Unfortunately, Iria didn't get to hear Seiko's answer as right afterwards the club president continued her speech. Quickly, she returned to her seat.

"The purpose of this club is twofold. The first is to discuss matters of the occult, whether they be theories one has, experiences one has had, or otherwise. However, this discussion is meant to be grounded in rationality and fact. I assure you that this being an occult club does not mean that we will disregard science or perpetuate baseless theories. Conjecture and theory are fine and are welcome, but throwing baseless ideas at a wall to see what sticks is not."

Sounds fine, she thought. She liked how the club had a vision on how it would operate. It showed that it was more than just a hangout for people who loved the occult.

"The second purpose of this club is one that I am sure will help the skeptics of this room: interaction with the occult. I do not expect many of you to simply take me at my word when I assert the existence of ghosts, nor should you. At the same time, it's only reasonable for this club to have some actual hands-on interaction with our subject matter. The Halloween Extravaganza will be our first of such experiences, in which we will enter the school after-hours. I've been monitoring spiritual output, and have good reason to believe that a very weak ghost, in other words a soul lacking a proper container, will be capable of some minor physical manifestation on that night; this shouldn't be anything more than being able to see and converse with it, though, so do not worry. Make sure that you take a waiver, and either that your parents or yourself if you're eighteen sign it and get it to me at or prior to the event."

Now this, this is interesting. It seemed the president truly believed that she had found a real ghost, albeit a really weak one. If she was not mistaken, this could be a really big deal. She could truly prove to the scientific world that ghosts really did exist. And that would pretty much turn the current scientific theories upside down.

...But of course, she doubted it would ever come to that. The farthest it would go would probably be some creepy figures from a distance, voices out of nowhere, and other questionable stuff like that. You couldn't parade them to the scientific world for sure.

"Ah, yes, one question: how exactly are you measuring this spiritual output? And what constitutes a "proper" container for a soul?" Ai asked. Ah, that was a good question. She was also curious about those.

Ignoring the religious ramblings of Yoshi, she couldn't understand most of them anyways, she continued hearing the next question, which was asked by her friend Yuki.

"I'm only just wondering... if we supposedly meet a ghost, and that's a pretty big if, what would you do? And if there are supernatural forces, or demons as Yoshi claimed, do you have any protection in your arsenal that could help us?" Yuki asked.

...Hmm, she didn't expect Yuki to ask a question like that. Could it be that she was scared of ghosts? She certainly didn't seem like the type. From all the times she had known her, she had always been a brave one. Well, everyone had their weakness, she supposed.

"Could it be that you're scared of ghosts, Yuki?" she whispered to her with a slightly mischievous smile.

[@Polaris North]