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Chapter 2 - O:NE (PROLOGUE_2)

Now, this may come as a surprise, but Paranormal things have been verified to be true. Recently, Arka heard that Mr.Maiti from the upper apartment performed a ritual and was successful in seeing the spirits of the dead, or in his case, his late mother. At first he didn't believe these to be true as there were many fake spiritual things out there such as planchette and future prediction, Even though Arka was a firm believer of god, he did find it hard to accept supernatural things, if not for Mr.Maiti who showed him a ritual that appeared legit, he would have never believed that something supernatural was ever possible.

The Ghostly figure that he saw that day persuaded him of the fact that at least that ritual worked. Mr.Maiti is a very sociable person; he is humorous and is always very talkative, so when he told Arka about the ritual, He almost took it as a joke, but Mr.Maiti said, "What? You don't believe me? Fine, I will call her in front of you and Rumi." 

Rumi, Arka's wife, liked these kinds of things too much, so when he told her about the offer, she jumped with excitement. That evening, both of them went to see Ms.Maiti. His wife opened the door and let them in, She was a sweet lady and also as funny as her husband. The three of them sat on the sofa and waited for Mr.Maiti to come out of the shower. After some time, they saw Mr. Maiti come out of the bathroom in a khaki getup and lead them to the room used for the ritual, the usually bright man was filled with gloom, probably at the thought of disturbing the dead, or maybe he was just sleepy. The three of them entered the room, and Mrs.Maiti shut the door from behind. After that, Arka and Rumi were instructed to sit in the corner of the room. After they were in position, Mr.Maiti sat in the middle of the room and took a yogic Posture, 

After about three minutes had passed, Arka and Rumi heard a soft murmuring, It was Mr.Maiti; he was chanting something.....

"...Across the day and night...

The essence of spirits may frighten..."

"The days and age of living....

....are nothing but the puppet of that thing....."

The chant, Arka, was not able to hear it completely, but he felt as if the chant was becoming louder and Louder, and he felt dizzy as if he had had quite a lot of alcohol. Even amidst his trance, he looked at his wife. She was just like him, eyes half closed and with an eerie smile, she looked at the center of the room as if she saw something, following her lead, he too looked at where Mr.Maiti was sitting, and what he saw shocked him. Mr.Maiti was facing them while chanting, but behind him was a ghostly figure embracing him. Before entering the room, Mr.Maiti showed a picture of His mother, and without a doubt, it was the same person. His mother was embracing him from behind, the serene depiction of Arka mesmerized. But what happened next was quite a surprise. The ghostly figure looked up directly at Arka and Rumi, and a faint voice echoed directly to their heads.

"Please be kind to him, he is a good person," and with a smile, the ghostly figure vanished in thin air.

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