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Of Hauntings And Regrets Sr Raina 250402
In the ancient city of Kyoto, a peculiar group gathers under the pressing urgency of a haunting that tarnished the quiet of an apartment complex. Ritsuka of the Tsubaki no Tetsu cult, along with her occult companions, is summoned by the Hanshin group to address a troublesome specter driving tenants away and threatening the secrecy of the supernatural world.
Upon arriving, each member showcases their unique disposition towards the supernatural task at hand. Ritsuka, armored and masked, bears the weight of visibility to the unseen, identifying their ethereal target—a woman in white, wailing with the sorrow and fury of unresolved regrets. Takeshi, brash and eager for a confrontation, finds himself at odds with the nature of their foe, a ghost beyond the reach of physical harm. Lynette, curious and learning, is positioned as an apprentice to William. William himself, an experienced arcanist, prepares to bind and consume the spirit should his teachings fail.
As they encounter the ghost, a turmoil unfolds. The spirit, driven by a desire to be left alone, attempts possession, first of Lynette then of William, only to find herself trapped by William's ritualistic prowess. Takeshi, though unable to perceive the ghost, stands ready to protect his comrades from the physical manifestations of its rage. Ritsuka and Lynette provide support, battling the debris hurled by the frantic spirit.
In the climax, William initiates a binding ritual, drawing on his own blood for power. An eerie calm settles as his owl minion consumes the bound spirit, an act of finality that silences the haunting once and for all.
With their task completed, the group reflects on the necessity of their actions within the supernatural ecosystem. The specter's wails dissipate, and the apartment complex finds peace. Despite minor property damage—attributed to Takeshi—resulting in a deduction from his payment, the mission is deemed a success. The team disperses, returning home without fanfare, yet with the knowledge that as long as the supernatural world intersects with the mortal, their unique skills will be in demand.
"Hauntings and Regrets" thus concludes, leaving an impression of a world where the ancient and the occult blend seamlessly into the fabric of modern life, demanding both respect and resolution from those who dwell within its shadows.
(Of hauntings and regrets(SRRaina):SRRaina)
[Sat Mar 22 2025]
On Foothold in Kyoto
Tucked away in the winding backstreets of Kyoto, behind an unassuming wooden gate marked only by a single, weathered camellia crest, lies a foothold in Japan. The air is thick with the scent of incense and the cold outside, the silence broken only by the distant chime of temple bells or the occasional murmur of unseen watchers.
Beyond the entrance, the locations fits into the surroundings, traditional sliding doors conceal fortified chambers, and a garden disguises hidden pathways beneath its moss-covered stones. Paper lanterns cast flickering shadows against lacquered wood, their crimson glow reflecting in the eyes of those who may take a moment to watch.
Power flows like an unseen current beneath Kyoto's ancient streets. Only those who walk the path of along the Yokai may ever uncover this current.
It is about 50F(10C) degrees.
those who have passed usually move on to the afterlife, however those who have great regrets will not, anchored tightly upon this world they linger, linger forevermore, until either they are banished to the other side or have their regrets fulfilled, no matter what however, a haunting is still a haunting and thus, it needs to be quelled, the hanshin group has called upon a reliable ally atleast at dealing with the supernatural, ritsuka and her cult the tsubaki no tetsu has gotten a rather good rapport with them as of late and so they are once again called upon to deal with the hauntings on a certain apartment, the owner whom wants to get rid of this haunting in their apartment, for it is driving rent down, while the hanshin group just wants the secrecy of the supernatural kept, with this a transport arrived to the meeting area, someone is waiting for the group a woman in a suit and behind her a large man in a suit wearing sunglasses
it seems this shall be a more, casual affair less bloodshed should be involved, afterall there is only one ghost, one yurei sighted within the premises of the apartment around the middle floors wandering about, this detail is given to ritsuka and the group before hand and further questions should be asked after they get into the building as a storm is rapidly forming upon the skies, it seems it will be a rather thunderous day with how those dark clouds are forming, possibly a premonition, a warning from whatever faraway fleeting gods watching over them or just the mundane weather deciding that now of all times would be a good time to cause the earth to smell of petrichor
entering the building it is just a regular office space as the group is walked over to a meeting area so questions can be asked and plans can be made the woman in the suit takes a bow and waits outside while the man in the suit waits inside it seems like they would like to know the plan going foward just incase, some glasses of water is put down and light snacks is given out as courtesy as all is seated to plan for ghost busting.
There is some tense grumbling that comes from the armored up Ritsuka when she makes way to path over, mask in hand, blade sheathed at the side, satchel worn over a shoulder, and this only follows by a little sigh when the group does make their way through and comes to a stop at the other side. An armored hand places against her hip, the other holds the armored mask, and her eyes do glance on over to William with a semi-grateful nod. Clearly, she would rather be doing or handling something else than something this small and minor. On the other hand, she considers she may be the only Tsubaki here with the ability to see spirits and ghosts. All the same, she gestures for someone and Takeshi to go talk to the people and figure it out, staying a little bit at the back.
There is some tense grumbling that comes from the armored up Ritsuka when she makes way to path over, mask in hand, blade sheathed at the side, satchel worn over a shoulder, and this only follows by a little sigh when the group does make their way through and comes to a stop at the other side. An armored hand places against her hip, the other holds the armored mask, and her eyes do glance on over to William with a semi-grateful nod. Clearly, she would rather be doing or handling something else than something this small and minor. On the other hand, she considers she may be the only Tsubaki here with the ability to see spirits and ghosts. All the same, she gestures for Lynette and Takeshi to go talk to the people and figure it out, staying a little bit at the back.
"Eh? Just ghost? That it?" Takeshi asks, marching into the building with zero of the respect that should be shown for the dead as he stuffs his hand into the snack bowls and brings a messy fistful of munch of to his mouth, stuffing it full as he eyes around the building. "Sad ghosts not wanting to move on are dime-a-dozen, why we care so much about this one?" Takeshi complains snottily, looking over his shoulder at Lynette, William and Ritsuka "I say we find ghost and teach it lesson" The demon grins, faint wisps of black mist drifting down out of the suspiciously sword shaped cloth package strapped on his back ...
"Oh, that is the plan... But it's not going to be punching or anything... That doesn't work against them anyways" William tells to Takeshi, seemingly having made it here a bit earlier, despite his inability to path on hi own, resting the weapons that might still be a bit bloody from hunting and driving a finger to his lips he muses "It'll be more like... If it's a powerful enough spirit... I'll bind it instead of banish it... And have my minion tear every fiber of its spiritual form until it's fully consumed" He says thoughtfully, nodding his head afterwards "If it's weak though, it's just a simply banishing ritual though..."
Lynette nibbles at some of the courtesy snacks, pressing one of the cookies between her lips as she eyes the pair of strangers. The Hashin group seemed to always be requesting for help lately. "How are we even supposed to find a ghost? Or like, deal with it?" Lynette glances quickly towards Ritsuka. She's been adjusting well to all the supernatural shit, but paranormal stuff isn't a topic she explored much yet.
That would prompt a frown from the demon as William mentions that punching the spirit would not be an option. "Eh?" Takeshi asks, seeming disappointed, his eyes flick over his shoulder to the package on his back that William could feel some kind of strong demonic presence wafting off from it "What about Mao no Tsume?" Takeshi asks, seemingly referring to that cursed sword of his "You think that can kill ghost?"
"No... Ghosts are spirits, they no longer are corporeal, that's their main deal... They have access to psychic abilities, but they cannot be touched" William says with a couple shakes of his head towards Takeshi "Not by your firsts, not by your sword... Potentially, another spirit might be able to interact with them, and that's the whole consumption thing I mentioned- But you're not going to be able to punch a ghost... At much something it flings at you, or someone it posesses, but even then, the ghost won't really suffer"
He thinks for a second further "Can I go in nightmare and kill there?" Takeshi asks, wondering if he'd gotten all of this straight
William shakes his head yet again "The nightmare is something entirely different"
the office room itself is rather unremarkable, it isnt a big job so nothing fancy is being used, hauntings have happened before and several places in japan are major haunting spots, those places can no longer truly be free from the spirits that haunt within and are well known to contain said spirits, however with a little gossip and subterfuge the information of those places is true nature has been twisted from the public eye, but this can only be done so many times and within remote areas, right now to prevent another place to become another one of these haunting spots especially within a public area this group has been gathered.
Ritsuka being the only person who can see and commune with spirits is just here to help out with this minor and honestly insignificant task, as for Takeshi brash and ready to cut and slice someone who has already died, seemingly not caring that yurei linger on because of regrets, someone who asked on how to deal with ghosts Lynette asked the man answered her in a short and brief manner "however you see fit, banish them, fulfill their regrets, kill them somehow, the main point is, the yurei must be taken care of" the man then returns to his idle stance of waiting as if he was just a stone statue, william seems to be the other person most equipped for this task it may prove to be a short affair if they plan to do it that way, the woman outside chimes up "try not to cause property damage, if you can" it seems she is referring to Takeshi specifically, he has a reputation the man awaits for any further questions before chaperoning them to their destination.
Cheeks still stuffed, Takeshi looks over to the woman as she singles him out in regards to the property damage with a face like he'd been caught red handed in his intentions. "Ah ... Sure ... No damage ..." Takeshi tells her in a slow, careful voice that did not come off as very convincing.
"Eh, not even nightmare ..." Takeshi mumbles under his breath at William's remark before he looks over to Lynette and sends her ahead of him with a sharp clap on her ass, staggering the woman forwards a few steps to put her into a walk towards the building.
Far too cocky to do something as sensible as ask questions for figure out what it is they might be heading into, Takeshi seemed to be intending to head straight in! "We go, Muse-chan" Takeshi tells Lynette "You can find spirit, right?" Takeshi asks, simply assuming that was something she'd be able to do
"Right, it would be a banishing then. We could turn it into a lesson, if you would like, Will, to help with it a little." Ritsuka quietly mentions to William, her gaze straying to Lynette. "Teach her about ghost banishing kind of lesson. By now she really should know, but people do as people do. It will be her task in the future to figure something like this out as one of the ritualists and arcanists."
"Noted" Lynette purrs, scrunching her nose in consideration. "So what I'm hearing is Takeshi is useless here, considering brute strength is all he knows," Lynette snickers, inspecting her nails. A less physically intense job felt ideal. The clap to her however would wipe the smug expression from her face, glaring at Takeshi behind her. "You keep assuming I can do some wild stuff, don't you," she sighs, twirling her hair. He hasn't been wrong yet. She frowns, glancing towards William. "Looks like you're my teacher for the day," she flashes a grin in his direction.
"Oh, right, right, that does sound like fun" William comments with a couple nods to Ritsuka, tapping his own lips with his index finger before glancing at Lynette for a couple seconds, not seeming to pay much attention to Takeshi's spank or the destruction of property comment by the woman in the suit, adding after that "Luck always works in her favor too... So this should be easy peasy for her, yes? Do you know how to ritual anything yet? Or is it still in process of learning?" He asks directly to Lynette
the storm is picking up outside, the smell of petrichor has all but vanished replaced with rain, thunder grumbles in the distance as the office room lights flickers for a brief moment, it seems like the meeting is going to be all but over soon, with how casual everyone is, infact it seems like Lynette is about to get a lesson out of this haunting a good experience to have when dealing with the supernatural.
"then is everyone ready to go?" the man asked the group seeing as they are being casual with the whole affair it seems like it is best for them to not be holed up in this boring office any much longer "if so please leave the office, miss tanaka will drive you to your destination" the man said as he opens the door and the woman in the suit, miss tanaka, is waiting to drive them to their target location.
Placing the armored mask over her face, she answers the man, now muffled and electronically distorted. "As ready as one could hope to be." Just get us over there, I will move quickly through so my looking like this will not be noticed too much by unawares." Ritsuka quietly says, gaze now hidden, hand lowering back down to her side."
Lynette puffs up with a bit of pride. "I've done one ritual in the past, after someone turned Takeshi into a woman," her grin widens from amusement at the memory. "I suppose it's time to get a move on then,"
"I am ready..." William tells the man as he follows Miss Tanaka outside, glancing over to Lynette for a moment to assess what is being said, before turning his head towards Takeshi, smirking a tiny bit "How was having your dick gone? Is it that weird?"
Walking along with an expression that betrayed the complete lack of thoughts going on inside his mind, Takeshi blinks twice at someone' comment and looks over in the man's direction with a blank expression. "Eh? Dick gone?" Takeshi asks the man in a confused voice
Walking along with an expression that betrayed the complete lack of thoughts going on inside his mind, Takeshi blinks twice at William's comment and looks over in the man's direction with a blank expression. "Eh? Dick gone?" Takeshi asks the man in a confused voice
with them all agreeing they were all drove to the haunted apartment complex and dropped off, a normal apartment, tall, grey and boring with wailings and howlings being drowned out by the storm, yep it is haunted alright, the owner is nowhere to be seen but the miss tanaka did hand them the keys to the apartment along with the master key "once again do not destroy any property, there are other residents within the building, if by any chance you need to deal with one or some of them, we can...clean them up, but try not to harm anybody" miss tanaka said as she drives the car away leaving the keys to Ritsuka as the group enters the well lit apartment, the wailings can now be heard more clearly within the building itself, how no one has called the police yet is anybody guess, but this needs to be dealt with now, as the information is said the yurei is spotted in the middle floors of the apartment around room 347 and 338, as so they head there and the wailings slowly become louder and louder as the ascend the floors and arrived at their destination, a woman in white clothing floating around sobbing and wailing is seen by ritsuka first.
"Well, I assume it was gone if someone ritually changed your sex... Was it still there? Does the ritual leave those things to chance?" William poses for a moment before shrugging his shoulders, tilting his head towards Lynette and mentioning "Well, you are banishing today then... Gotta learn these things- If the spirit is weak enough, otherwise it is food for my owl".
Entering the apartment though, William pauses for a moment to look at the floating woman, glancing towards Takeshi and Lynette for a moment as if to assess the two, and pointing a finger at it "Can any of you see that?" Before turning his head towards Ritsuka, actually not knowing about this little fact and asking "Can you see it?"
"Takeshi, behave, or I will have you tie yourself up again." Ritsuka quietly warns as she now makes her way over to the apartment building, armored gloves holding the key that opens the door ahead, and then to climb to the middle apartments, specifically aiming towards apartment 338 first, her masked gaze keeping an eye through the hallways, until she then sees the woman in white clothing. She raises a hand to make everyone stop, and tells them: "Female. White clothing, woman. Just over there." A gesture in the direction. "I could probably walk atop of it just fine, though she might get angry or try to drive me to madness. Some Yurei are very problematic."
As we walk into the building it was the sound that hit Lynette first, sending chills through her body. William and Ritsuka were not helping with their little discussion. "I can't see shit... pretty sure I don't want to either," Lynette murmurs, narrowing her eyes where William was pointing.
Takeshi stills looks confused, it seems he just had a lot going on in his life that the one strange morning would need more prompting than that he trudged out of the vaults of his memory "Someone ritually changed my sex?" Takeshi asks! He'd not know anything about a ritual, thought it would be questionable if he had any thoughts at all at the time on what might have caused it.
Takeshi looks over to where William is pointing and shakes his head "No, I can't see anything ..." Takeshi tells the man, looking next to Ritsuka and shaking his head in her direction also "No, I see no woman ..."
Takeshi says "Eh? "
Takeshi says "That was only in Tsubaki district"
"Well, that's just stupid... Why would someone not be curious? Or at least acknowledge the differences? I'm sure it must feel odd, but you know... At least pee, like that" William opines with a couple shakes of his head, not seeming too distraught by the presence of the ghost, instead, he looks over at the group for a moment and comments "In any case... I am an arcanist, and our lucky friend over here seems to want to go that route with her singular ritual... Our masked lady over here and the guy with the ominous backpack are out muscle, those normally cover while we ritual" There is a glance shot at Lynette, thinking for a moment and saying "If you've only done a ritual, I can't really teach you much of the process, but the logistics of the whole thing... There's a bit of a skill gap in here... So you can start ritualling it away in the way you know, you're going to take a bit... And meanwhile, I can keep yapping procedures"
Ritsuka seems just fine with William taking charge here, he is, after everything, the dedicated arcanist here, while she was not. She places herself somewhat protectively around William and Lynette, but does not draw the blade.
the yurei wailing became sobs before then turning her head towards Ritsuka and the gang, her face of sorrow slowly and noticeably warped into a face of frustrated anger "leave...leave me alone..." the yurei spoke "why cant i be left in peace...." the continue as the charges at Lynette trying to possess, seemingly intent on being 'left alone' it seems she is trying to attack the group using lynette, however as a breach of secrecy...there is no possible way its wish can be fulfilled screams in anger.
"I forgot until Obachan brought it up" Takeshi tells William with a shrug before he single eye squints at the man "Are you with anarchs? Were you one who did ritual?" Takeshi asks him.
Takeshi looks over his shoulder as Lynette is possessed, raising his eyebrow at her "Eh ... Is this about hair again?"
William watches as the ghost moves towards Lynette, not seeming to do much as it happens, and, once the spirit enters the body of the woman, he sighs, shaking his head and saying "Well, not always lucky it seems..." Smilling a tiny bit despite what he just said, and making use of a weakened Sanctuary by being outside of Haven to simply, before any of the other two companions interjects, punching the back of someone' head with some force, hoping the strike would knock her out of it and rid of the issue of having to face one of their own teammates
William watches as the ghost moves towards Lynette, not seeming to do much as it happens, and, once the spirit enters the body of the woman, he sighs, shaking his head and saying "Well, not always lucky it seems..." Smilling a tiny bit despite what he just said, and making use of a weakened Sanctuary by being outside of Haven to simply, before any of the other two companions interjects, punching the back of Lynette's head with some force, hoping the strike would knock her out of it and rid of the issue of having to face one of their own teammates
the yurei possessing Lynette tries to lunge at Takeshi with eyes full of murderous intent her hands outstretched aiming at his neck "DIEE" it screamed out then...one hard hit to the back of her head the yurei popped right out hissing and getting ready once again to possess someone, that someone would be William as it charges at him, intent on getting rid of william as a problem seeing as he is the one whom knocked her out from her possession "how dareee yoouu!!" the yurei completely lost it, not even knowing who she is actually facing right now.
cannot communicate with ghosts, so it really can only summarize down to a banishing. But it does mean that Ritsuka lets out a little sigh. "She seems a little feisty. And violent. Must have been a star maybe, to want to be left alone like this?"
Looking quite unphased, Takeshi does nothing to stop William knocking Lynette out and simply holds out an arm to catch Lynette as she collapses forwards unconscious. Takeshi is of course unable to see the dead so would not notice the spirit heading out of Lynette and towards William. "Eh? You okay?" Takeshi asks the sleeping Lynette, poking her in the cheek to see if she was going to wake up. Realizing she wasn't, he hoists her up onto his shoulder, precious cargo for the rest of the mission it seemed. "What ghost saying?" Takeshi asks William and Ritsuka
"Well, someone will have to take her back home later" William comments as Lynette falls to the ground, seeming not too worried about the spirit launching itself towards him, because, much like he mentioned before, the spirit couldn't attack him directly. Possession would normally be something to worry him, if it wasn't for the fact that he was prone to ritualisticly mindward himself quite often, so mind control or a ghost puppetting his body wasn't really much of a threat right now, not a weaker one at least.
"Well, it doesn't matter what it was... It is making me use my own life to cleanse it... So Imma make it suffer in the process" He says as he kneels closer to the ground, reaching for a knife within his clothes and cutting a bit of his palm to let some blood pour out, wetting his fingers before saying "If it possesses one of you two, the other one cover me while I bind it" His shadow disengaging from his figure and seemingly leaving the same moment he starts to paint on the floor with his own blood, starting with a simple circle.
the yurei stuck within William tries to puppet him around to no avail it is clearly confused on why its efforts are in vain and stubbornly tries again and again not even realizing its doom is starting to close in on itself as it does so "why...cant i...move...you!?" the yurei screeches at William truly blinded by her fury and grudge to the point she cant see her end is near.
"Would make him tie himself up, and he can overcome me." Ritsuka quietly shares to William, making a light humming. "It would not be a problem. Though I would be interested what mind control would do versus possession. Usually someone possessed is forced to act in a way, but the possessed seems able to try and fight against it. So I would assume the mind control would compete."
"I do recommend trying with someone else- Not that it will matter soon enough..." William comments distractedly, not to Takeshi, not to Ritsuka, likely to the spirit that is trying to move him around to no avail, but to the other two he adds "Oh, and cover me if she tries to throw things around or shake stuff, you know, the usual ghost stuff..."
And with that he resumes his drawing in blood, for someone of his skill, rituals normally only take around fifteen minutes, so the clock was ticking for the spirit. The initial circle comes with another smaller one in the middle, soon enough starting to draw some runes composed of straight and simple lines inside, by the look of them, probably some sort of norse origin "Mindwards cover people against posession, even if they are meant to protect- Well, the mind... So I am not certain... Pretty sure a stronger spirit would be able to try and crack them"
Takeshi watches the conversation happening between someone and William with some slight curiosity, holding Lynette on his shoulder still. Unfortunately he would not be able to see much of the spiritual drama going on so would be mostly relying on what he could gather from the conversation here in order to keep up.
He takes the still sheathed blade off of his back at William's note about potential flying objects, planning the handle and sheath to bonk anything out of the air if needed. "Possession is same as mind control? Aren't they to different things?" Takeshi asks Ritsuka
Takeshi watches the conversation happening between Ritsuka and William with some slight curiosity, holding Lynette on his shoulder still. Unfortunately he would not be able to see much of the spiritual drama going on so would be mostly relying on what he could gather from the conversation here in order to keep up.
He takes the still sheathed blade off of his back at William's note about potential flying objects, planning the handle and sheath to bonk anything out of the air if needed. "Possession is same as mind control? Aren't they to different things?" Takeshi asks Ritsuka
it seems the yurei hasnt truly been long being a yurei, since it now just realizes that it is futile to try and possess william when he only has fifteen minutes to run the clock, she began furiously using her power to lift and toss objects around chairs, potted plants, a trashbin at the group aimless anger, without purpose even though her target is supposed to be the one who will banish her, the lack of experience and fury blinds her to this, a bench is thrown at Takeshi and the trash bin was flung towards Ritsuka while some books is fly at high speed towards William
"They are different." Ritsuka answers to Takeshi, a little conversational, though both William and Takeshi know not just those that are monstrous but also her. She may be conversational, but really, she is just talking while her gaze ever so slightly shifts. Would be impossible to tell under the mask, but she is keeping her eyes on the spirit, watching her, ready to respond very quickly if it suddenly lashed out, threw things at William. And then things do get thrown, and she doees move quickly in the way, catching a clock, getting tossed at with an empty trashbin she does not bother to catch, oh but one of the potted plants. Got to make sure that does not land in anyone's face. The broken ceramic would make it worse. She does make to move to bodyshield William from the books however. She is wearing armor, and there is the guess that it could not really hurt her. Perhaps that guess was entirely monstrous arrogance.
"It is a more indirect form of it I would say... After all, your movements are directed by your brain as well, no? That something is able to move you doesn't mean it's not getting in your head to do so..." William says continuing to draw the ritual out, he, much like Ritsuka, is wearing armor, so even if something got past the lines of defense, he would likely be somewhat safe, but it's always nice to have people stopping the projectiles coming from you. Eventually, the man's shadow returns, reattaching itself to where it belongs, but bringing with it an owl- That would seem just a perfectly normal animal, were it not for its eerily glowing eyes, almost a flame-like cyan colored mist coming from both of the sockets, that might give away to everyone gathered around that that is the minion he was talking about before "It shouldn't take much longer anyways... So it's not a huge worry"
There's a slight glance towards the bench, Takeshi seeming entirely dismissive towards the thing. The grip on his sheath just under the guard shifts a tiny bit, a soft metallic click audible. Whatever he did would happen too quick for the mundane eye to perceive, but Takeshi seemed as if he had simply kept standing where he was only for the bench to split into two, either side sailing past him, the object neatly cut in the middle!
Takeshi seems confident Ritsuka can defend herself, but William had asked for some cover and Takeshi wasn't gunna be caught lacking when he had a job to do! Taking on the closest thing to a serious expression he'd had all evening, Takeshi dashes between William and the books, bringing the sheath to his hip and gripping the handle again. There's a flurry of high pitched whistles as the blade is once more returned to the sheath without the drawing being visible!
sensing it inevitable end it tries to run away but being an earthbound spirit and bonded specifically to this particular place in the middle floor it cannot go far or wide infact...it couldnt, its end is nigh "no no NO!" it screamed and wailed as it had nowhere to go to escape this inevitable fate an end most normal for all lingering spirits
and also Takeshi forgot about property damage warning, his pay will be docked for this.
Unfortunately for the spirit, her time was up, the drawing with the blood was finished, and William had completed the ritual- Though he wasn't really banishing the spirit, he was binding it, in place. Not kicking it out but rather confining it to remain in place, trapped. A cold frost spreading through the ground around the ritual circle, followed promptly by icycles spiking up from the ground and clinging to the spirit, freezing its limbs and trapping it in place.
"Now, this is what you bind them for instead of banishing them" William tells Ritsuka, already having assumed Takeshi wasn't going to see most of this. And as he finishes the line, the minion, the owl, starts flying once more, approaching the spirit and opening its beak, before little by little stabbing it onto the psychic form of the poor ghost, eating away from it and consuming every last bit of its essence in a scene that is probably best not be seen, it was after all, akin to an animal simply brutalizing a person that was bound, without stop until it eventually was completely eaten
The teenager would continue intercepting the tossed objects, rushing around the room before pausing as he notices them starting to slow and then stop. Standing up out of his movement ready stance he glances over William, watching the owl and the familiar chew away at ... Something. It seemed quite gruesome, only with Takeshi seeing half of it. "Heh ... That ghost we killing?" Takeshi asks curiously
and the final wail became nothing more but whispers and then silence....the haunting is no more the rain died down but it still trickles down from the sky, the job was complete and not a single life needed to be taken only the yurei and yurei alone was taken out of the picture, the objects flying around fell down, after a while their transport arrived and assessing the damage only a bench needed to actually be replaced, which is docked from Takeshi payment, he really shouldnt have left an obvious slash on the bench.
with this concludes the short mission in kyoto the group was thanked for helping out on this simple mission and they wete shortly sent back home without much fanfare, for now the hauntings within the apartment complex has stopped, for now, as long as there are supernaturals incidents like this will crop up often it is an inevitability but that is life.
HAUNTINGS AND REGRETS CONCLUDED
Upon arriving, each member showcases their unique disposition towards the supernatural task at hand. Ritsuka, armored and masked, bears the weight of visibility to the unseen, identifying their ethereal target—a woman in white, wailing with the sorrow and fury of unresolved regrets. Takeshi, brash and eager for a confrontation, finds himself at odds with the nature of their foe, a ghost beyond the reach of physical harm. Lynette, curious and learning, is positioned as an apprentice to William. William himself, an experienced arcanist, prepares to bind and consume the spirit should his teachings fail.
As they encounter the ghost, a turmoil unfolds. The spirit, driven by a desire to be left alone, attempts possession, first of Lynette then of William, only to find herself trapped by William's ritualistic prowess. Takeshi, though unable to perceive the ghost, stands ready to protect his comrades from the physical manifestations of its rage. Ritsuka and Lynette provide support, battling the debris hurled by the frantic spirit.
In the climax, William initiates a binding ritual, drawing on his own blood for power. An eerie calm settles as his owl minion consumes the bound spirit, an act of finality that silences the haunting once and for all.
With their task completed, the group reflects on the necessity of their actions within the supernatural ecosystem. The specter's wails dissipate, and the apartment complex finds peace. Despite minor property damage—attributed to Takeshi—resulting in a deduction from his payment, the mission is deemed a success. The team disperses, returning home without fanfare, yet with the knowledge that as long as the supernatural world intersects with the mortal, their unique skills will be in demand.
"Hauntings and Regrets" thus concludes, leaving an impression of a world where the ancient and the occult blend seamlessly into the fabric of modern life, demanding both respect and resolution from those who dwell within its shadows.
(Of hauntings and regrets(SRRaina):SRRaina)
[Sat Mar 22 2025]
On Foothold in Kyoto
Tucked away in the winding backstreets of Kyoto, behind an unassuming wooden gate marked only by a single, weathered camellia crest, lies a foothold in Japan. The air is thick with the scent of incense and the cold outside, the silence broken only by the distant chime of temple bells or the occasional murmur of unseen watchers.
Beyond the entrance, the locations fits into the surroundings, traditional sliding doors conceal fortified chambers, and a garden disguises hidden pathways beneath its moss-covered stones. Paper lanterns cast flickering shadows against lacquered wood, their crimson glow reflecting in the eyes of those who may take a moment to watch.
Power flows like an unseen current beneath Kyoto's ancient streets. Only those who walk the path of along the Yokai may ever uncover this current.
It is about 50F(10C) degrees.
those who have passed usually move on to the afterlife, however those who have great regrets will not, anchored tightly upon this world they linger, linger forevermore, until either they are banished to the other side or have their regrets fulfilled, no matter what however, a haunting is still a haunting and thus, it needs to be quelled, the hanshin group has called upon a reliable ally atleast at dealing with the supernatural, ritsuka and her cult the tsubaki no tetsu has gotten a rather good rapport with them as of late and so they are once again called upon to deal with the hauntings on a certain apartment, the owner whom wants to get rid of this haunting in their apartment, for it is driving rent down, while the hanshin group just wants the secrecy of the supernatural kept, with this a transport arrived to the meeting area, someone is waiting for the group a woman in a suit and behind her a large man in a suit wearing sunglasses
it seems this shall be a more, casual affair less bloodshed should be involved, afterall there is only one ghost, one yurei sighted within the premises of the apartment around the middle floors wandering about, this detail is given to ritsuka and the group before hand and further questions should be asked after they get into the building as a storm is rapidly forming upon the skies, it seems it will be a rather thunderous day with how those dark clouds are forming, possibly a premonition, a warning from whatever faraway fleeting gods watching over them or just the mundane weather deciding that now of all times would be a good time to cause the earth to smell of petrichor
entering the building it is just a regular office space as the group is walked over to a meeting area so questions can be asked and plans can be made the woman in the suit takes a bow and waits outside while the man in the suit waits inside it seems like they would like to know the plan going foward just incase, some glasses of water is put down and light snacks is given out as courtesy as all is seated to plan for ghost busting.
There is some tense grumbling that comes from the armored up Ritsuka when she makes way to path over, mask in hand, blade sheathed at the side, satchel worn over a shoulder, and this only follows by a little sigh when the group does make their way through and comes to a stop at the other side. An armored hand places against her hip, the other holds the armored mask, and her eyes do glance on over to William with a semi-grateful nod. Clearly, she would rather be doing or handling something else than something this small and minor. On the other hand, she considers she may be the only Tsubaki here with the ability to see spirits and ghosts. All the same, she gestures for someone and Takeshi to go talk to the people and figure it out, staying a little bit at the back.
There is some tense grumbling that comes from the armored up Ritsuka when she makes way to path over, mask in hand, blade sheathed at the side, satchel worn over a shoulder, and this only follows by a little sigh when the group does make their way through and comes to a stop at the other side. An armored hand places against her hip, the other holds the armored mask, and her eyes do glance on over to William with a semi-grateful nod. Clearly, she would rather be doing or handling something else than something this small and minor. On the other hand, she considers she may be the only Tsubaki here with the ability to see spirits and ghosts. All the same, she gestures for Lynette and Takeshi to go talk to the people and figure it out, staying a little bit at the back.
"Eh? Just ghost? That it?" Takeshi asks, marching into the building with zero of the respect that should be shown for the dead as he stuffs his hand into the snack bowls and brings a messy fistful of munch of to his mouth, stuffing it full as he eyes around the building. "Sad ghosts not wanting to move on are dime-a-dozen, why we care so much about this one?" Takeshi complains snottily, looking over his shoulder at Lynette, William and Ritsuka "I say we find ghost and teach it lesson" The demon grins, faint wisps of black mist drifting down out of the suspiciously sword shaped cloth package strapped on his back ...
"Oh, that is the plan... But it's not going to be punching or anything... That doesn't work against them anyways" William tells to Takeshi, seemingly having made it here a bit earlier, despite his inability to path on hi own, resting the weapons that might still be a bit bloody from hunting and driving a finger to his lips he muses "It'll be more like... If it's a powerful enough spirit... I'll bind it instead of banish it... And have my minion tear every fiber of its spiritual form until it's fully consumed" He says thoughtfully, nodding his head afterwards "If it's weak though, it's just a simply banishing ritual though..."
Lynette nibbles at some of the courtesy snacks, pressing one of the cookies between her lips as she eyes the pair of strangers. The Hashin group seemed to always be requesting for help lately. "How are we even supposed to find a ghost? Or like, deal with it?" Lynette glances quickly towards Ritsuka. She's been adjusting well to all the supernatural shit, but paranormal stuff isn't a topic she explored much yet.
That would prompt a frown from the demon as William mentions that punching the spirit would not be an option. "Eh?" Takeshi asks, seeming disappointed, his eyes flick over his shoulder to the package on his back that William could feel some kind of strong demonic presence wafting off from it "What about Mao no Tsume?" Takeshi asks, seemingly referring to that cursed sword of his "You think that can kill ghost?"
"No... Ghosts are spirits, they no longer are corporeal, that's their main deal... They have access to psychic abilities, but they cannot be touched" William says with a couple shakes of his head towards Takeshi "Not by your firsts, not by your sword... Potentially, another spirit might be able to interact with them, and that's the whole consumption thing I mentioned- But you're not going to be able to punch a ghost... At much something it flings at you, or someone it posesses, but even then, the ghost won't really suffer"
He thinks for a second further "Can I go in nightmare and kill there?" Takeshi asks, wondering if he'd gotten all of this straight
William shakes his head yet again "The nightmare is something entirely different"
the office room itself is rather unremarkable, it isnt a big job so nothing fancy is being used, hauntings have happened before and several places in japan are major haunting spots, those places can no longer truly be free from the spirits that haunt within and are well known to contain said spirits, however with a little gossip and subterfuge the information of those places is true nature has been twisted from the public eye, but this can only be done so many times and within remote areas, right now to prevent another place to become another one of these haunting spots especially within a public area this group has been gathered.
Ritsuka being the only person who can see and commune with spirits is just here to help out with this minor and honestly insignificant task, as for Takeshi brash and ready to cut and slice someone who has already died, seemingly not caring that yurei linger on because of regrets, someone who asked on how to deal with ghosts Lynette asked the man answered her in a short and brief manner "however you see fit, banish them, fulfill their regrets, kill them somehow, the main point is, the yurei must be taken care of" the man then returns to his idle stance of waiting as if he was just a stone statue, william seems to be the other person most equipped for this task it may prove to be a short affair if they plan to do it that way, the woman outside chimes up "try not to cause property damage, if you can" it seems she is referring to Takeshi specifically, he has a reputation the man awaits for any further questions before chaperoning them to their destination.
Cheeks still stuffed, Takeshi looks over to the woman as she singles him out in regards to the property damage with a face like he'd been caught red handed in his intentions. "Ah ... Sure ... No damage ..." Takeshi tells her in a slow, careful voice that did not come off as very convincing.
"Eh, not even nightmare ..." Takeshi mumbles under his breath at William's remark before he looks over to Lynette and sends her ahead of him with a sharp clap on her ass, staggering the woman forwards a few steps to put her into a walk towards the building.
Far too cocky to do something as sensible as ask questions for figure out what it is they might be heading into, Takeshi seemed to be intending to head straight in! "We go, Muse-chan" Takeshi tells Lynette "You can find spirit, right?" Takeshi asks, simply assuming that was something she'd be able to do
"Right, it would be a banishing then. We could turn it into a lesson, if you would like, Will, to help with it a little." Ritsuka quietly mentions to William, her gaze straying to Lynette. "Teach her about ghost banishing kind of lesson. By now she really should know, but people do as people do. It will be her task in the future to figure something like this out as one of the ritualists and arcanists."
"Noted" Lynette purrs, scrunching her nose in consideration. "So what I'm hearing is Takeshi is useless here, considering brute strength is all he knows," Lynette snickers, inspecting her nails. A less physically intense job felt ideal. The clap to her however would wipe the smug expression from her face, glaring at Takeshi behind her. "You keep assuming I can do some wild stuff, don't you," she sighs, twirling her hair. He hasn't been wrong yet. She frowns, glancing towards William. "Looks like you're my teacher for the day," she flashes a grin in his direction.
"Oh, right, right, that does sound like fun" William comments with a couple nods to Ritsuka, tapping his own lips with his index finger before glancing at Lynette for a couple seconds, not seeming to pay much attention to Takeshi's spank or the destruction of property comment by the woman in the suit, adding after that "Luck always works in her favor too... So this should be easy peasy for her, yes? Do you know how to ritual anything yet? Or is it still in process of learning?" He asks directly to Lynette
the storm is picking up outside, the smell of petrichor has all but vanished replaced with rain, thunder grumbles in the distance as the office room lights flickers for a brief moment, it seems like the meeting is going to be all but over soon, with how casual everyone is, infact it seems like Lynette is about to get a lesson out of this haunting a good experience to have when dealing with the supernatural.
"then is everyone ready to go?" the man asked the group seeing as they are being casual with the whole affair it seems like it is best for them to not be holed up in this boring office any much longer "if so please leave the office, miss tanaka will drive you to your destination" the man said as he opens the door and the woman in the suit, miss tanaka, is waiting to drive them to their target location.
Placing the armored mask over her face, she answers the man, now muffled and electronically distorted. "As ready as one could hope to be." Just get us over there, I will move quickly through so my looking like this will not be noticed too much by unawares." Ritsuka quietly says, gaze now hidden, hand lowering back down to her side."
Lynette puffs up with a bit of pride. "I've done one ritual in the past, after someone turned Takeshi into a woman," her grin widens from amusement at the memory. "I suppose it's time to get a move on then,"
"I am ready..." William tells the man as he follows Miss Tanaka outside, glancing over to Lynette for a moment to assess what is being said, before turning his head towards Takeshi, smirking a tiny bit "How was having your dick gone? Is it that weird?"
Walking along with an expression that betrayed the complete lack of thoughts going on inside his mind, Takeshi blinks twice at someone' comment and looks over in the man's direction with a blank expression. "Eh? Dick gone?" Takeshi asks the man in a confused voice
Walking along with an expression that betrayed the complete lack of thoughts going on inside his mind, Takeshi blinks twice at William's comment and looks over in the man's direction with a blank expression. "Eh? Dick gone?" Takeshi asks the man in a confused voice
with them all agreeing they were all drove to the haunted apartment complex and dropped off, a normal apartment, tall, grey and boring with wailings and howlings being drowned out by the storm, yep it is haunted alright, the owner is nowhere to be seen but the miss tanaka did hand them the keys to the apartment along with the master key "once again do not destroy any property, there are other residents within the building, if by any chance you need to deal with one or some of them, we can...clean them up, but try not to harm anybody" miss tanaka said as she drives the car away leaving the keys to Ritsuka as the group enters the well lit apartment, the wailings can now be heard more clearly within the building itself, how no one has called the police yet is anybody guess, but this needs to be dealt with now, as the information is said the yurei is spotted in the middle floors of the apartment around room 347 and 338, as so they head there and the wailings slowly become louder and louder as the ascend the floors and arrived at their destination, a woman in white clothing floating around sobbing and wailing is seen by ritsuka first.
"Well, I assume it was gone if someone ritually changed your sex... Was it still there? Does the ritual leave those things to chance?" William poses for a moment before shrugging his shoulders, tilting his head towards Lynette and mentioning "Well, you are banishing today then... Gotta learn these things- If the spirit is weak enough, otherwise it is food for my owl".
Entering the apartment though, William pauses for a moment to look at the floating woman, glancing towards Takeshi and Lynette for a moment as if to assess the two, and pointing a finger at it "Can any of you see that?" Before turning his head towards Ritsuka, actually not knowing about this little fact and asking "Can you see it?"
"Takeshi, behave, or I will have you tie yourself up again." Ritsuka quietly warns as she now makes her way over to the apartment building, armored gloves holding the key that opens the door ahead, and then to climb to the middle apartments, specifically aiming towards apartment 338 first, her masked gaze keeping an eye through the hallways, until she then sees the woman in white clothing. She raises a hand to make everyone stop, and tells them: "Female. White clothing, woman. Just over there." A gesture in the direction. "I could probably walk atop of it just fine, though she might get angry or try to drive me to madness. Some Yurei are very problematic."
As we walk into the building it was the sound that hit Lynette first, sending chills through her body. William and Ritsuka were not helping with their little discussion. "I can't see shit... pretty sure I don't want to either," Lynette murmurs, narrowing her eyes where William was pointing.
Takeshi stills looks confused, it seems he just had a lot going on in his life that the one strange morning would need more prompting than that he trudged out of the vaults of his memory "Someone ritually changed my sex?" Takeshi asks! He'd not know anything about a ritual, thought it would be questionable if he had any thoughts at all at the time on what might have caused it.
Takeshi looks over to where William is pointing and shakes his head "No, I can't see anything ..." Takeshi tells the man, looking next to Ritsuka and shaking his head in her direction also "No, I see no woman ..."
Takeshi says "Eh? "
Takeshi says "That was only in Tsubaki district"
"Well, that's just stupid... Why would someone not be curious? Or at least acknowledge the differences? I'm sure it must feel odd, but you know... At least pee, like that" William opines with a couple shakes of his head, not seeming too distraught by the presence of the ghost, instead, he looks over at the group for a moment and comments "In any case... I am an arcanist, and our lucky friend over here seems to want to go that route with her singular ritual... Our masked lady over here and the guy with the ominous backpack are out muscle, those normally cover while we ritual" There is a glance shot at Lynette, thinking for a moment and saying "If you've only done a ritual, I can't really teach you much of the process, but the logistics of the whole thing... There's a bit of a skill gap in here... So you can start ritualling it away in the way you know, you're going to take a bit... And meanwhile, I can keep yapping procedures"
Ritsuka seems just fine with William taking charge here, he is, after everything, the dedicated arcanist here, while she was not. She places herself somewhat protectively around William and Lynette, but does not draw the blade.
the yurei wailing became sobs before then turning her head towards Ritsuka and the gang, her face of sorrow slowly and noticeably warped into a face of frustrated anger "leave...leave me alone..." the yurei spoke "why cant i be left in peace...." the continue as the charges at Lynette trying to possess, seemingly intent on being 'left alone' it seems she is trying to attack the group using lynette, however as a breach of secrecy...there is no possible way its wish can be fulfilled screams in anger.
"I forgot until Obachan brought it up" Takeshi tells William with a shrug before he single eye squints at the man "Are you with anarchs? Were you one who did ritual?" Takeshi asks him.
Takeshi looks over his shoulder as Lynette is possessed, raising his eyebrow at her "Eh ... Is this about hair again?"
William watches as the ghost moves towards Lynette, not seeming to do much as it happens, and, once the spirit enters the body of the woman, he sighs, shaking his head and saying "Well, not always lucky it seems..." Smilling a tiny bit despite what he just said, and making use of a weakened Sanctuary by being outside of Haven to simply, before any of the other two companions interjects, punching the back of someone' head with some force, hoping the strike would knock her out of it and rid of the issue of having to face one of their own teammates
William watches as the ghost moves towards Lynette, not seeming to do much as it happens, and, once the spirit enters the body of the woman, he sighs, shaking his head and saying "Well, not always lucky it seems..." Smilling a tiny bit despite what he just said, and making use of a weakened Sanctuary by being outside of Haven to simply, before any of the other two companions interjects, punching the back of Lynette's head with some force, hoping the strike would knock her out of it and rid of the issue of having to face one of their own teammates
the yurei possessing Lynette tries to lunge at Takeshi with eyes full of murderous intent her hands outstretched aiming at his neck "DIEE" it screamed out then...one hard hit to the back of her head the yurei popped right out hissing and getting ready once again to possess someone, that someone would be William as it charges at him, intent on getting rid of william as a problem seeing as he is the one whom knocked her out from her possession "how dareee yoouu!!" the yurei completely lost it, not even knowing who she is actually facing right now.
cannot communicate with ghosts, so it really can only summarize down to a banishing. But it does mean that Ritsuka lets out a little sigh. "She seems a little feisty. And violent. Must have been a star maybe, to want to be left alone like this?"
Looking quite unphased, Takeshi does nothing to stop William knocking Lynette out and simply holds out an arm to catch Lynette as she collapses forwards unconscious. Takeshi is of course unable to see the dead so would not notice the spirit heading out of Lynette and towards William. "Eh? You okay?" Takeshi asks the sleeping Lynette, poking her in the cheek to see if she was going to wake up. Realizing she wasn't, he hoists her up onto his shoulder, precious cargo for the rest of the mission it seemed. "What ghost saying?" Takeshi asks William and Ritsuka
"Well, someone will have to take her back home later" William comments as Lynette falls to the ground, seeming not too worried about the spirit launching itself towards him, because, much like he mentioned before, the spirit couldn't attack him directly. Possession would normally be something to worry him, if it wasn't for the fact that he was prone to ritualisticly mindward himself quite often, so mind control or a ghost puppetting his body wasn't really much of a threat right now, not a weaker one at least.
"Well, it doesn't matter what it was... It is making me use my own life to cleanse it... So Imma make it suffer in the process" He says as he kneels closer to the ground, reaching for a knife within his clothes and cutting a bit of his palm to let some blood pour out, wetting his fingers before saying "If it possesses one of you two, the other one cover me while I bind it" His shadow disengaging from his figure and seemingly leaving the same moment he starts to paint on the floor with his own blood, starting with a simple circle.
the yurei stuck within William tries to puppet him around to no avail it is clearly confused on why its efforts are in vain and stubbornly tries again and again not even realizing its doom is starting to close in on itself as it does so "why...cant i...move...you!?" the yurei screeches at William truly blinded by her fury and grudge to the point she cant see her end is near.
"Would make him tie himself up, and he can overcome me." Ritsuka quietly shares to William, making a light humming. "It would not be a problem. Though I would be interested what mind control would do versus possession. Usually someone possessed is forced to act in a way, but the possessed seems able to try and fight against it. So I would assume the mind control would compete."
"I do recommend trying with someone else- Not that it will matter soon enough..." William comments distractedly, not to Takeshi, not to Ritsuka, likely to the spirit that is trying to move him around to no avail, but to the other two he adds "Oh, and cover me if she tries to throw things around or shake stuff, you know, the usual ghost stuff..."
And with that he resumes his drawing in blood, for someone of his skill, rituals normally only take around fifteen minutes, so the clock was ticking for the spirit. The initial circle comes with another smaller one in the middle, soon enough starting to draw some runes composed of straight and simple lines inside, by the look of them, probably some sort of norse origin "Mindwards cover people against posession, even if they are meant to protect- Well, the mind... So I am not certain... Pretty sure a stronger spirit would be able to try and crack them"
Takeshi watches the conversation happening between someone and William with some slight curiosity, holding Lynette on his shoulder still. Unfortunately he would not be able to see much of the spiritual drama going on so would be mostly relying on what he could gather from the conversation here in order to keep up.
He takes the still sheathed blade off of his back at William's note about potential flying objects, planning the handle and sheath to bonk anything out of the air if needed. "Possession is same as mind control? Aren't they to different things?" Takeshi asks Ritsuka
Takeshi watches the conversation happening between Ritsuka and William with some slight curiosity, holding Lynette on his shoulder still. Unfortunately he would not be able to see much of the spiritual drama going on so would be mostly relying on what he could gather from the conversation here in order to keep up.
He takes the still sheathed blade off of his back at William's note about potential flying objects, planning the handle and sheath to bonk anything out of the air if needed. "Possession is same as mind control? Aren't they to different things?" Takeshi asks Ritsuka
it seems the yurei hasnt truly been long being a yurei, since it now just realizes that it is futile to try and possess william when he only has fifteen minutes to run the clock, she began furiously using her power to lift and toss objects around chairs, potted plants, a trashbin at the group aimless anger, without purpose even though her target is supposed to be the one who will banish her, the lack of experience and fury blinds her to this, a bench is thrown at Takeshi and the trash bin was flung towards Ritsuka while some books is fly at high speed towards William
"They are different." Ritsuka answers to Takeshi, a little conversational, though both William and Takeshi know not just those that are monstrous but also her. She may be conversational, but really, she is just talking while her gaze ever so slightly shifts. Would be impossible to tell under the mask, but she is keeping her eyes on the spirit, watching her, ready to respond very quickly if it suddenly lashed out, threw things at William. And then things do get thrown, and she doees move quickly in the way, catching a clock, getting tossed at with an empty trashbin she does not bother to catch, oh but one of the potted plants. Got to make sure that does not land in anyone's face. The broken ceramic would make it worse. She does make to move to bodyshield William from the books however. She is wearing armor, and there is the guess that it could not really hurt her. Perhaps that guess was entirely monstrous arrogance.
"It is a more indirect form of it I would say... After all, your movements are directed by your brain as well, no? That something is able to move you doesn't mean it's not getting in your head to do so..." William says continuing to draw the ritual out, he, much like Ritsuka, is wearing armor, so even if something got past the lines of defense, he would likely be somewhat safe, but it's always nice to have people stopping the projectiles coming from you. Eventually, the man's shadow returns, reattaching itself to where it belongs, but bringing with it an owl- That would seem just a perfectly normal animal, were it not for its eerily glowing eyes, almost a flame-like cyan colored mist coming from both of the sockets, that might give away to everyone gathered around that that is the minion he was talking about before "It shouldn't take much longer anyways... So it's not a huge worry"
There's a slight glance towards the bench, Takeshi seeming entirely dismissive towards the thing. The grip on his sheath just under the guard shifts a tiny bit, a soft metallic click audible. Whatever he did would happen too quick for the mundane eye to perceive, but Takeshi seemed as if he had simply kept standing where he was only for the bench to split into two, either side sailing past him, the object neatly cut in the middle!
Takeshi seems confident Ritsuka can defend herself, but William had asked for some cover and Takeshi wasn't gunna be caught lacking when he had a job to do! Taking on the closest thing to a serious expression he'd had all evening, Takeshi dashes between William and the books, bringing the sheath to his hip and gripping the handle again. There's a flurry of high pitched whistles as the blade is once more returned to the sheath without the drawing being visible!
sensing it inevitable end it tries to run away but being an earthbound spirit and bonded specifically to this particular place in the middle floor it cannot go far or wide infact...it couldnt, its end is nigh "no no NO!" it screamed and wailed as it had nowhere to go to escape this inevitable fate an end most normal for all lingering spirits
and also Takeshi forgot about property damage warning, his pay will be docked for this.
Unfortunately for the spirit, her time was up, the drawing with the blood was finished, and William had completed the ritual- Though he wasn't really banishing the spirit, he was binding it, in place. Not kicking it out but rather confining it to remain in place, trapped. A cold frost spreading through the ground around the ritual circle, followed promptly by icycles spiking up from the ground and clinging to the spirit, freezing its limbs and trapping it in place.
"Now, this is what you bind them for instead of banishing them" William tells Ritsuka, already having assumed Takeshi wasn't going to see most of this. And as he finishes the line, the minion, the owl, starts flying once more, approaching the spirit and opening its beak, before little by little stabbing it onto the psychic form of the poor ghost, eating away from it and consuming every last bit of its essence in a scene that is probably best not be seen, it was after all, akin to an animal simply brutalizing a person that was bound, without stop until it eventually was completely eaten
The teenager would continue intercepting the tossed objects, rushing around the room before pausing as he notices them starting to slow and then stop. Standing up out of his movement ready stance he glances over William, watching the owl and the familiar chew away at ... Something. It seemed quite gruesome, only with Takeshi seeing half of it. "Heh ... That ghost we killing?" Takeshi asks curiously
and the final wail became nothing more but whispers and then silence....the haunting is no more the rain died down but it still trickles down from the sky, the job was complete and not a single life needed to be taken only the yurei and yurei alone was taken out of the picture, the objects flying around fell down, after a while their transport arrived and assessing the damage only a bench needed to actually be replaced, which is docked from Takeshi payment, he really shouldnt have left an obvious slash on the bench.
with this concludes the short mission in kyoto the group was thanked for helping out on this simple mission and they wete shortly sent back home without much fanfare, for now the hauntings within the apartment complex has stopped, for now, as long as there are supernaturals incidents like this will crop up often it is an inevitability but that is life.
HAUNTINGS AND REGRETS CONCLUDED