[MEME] OH NO A GHOST

[wolfintheattic]

OKAY LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.
I wanna play a ghost. Below are some prompts.
I'm not super picky about setting or 'verse.

A- Your character is a paranormal investigator, an obnoxious tv show host, or is otherwise exploring an area that is said to be haunted for whatever reason. Maybe it's a dare.

B- My character's ghost just SHOWS UP in your character's home. Did your character buy some haunted shit off ebay? Maybe my character died nearby or was summoned via Ouija board by some stupid teenagers at that party you hosted last month. Either way, you got yourself a haunted house now. Congrats.

C- Your character is also a ghost. Maybe they died together. Maybe my character is new to this whole being dead thing and yours shows them the ghostly ropes. Maybe it's the other way around. Either way, ghost adventures are had. _{Not currently looking for new PLSs with this plot!}

D- Your character is a necromancer-type-person and has summoned mine's spirit to do their bidding.

E- Your character is an exorcist and is here to shoo mine out of their current haunt or otherwise help them move on.

F- Our characters are friends. Mine died and has returned to hang out/help/finish some business with yours.

G- Your character moves into the house mine is currently haunting. EXCUSE U.

H- POSSESSION. It happened somehow.

IF A CHARACTER YOU WANT TO MEET IS MISSING, LET ME KNOW.

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[toothaches]

I was murdered.

_{[Maurice says this with an almost airy, proud tone. It used to upset him, but now he'd sort of settled into the idea.]}

[reflected_image]

[There's something chilling about that, as well as the tone he uses. The unlit cigarette hangs unlit between his lips.]

Sorry.

[It's a soft apology, but one nonetheless.]

[toothaches]

_{[Well there's a reaction he doesn't expect. Maurice's bloodied brows drift up.]}

It's not so bad. At least I didn't die suffocating on my own vomit, right? They'll catch her one day, but 'till then, I'm taking care of the bar.

Which I'd really like to get back to.

[reflected_image]

[Just because he's an asshole doesn't mean he can't feel bad when someone tells him they were murdered.]

Do you remember what she looked like?

[Wait. What was he doing? He wasn't going to play detective to find a ghosts killer. He resumes his attempt to light his cigarette.]

Why? Some big ghost party going on?

[toothaches]

_{[Sorry, buddy, the D.A.R.E. ghost isn't going to permit it. Did it get chilly all of the sudden?]}

Yeah. She was hot, like...shampoo commercial hot. Really tall, black hair, she had this sweet-ass firebird. She lured me out back telling me it was acting up and them WHAMMO!

_{[He punched through the air.]}

No, I'm the only ghost there but...I just belong there, you know?

[reflected_image]

[Goddamit, he just wants some nicotine. WHY'D HE HAVE TO GO AN ACCIDENTALLY SUMMON THE D.A.R.E GHOST!?]

What the hell is a firebird? [He listens, frowning a little.] Did you do something to piss her off?

[toothaches]

It's a kind of fancy car.

_{[He drifts as far as his lead allows and tries to get a better look at the place he's found himself in.]}

Nah. I'd never seen her before in my life. I think she just wanted a free fix. Or possibly my wallet. I don't know. I can't leave the bar so I don't know what she did with my body. I was in the paper though so somebody found me.

[reflected_image]

[Where they are is a typical college. Across from the library are large buildings, the windows on the first floors showing students lingering in the classrooms. There are other students milling around outside, walking to the different buildings that lined sidewalk or the dorms.

Or well. It's as typical as the college can be if one didn't factor in the occasional student passing by with a ghost or another familiar, or that some were practicing spells in the classrooms.

Kou was only half joking about this being Hogwarts.]

Probably your wallet for a free fix. [Giving up on the cigarette he tucks the unlit one behind his ear.] Right, I'm going to grab my stuff, then we're gonna figure out how the hell to send you back where you came from.

[toothaches]

_{[Things seem normal enough until a fellow dead man passes them by. Maurice throws on the breaks and twists his head around backwards to watch them go. He starts to call out to them when Kou's influence yanks him along.]}

Where ARE we? There aren't--that chick has a black cat! There aren't...is this what I was missing in my machines classes?

[reflected_image]

Okay, first off, black cats aren't just for witches. My neighbor has one and she's just a normal lady.

[He thinks at least.

Gathering up his books he zips up his backpack, glancing at the ghost.]

Secondly, I told you. Hogwarts. It's a stupid nickname for the place based on those books.

[He grabs his motorcycle jacket, zipping it up before heading towards the exit. This time, however, he pauses to make sure Maurice is ready to leave as he explains.]

It's uh, it's weird? It's like a normal college, but only people who are capable of using magic can apply. A lot of the majors are the same as any other college, like I'm a nursing major. [He dares you to say something.] But I'm also learning how to use healing magic to coincide with it... Are you following?

[And while that might seem a little snide, he's sincere. It took him forever to explain it properly to his little sister.]

[toothaches]

I thought you were joking!

_{[Fret fret fret! The temperature in their little personal bubble fluctuates wildly. One moment it's muggy, the next, the living boy's breath fogs.]}

We don't--we don't have anything like this in Texas! So either this place is super well-hidden or you didn't just yank me outta my bar, you yanked me out of my world too.

[reflected_image]

Holy shit, calm down!

[Normally Kou is a fan of the cold, but the abrupt change makes him huddle into his jacket.]

Don't think I'm powerful enough to yank you out of your own world. I don't even think there are different worlds. [Or rather he really does not want to think about that!] We're pretty hidden though, I mean, we're in a small town in the middle of no where. Nobody comes here and a lot of the students here are from wizarding families so they know the drill when it comes to keeping everything a secret.

[toothaches]

_{[He drags his fingers through his hair and tires to calm down. He doesn't even know how many worlds there ARE. He thought itw as just...Earth. Maybe. Wherever Santa lived. And Ghosts. Life just got reeeeeal complicated.]}

Well...you didn't think you was a necromancer either a few minutes ago. But...I guess if you guys are magic, you gotta be good at keeping secrets.

[reflected_image]

Yeah, no. Still pretty sure 'm not a necromancer. This is a fluke.

[He's very adamant about that, even if the mounting evidence proves otherwise.]

Look, just... I don't know take whatever's the ghost equivalent of a deep breath. There's only one world. Texas still exists, you're just stuck on the east coast right now.

[toothaches]

_{[Maurice actually takes that advice, sucking in a deep, gusty faux breath and letting it out slowly.]}

Okay...wait. If this is a school, can't you go get a teacher to send me back? Is that where we're going?

[reflected_image]

No. We're going to find the Easter Bunny and see if it wants to do shots.

[Kou don't be sassy.]

No shit we're going to find someone that can send you back. Maria will probably know what to do, or at least know what teacher to go too, I just have to track her down.

[toothaches]

_{[Maurice's growing anxiety is quickly replaced by frustration. Well, that's one way to keep him calm.]}

You know, if you're not a necromancer, you should probably be nice to spirits you can't control.

[reflected_image]

[So that means Kou's asshole-ish-ness can be useful?]

Is that some sort of threat? Because you probably shouldn't threaten someone when they're going to help get back to your bar.

[toothaches]

So, what, are you just gonna keep me as a pet?

[reflected_image]

Hell no. My cat would probably try attacking you, get confused as to why she can't hit you and then try again. It'd be annoying as hell.

What we're going to do is head back to my apartment, then I'm going to call Maria and get her to not talk in riddles for fucking once and figure out how to undo this so you can go back to doing whatever the hell it was you were doing before I yanked you here by accident.

[A brief pause, then he almost awkwardly adds.]

Which, uh, I'm sorry about?

[toothaches]

_{[Maurice gives the boy a squint. He was generally a nice ghost but he could make Kou wish he could banish him if he kept on being a little punk. Luckily, the ghost's chill nature allowed him to shrug it off again. He let out another icy, calming breath.]}

I forgive you. Who's Maria?

[reflected_image]

[Honestly, he probably deserves it.]

She is probably one of the most annoying woman you will ever meet. [But are his cheeks turning red? They certainly are.] She's a friend of mine, and actually has been studying necromancy as minor or something. I think at least she decided to minor in it. She kind of just knows everything about magic so it's hard to keep track of what she's actually getting a degree for.

[toothaches]

_{[Red cheeks even in the face of the chill that Maurice gives off? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH. He tries not to grin too big.]}

Great. She sounds exactly like the girl to talk to. I'll try to behave until then. But only if you do.

[reflected_image]

[Oh my god don't grin at him like that, it makes his cheeks go even redder. He turns quickly, so that his back is to Maurice.]

I've been behaving. [No you haven't, don't lie.] Let's go.

[toothaches]

_{[THat gets a good-natured snicker out of him.]}

Lead the way.

_{[Maurice is thankful that he can't get lost at least.]}