[Yusuke doesn't miss the movement of Blake's feet in the background there. He's a little taken aback by it, too, considering he hadn't even noticed that Blake had stopped punching whatever it was he'd been punching in the first place. For Steve's sake, though, he doesn't comment on it. Instead, he continues on with the story like nothing's amiss, saying, as casually as ever:]
Well, obviously, the guy was like, "Dumbass, why the hell didn't you say anything sooner? My mom coulda already had me roasted and stuffed into an empty wine bottle by now! C'mon, let's go!" Then he realized that he didn't know how they were supposed to keep his body from being cremated. I mean, the living can't even see ghosts, so how were they gonna hear him when he told 'em not to stick his ass near any open flames?
The Reaper said, "Oh, living people are more sensitive to the supernatural when they're asleep, so if you want to communicate with them, all you've gotta do is stand at their bedsides and visit them in their dreams!" Because that's not creepy at all.
[Spirit World, man. Spirit World. What even.]
But anyway, after that, the guy and the Reaper left to find someone he could talk to. It was pretty late at night by then, but his mom was still up, drinking and yelling at his coffin.
[There's a strong note of chagrin in Yusuke's voice.]
It was pretty embarrassing. So since she wasn't gonna be useful anytime soon, the guy decided to visit his friend instead - the girl he'd known since they were kids. And when he got there, she was, uh...
... she was crying. In her sleep, I mean. I guess she was havin' a bad dream about the guy leaving her or something, which was kinda...
... I dunno. It was weird. Not, like, bad weird, just --
[Yusuke falters a little, looking awkward. Then, almost impatiently, he shakes his head, grimaces, and says:]
Look, the point is, she was upset, so when he visited her in her dream, he told her to wipe her face and listen up 'cause he had something important to tell her. He said, "It's hard to explain, but I'm coming back, so I need you to tell my mom not to have me cremated, okay? So pull yourself together and stop crying. I don't wanna see you cry anymore."
The girl said she understood. That she'd do it. The guy figured that'd be the end of it, but the next morning, when the girl visited the guy's mom, she found out that his mom had some stupid dream of her own, and since the dream had apparently brought his mom some comfort or whatever, she didn't wanna wreck it by telling her about her dream.
... The girl was that sort of person, y'see. Cared a lot about other people, even people who were a mess. Hell, for the longest time, she'd been the only person who bothered givin' the guy the time of day, even when everybody told her he wasn't worth it. I mean, yeah, she was a friggin' nag who was always gettin' on him about goin' to school, but at least she didn't just give up on him like everybody else did. She stuck by him, even when he was a jerk to her, and why she never told him to get lost or something...
... I dunno. I guess that just proves she's a way better person than most. [Yusuke huffs out a chuckle.] Too bad the guy was so stupid it took ending up on the wrong end of somebody's bumper for him to see it.
[Yusuke pauses, once again seeming... weirdly subdued for a moment.]
... aaanyway. Obviously, it was great that she was so nice and all, but the fact that she couldn't bring herself to tell the guy's mom what was up kinda meant the guy was screwed, especially 'cause now she was doubting whether or not the dream she'd had was real. So the guy said to the Reaper, "Hey, Reaper, is there any other way for me to talk to her? 'Cause this dream thing ain't cuttin' it." And the Reaper thought about it and said, "Well, you can try taking control of someone else's body! But on two conditions: they have to be someone you know, and they have to have a strong sixth-sense."
The guy was pissed off. He was like, "Great, in that case, I'm boned. Guess I've gotta get used to being a ghost."
But get this.
[Yusuke leans in closer to the screen, almost conspiratorially.]
It turns out that that ugly guy he was always gettin' into fights with - his rival, I guess you could call him, though you and I both know that they were nowhere close to bein' on the same level - could sense spirits. Called it "the tickle feeling", the stupid idiot.
[Yusuke leans away again.]
Crazy, right? When the guy found out, he was like, "Damn, and here I've just been callin' him a freak 'cause he looks like a rotten potato with eyes." Then he was like, "Forget it, I am not possessing that knucklehead's body! With my luck, I'll end up lookin' at my reflection in a window and dying again, or something."
Then the Reaper was like -- [AND HE QUOTES] -- "Here's my impression of you. 'Look at me, I'm burning!'"
[Yusuke gives the camera a withering look. One would be hard-pressed to find a lineface more intense than the one he's wearing right now.]
What a bitch, right? But she'd made her point, so the guy sucked it up and agreed to go ahead and possess his rival's body. The Reaper told him, "I'll give you one hour to find The Girl and tell her to take care of your body. Anything longer than that'll be too much for your rival's body to handle!"
"Yeah, okay," the guy said. And just like that, he possessed his rival's body, and began running all over the city looking for the girl.
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Well, obviously, the guy was like, "Dumbass, why the hell didn't you say anything sooner? My mom coulda already had me roasted and stuffed into an empty wine bottle by now! C'mon, let's go!" Then he realized that he didn't know how they were supposed to keep his body from being cremated. I mean, the living can't even see ghosts, so how were they gonna hear him when he told 'em not to stick his ass near any open flames?
The Reaper said, "Oh, living people are more sensitive to the supernatural when they're asleep, so if you want to communicate with them, all you've gotta do is stand at their bedsides and visit them in their dreams!" Because that's not creepy at all.
[Spirit World, man. Spirit World. What even.]
But anyway, after that, the guy and the Reaper left to find someone he could talk to. It was pretty late at night by then, but his mom was still up, drinking and yelling at his coffin.
[There's a strong note of chagrin in Yusuke's voice.]
It was pretty embarrassing. So since she wasn't gonna be useful anytime soon, the guy decided to visit his friend instead - the girl he'd known since they were kids. And when he got there, she was, uh...
... she was crying. In her sleep, I mean. I guess she was havin' a bad dream about the guy leaving her or something, which was kinda...
... I dunno. It was weird. Not, like, bad weird, just --
[Yusuke falters a little, looking awkward. Then, almost impatiently, he shakes his head, grimaces, and says:]
Look, the point is, she was upset, so when he visited her in her dream, he told her to wipe her face and listen up 'cause he had something important to tell her. He said, "It's hard to explain, but I'm coming back, so I need you to tell my mom not to have me cremated, okay? So pull yourself together and stop crying. I don't wanna see you cry anymore."
The girl said she understood. That she'd do it. The guy figured that'd be the end of it, but the next morning, when the girl visited the guy's mom, she found out that his mom had some stupid dream of her own, and since the dream had apparently brought his mom some comfort or whatever, she didn't wanna wreck it by telling her about her dream.
... The girl was that sort of person, y'see. Cared a lot about other people, even people who were a mess. Hell, for the longest time, she'd been the only person who bothered givin' the guy the time of day, even when everybody told her he wasn't worth it. I mean, yeah, she was a friggin' nag who was always gettin' on him about goin' to school, but at least she didn't just give up on him like everybody else did. She stuck by him, even when he was a jerk to her, and why she never told him to get lost or something...
... I dunno. I guess that just proves she's a way better person than most. [Yusuke huffs out a chuckle.] Too bad the guy was so stupid it took ending up on the wrong end of somebody's bumper for him to see it.
[Yusuke pauses, once again seeming... weirdly subdued for a moment.]
... aaanyway. Obviously, it was great that she was so nice and all, but the fact that she couldn't bring herself to tell the guy's mom what was up kinda meant the guy was screwed, especially 'cause now she was doubting whether or not the dream she'd had was real. So the guy said to the Reaper, "Hey, Reaper, is there any other way for me to talk to her? 'Cause this dream thing ain't cuttin' it." And the Reaper thought about it and said, "Well, you can try taking control of someone else's body! But on two conditions: they have to be someone you know, and they have to have a strong sixth-sense."
The guy was pissed off. He was like, "Great, in that case, I'm boned. Guess I've gotta get used to being a ghost."
But get this.
[Yusuke leans in closer to the screen, almost conspiratorially.]
It turns out that that ugly guy he was always gettin' into fights with - his rival, I guess you could call him, though you and I both know that they were nowhere close to bein' on the same level - could sense spirits. Called it "the tickle feeling", the stupid idiot.
[Yusuke leans away again.]
Crazy, right? When the guy found out, he was like, "Damn, and here I've just been callin' him a freak 'cause he looks like a rotten potato with eyes." Then he was like, "Forget it, I am not possessing that knucklehead's body! With my luck, I'll end up lookin' at my reflection in a window and dying again, or something."
Then the Reaper was like -- [AND HE QUOTES] -- "Here's my impression of you. 'Look at me, I'm burning!'"
[Yusuke gives the camera a withering look. One would be hard-pressed to find a lineface more intense than the one he's wearing right now.]
What a bitch, right? But she'd made her point, so the guy sucked it up and agreed to go ahead and possess his rival's body. The Reaper told him, "I'll give you one hour to find The Girl and tell her to take care of your body. Anything longer than that'll be too much for your rival's body to handle!"
"Yeah, okay," the guy said. And just like that, he possessed his rival's body, and began running all over the city looking for the girl.