[ Which he has woefully neglected to tell until now, because... because. En's an airhead like that, sometimes.
That, and because supernaturals lingering around have become so commonplace that he doesn't even find explanations for them to be necessary. Japan is a predominantly Buddhist and Shinto country, so polytheism and spirits being everywhere is just a common cultural fact— grass is green, water is wet.
But, okay, here's the story: ]
Uh... 300 years back? Girl used to live here. Really sickly, y'know? People didn't know why she was sick. So her parents made a house here. Near the mountain, near the water. Thought it would help her recover. Real rich people.
Her parents didn't live with her, though. They were probably assholes. [ EN PLEASE... ] Probably didn't want to get sick too. So they gave her dolls. Lots of 'em. Visited her once a month. She had maids and stuff.
Until they stopped visiting. They died in some accident? Fire, I think. Dunno, who cares. They were assholes. [ En... ] Maids couldn't just live there with her. Wasn't getting paid. So, you know.
Humans do that kind of stuff. Used to, at least. Culling. [ The girl was going to die, anyway— or that's how they justified it. ] Put her in a room with all her dolls. Smothered her in her sleep.
No one wants to live here anymore. People think the plague's in the walls. Her sadness.
So sometimes they leave dolls. To keep her happy, I guess.
—Anyway, I heard that there's a real good hunk of jade in there. Wanna make a necklace out of it. [ ok en but what's wrong with you ]
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[ Which he has woefully neglected to tell until now, because... because. En's an airhead like that, sometimes.
That, and because supernaturals lingering around have become so commonplace that he doesn't even find explanations for them to be necessary. Japan is a predominantly Buddhist and Shinto country, so polytheism and spirits being everywhere is just a common cultural fact— grass is green, water is wet.
But, okay, here's the story: ]
Uh... 300 years back? Girl used to live here. Really sickly, y'know? People didn't know why she was sick. So her parents made a house here. Near the mountain, near the water. Thought it would help her recover. Real rich people.
Her parents didn't live with her, though. They were probably assholes. [ EN PLEASE... ] Probably didn't want to get sick too. So they gave her dolls. Lots of 'em. Visited her once a month. She had maids and stuff.
Until they stopped visiting. They died in some accident? Fire, I think. Dunno, who cares. They were assholes. [ En... ] Maids couldn't just live there with her. Wasn't getting paid. So, you know.
Humans do that kind of stuff. Used to, at least. Culling. [ The girl was going to die, anyway— or that's how they justified it. ] Put her in a room with all her dolls. Smothered her in her sleep.
No one wants to live here anymore. People think the plague's in the walls. Her sadness.
So sometimes they leave dolls. To keep her happy, I guess.
—Anyway, I heard that there's a real good hunk of jade in there. Wanna make a necklace out of it. [ ok en but what's wrong with you ]