Last Man On Earth When There Is No Earth ?

the ZSFCO 0303, Seven

" it took you this long to admit my existence? How harsh "

" the first sane thing to do when seeing a ghost is to not admit seeing a ghost, that's common knowledge. but this wasn't the first time you showed yourself right? Iris? "

Standing beside me, or should I say floating beside me is a blue haired girl. She wore clothes of similar design to Lilia's, although she has a cute face her body is too thin and even when considering my preferences I could say I'm somewhat disappointed looking at her flat-

"hey…" she looked at me with death in her eyes " you were about to call me flat weren't you?"

Well, I don't know what else should i-

Without me noticing my left hand moved on its own directing a punch to my face.

" now, tell me again why you are disappointed?"

"you can read my mind"

"I can read your mind"

"you should have told me earlier"

"why would I?"

"you also can control my body"

"sometimes"

" so it was you that time at the grave"

"yeah"

"And last night"

"be thankful, if I didn't lend you a hand you would have never done it"

"so it was really you"

"yes it was really me"

What a pain. So, are you really Iris?

" good, if Lilia saw you talking to yourself she might think you went crazy again" she sighed once " well, I can't say I'm her now that I have died, you could say I was the one called Iris"

Hmm… does that explain why instead of horns like Lilia you have…

" no it doesn't, are you an idiot? "

Then?

" haaah" she let out a really long sigh once more " I don't really understand, same as when you are born you don't get a guide book after your death" she closed her eyes saying nothing for a minute

"if I have to guess, Virta is the cause"

What?

"like I said, it's hard to explain. Right now I'm using a part of your brain, inhabiting it in other words"

So, you admit possessing me right?

"not on purpose, got it? I have nothing to apologize for"

yeah yeah

"I will explain what happened now, don't ask any questions because I don't understand it myself" the girl called Iris, or her ghost sat down with her back against mine, she silently hugged her knees for a while before beginning the story

"I remember most of what happened after our ship rushed, at least until I got buried. Not long after I was completely covered in earth that I lost every last bit of my consciousness, I couldn't handle seeing Lilia sad so it was somewhat a relief. What kind of a friend feels relieved in that situation right? But seeing her cry and not being able to do a thing caused me to suffering more than I could imagine"

I don't ever want to be in that situation

" it was a nightmare. And I'm happy to see that she moved on" I heard her sigh again, but this time she sounded more relieved than annoyed, and I could tell a smile was forming on her lips " anyways, I don't know for how long I was underground, it felt like years floating in the darkness not feeling anything, not being able o think properly. Then one day I opened my eyes and realized; I had eyes!"

I looked at her from over my shoulder

"okay, listen, when I was in that dark space I couldn't feel anything, that means whenever I tried moving my limbs, mouth or eyes I couldn't. but suddenly I was able to, like waking up after having that kind of dream"

Sleep paralysis?

" that's what I thought at first but then I realized, I was much taller, I had paws instead of hands, I had fur and finally a tail"

WTF?

" yes, somehow I ended up becoming Verta"

That time I reincarnated as a giant electric tiger

" something like that"

Wait, you understand that reference?

" we share one brain, I can easily tap into your memories"

Then

" if it's something you can't remember then I can't look into it"

Are you perhaps the cause behind my memory lose?

"I don't think so, they were lost before moved in"

really?

"really. Back to the point I wasn't really happy about being a mythical beast but at least I could move around, or so I thought at first before finding out I was trapped in that cave"

Talk about bad luck

" you know nothing. I tried and tried but I couldn't get out, that's when an idea came to me. if I was able to move into this body maybe I can move into something else, and like that I made the jump toward your mind"

Why me?

" coincidence. Right after I left Verta's body I lost most of the strength I had and I couldn't fully take over, and that bring us to now"

That still doesn't explain the ears and tail, the whiskers are just plain weird

"I didn't choose this you know, spending all that time in its body may had some effect"

If it's the tiger tail ad ears then it should be alright, but the whiskers…

Did you try removing them?

"no…"

What are you waiting for?

" nothing"

With a little hesitation she moved her hand and tried pulling them. I expected it would take some time but it was way easier

" I hope they don't grow back anytime soon "

No one can see you so it's fine

"shamelessly saying that, do you want to hit yourself again?"

No thank you. So, what happened after you possessed me?

" nothing, I had to watch you do stupid things unable to say anything. It took all my strength to give you that little push when Lilia cried"

If that was a little push then what do you call yesterday

"oh? All I did as stopping you from second-thinking things. Seriously, if you weren't like that you wouldn't be such a disappointment. Why did you wait that long to make a move on her? I'm sure Lilia wouldn't have minded. I mean you were alone, together on an uninhabited planet! With no means of escape and of promise of rescue, the obvious thing to do is that situation is to try and make some kids! I'm sure Lilia would have understood, even if you are from two different species you probably could pass both your genes and-"

Wait! Even if you say that I couldn't just force myself on her

"what are you saying? I'm sure Lilia was looking forward to it too! she is an a.d.u.l.t and must have some interest in those things"

I didn't think about that at all… I fantasized for a moment about a scene were the lovely Lilia looked at me blushing while saying she can't handle it any longer

"that wouldn't happen, not in a million years"

You saw that too?

" Lilia isn't that kid of girl, stop being a disappointment and be the first to move!"

Hmmmm…

"What?"

You seem really excited about this. Not only can read my mind, do you expect me to do those things with her while you are watching?

" don't worry" she weightlessly floated through the air until she was in front of me once again, holding a thumb up she said "I won't tell anyone"

Although she tried to keep her perfect poker face while saying that, the slight red on her cheeks betrayed her.

That's when I began to have this question, is Iris just a pervert?