Old DRQR Story

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Bella: I think I'm going to hang out with Tikei for now. I wandered around trying to find Tikei, I found some YinYang coins along the way, and stopped by the store to obtain more presents. After that, I found Tikei nearby the elevator. "Hello Tikei."

Tikei: "Oh, h-hi Bella..."

Bella: Would you like to hang out with Tikei?
>Yes
No

Tikei: "Oh, you want to talk with me? S-sure!"

Bella: I spent some time chatting with Tikei. Would you like to give Tikei a present?
>Yes
No

>Ofuda
(A Japanese talisman filled with Kami. In Japanese culture, these are charms, wards, or scriptures that are said to bear good luck.)

Tikei: "W-wait, I can r-really have this? Th-thank you!" He seems really happy.

FTE Start!

Tikei: "H-hey Bella?"

Bella: "Yeah Tikei?"

Tikei: "Do you believe in ghosts or yo~kai?"

Bella: "No, not really."

Tikei: "O-oh... I see..."

Bella: "Do you?"

Tikei: "Yeah!" It nodded its head vigorously like a child. "There are so many kinds of them."

Bella: "Oh really? I curious, what're a few of them?"

Tikei: "Ok, there are Kappa, which or some of the most well known yo~kai, I haven't really looked into them very much but they seem really cool. There's also Yuki-Onna, which does a lot of things but will sometimes freeze people. I once read this story where on the night of a , as the Yuki-onna would be standing there hugging a child, it would ask people passing by to hug the child as well. When one hugs the child, the child would become heavier and heavier until one would become covered with snow and freeze to death. It has also been told that if one refuses, one would be shoved down into a snowy valley."

Bella: I just blinked in astonishment as it kept rambling on about yo~kai.

Tikei: "And then there's the Chōchin-Obake! An old Chōchin would split upwards and downwards, and the part that got split would become a mouth and stick out a long tongue, and the Chōchin-Obake is commonly considered not to have one eye in its upper half, but two. Sometimes, the Chōchin would also grow a face, hands, a torso, and wings. In pictures from the Edo Period, both bucket-shaped and cylindrical Chōchin were depicted. In the Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro by Sekien Toriyama, a lantern-shaped yo~kai under the name of 'Bura-Bura' was depicted. Oh yeah, you don't really know what those are. They're yo~kai that are paper lanterns. Or were they like paper lanterns? Oh yeah, Chōchin-Obake mean 'paper lantern ghost.' They're really cute in my opinion!"

Bella: He's basically turned into a Wikipedia article... (Author's Note: He almost quite literally turned into a Wikipedia article, we swiped a lot of that from said site, we do not actually know that off the top of our head.) I listened to him as he kept prattling on and on about yo~kai, I was barely able to follow him. Despite that, I think we grew a little closer.

*click*

MonoYin: "T-time to go to sleep everyone~"

Tikei: "Aww, g-guess we've got to go, goodnight."

Bella: "N-night..." We went back to our own rooms. Tikei's rambling exhausted me. Hioshi was interesting and I had fun talking to Niko about animals. I think tomorrow is going to be a good day! I went to sleep.

*click*

MonoYang: "I don't feel like yelling today. JUST KIDDING, WAKE UP FUCKERS!!!"

Bella: And just when I thought I'd get a peaceful awakening. I checked the MonoSwitch for any updates and then went to the dining hall. More people were here than yesterday but there still wasn't much. I decided to sit with the same people as last time minus Irani as they aren't here.

Comet: "Come on, you have to tell me about that prank you guys were going to pull, it sounds so fun and you hyped it up so much the other day!!"

Hioshi: "Kyohoho~ Ask and you shall receive~"

Rex: "Alright, where were we?"

Comet: "You were saying that you were going to make your hometown remember your names!"

Rex: "Oh, yeah!"

Hioshi: "Yup, but we couldn't do it alone

Rex: "Yeah, we ended up roping some of our other friends into it!"

Hioshi: "Not like they had a choice."

Rex: "I think they were used to our shit by then and knew they had to comply."

Hioshi: "Hmm... maybe."

Rex: "Ahehehe~ So-"

Niekkei: "Breakfast is ready~"

Comet: "GOD-"

Hioshi: "Kyohoho~ It seems we'll have to wait until tomorrow!"

Rex: "Ahehehe, it seems so~"

Bella: We had breakfast (Which was delightful) and I now have some free time. I think I'm going to hang out with Hioshi again. I found him nearby the shop. "Hello Hioshi."

Hioshi: "Why hello there~"

Bella: Do you want to spend time with Hioshi?
>Yes
No

Hioshi: "Kyohoho, is this a challenge?"

Bella: I just kinda stood there as he kept rambling on about something. Would you like to give Hioshi a present?

>Yes
No

>Knife
(A regular kitchen knife. Despite it's commonality it's still quite sharp.)

Hioshi: "Kyohoho, it appears you have taste!" He seems really happy.

FTE Start!

Bella: "Hey Hioshi?"

Hioshi: "Wassup?"

Bella: "Y'know the last time we talked?"

Hioshi: "Hmm, I think? Oh yeah! I do!"

Bella: "Well, when I tried to leave, you got really sad, how come?"

Hioshi: "Wh-ahem. It's appears you have asked a question~ And answer I shall not~"

Bella: "Why?"

Hioshi: "...Well..."

Bella: "?"

Hioshi: "...I'll answer that question when we talk next, for now, let's talk about something else."

Bella: "Oh, uh, do you mind if I ask why?"

Hioshi: "...I... I need to think of a response, yeah!"

Bella: I decided not to pry and changed the subject. "So how long have you known Rex and Charly?"

Hioshi: "! Well, Rexy and I have been friends since childhood and- I mean, Rex and I have known each other since childhood and we've been friends for most of it."

Bella: "Do you think he made you chaotic or you made him chaotic?"

Hioshi: "Huh? What? We've always been CHAOTIC~"

Bella: "I-I see... Well what about Charly?"

Hioshi: "UhHhHhHhHh- I don't remember, I think it was 5th or 6th grade...?"

Bella: "Alright."

Hioshi: "Yea!"

Bella: We spent more time talking to each other about some of our friends. I think we grew a little closer today. After a while we went our separate ways. Who should I hang out with next?

To be Continued...

(Author's Note: If you're wondering why Hioshi came up again, from here on we're gonna try to do two FTE's per part, and for the first one, It'll be whoever is requested the most and the second one will be chosen at random via a wheel. The wheel also has the Monos too so don't worry. If we don't get any requests for anyone, we'll just spin for the first one as well. Anyway, have a good day, and see you later ~ Melo)