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Library [10/08]

Sure, today was a holiday in some strange, normal places. But this was Fandom, and that meant Sam was doing his usual Monday duty of getting the library open.

Odds are, he would have done it even if it was a holiday. Geek.

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Rikku stopped in after her sex ed class, less bouncy than her usual. "Hiya," she said with a quick smile. "Do, uh, do you know anything about ... ghosts?"

"Hey Rikku," Sam said, and he couldn't help but laugh. "That's kind of like asking me if I know anything about walking. Which is to say, yeah, I do. Why do you ask?"

[Gah, I just saw this now. Sorry!]

"Really?" she said, perking up. "Uh. They're kinda ... it's different, where I'm from? Like, the Unsent that hang around usually go crazy and turn into fiends, so you have to Send them quickly, not, uh, help them figure out how to touch things and what they're supposed to be doing and, uh, I ..."

She dropped her voice and leaned in a little. "I ... saw someone this weekend."

"You did?" Sam asked. "The ghosts where I'm from...there's different kinds, really. Some ghosts are kind of like what you just described with the Unsent - they're vengeful, and crazy, and out to hurt people, and the only way to deal with them is to get rid of their bones, to send them on their way. But some ghosts are peaceful. Usually, those are the ghosts who stick around to watch over the people they care about, and I don't think they really have a reason to get dangerous then, if that makes sense."

Rikku nodded quickly. "It's ... he's ... he didn't know why he was still here. Like, his dad ... there was something wrong so he couldn't move on until ... until it was fixed? But he doesn't know if there's that or he's stuck or ..." She took a deep breath. "It's still him. He's still him, I mean? He's not ... crazy or evil. He's ... Sam? It ... it was Hamlet."

"Oh," Sam said quietly. "Oh wow. He...it's like he can't move on? Because of his dad, I mean. It's entirely possible that it really is still him, and that he's not crazy, like you said."

"He doesn't know if he can't move on or if he's just ... hanging around. I. I offered to ... get someone to Send him? If he needs it? Yunie could. M-my cousin, she ... she can do the Sending and make sure people, you know. But he might just be here, like, maybe there's a reason, and I don't know how to find out what it is." Rikku swallowed, hard, and nodded. "It ... it was him, like, he knew ... I mean, we talked. A-and we blew up a volcano. It wasn't someone who looked like him, I mean. It was him."

"There could be a reason he's here," Sam agreed. "You might need to find out how he died. If you know how he died, maybe you can figure out what's keeping him here."

"I ... I know that," she said softly. "He. He h-had to avenge his father, 'cause his uncle killed him. And there was ... a duel, with another guy who was a friend of his, but it was rigged, there was p-poison, on the blade." Deep breath. "He ... he exposed his uncle and killed him, but ... he died, too. And his friend, and his mom. B-but he was king, first. For like five minutes, but ... he ... avenged his dad. So his dad ... moved on. That's ... that's good, right?"

Sam frowned softly and came around next to Rikku, putting his arm around her in what he hoped would be a comforting gesture. "That is good," he assured her. "If he avenged his father, then he did exactly what he needed to do, and that's totally a good thing."

Rikku leaned against him, grateful for the touch. "Y-yeah. So. So that's not ... I m-mean, he's not ... stuck for the same reason, right? He already got the people that ..." She took a nervous breath. "So I'm not sure why, you know?"

"He knows he avenged his father, right? I mean, if it happened fast and maybe he didn't realize it..."

Rikku shook her head. "N-no, he knows. He. He died knowing he'd done it. But there was also ... I m-mean, his uncle killed his dad, and him, and his mom, and his uncle's gone, and it's just such a ... it doesn't seem like it's enough, does it? It ... I don't know."

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