Maybe heading to destinystrings if I can work out the voice

[somnambulatory]

...M-mean.  You might be the meanest yokai of all.

[Poor little Jinxie is shaking like a leaf over here.]

Tenma Taro isn't real!  H-He isn't...!

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[conjurists]

Your mundane's a youkai?!

[Trucy is quite shocked as her jaw drops to the floor, eyes flickering wide as she takes a step back.]

Maybe you should get an exorcist for them, if that's the case!

1/3

[somnambulatory]

Good idea.

[And out comes the charm!]

2/3

[somnambulatory]

3/3

[somnambulatory]

...It isn't working! He's still there!

[conjurists]

[Trucy's going to mull this over, since if Jinxie's charms aren't working, then it's most likely that the mundane really isn't a youkai. But she'll still play along, because that's what friends do, right?]

Well, is he still doing mean things to you now?

[somnambulatory]

Well... not right now...

[conjurists]

See? Then you're okay!

[But Jinxie still seems a little frightened, so maybe she can try something else.]

Oh! Do you want to see this new magic trick I've been working on?

[somnambulatory]

Okay.

[Yeah, still a little shaken up, but she's always got time for Trucy.]

[conjurists]

Okay, now watch closely.

[And suddenly, she'll make Mr. Hat appear!]

Ta-da!

[Okay, not a new trick. Not yet, anyway. And here comes one of his signature lines:]

You look mahvelous, dahling!

[somnambulatory]

[At first, Jinxie's charm hand twitches - a finely-honed surprise reflex - but she quickly recognizes Mr. Hat and her arm relaxes again.]

Oh! It's Mr. Hat!

[Such progress. Poor Mr. Hat got slapped with so many charms the first dozen or so times Jinxie saw this trick.]

[conjurists]

And how are you today?

[Trucy giggles, smiling wide. It's good to see that Trixie's smiling for once.]

And now for my next trick... I'm going to saw Mr. Hat in half!

... Say what, dahling?

But don't worry! Mr. Hat's going to be just fine.

[somnambulatory]

Be careful, Mr. Hat!

[Looks like it's working. She seems pretty invested in this.]

apparently i can't html last night

[conjurists]

Alright, then...

[She'll take out her saw (don't worry, it's not real), and then, suddenly, Mr. Hat is chopped in half!]

[somnambulatory]

Mr. Hat, are you okay? Speak to me!

[dekillerqueen]

You seem rather frightened. Is... something the matter?

[Okay, maybe he shouldn't really care. But the poor girl looks like she needs some help and, well, it's not like he's busy right now.]

[somnambulatory]

M-my mun wants to send me somewhere scary.

[dekillerqueen]

Ah. I see.

I'm afraid that is simply what they do. Even in the most innocuous-seeming of places, there are horrors to be found. [Believe him, he was a Pokemon trainer once.]

[somnambulatory]

B-b-but what about when one of them is inside your own head...?

oh my god poor jinxie :(

[dekillerqueen]

Ah. Those can be the darkest places of all, indeed. It rather depends on who you are. Many would say a young girl such as yourself would have nothing to fear, but...

Well, people are not always who they appear to be.

[somnambulatory]

You mean sometimes they're demons?

aaa sorry for the delay

[dekillerqueen]

... In a sense, yes.

[somnambulatory]

I'd better buy some more charms before I go.

[dekillerqueen]

... Charms?

[somnambulatory]

Like this!

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[dekillerqueen]

[And by the time that charm's stuck on his head, he is already grasping poor Jinxie's arm tightly in his hand.

Is he unamused? Kind of hard to tell. His face doesn't... look different or anything.]

[somnambulatory]

O-ow...! Th-that hurts!

[She's already shaking like a leaf again.]

[dekillerqueen]

[And he slowwwly lets her go.]

You would do well to respect people's personal space, young lady. Especially if you suspect they're "demons".

[somnambulatory]

Y-yes, sir.

[dekillerqueen]

... Very good.