournal.com]

Yes, I do.

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[flameandpassion]

Why do you?

[bunny_flower]

I do not have to believe, Hino-san. They exist in my world.

[flameandpassion]

[Rei laughs a little, amused.]

The shinigami don't have to answer, Unohana-san.

[ff_red_turk]

Yes.

[flameandpassion]

Why?

[leggierissimo]

It's nice to believe, isn't it? Comforting, in a way.

[flameandpassion]

Depending on what kind of spirit you encounter, it would be.

[dreamdecoder.livejournal.com]

...Gh...

Ghosts...

Why do you ask, anyway?

[flameandpassion]

I found a book on ghost stories for kids -- I was curious to see if anyone believed in them.

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[whatthefactor.livejournal.com]

[shrug.]

I guess, even if ghost sounds zetta lame.

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[flameandpassion]

What would you call them, then?

[saucey]

... Why?

[flameandpassion]

I'm reading ghost stories and I got curious.

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[tearsmythroat]

...No. 'Less you mean spirits, then yeah.

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[flameandpassion]

Some people would call them the same thing.

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Interestin' question. What brings it up? Seen any lately?

[flameandpassion]

I have, yeah, but none today.

[She's serious. D8]

But I was reading a book of ghost stories for kids.

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[suavetrap]

What a thing to be curious about, Rei-chan.

video it's fine! i see no late. <3

[flameandpassion]

I was reading really awful ghost stories.

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[aquaticbeauty.livejournal.com]

[Ami noticed the book in Rei's hands and smiles warmly. It was great that Rei was reading--it would bring her such serenity, no doubt, but still...]

Ghost stories, of all things, Rei-chan?

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[flameandpassion]

Hey, to my credit, I was researching, but I got distracted.

[She closes the ghost story book with a sigh.]

Most of these are American urban legends. They're stupid.