“Miss Marigold!”
“Marigold from FlowerBerry industries yes yes? And Seraphim?”
“Are you some sort of reporter. Because I have enough of those already”
“No no no no, just a fellow Young and Beautiful lady wanting to make it in the big world”
“Haha, well, you might’ve been told otherwise but flattery will get you places.”
“Come have tea with me”
She seems happy about that
“So you’re studying…?”
“Hotel management! I don’t really wanna do anything hard, so I’ll do something that gets me to travel!”
“And dad said I could manage one of his if I get good enough grades!”
“Sounds like you have a set plan”
“But I don’t like studying…. Hotel management is boring…”
(“Then why didn’t you choose something you enjoy?”)
“I don’t think your dad will be harsh enough to not give you a job somewhere”
“Yeah, but its not the same! I don’t get the prestige! The class! The aura”
“You’re like. Respected. As a woman. That’s awesome”
“Ah, it’s nothing really. I’ve had enough experience dealing with irresponsible people. Gives you strength you didn’t know you had.”
“Sadly for you, you’ll need a good head in your shoulders.”
“I do!”
“Weren’t you telling ghosts stories not too long ago?”
“Bwe- well!! It is a threat to our safety!! I’m being responsible!”
“And not all of it was ghosts stories! There’s also the train equipment a-and such! It’s not iresponsible to be wary of this place!”
“And even then! Aren’t you scared? Of supernatural things?”
“Not particularly”
“Oh, so you don’t believe in ghosts? Because I have plenty of evidence in several tiktok compilations-!”
“Don’t be silly,
I know ghosts are real”
“Huh?”
“What I don’t believe in is the popular depiction of them as vengeful, angry energy left to fester in the world.”
“I believe that… ghosts are real. But they only appear to those they love. Or those that need them.”
“Or else people like us will be forever haunted by unresting spirits”
She can think of one right now.
“But how are you so sure? Have you ever seen a ghost?”
“I have”
“It was my uncle.”
Natalia puts herself into position for a story