Private Get your spook on

Hikaru bounced from one foot to the other, oni mask ready and hanging around his neck. He waited for Sushi to arrive at his room, anticipation building inside him faster than the fuse on a lit firework. He was ready. So ready to make himself known. Make himself heard! He was going to help people have a good time - break up the monotony of living in the dorms! Help people feel less lonely!

And he was gonna do it with a friend. He was so excited. He couldn't wait. It was time to spook. And the oni mask was mostly to help him feel hyped; it wasn't like people would be able to see him. "Uuurgh..." he said with his language charm still on. (He'd need it for this evening's shenanigans.) "I really hope Sushi arrives soon..."

He could feel it. Anticipation building as he waited. The sun was beginning to set - they were gonna run out of time! Just when Hikaru couldn't take it anymore and was gonna go to Sushi himself, he heard a knock on the door and the familiar tinny voice asking if he was there.

"Yes, I'm here!" He called happily and basically ripped the door open, yanking it towards him with far more force than necessary. "Are you ready? Do you know the plan?" He asked, eyes aglow with excitement and not his weird eye power thing.

Hikaru was so glad! So glad to see Sushi! The plan was going to go ahead. They were going to have some fun.

"Well...it's kind of like that. But let me do the speaking. All you need to do is help me to be invisible! And then when I give you the sign, we will go un-invisible! And we will tell them it's okay." Hikaru looked away at this, holding his fingers crossed behind his back. He wasn't sure if he was telling the truth - but then if he let them stay scared, Sushi might feel betrayed - he didn't want to let his friend down.

He was starting to have apprehensions about this plan, but he was going to carry through.

"I understand!" He nodded with an excited grin. "Yes, we can do it right now. So I will get used to the blue seeing." He'd decided. He was definitely going to make the spooking humorous. Maybe scary at first, then he could do something silly! Like play circus music! But some people were afraid of clowns, so he was probably gonna just show a big smiley or something. Probably a message saying [It's OK! It is just a prank!] would do fine.

Yeah! That was a good idea. Then they could reveal themselves and all laugh together. Maybe they'd make friends afterwards!

Hikaru took a moment to close the door behind Sushi and put his phone on his desk, pointed at them so they could record this awesome, historic moment. He was just as excited as Sushi! He knew that the invisible thing affected his vision, so he was gonna see what it was like if he tried it while under its effects.

Summoning an illusion of a smiley face, he allowed it to float in the room in view of the camera (which did capture illusions, he'd found out upon coming here) so that he'd see what would happen to it if he went invisible. Would it fade?

He took Sushi's hand and let his friend do the rest of the work. Blinking once, then twice, they 'vanished' and Hikaru felt the strange, tingly feeling all over again and his eyesight took on various shades of blue. It was an uncomfortable sensation, but he supposed he wasn't complaining. At least he was able to see at all, really. He noticed that the illusion seemed to be gone, and frowned. Hmm. That was a shame. He'd have to try spooking without his illusions, then? He could still feel the feeling of using magic, though. That warmth inside was still there. Hikaru wondered what this could mean as he let go. "Sushi, let us go back to not being seeable."

...and the illusion was there. Had it been there the whole time?