Realistic or Modern 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕, 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝.

[Uxie]

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cosette

ghost

to see the world in all its tainted glory

cosette awaji

文思永 / 淡路 汐恩

japanese/chinese

twenty-four

nov 30

astrophysics major

deceased (2 years)

for a dead person, cosette awaji is pretty spirited. a bit of a character, with a bright smile and a loud voice — she seems committed to making her presence known in every room she steps into. cosette is often found lamenting her situation, although she seems quite content with it at other times. maybe she's just looking for someone to talk to, since being a ghost must be quite a lonely affair.

weirder even is her home, as much lived-in as it is desolate. the furniture is well-maintained, but stunningly outdated — you swear that couch was last popular a decade ago, and the hot water keeps running out — despite her insisting she's been dead only two years. the locked doorway down the hall from her bedroom, too, seems to hide secrets you might be a bit too afraid to confront. perhaps blood leaking from the walls, or even worse, her corpse?

( cosette reminded you the stench would have made the place unliveable already if that was the truth. )

despite her forthcoming nature, cosette herself seems to be quite an enigma. she chatters animatedly about her past routines, her interests, but they all seem to be in relation to this little house of hers. you know, at least, she used to be a masters student, but she seems to become cautious when you ask about her family or friends. you took a peek into her bedroom once, and it was a far cry from what you would have expected of a girl like her — dreary, and a bit unlived-in — like its resident was no more alive than she is now.

( cosette told you that she died in a car accident, somewhere near her school. you wonder why she's tied to the house, then. ghost logistics seem finicky. )

she shows you her planetarium projector, an old model you feel like you remember seeing on the shelves when you were younger, and you watch her fumble with the batteries with non-corporeal hands. when she finally figures it all out, triumphantly, she points out the constellations on her ceilings to you. the twinkle in her eye is unmistakable, and it is times like these she feels so human — you suppose she once was — at least, until she drifts through another wall.

you conclude that cosette wouldn't make a bad roommate at all. so long as she stopped appearing in the mirror while you're brushing your teeth.

night train

milena

♡coded by uxie♡

 

[ravensunset]

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june

human

to love something death can touch

Ha-Jun "June" Choi

twenty-five

korean american

alive!

entomology master's student

march 3rd

You're twenty-five and your life is starting over.

You still think about what life was like when you were five, and you've just been accepted into graduate school.

It's not wholly unfamiliar. It's not the first time you've left home for school, not the first time you moved. Usually, though, you weren't alone.

You've made friends, and you're enjoying school, which is something you once thought you'd never say. You're trying to be alive! You're really, really trying.

You're excited, of course you are, and you're afraid.

You found a house for cheap. A whole house! One of the other students in your program made a face when you told her about where you were staying, but didn't elaborate on why. You know it's kind of old, but you can deal with drafts and leaky windows. It's better than undergraduate dorms. Do your best not to think about the adultness of it all, or about the noises you hear at night.

night train

milena

♡coded by uxie♡

 

[Uxie]

ravensunset

one: first encounter

[ sometime in august ]