2nd Sketch [Action - Ecruteak]

[colorofdeath]

Who: Mei Misaki & You
Where: Ecruteak City
When: August 18th

Summary: Mei has encountered a ghost from the not-so-distant past.



[Mei had more or less adjusted to the creatures known as Pokémon, as well as most of her new surroundings. Background music included. Even the festival had been like a flashback to normalcy, little ghosts excluded. The excitement over the festival had even made her feel nostalgic, and she only wished her sister could've been here to experience it with her.

...what she never expected was to find herself face to face with a phantom that looked just like her. That smile was undoubtedly hers, but she was completely silent. How, though? Mei knew very well she'd died.]

Misaki...

[Mei can be found nervously wandering about town, trying to evade the ghostly image of her sister, unsure what to make of it. It's...nice to be able to see even just a phantom of her, but it feels...wrong.]

Comments

[colorofdeath]

[If only that would work. Sadly, one of Mei's lovely little critters is terrified of the other ghost, two want to befriend it, and the last wants to set it on fire. She's being trailed by her Shuppet and Duskull, although they're less being helpful and more just seeing what their trainer is up to.

Hearing a voice, Mei turns her head to spot the other girl. She remembers her, if only somewhat. She had that...odd cat thing that was talking to her, if she recalled correctly. While she doesn't look frightened, she definitely seems nervous about something. The phantom image of her sister isn't in view at the moment. Which is more or less to Mei's relief.]

...I think so. Am I what?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[How nice, a talk without a eavesdropping ghosts is very preferable to the alternative. After glancing about to make sure her ghost isn't around, Ashley clarifies:]

The, um. The...ghosts. Is one haunting you too?

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[There's an awkward moment of silence as Mei mulls it over, but she finally relents and nods.]

...yes. [But Ashley had said 'too'...]

I take it I'm not alone in that.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Ashley grimaces.]

A bunch of my friends, yeah, and... I've also got something trailing me.

[She looks over her shoulder; hasn't caught up with her, yet.]

[colorofdeath]

I'm...not sure what to do about...her, myself.

[She can't bring herself to call the ghost 'it'. It's still the spitting image of her sister. And speak of the devil, just a moment later, said phantom steps around the corner.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Ashley spies Mei's ghost and just. She goes a little cold. It's not even hers but.]

She...looks like you.

[Twins? Oh, great.]

[colorofdeath]

She does.

[Mei doesn't turn around to acknowledge the ghost. She knows well enough what she looks like.]

...she was my sister.