A Nebulous Visage

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(2nd Person Perspective)
Where are you? You remember that... what? You don't remember anything but some bits and parts. What were you doing before this? You look down and realize that you're see-through. It's probably normal, right? You get up and look around, realizing that you're in a different country than you were originally in. You try to read the signs and you recognize that you're in Italy. But why can you read the signs? 'La Macelleria' to The Butcher, 'Il Supermercato di Giuseppe' to Giuseppe's Supermarket, 'La Palestra di Luca' to Luca's Gym, etc. When were you able to read Italian? You don't think you that you've learnt it before. You walk around and sit in an ice cream shop, hearing conversations about people and staying at one since you're bored.

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"Federico è un bastardo! Come ha potuto farmi questo?"
"Non è colpa tua Giulia! È Federico che ti ha fatto questo! Quella stronza ti ha tradito per una puttana! Possiamo mangiare il gelato quando torna il cameriere."
"Grazie Chiara, sei davvero la mia migliore amica."
"Di niente Giulia, tutti hanno bisogno di qualcuno nella loro vita che li aiuti. E oltretutto, chi ha bisogno di quella stronza Federico comunque?"
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You decide to leave after an hour or so of listening to these two people talk about how Federico was a bastard and how he deserved to burn in hell for eternity since he cheated on Giulia. It was an interesting conversation, but you were more curious about the food. The ice cream, or should you say gelato, was looking extremely appetizing. After all you hadn't eaten for a while now and you wanted to indulge in some foods. You try to order but no one was answering you. You thought that it was because the people in the back were busy doing who knows what, so you just left the shop. What a shame, you wanted to try out the gelato that the two had ordered.

After walking out, you had nothing to do again, so you decide to explore the area around you. You walk into an alleyway and suddenly you feel a pang in your head. You feel as if your brain is leaking out of your ears. You tried to scream but quickly stopped when you realized that it made you hurt more. You fell down onto the hard floor but felt nothing, surprisingly. After a few minutes of pain, someone comes up to you.

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"Are you alright signora?"
Since you're writhing in pain, you really can't say anything in this situation.
"...Signora?"
The person looks at you with pitiful eyes, believing that you were on some type of drug before leaving. You see a few features of them, and it looks like they have a bob-cut with golden hair-clips.
Not that it matters since you'll forget about it.
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After what seems like hours, the pain finally gets better. The sun has set, and now you don't know where to go. You're homeless now, since your home doesn't seem to be located anywhere near here. You still have a splitting headache, but it's not as bad as what you had before. You get up and walk around, deciding to settle near a gardening area. The plants make you feel serene, yet the pain still lingers. You fade in and out of consciousness, and you seem to fall asleep. Do ghosts even fall asleep?

You wake up when the sun comes up, seeing the beautiful sky. It's nice to see, and you realize that the pain you had from last night had disappeared. It was probably just sleep-deprivation, right? This starts the cycle of walking around random areas and getting mind-breaking headaches in different areas each time, with no one batting an eye at you, other than the occasional look of disgust. When the pain lessens, you usually go to a bench or somewhere abandoned to sleep. The pain always goes away after a nap.

One day you wander into a slum, looking at the sights of the area. It's become lonely for you but at least exploring new areas are still fun for you. You walk around and decide to lean on a wall since you're feeling a bit tired from all the walking. Then you phase through the wall. After falling down, you are surprised about your ability. The place looks like what an area in a slum would look like. It's barely clean, and the things there are just random things like dirty furniture and a small kitchen. You leave from where you came from after you hear a loud slam.

After that experience, you decide to try out your ability. You move your finger through a box you found, and surprisingly or unsurprisingly, your finger phases through. You are happy about this since it means that there will be even more places to discover, and more ways to be a rascal. You wonder if you have any other abilities. You walk around a bit before you see another ghost a block away. You run over to the ghost, trying to talk to it but the ghost ascends up before you're able to talk to it. What a bummer. At least you know that there can be people, or really ghosts, that you can maybe talk to.

Walking around again, you wonder why no one can see you. It's a sad thought, before phasing through a wall to explore some more. This place looks well furnished and decently clean for an area in the slums. You look around, and go upstairs to see many rooms. Maybe you'll check it out later. You go back downstairs and before you leave, you feel someone staring at you. You turn around and they keep staring at you. Can someone finally see you? You walk up to the person, who is seemingly a man. He looks roughly 5 feet or so, and they seem terrified. You walk closer and he says, "Beach Boy" quietly, before pulling out a fishing rod from somewhere.

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"Can you see me?"
"Who are you?! Why are you in our base?!"
"Oh, so you can see me!"
"Aniki! Over here! There's an intruder!"
"An intruder? Who, me?" You make a confused gesture.
"Aniki! Someone's broken in!"
You feel happy since you're having a conversation with someone. Then you remember that he had a fishing rod in his hands. He also looked like he was glowing.
"Do you like fishing? That's a cool rod you have."
"Eek! Aniki there's an enemy stand user here! Come quick!"
"Why won't you answer me?"
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(A/N): Wowow! I made a fanfic! I have a few ideas about how this story will play out. This story is just gonna be for my pleasure, so I won't update this regularly. Sorry 😣. I like how (Y/N) is right now. We've met two new characters so far.

Question of the chapter: Where do think (Y/N) is right now?