[For a moment, the raucous Tanabata party goes awkwardly silent, until they can hear crickets chirping amid the soft rustling of the bamboo. Hanako's sweet fantasy fades away into wisps of fog, like mist on a hot summer night.
Cinnabar's mercury blobs sink to the ground and flow together, becoming a roiling pool beneath Hanako's ghostly feet. Silver tendrils emerge from the puddle and grow into spindly branches and vines that encirle Hanako like a rose bower... or a giant cage.]
Go to jail, and stay there until you're done with puberty. Ten thousand years should be long enough, I think.
[...If it's any comfort to Hanako, at least Cinnabar's control over their powers has developed to the point where they probably won't hurt him!]
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[For a moment, the raucous Tanabata party goes awkwardly silent, until they can hear crickets chirping amid the soft rustling of the bamboo. Hanako's sweet fantasy fades away into wisps of fog, like mist on a hot summer night.
Cinnabar's mercury blobs sink to the ground and flow together, becoming a roiling pool beneath Hanako's ghostly feet. Silver tendrils emerge from the puddle and grow into spindly branches and vines that encirle Hanako like a rose bower... or a giant cage.]
Go to jail, and stay there until you're done with puberty. Ten thousand years should be long enough, I think.
[...If it's any comfort to Hanako, at least Cinnabar's control over their powers has developed to the point where they probably won't hurt him!]