#no pressure to match length i just love to set a scene heheh

[charmwisp]

WHERE: the raven house (where rika works as a psychic) WHEN: early december (7th december??), noon WHO: @anchoragestarters

There was no ignoring it, the absense that could be felt throughout every room of the Raven House, although in no place more than the room that stood adjacent to Rika's own; the nob of its closed door seemed to stare out at Rika from her own seat, like a single brassy eyeball. It had been this way for over a month now, ever since the night of Halloween. Rika had gone into that night with a strange feeling, a bad feeling, but she'd been unable to place it. The months of strange dreams and the added mystery of some puppet vision haunting another of her colleagues must have dulled her senses. It was too late to worry about what anything meant now; none of it would change the simple reality that Mindy was gone.

Now, on her lunch break, Rika had torn herself away from her room. She'd been taking her lunch in the front lobby of the Raven House more and more, it was the least empty place in the building and that strange heavy feeling of loss didn't cling so much. Her and Mindy were never that close but they were on good enough terms and had shared some interesting conversations. And it was one of those conversations that was on her mind now. Stories had been shared about spirits, about werewolfs, among other more intriguing things.

Rika sat down on one of the waiting chairs, her simple lunch rested in her lap, and without caring how she'd sound for maybe the first time in a good long while, she turned to the person sat beside her and asked just one simple question;

"Hey, do you believe in ghosts?"