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[swordsitter]

Who: swordhaus + cr
When: throughout march
Where: the three apartments swordhaus uses.. or will be, once the newbies arrive
What: march catch-all
Rating/Warning: probably nothing, but i'll edit as necessary.

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[ this is a busy, noisy household. sorry, neighbors. ]

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[spes_phthisica]

[Souji is quite unaware of the strangeness of the situation, apart from the more obvious strangeness of Pitch himself. Back home, it would be strange, because he doesn't have any spiritual powers the way Hajime does, and the only supernatural creature he's ever seen was one which rather specifically was haunting him. Then again, as it's Pitch... who can say? Souji does at least in some ways have the simplistic mind of a child.

Now he gazes up at the spirit with obvious respect, even a bit of excitement, but also some puzzlement.]

Ah, I take it that the name is a more Western phenomenon, then? I don't think I've ever heard it - but then again, I can't say I'm the most well-educated person around. [He laughs a bit apologetically.]

[isolophobia]

[ Strange? Oh you sweet summer child you haven't seen anything yet. Pitch gives that far too knowing grin and spreads his hands. ]

It is western. You likely know me as the Namahage. Which, while fun to steal the odd small child while the household is busy laughing and chasing those in costume, it's not a good look to keep year round.

[ Not that he could have. He'd tried before. But Pitch faded no matter how his appearance had changed. East or west. ]

[spes_phthisica]

[Souji's eyes grow wider still, looking practically haunting in that hollowed-out face. He remembers being afraid, as a child, of being taken away. He wasn't a good kid, after all. He had made everything so hard for his family.

But that is only the memory of old apprehensions, there for a moment and gone in the next. He even smiles only shortly thereafter, childish and adult beyond his years all at once. Fear is a constant in life, after all.]

So you scare children all around the world wearing different faces? In scary stories and bad dreams, that sort of thing?

[isolophobia]

[ Pitch smirked and bent to pick up the rolled futon then seamlessly slid into a tight circle around Souji. His shadow left his signature of being a bit disjointed. As though it was slow to follow him. ]

As long as somebody is afraid of those "scary stories" then yes.

[ Ending up where he started, Pitch waited for his shadow, like a streak of ink in the floor, to catch up with him. Alright so maybe he was showing off a bit. ]

Nightmares, though? That's something else...

[spes_phthisica]

[Strangely, it's not so hard for him to accept. Of course, darker spirits have to accept as well as lighter ones, that only makes sense. It's just how the world works. As someone who has been called the child of an oni, and who has prided himself on doing very bad things so that other people don't have to, it's what he has always believed.

He gasps a bit at the trick with the shadow, but honestly seems more delighted than intimidated - certainly impressed.]

That's something even adults have - but I suppose it's easier to make a child believe a dream. When we grow up, we tend to dismiss them as soon as we wake up.

Still, everyone has something they're afraid of, is that what you're saying?

[isolophobia]

[ Pitch sneered at first. He didn't much like the reminder that it was apparently easy to dismiss him as a 'bad dream'. But after a moment his lip curled in a smirk. ]

Yes. Though with adults it's altogether different. Children are frightened or brave by equal measure. They ear children they know no better.

[ And showing off a bit again with parlor trick magic, Pitch's shadow detached from him and both he and his shadow seemed to bow to each other. Then It came back an simply became a shadow again as Pitch faced Souji. ]

With adults, by and large, it's secrets.