Private Finished messages from beyond

Michi was staring off in the distance, not even aware of how long had she been doing so if her notebook hadn't slipped from her lap. And even that nearly didn't bring her back to the present if it didn't make a clatter on the cobblestones. Michi stared down towards the ground, finding her pen and notes on the floor before tiredly sighing. Today was a particular day for the voices in her head. Some of them were speaking clearly, though they still spoke about nonsense and Michi couldn't care too much to listen to one voice for too long. Michi found a survey from the school bulletin a few days ago and somehow she thought it was a good idea to sign up so here she was, sitting in the school courtyard. She was contacted about the meet up time but she decided to arrive early just because she didn't want to deal with the voices in the isolation of her room. Right now, the voices were just distracting. She had been taking down notes so she had something to start off when the other student comes along -- or well, she was trying to take down notes. Except all she had were scribbles on a page after a couple of minutes. She could probably make sense of some of them if she tried but critical thinking was hard today. Another sigh came out from her, a slight bit disappointed with her lack of progress. Maybe she could have just brought one of the books she borrowed from the library.

Michi, having been too distracted with her own voices, didn't notice the college girl arrive. For a moment, she would have thought it was another one of her voices but realizing it didn't seem familiar, she turned to where she thought she heard the voice and lo and behold, there was indeed a person present. "Oh, yes, that's me," she said, standing up in surprise to meet the girl who'd introduced herself. Her instinct had her pull her notebook up close to her chest to hide it, but considering her delayed response, she was pretty sure the girl -- Adelaida, had already seen the contents of it. "It's fine. You can call me Michi," she said pulling her things to one side of the bench to make room for the other. "So yes, the interview, that's what I was here for," she heard a buzz in her head, not even sure if that was just her or the voices mocking her for the awkwardness of her phrasing.

Michi, ever so simple, happily accepted the candy with a 'thank you'. She didn't even ask, she just smiled before popping the candy in her mouth while Adelaida set up her notes. From where Michi was sitting, she could clearly see how clean her notes were in comparison to her own class notes filled with indistinct scribbles. She looked up to Adelaida when the girl spoke, idly rolling the candy in her mouth. "Well. I wasn't born with them, so I'm sure they're supernatural, for one," she began, rather matter-of-factly. At the same time she had said that, she heard the chattering get a bit louder -- one voice even whispering that she should choke on the candy she was eating. It could have easily shown on Michi's expression, but she could only sigh. "They're not helpful, nor are they even consistent. It's more like... having a crowd of people in my head and some of them won't mind their own business and get reactive to things I say. I don't really mind talking about it, but it's a bit all over the place."

Michi hummed thoughtfully at the question. Triggers? She'd never considered that. She was too busy thinking of finding any sort of patterns, she could never seem to focus when they go into an uproar. "I haven't really found a really specific theme," she admitted. "The voices have never really stopped since I got them so I haven't figured out any triggers yet. I do know they tend to get louder when I actively try to shut them out. I've also noticed they react whenever I talked about my abilities. " As she spoke the voices seem to change tones. She wasn't sure to what this time, as she was busy organizing her own train of thought. "Most of the time, they just sound like people chattering around me, but there's a few times there's voices that... come "near" me, if that makes sense? They're not demanding anything; they just put weird ideas in my head like how I should jump off my dorm window and stuff like that. She was hoping that did not sound strange. Then again, if she wasn't the only one with voices in her head, maybe that wasn't something too new. "I... have not complied to the voices that have come near. They go away after a while, so I don't really have that much of an issue with that part. Most of my problem comes from how loud they get to the point of screaming."

"Well, I could wish it was just that," Michi told her, laughing bitterly while the buzzing getting a bit louder once again. She wouldn't really know, but it would have probably been easier if that was only the case. She sighed softly, remembering Lizzy who she thought she was doing a favor. It turns out, it was a bad idea for he both of them. "A friend of mine can take over bodies, and she asked to use mine for a bit last week. She ended up struggling with the voices just the same so I was starting to think they're not just inside my head." Another sigh came out from her, slowly starting to worry for her own mind. What if Adelaida was right, after all? Delaney and Rowan had their own whispers in their minds, but they were never the same as hers. Now, she was even doubting if it was even remotely the same. As the thought of it became more apparent, the chatter in her mind started getting messier than earlier. "I-it's fine though. Sorry, if these weren't what you were expecting."