After a long and tiring day, Marry got the chance to finally let the steam off her. She flew towards her bed making a comfortable crashing landing. Facing the ceiling, she reminisced about today's events. Many things that happened she couldn't understand. She didn't have the knowledge to logicically explain them. Gasping the air, Marry took a gentle yawn from her mental exhaustion. However, that wasn't enough for her stress. Because of the confusion her astrological peace of mind was ground into dust. What could cause one's world to fall apart? The reason was not known, or rather, it was not crystal clear. Several thought in Marry's brain were conflicting with each another. In one part of the battlefield, she was certain about ghost existence, the other one was against it, telling her she was possibly mentally ill. She didn't want to accept neither, nor could she find a compromise. Since her friend saw something different, would it be normal for them to see two different things? No human can sight entities that can't be seen. It's since ghosts are invisible to every human, usually. Yet Marry not only saw, but experienced them first hand. Why Renko was the one to be unable to?
This continuous loop orbited around Marry mind. She couldn't figure out the puzzle. All her diaries, drawing and even pictures that Renko took, what did they mean? Flipping the pieces of paper, Marry took a look at her evidence. It was indeed something that appeared to be out of this world. Monsters that lurked from the shadows, detailed witness testimonies, if someone read those they would surely be confused. Did that really happen to you, do you have any evidence? Her answer was: Actually, yes. In several cases, she managed to bring an item back from her dream. The globe that she gave to Renko was one of them, although her friend didn't knew it had that significance to Marry. How was that even possible? All humans might think of a dream as solely experience during sleeping. You rest and wake up in the same place, not being able to even move from your bed. Of course, she was having those kinds of normal human dreams, but some them were unusual, especially ones that she wrote about. The feeling that she sensed while sleeping was exactly the same as being awake. It was more like as she would wake up in a different place after she closed her eyes. As she appeared somewhere, she was able to walk around, seeing things that she never did before. Normally, you are able to recognize aspects of the objects within your dream, being able to tell who or what they are. But, in situation of sighting something completely new and never seen before, anyone would have said it's not possible to explain that phenomenon. Marry felt different, that her dreams where special, although most of them were unsettling. Some had different kinds of monsters, usually chasing her or wanting to eat her. The creatures mostly looked like humans, but it wasn't rare for them to resemble a strange horror movie aberration. In those dreams she often interacted with them if they were friendly, or hid herself when they were hostile. Conversing with then on sleep to sleep basis, they were actually able to recognize and remember Marry. When the dream would end, she would be back on her bed at home, sometimes brining something back. Then she would write the story in her journal or/and draw a picture. Still, her dream journal wasn't enough of an evidence for Renko. So to prove her point, one day she would sleep with a camera in her hand. She brought the object over to the dream world, but somehow the pictures would come out black. No other recording decides were able to bring any proof back. It was strange enough that she would wake up in a strange world and still have those items in hand, but why wouldn't they work properly? Renko was confused, but so was Marry. And thus, both girls never came to an agreement in that dispute.
It was clear for Marry that it wasn't something what a normal human could have experienced. Something in her blood perhaps, but that theory was discarded as childish tales her mother used to tell her at night. She couldn't explain why it would happen to her, only to her. Looking for any clues, she noticed that just by touching, she was able to get a camera to the dream world. Wouldn't it be possible to go with some... Marry paused for a second. Her heart gave a silent sound. Blushing, she rolled around her bed. Renko... it couldn't possibly work with her. What was she even supposed to say? I want to sleep with you tonight holding hands, or something? Is that the only way, she wondered. Clearly, she was out of options and felt that Renko is beginning to see her as a freak. If she would ask about that, it would only worsen her already poor image. Marry needed to construct a cunning plan. She pondered about the possibilities, none which seemed realistic for her. The obvious simple solution was to invite Renko over, hope she falls asleep and then grab her hand. However, the execution part of that plan would be tight. She would have to be sure it would be effective first time, or else. Who knows what would happen then, between the two of them? Marry was reluctant to take that chance. Maybe in later time, when an opportunity arise she would get Renko to see that, what she always had.
Meanwhile, Renko was looking at the pictures of Marry drowning. Was it possible for her to make up that story? Wouldn't it be strange that she was able see something I didn't? Questions that didn't seem to have an answer went in and out between her ears. She was worried what would happen next, will the Ghost Sealing Club be still active, or will she have to cease all actions due the concern about Marry's mental health? Still, it was formed out of her curiosity, and had an established goal to disapprove spirits. Renko didn't want to believe in supernatural, simply because it wasn't the scientific way of thinking. Something you can just prove by saying it's real, is not actual evidence. Only if there is a correlation between two different perspectives, you can talk about an objective value above singular perception. In other words, if at least two subjects confirm seeing something, which they describe identically, it becomes the truth. An apple is an apple, no matter who sees it. There might be different ways of describing an apple, or participants may lie. However, as longest there is more and more people knowing and sharing the same facts about an apple, the "truth" about it holds. Science also prohibits for more than two principles that deny each other to exist. It is not allowed for two different truths to be equally credible. However, it is possible to establish more than two facts, from different points of views, that don't contradict each other. For example, one girl claims she saw a ghost, the other didn't. Whenever it is the truth its unconfirmed until evidence proofing its existence is gathered. Still, the photos that Renko took weren't of a apparition but of Marry, so they couldn't act as documentation. Personally, she believed that her friend was not lying, in one way or the other, and that the truth was hidden from her own eyes. If she could figure out the riddle, she would surely capture the spirit. After all, sealing ghosts was a synonym for imprisoning one in a human created evidence. Of course, Renko knew that wasn't really going to change the world in a way, that everyone would start believing in ghosts. But for her, she was worried for Marry.
Not long ago, she was focused on her own life, trying to get the best grades. But that struggle left her empty and unsatisfied. She wanted to achieve more. What it was, she didn't know yet, but it had to be something great. Time passed and then, just as she met someone, she opened her eyes into the realm of mystery. That person was quite the girl. She said things that didn't make sense. If you take her chatter out of the context, it sounded like she was crazy or out of her mind. As Renko listened to her, things became more and more unreasonable. Strange dreams, seeing things, what else her imagination would produce next? Sometimes, Renko simply felt sorry for her, thinking if it wouldn't be better for her just to forget about her dreams and visions. Yet, the girl did not gave up and endured her friend's delusions. Eventually, things that she heard became something like a fantasy for her ears, they lost its weirdness. It started to become enjoyable for her, spending time with a strange friend that had such imaginary things to say. However, as she got deeper into the stories, she almost started believing in ghosts herself. Her mind, in order to protect her, created a scientific stance against their existence. The result was that Renko herself proposed a bet. If she would find anything that proved the existence spirits, that supernatural is real, she would start believing in everything her friend ever said. That day never came, nor any the hunts proven successful. That's what the Ghost Sealing Club is about, isn't it? But Renko feelings were somewhere else at that time, as she gazed upon the moon's clean sky.