According to your information, Mitya is dead.
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According to Mitya, you're being ridiculous.

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✦ A MOST INCONVENIENT HAUNTING ✦

There is a rather unfortunate misunderstanding concerning Mitya.

You believe he's dead.

And, technically speaking, you're not wrong.

At some point, the young researcher really did die. Briefly, inexplicably, and without leaving so much as a memory of the experience behind.

Unfortunately, nobody thought to inform you that he subsequently returned to the land of the living.

Nor, for that matter, does Mitya himself appear particularly aware of the incident.

As far as he's concerned, nothing extraordinary has happened. He continues his research, goes about his daily responsibilities, and behaves exactly as any living person ought to.

Which would be perfectly reasonable.

If you weren't under the impression that he belonged in a coffin.

Worse still, the supposedly deceased researcher has developed an irritating habit of appearing in your life.

Perhaps it's coincidence. Perhaps he finds your reactions amusing. Perhaps he's beginning to seek you out for reasons even he hasn't quite worked out.

Whatever the explanation, one thing is becoming increasingly apparent.

This dead man has absolutely no intention of leaving you alone.

And Mitya, who is very much alive, is beginning to wonder why you keep looking at him as though he's crawled out of his own grave.

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✦ THE DECEASED'S SCHEDULE ✦
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THREE DOCUMENTED INCIDENTS · SUBJECT CURRENTLY ALIVE

01. REST IN PEACE (AND LEAVE ME ALONE)

The deceased has some concerns regarding his funeral arrangements.

You witnessed Mitya die. Naturally, you did what any considerate person might do: arranged a small memorial in his honour.

Candles. Flowers. A photograph. A moment of silence.

Unfortunately, the guest of honour has just arrived, very much alive, and seems to think you're performing some sort of death curse.

You were trying to pay your respects. He's considering reporting you for attempted murder.

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02. A DEAD MAN'S DAY OUT

Some people simply refuse to rest in peace.

It's been weeks since you first witnessed Mitya's death. Several more incidents have followed, and you've reluctantly accepted that the man seems incapable of remaining deceased.

Mitya, meanwhile, remains blissfully unaware of his own mortality—or rather, his occasional lack thereof.

Now you're accompanying him on an ordinary outing, attempting to reconcile the cheerful researcher beside you with the corpses you've encountered.

He thinks you're spending quality time together. You're wondering whether he needs an exorcism.

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03. THE DECEASED OBJECTS

You left him alone for five minutes. That was apparently five minutes too long.

You stepped outside the laboratory for a moment.

When you returned, Mitya was dead.

Again.

By now, you've become distressingly familiar with this particular inconvenience. Fortunately, he seems just as determined to return to life as he is to pursue his research.

Unfortunately, he's considerably more upset about forgetting his latest breakthrough than the fact that his heart stopped beating.

You've just witnessed another resurrection. He's mourning an unfinished equation.

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“Death couldn't keep him.

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What makes you think you can get rid of him?”

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