[Action] Being AU Mindy is suffering....

[ghostlygames]

[In this fake!canon update, Mindy returned home to her 'normal' life with her parents. But this time, she refused to hide her ability to see ghosts. Insisting on their existence and becoming more and more desperate to prove it. To make a long story short, this lead her to contact more and more spirits, some of them quite dangerous. But she needed them. To call up the police and give them frighteningly accurate tips on where to find missing bodies. Or to push away bullies. Or spy on people. Anything to convince her parents that she wasn't lying.

But as she became more isolated from her peers, and her behavior became more erratic and confusing, her parents were at a loss to explain any of it. They tried everything. Therapy, drugs, blaming each other. Nothing really helped. And they were both busy professionals who had their careers to think of. At their wits end, they finally committed her to an institution that specialized in helping juveniles with severe psychological disorders. After a year of incarceration, Mindy was pulled back into Mayfield, a familiar if no less scary place.]


[Today, Mindy can be found quietly drawing with chalk on the street in front of her house. She started on the driveway but ran out of room. And far from her usual fare, these pictures are of what appear to various monsters and spectres. Some of which are exaggerated versions of ghosts, or creatures from fairy tales. Others might be familiar to the long time Mayfield resident. These are the half remembered horrors of her 'previous' stay in town and include Hazmats, the Milkman, and the 'monster' from the hospital.(Black Mage) She seems to be totally absorbed in what she's doing. Approach?]

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[42_passes]

A monster that makes people crazy...

I was supposed to be one...

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You were.... supposed to be a monster?

But... you're not scary, Crona. You're not scary at all....

[42_passes]

[Crona just curls up into a tight a ball as possible, burying that face into those knees.

Crona only really manages to make a small noise in response.]

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[She watches for a long moment, then very tentatively, very slowly she reaches out.

Puts a hand softly on one shoulder. Then she shifts around and puts her other arm around him. Yeah. Have a hug, Crona.]

[42_passes]

[Crona jumps a bit, torn between scrambling away or just letting it happen.

It very obviously makes Crona nervous, but it's already happening. Crona just...doesn't know what to do about it. There's just another odd noise.]

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[Keeps hugging. Very gently.]

It's okay... It's okay to be sad and scared....

I am too sometimes....

[42_passes]

I did something bad before I came here...I did something bad to my friends...

[ghostlygames]

............

Did you apologize? If you apologize and you're real sorry they might forgive you.

[42_passes]

[Crona just shakes that head.]

I never got to...

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[tighter hug then.]

Are your friends real nice?

[42_passes]

[Crona only nods, but still makes an odd whining sort of noise.]

[ghostlygames]

Then they'll forgive you. So you just have to remember to apologize when you go back home. Okay?

[42_passes]

[Crona just nods again, rather unsure...and totally afraid to move considering hugs are...a foreign and frightening concept.]

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[Eventually she lets go.]

It'll be okay. If your friends really are nice people, then they'll care more about you than anything you did.

[42_passes]

[Yep...just another whining noise. Crona's pretty sure what was done should never be forgiven.]

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[She settles for just sitting next to him.]

If you ever want to talk about it, I'll listen.....

[42_passes]

[Crona just continues to silently sit there. Seems the kid has fallen into a world within that mind and isn't coming out any time soon.]

[ghostlygames]

[That's okay. She wasn't expecting a response. She'll just lean against him and sit there, waiting. He'll come out of it eventually. And if it were her, she'd want someone to stay with her until she did.]

[42_passes]

[Crona just sits there for a while, until the kid finally shifts to look at the Kishin mark that had been drawn on the pavement.

After quite a while doing that, Crona finally decides Mindy's been bothered enough, and shifts to get up.]

I have to go...

[ghostlygames]

Okay....

[She nods and watches him leave. Then goes back to drawing.]