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It all started on a dark Saturday night.
The girls had been on hiatus for a month or two after the whole Gwi-ma fiasco. They had really needed a break considering they had gone straight from a world tour, to releasing a brand new single, to finding out their girlfriend was a half demon and defeating the demon king in under a month.
The events during that time had been hard on them all. Rumi had spent years keeping her secret from the others, culminating in her asking her pseudo mother to kill her. In the meanwhile Mira and Zoey had watched their family fall apart, Mira had gotten more volatile and less trusting and Zoey had ended up blaming herself for everything that happened.
It had taken the three of them a long time to return to normal but Zoey was pretty sure they were there.
Rumi had been more open about her demon side and was wearing more revealing clothing. Mira was learning to trust that, even after she still deserved to have them as their family. And Zoey was working on talking about her anxiety and not letting her worries fester.
They had a system where if one of them was having a hard time they would schedule a movie night where the person gets to pick all the movies and snack. This provides them with time to talk about whatever's bothering them in their own time.
Today Mira had scheduled a movie night. They had gathered up a bunch of spicy foods and were all cuddled up around Mira on the couch.
Recently the girl had been facing some online discourse about her lack of expression when compared to other idols. It was starting to get to the oldest girl and the other two had noticed.
Rumi and Zoey had spent the entire length of the first movie reassuring Mira that they loved her the way she was. They made sure she knew that her seeming indifference didn't mean she was any less deserving of a family.
Once Mira was feeling better they had decided to watch a new movie. Mira had chosen a horror about ghosts. Mira seemed to be having a great time, a grin lighting up her face as the protagonists ran away from the spector. Rumi and Zoey on the other hand were clinging to her eyes wide in fright.
“Zoey, you've got a death grip on my arm."
Mira laughed looking down at Zoey whose eyes flick to her before turning back to the screen just as the ghost jumps out at the main character.
On Mira's other side Rumi screeches, hiding her face in Mira's hoodie. Mira laughs again, turning down the volume on the movie and leaning back.
"Let's all take a break from the movie for a second.”
Mira suggests as the other two bring their heads back up to look at her.
“No, you picked the movie! It's ok!"
Zoey pipes up but Mira could tell that she was too spooked to actually enjoy the movie anymore. The same could be said for Rumi who was still hiding in Mira’s hoodie.
After pausing the movie Mira maneuvers around so that her, Zoey, and Rumi are sitting in a triangle with Mira facing away from the TV.
Rumi sits up straighter and looks at the paused tv screen. The ghost is frozen mid attack, glowing bright blue against the black background of the screen. As she continues to stare at the ghost, an idea forms in her head.
“What's that look on your face?"
“Yeah whatcha thinking about?"
Both Mira and Zoey ask and Rumi turns to them with a smile on her face.
“Ok so, if human souls are Blue like the Honmoon. And demons are just people without souls and they glow purple. What color would ghosts, souls without bodies, glow?”
Mira's eyes widen and she looks down deep in thought. Zoey on the other hand immediately smiles.
"Oh my goodness, we're the only people who know about the equivalent of Christian H E double hockey sticks, do you think we could figure out what heaven is like?"
Rumi nods a little looking at Zoey. They all sat in silence for a minute considering what Zoey had just said.
“I think I have a way to find out!"
Mira exclaims jumping up and running to her room. Zoey and Rumi look at each other, Zoey giving a small shrug.
Considering demons were real it's possible ghosts and by extension angels were real too. Zoey didn't think it was out of the realm of possibility for them to be able to interact with them.
Zoey personally didn't have anyone she would talk to if she could, all the family members who had passed on Zoey had come to terms with and she doubted there was anyone with a long standing vendetta on her family.
Rumi probably would want to speak with her mother if that was possible, there was still a lot left in the dark regarding her lineage especially when Celine would never speak a word about why she was the last sister.
Before Zoey could ponder more Mira burst back into the living room holding a box above her head.
Running back over to the middle of the room Mira sits down on the floor before beaconing the other two to sit with her. Once they were all sat down Mira opened the large box.
Inside the box was a variety of items, candles, incense, and more importantly a set of dowsing rods and a ouija board.
“Why do you have so much ghosty stuff?"
Rumi asks, leaning forward as Mira unpacks more and more things. She places candles around them and starts spreading salt in specific patterns.
“I had a moment when I was really into the undead, it helped that it pissed off my parents."
Mira continues to set up while she talks, placing the ouija board in the middle of them and placing the dowsing rods off to the side. Grabbing an old lighter from the box she passes it around as they all light the candles and incense.
The room starts to smell of pumpkin and vanilla and it works to slightly calm Zoeys nerves. Apart from the ouija board and slat circles the room has taken on a warm glow and nice scent. Otherwise it would make a very nice atmosphere.
Once everything was set up Mira instructs them all to hold hands and close their eyes.
“Are we sure this is safe?"
Zoey asks, looking at Mira with nervousness in her eyes. In turn Mira nods reassuringly.
“Yeah I've done this plenty of times and nothing's gone wrong yet."
“Come on Zo! It'll be fun!"
With both of their reassurance Zoey closes her eyes and links hands with both of her girlfriends. Mira has them copy a chant before telling them to all place their hands on the planchette.
"And remember, don't ever take your hands off of the planchette until we've all said goodbye.”
They all nod their heads and Mira smiles one more before looking to the ceiling.
“Is anyone with us tonight?"
Mira whispers to the sky and the other two watch as the planchette moves to yes. They all gasp and look at each other in excitement. The three continue to watch in anticipation as it moves back to the center in a neutral position.
“What is your name?”
Mira asks, watching for any more movement. Unfortunately this time the planchette stays still and they all slump slightly in disappointment.
“I wonder if they don't have a name or they don't want to tell us?"
Zoey says looking at Rumi, they make eye contact for a few seconds before they hear Mira gasp. Looking back down they see that the ghost has reselected yes.
“Yes you don't have a name or yes you don't want to tell us?"
Rumi asks eagerly, and the planchette slowly moves to two.
Deciding to change courses Mira asks if the ghost is a boy or a girl. Eventually they end up learning that this ghost was a girl from their area who died young.
“Do you know who killed you?"
Mira asks, she has a large smile on her face, Rumi too seems excited with this development. Zoey on the other hand is getting more and more nervous, her hands sweating and pupils small.
Faintly Zoey can hear murmurs coming from the corners of the room. Whispers that barely reach her ears and she can feel goosebumps traveling up her arms. The other two don't seem to notice so Zoey writes it off as her own nerves.
The planchette moves to yes again and Rumi gasps. Without skipping a beat Mira adds on;
"Do we know who killed you?”
None of them expected to know, it was said more as a conversational joke than anything else. So when the planchette slowly shifts back to yes their smiles drop.
The room feels wrong, the candles and incense no longer smell pleasant to Zoey instead all she can smell is the smoke. It presses down on her and chokes her, the feeling stifling.
Zoey
Zo-.
Her head whips to the side looking to where she heard her name. She feels lightheaded as she searches the room for any living creature that might've said her name but no one is there.
"Hey Zoey? Are you alright? We can stop now if you want.”
Rumi gently suggests as Zoey turns back to the group. Mira has a look of slight concern on her face.
"That's ok! We should keep going!”
Zoey exclaims before looking back down to the board.
"So why are you here today?”
Zoey asks the board, looking down rather intensely.
The other two glance at Zoey worriedly before looking back down at the board as the planchette moves again.
T O F I N I S H W H A T I S T A R T E D
All at once the candles go out bathing the room in inky blackness. The smoke is oppressive as it chokes the three girls.
Zoey
Help me Zoey
Let me in Zoey
Zoey gasps and lurches backwards, both hands flying off the planchette to catch herself. She scrambles backwards as the world seems to flash a sickening yellowish green.
The other two don't seem to notice as Mira quickly moves the planchette to the goodbye marker before leaping up to run to Zoey, Rumi quickly following suit.
“Zoey, are you ok?!"
Mira asks, kneeling down next to Zoey as her arms give out and she falls to the floor. Rumi leans over her and they both wait for her response.
"Yeah I'm good, sorry for ruining the fun.”
Zoey mumbles with a slight frown on her face. Quick to reassure the girl both Rumi and Mira speak at the same time.
“It's ok things were getting scary anyways!"
“It was already time to sleep, you two head to bed and ill clean up my ghost stuff."
Zoey nods silently and lets herself be pulled up. As she stands the world around her spins and she rocks slightly on her feet, about to fall again. Thankfully Rumi steadies her and leads Zoey back to Rumi's bedroom.
Falling into Rumi's bed Zoey cuddles into the taller girl. Thankfully they're already in their pajamas and dont need to change or remove any makeup.
They both listen as Mira walks around the house, cleaning up their summoning circle and placing her ghost box back in her room before walking into Rumi's room. Climbing into bed with the two of them, Mira curls her arms around Zoey from behind.
"You sure you're ok?”
Mira whispers to Zoey, who is falling asleep quickly. Zoey gives a small nod in response before pulling Rumi closer and smiling a little.
•••
The other two fall asleep quickly, probably due to how late it is but despite her exhaustion Zoey can't manage to fall into that same blissful slumber. Strangely enough Zoey can still hear the whispers from before. They're present but not enough for her to actually decipher what they mean.
Eventually she slithers out from between the two and makes her way back into the living room. The voices get louder as she goes
She sits down on the couch and looks down at where they had been sitting. She sits silently as the murmurs surrounding her get louder. The room takes on a light yellow green glow that makes Zoey feel sick.
She feels as if she's floating out of her body, disconnecting from her hunched form, almost watching in third person.
Suddenly the room feels less recognizable, shifting to something else similar but different. The floating feeling increases until she realizes that she is floating.
She looks down at her hands and sees that they are translucent, glowing the same sickly green as the room. Her own body is in front of her, sitting still below.
Drifting in front of herself she observes her body, there are dark bags under her eyes that weren't there before. She's staring blankly at the floor, her eyes lacking the usual sparkle she tries to keep there. Instead her usually brown irises also possess that ever present green color.
Something was very very wrong.
Whipping around Zoey sees another green figure standing in the middle of where the seance circle was, she was taller than Zoey and slightly older.
Zoey gasps as an intense feeling of dejavu rolls through her. She knows this person, but much like the whispers she can't tell exactly where from or how.
Hello Zoey
I've been watching you for a long time
And now you're going to help me get what I want
Mkay?