♬ 002

[parodies]

[the first thing that can be seen on the feed is a hand, moving away from the keyboard after having switched on the webcam]

[most of the rest of the video is taken up by a young girl-- she's standing with her back to the camera, and is close enough that all that can be really seen are her wings (colorful; very funky-looking and patchworked), and a few snatches of blonde hair]

[not much of the room she's in is visible, but if anyone looks closely, it's clearly a girl's cluttered bedroom: clothes, accessories, some toys, a guitar lying on a large semicircled windowseat]

[she stands still for a few seconds, then takes a shaky breath and speaks]

Okay.

I believe you now.

Comments

[parodies]

You know that's really spooky, right?

[ghostshippingly]

Well, I'm a spirit medium, so it's sort of my job to deal with spooky things...

But you're right, it is spooky. It's really unsettling to think about.

[parodies]

You're like a psychic?

[ghostshippingly]

Oh, no! I can't read minds or anything like that. Spiritual power is all about being able to sense when spirits or ghosts are around, and being able to contact the spirit world and channel the spirits of the dead. I suppose they could seem quite similar, but psychic power and spiritual power are actually very different things.

[parodies]

That sounds like a psychic to me. Even the ones on TV don't say they can read minds, they just talk to your dead family members for you and stuff.

[ghostshippingly]

Oh, really? Well, I've never heard any of the mediums here say that spiritual power was the same as psychic power before... but maybe that's just because there's so many different kinds of psychic power that it's easier not to use that word when you're trying to teach students.

[parodies]

And the ones on TV are usually fakes.

[ghostshippingly]

What?

... I suppose they must do it for the money, mustn't they.

[parodies]

If you can get famous you're set for life. Some of them have their own shows, like the Pet Psychic.

[ghostshippingly]

Does that person really claim to talk to people's pets?

[parodies]

Only dead ones. I know a girl whose mom hired her when their cat died.

[ghostshippingly]

That's strange... I wouldn't claim to be able to channel someone's pet. I think that would only work if I was able to understand animals to begin with... or if the person who wanted their pet channelled did, I suppose. But I don't think the Kurain technique even works on animal spirits.

[parodies]

Her mom is a little loopy.