Completed [Palsa Hydrasa] New Vessel, Old Mind (Mirage)

[Fubuki Kouri]

"Ha... ha..." Kouri arrived, breath panting out of panic, not exhaustion. Frosty white mists flowing from her opened lips, her eyes were wide in fear. She needed Wanda, she needed her now. "M-m..." She clenched her fists and prepared her ethereal voice cords "Mistress Wandaaaaaa! M...Mistress Wandaaaaa!" She kept shouting the Spiritist's name. "...Uuuh..." No answer, Kouri became reckless, she paced back and forth. Her mind still wondering on why would Wanda sent Mia after her? The ghost girl simply couldn't fathom it. It was like Wanda was deliberately edging her into insanity through Mia, did the Spiritist wanted for Kouri to be trapped her forever? To be one of her guardians? She froze at that, that might be true, she was a powerful ghost after all. Wanda might see her as a potential asset and the Nuit made use of it... if that was the case, why would she even bother to dust Rena and made her go through all that? "W-what if..." Kouri held her head and sat down on the ground, a gruesome realization came to her. What if Wanda wanted her to suffer first? To break her? To make her go completely insane and ready to be molded by her will. "U..uuu..." She started to cry, crimson tears falling to her. She shouldn't have come to this cursed island in the first place. She couldn't leave now, Rena was still trapped and Kriemhild was in the middle of changing bodies, she also owed favors to Amaryllis. If she left, Ama might do something terrible to Kriem for compensation. Chained by responsibilities yet wracked by despair, the ghost girl couldn't do anything but cry. That was until she felt a tiny presence at her feet. "Mistress, may I assist you?" A pretty little dress with a big bow, a living doll was standing near her with its adorable face. Lily, the animated doll she got as a gift from Sir Coud, was before her, offering Kouri her assistance. The doll's limited intelligence couldn't fully comprehend the situation, it only thought its Mistress needed help so help her she would. "L-lily..." Kouri focused the soulmist on her palms, materialized herself, and picked up the doll, then she hugged it close to her chest. The doll was the her last remaining companion right now, she didn't care if it wasn't truly sentient, its concern for her was enough to soothe her at the moment "Just stay with me... don't leave me... please stay with me..." She spoke between her sobs and tears. "Very well, Mistress, I will stay with you." The doll nodded and hugged Kouri back. Both of them stayed like that for a while before Wanda made herself known, arriving in a flood of mist. "M-mistress... Wanda..." Still hugging the doll, Kouri looked up to face Wanda with her tear-ridden face. "W-why... why did you send Mia after me? W...why..." She sobbed, steeling herself to speak "S-she showed me horrible things... l-like that prison, s-she killed a man in front of me... a-and s-she... she wanted me to see a torturer... w-why, why did you do this, Mistress Wanda? D-don't you want me to change?" She looked down again, unable to make eye contact. The doll just watched with its fake-life eyes. "T-the knight told me that... Mia would keep seeing me and she would drag me down with her... I... I think it's true, I liked what she did, I wanted to play with her... p-please, please don't let her see me aga-..." She hesitated, it was her sadistic side trying to prevent her, but she plowed own "-in..." She closed her trembling lips. She just hoped the Spiritist could understand her despite the stutters and sobs.

[Mirage]

Wanda simply stared at Fubuki, her expression indicernable. Finally she spoke at length, her tone neutral, "Of what concern is this to me? Do as you like, as Mia does as she likes. If you fall victim to your darker impulses, then you will be trapped here forever just as she is, and Rena will be scattered to the wind."

She hefted the head, looking down at it as she quickly lost interest in Fubuki's presence, "Mia is commanded to harm no apprentice, or Wizard, within Sahova. She abides strictly by this rule, and so she has been given some freedom to do as she pleases. I care not if you choose to indulge yourself. If you wish to play her games then play them, but then you will become a violent spirit and my duty will be to imprison you here forever."

Wanda looked at Fubuki, but there was no pity there, "If you are too weak to resist the temptation, then you are too dangerous to be let loose upon the world. Do not beg me to offer you a crutch, because I will do no such thing. The choice is yours. You decide your fate, as well as that of your sister's."

With that she turned, walking away from Fubuki as the mist began to envelope her once more.

[Fubuki Kouri]

"W-wha... n-no..." Her crimson eyes went wide. While she was somewhat relieved Wanda was not sending Mia to her on purporse, she was more horrified by the fact that the Spiritist didn't even care about her. What was the purpose of scolding and warning her about her demeanor and the dangers of Sahova? It looks like Wanda treated her like an insignificant stranger even with all with all they went through. The ghost girl just stared, unblinking, lips slightly ajar. She couldn't believe it... at least not yet. Kouri had no experience of an uncaring "mother" so all of this was completely new to her. Usually, Sora would scold her everytime she went out of line, unlike Wanda who merely let her did as she pleased and gave the punishment later. "N-no, p-please... please..." She wanted to approach the Spiritist and hugged her, begging her to make Mia stop, but she was frozen in place. Mainly because her powers were useless against the Spiritist. "Un... uhuk..." She closed her eyes and cried further, but it was clear the Nuit was losing interest to the plight of the ghost girl. Lily just did what she does best and keep hugging her Mistress. When Wanda left, Kouri curled up on the ground, next to her cart. The desperation was clear, to know that Mia would keep visiting her and the growing twisted fondness she had for her fellow insane ghost. Kouri didn't want to think about this anymore, she felt abandoned, tossed away, Wanda deliberately leaving her to her fate instead of just telling Mia to stay away from her. It would be sometime before she recovered from the mental shock and found the will to move again. OOCAlright! I think this should be my last reply for the thread, Mir! Really looking forward for the next one!

[Mirage]

Fubuki

XP:
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Lores:
Layout of the Palsa Hydrasa
Palsa Hydrasa: Where nuits get new bodies
Amaryllis: Chief Embalmer of the Palsa Hydrasa
Amaryllis: Past Dealings with Kreim
Amaryllis: A favor owed
Mia: Crazy Reflection of Kouri
Mia: Games involve Torture
Ser Crowley: An honorable knight
Ser Crowley: Bound by his duty
Wanda: Indifferent to Kouri's pleads
Lore of Self: Fighting old ways
Lore of Self: Insanity at the fringes

Additional:
Fun thread! Let me know if you have any questions