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1111439 No. 1111439 ID: 546545

YOU are a GHOST.

dark content/horror potential. generally unserious
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No. 1111440 ID: 2f74bf

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobies
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No. 1111441 ID: 546545
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1111441

You have been tasked with your first ever haunt! Not that you haven't done haunts before, but this will be the first one you're in charge of!

The other ghosts are not allowed to interfere, but they can provide advice here and there.

Hopefully, you can scare the new tenant out of here and beat the current record of 1 week.

What NAME are you called? Around how OLD are you?
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No. 1111442 ID: 05ab9f

Name: Boo
Age: Just had a heart attack in the apartment upstairs five minutes ago
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No. 1111443 ID: 4ee17d

Blankie, you’re about thirty dog years old and you are so ready to bark at stuff
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No. 1111444 ID: 63709c

Afton Montclair, 94 human years .5 ghost years old
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No. 1111445 ID: 52b9de

Name: Little Goober
Age: One day old in dog years
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No. 1111446 ID: 546545
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1111446

You are Afton Goober Junior Montclair. The other ghosts think your name is too long, so they just call you BOO.

You are about thirty one day dog years old and you are so ready to bark at stuff!

Haha. You don't really know how you died. But that's okay! You have the afterlife to live even longer.
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No. 1111448 ID: 2f74bf

3+10i (imaginary plane for 'death years')
Your name is Gilgamesh and you died in a freak accident
Your mother developed a spontaneous case of what the street calls "Superman's Stroke", causing her to throw you at superhuman speeds as she spasmed to death. (The guilt has rendered her spirit insane and talking to you throws her into fits.) You landed at the perfect time in a cult ritual, destroying what was left of your baby body in exchange for amazing spiritual superpowers
You also lived in a low-magic world so said superpowers consist of moving a few light things with your mind and appearing to normies. Boring, huh?
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No. 1111449 ID: 546545
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1111449

You peer out the window to see if you can bark at the new tenant.

BARK! BARK! BARK! Take that! Haha!

You're going to scare the pants off of them! Then you'll have the new record and the bragging rights.
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No. 1111450 ID: 546545
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1111450

You are currently in the bedroom of the apartment. You have wicked superpowers that allow you to lift a few light objects with your mind and manifest yourself for a few seconds. All super cool powers that no one else has except for ghosts.

What do you do?
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No. 1111451 ID: 462d8c

Scare the mouse that presumably lives in the mouse hole
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No. 1111452 ID: 2f74bf

Collect Coat Hanger.
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No. 1111453 ID: 4ee17d

Prepare for the tenant’s arrival by bending the coat hanger into a spooky shape!
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No. 1111456 ID: 63709c

>>1111453
Yeah like a B! For boo
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No. 1111459 ID: 52b9de

Time to be a proper ghost dog and pee ectoplasm everywhere.
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No. 1111460 ID: 51af71

That mouse is technically the current tenant. Go into the mouse hole and BOO him!
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No. 1111463 ID: 546545
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1111463

>Collect Coat Hanger

You use your cool superpower to float the coat hanger over to you. It doesn't take much effort since it's very light and you've had some good practice before. The heaviest thing you've been able to lift is a hardcover book.
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No. 1111464 ID: 546545
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1111464

>Bend the coat hanger into a spooky shape!
>Yeah like a B! For boo

Great idea! You muster your concentration together, feeling the shape of the hanger through your extrasensory vision, and try to pull it inward with just enough force.

It takes a few seconds, but the metal bends. B hanger acquired!
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No. 1111465 ID: 546545
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1111465

>Scare the mouse

You float over to the mouse hole to give her a scare. She is the current tenant now that you think about it. Miss Mouse has lived here longer than you have, but the other ghosts don't seem to bother her much. She must be ripe for a haunting.
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No. 1111466 ID: 546545
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1111466

You peer into her home. It's fully furnished with a nice couch, a table, book cases, a coat hanger, and a watch turned into a makeshift clock on the wall.

It doesn't look like she's home, but you're a patient ghost, so you wait!
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No. 1111467 ID: 546545
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1111467

A second later, a needle sticks right into where your eye would be. Haha. Good thing you're incorporeal and can't feel pain!

Miss Mouse surprised you instead.
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No. 1111468 ID: 546545
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1111468

You back away as she exits her home, her needle spear in hand and a tiny hat on her head.

"What do you want, Boo?"
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No. 1111470 ID: 94d85e

"YoooOOOOoouuu!"
She definitely weighs less than a book. Float the mouse!
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No. 1111471 ID: 52b9de

Tell the mouse that you are a ghost of a cat, that will scare it.
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No. 1111472 ID: 6dfa66

"It's my first haunting! I was going to haunt you but your house is too small"
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No. 1111473 ID: 4ee17d

Test out your telekinesis!
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No. 1111474 ID: 31c8c2

Make her table start floating. OOOOoooOOOOooooOOOO, so scary!
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No. 1111475 ID: 546545
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1111475

>Float the mouse!
>Test out your telekinesis!

You put on your scariest most haunting voice as you float Miss Mouse upward with your telekinesis, "YoooOOOOoouuu!"

As she struggles against your ghostly hold, you continue your scare, wiggling your body dramatically, "IiiiIIi aAmm aAa CAAATTT! MeeeEEooOOWWwww."

She squeaks at you, which you take as a success and suppress the urge to fistpump in triumph. You're a natural.
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No. 1111476 ID: 546545
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1111476

Miss Mouse eventually finds a sense of gravity, her limbs no longer flailing as she lays back into the air of your hold, her beady eyes staring at you, "Can you put me down?"

She doesn't sound very scared.

"Are you scared?"

"Not really." It's okay, Miss Mouse can lie.

"It's my first haunting! I was going to haunt you but your house is too small."

"It is too small. Thanks."
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No. 1111477 ID: 546545
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1111477

"Just kidding! OooOOooOooo floating table, so scary."

Miss Mouse sighs, "It is, very very scary."

"Really?"

"Yes, why don't you try it on the human outside?"

"Well, I can't float their table yet. It's too heavy."

She gestures with her tiny paw as you start to juggle her table items in the air, "Do you know what it means to be scary, Boo?"
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No. 1111478 ID: 74fd28

Of course I do! Being scary is about being unknown. You never know what I’ll do next!
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No. 1111480 ID: 462d8c

Being scary means being a ghost. There's like tons of underlining psychological stuff encompassing death, the uncanny valley, uncertainty, but that all is moot since you're clearly killing it
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No. 1111484 ID: 94d85e

It means doing something unexpected, building up a sense of antici...
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No. 1111485 ID: fd169b

It means people are surprised when they see you, like a fun prankster
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No. 1111488 ID: 546545
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1111488

>There's like tons of underlining psychological stuff encompassing death, the uncanny valley, uncertainty...

"Of course I do! It means being a ghost! Being dead is scary for the living right? Everyone alive is scared of being dead. The alive brain has a lot of things wrong with it that make beings like me scary."

Heheh. You are killing this. The other ghosts must be seething with envy.

"That may be true.."
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No. 1111489 ID: 546545
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1111489

"And being scary is all about the unknown. The unexpected....."
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No. 1111490 ID: 546545
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1111490

"You'll never know what I'll do next."
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No. 1111491 ID: 546545
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1111491

"So people get surprised! Like a fun prankster. But I'm a scary prankster."

"A scary prankster..."

"Exactly."

Miss Mouse knows you so well.
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No. 1111492 ID: 546545
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1111492

THUD

Oh! Something unexpected. That was definitely a heavy object just now hitting the floor. How careless!
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No. 1111493 ID: 546545
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1111493

You float over to look into the downstairs section of the apartment. Many boxes are strewn about with random pieces of furniture here and there. No couch yet. Or a bed. Just a few tables, a chair, some empty bookcases, and other miscellaneous objects.

You also spot the new tenant once again. You are unable to leave the apartment, so you weren't able to get a better look at them until now.
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No. 1111494 ID: 546545
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1111494

The new tenant looks nice. Their clothes are a bit rugged looking, but you don't know what clothes are normal or not normal. They also look young. What are young people scared of again? Taxes?

Quick! How do you scare them?
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No. 1111495 ID: 74fd28

Young people are scared of rejection. Open their phone and pull up their dating app!
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No. 1111496 ID: 94d85e

Turn the plush to follow them whenever they're not looking.
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No. 1111497 ID: fd169b

Have the plush do a wave when he's turned away so he sees from the corner of his eye.

Haunted dolls are a very popular fear among the young folks.
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No. 1111500 ID: 546545
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1111500

>Young people are scared of rejection. Open their phone and pull up their dating app!

Rejection! Of course! You're scared of rejection too. It would be one thing for Mapa to get mad at you for failing your haunt... but it will be another if they stop seeing you as a worthy ghost at all.

The thought makes you sad... Wait! Focus!

You float down and gently pull the phone out of the new tenant's back pocket, the rectangle light and easy to grab. They don't seem to notice, whistling to themself a tune you're unfamiliar with.
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No. 1111501 ID: 546545
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1111501

Oh wait. You realize the folly of your plan. You don't know the passcode! And you don't really know how phones work for ghosts. You know living people use their fingers to tap around but you don't have a physical form to do so!

Welp. No skin off your ghost.
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No. 1111502 ID: 546545
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1111502

Instead, you set the phone down on the highest shelf of one of the bookcases. That'll be sure to send them on a goose chase later. Classic.

>Manipulate Plush
>Haunted dolls are a very popular fear among the young folks.

Another classic! This will be sure to get them. You turn the head of the plushie more towards the new tenant's direction and have it wave just for good measure.
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No. 1111503 ID: 546545
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1111503

The new tenant seems to catch the movement!

.... Then looks away.
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No. 1111504 ID: 546545
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1111504

Huh. Maybe they didn't actually notice?
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No. 1111505 ID: fd169b

time to take it up a notch.
push all the dust off the ceiling fan and make it swirl around him. maybe even have it form a capering goblin shape, if you can manage that level of control.
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No. 1111506 ID: 94d85e

You've got to start with a slow burn. Next time they turn around, whisper 'Behind you' in a soft, sensual tone.
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No. 1111507 ID: 74fd28

Time to give 'em the good ol' heebie jeebies. Blow some cold air down their neck.
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No. 1111510 ID: 4c750c

Maybe not the fancy swirling just yet, but all the dust falling off the fan at once would certainly be spooky!
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No. 1111512 ID: dfb7af

>>1111506
Like the idea but instead of going for behind you statement, give the human this
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEfhljPE1pA&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD
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No. 1111515 ID: c4afbb

Crack open a window.
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No. 1111516 ID: 94d85e

>>1111512
Yeah, that's better.
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No. 1111529 ID: d30887

>>1111490
I see what you did there.
>>1111504
Shred their tax returns in half!
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No. 1111574 ID: 52b9de

Possess his wallet, and make it jump out of his pocket.
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No. 1111629 ID: 546545
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1111629

>Time to give 'em the good ol' heebie jeebies. Blow some cold air down their neck.

YES! Of course! Nothing beats a wayward cold breeze where there shouldn't be!

You float over and blow a gust of cold air at them. Their body tenses, seeming on alert from the change in temperature. You've got 'em now.
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No. 1111630 ID: 546545
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1111630

To really punctuate the move, you whisper in a soft yet sensual tone, Wanananananana..OooOoo...

Their head shifts.
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No. 1111631 ID: 546545
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1111631

And you quickly move out of their line of sight! Yes! YES! Perfect execution! The look of confusion is soooo sweet that your teeth might rot! If you had any! HAHA.

They stare then turn back around, speaking out loud, "Huh. The vents must be carrying sounds and other drafts from the neighbors."

....

DRAT!
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No. 1111632 ID: 546545
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1111632

>Push all the dust off the ceiling fan.

Time to take it up a notch! Using as much fine control as you can, you push the dust off the ceiling fan and have it fall all spooky-like. Who wouldn't find that spooky?

"Oh, dust. Looks like this didn't get cleaned. The draft's got it."
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No. 1111633 ID: 546545
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1111633

They pull a move you don't expect. The ceiling fan turns on from their clueless maneuver and your dust scare is blown away in its merciless breeze. The folly of air currents!
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No. 1111634 ID: 546545
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1111634

>Crack open a window.

You move to crack open the window--But they beat you to it!

"Hopefully the air circulates better like this."

It's like they know all your moves.
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No. 1111635 ID: 546545
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1111635

That's it! The sheets are off!

>Possess wallet

You aren't as versed in possession, but there's no denying a move like this.

When you jump into the wallet, you feel your form fill its space, like a liquid in a glass. It's not alive, so it can't reject you right away. As you adjust, you feel all soft and crinkly. Smells like pennies in here! Heheh.
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No. 1111636 ID: 546545
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1111636

With a nonexistent breath, you tense yourself and leap right out of their pocket!
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No. 1111637 ID: 546545
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1111637

For good measure, you pull out what must be their tax return (it has numbers after all) and shred it right in half!

OooOOooo!

Whew. Being spooky is starting to feel a little tiring...
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No. 1111638 ID: 546545
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1111638

The new tenant suddenly grabs you out of the air, startling you. Shouldn't they be screaming? Running away? You've pulled some good moves here darn it!

"That drive here was long. I must be hungry. That's it."

HUNGRY??? HUNGRY!!! Hmmm.. Does hunger do that?
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No. 1111639 ID: 546545
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1111639

The wallet ejects your ghostly form just as they put it back in their pocket.

This new tenant sure is a tough nut...

As you float, you notice that you're getting too tired to pull as many antics as before. Haunting sure takes energy!

What should you do?

>A) Passively Observe
>B) Ask Polty for Advice
>C) Rest & Recharge Until Nighttime
>D) Drain Small Creature
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No. 1111643 ID: 4c750c

Huh... Traditional spooks are out for this one, it seems. Passively observing seems good here. We might be able to figure out what this person's deal is. Why aren't they scared?
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No. 1111644 ID: fd169b

hang out and learn this tenant's habits, that you may spookily disrupt them.
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No. 1111649 ID: d30887

Screw this, he's delusional.
Go haunt someone else.
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No. 1111651 ID: 52b9de

He is onto us, just ask him why he is being so rude in this interaction. This is not how humans are supposed to act. Tell him that we are trying really hard to do our job.
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No. 1111653 ID: 74fd28

>>1111651
Yeah!
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No. 1111654 ID: 3f68bb

>>1111639
D.
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No. 1111657 ID: 94d85e

Oh no, a SICKO.
C.
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No. 1111662 ID: 9ae84e

>>1111639
A. Gather information. Maybe you can find out what this human is scared of, and exploit that weakness.
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No. 1111663 ID: dfb7af

Time to pull out the big guns, turn yourself into the most terrifying thing and make him see you. Become the job application pice of paper!
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No. 1111719 ID: 546545
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1111719

>Ask him why he is being so rude in this interaction.

Yeah! Exactly!

You float over him, "Hey, why aren't you being scared like a human? I'm.. I'm trying really hard to do my job, mister! It's hard work being a ghost! Can you at least scream a little?"

There is no response as he continues up the stairs.

So rude!
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No. 1111720 ID: 546545
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1111720

You huff and float right in front of him, turning your body into the most terrifying thing you can imagine. A job application piece of paper!

He moves right past your ghostly form undettered.

Aw man... You didn't have enough energy to materialize. You did hear music playing as he passed through you, so maybe that's why he didn't hear?
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No. 1111721 ID: 546545
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1111721

>Passively Observe

Mapa always said "find out their deal!" The more you learn, the more you might be able to find what the human is scared of and exploit that weakness.

Good thing you're a smart ghost. The tenant won't even know what hit them!
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No. 1111722 ID: 546545
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1111722

As you observe, you learn that the new tenant has an interest in camping. He pitches a worn tent in the bedroom and rolls out a sleeping bag inside with an expertise that only experts have. He takes time cleaning up the space and bringing all the boxes inside, wiping things down and sweeping up all the dust that's collected from the time the apartment's been sitting empty.

You also spot what looks like some puzzle boxes in one of the moving bins and a collection of pinecones that he unpacks. Seeing the pinecones makes you miss nature, you haven't been outside in a long, long, time.

Also! The new tenant is a terrible singer. When he's cleaning, he sings offtune to whatever music he's listening to. It's almost haunting you instead!

While you observe, you slowly regain your energy, but you'll still be a little limited until night comes.
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No. 1111723 ID: 546545
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1111723

You're not sure how much time passes, but as he's putting more boxes in the bedroom, you notice the way he glances at the window every so often.

Soon, he stands and wanders over to it. You float over and follow his gaze.

You're not sure what he's looking at at first, it's a busy neighborhood after all! Then, in the opposite building, you see a figure that exited it as they enter the street. The figure looks familiar, like you just saw them! Is it the person on his phone? They looked happy together.
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No. 1111724 ID: 546545
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1111724

You observe the way the new tenant stares and stares and stares until the figure is gone from view. It makes you feel weird.

Aw.. It must suck to miss your friend.
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No. 1111725 ID: 546545
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1111725

Afterwards, he goes and opens his laptop to order pizza.

About time! Not that you can eat, but you like looking at food!
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No. 1111726 ID: 546545
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1111726

>Go haunt someone else.

No, you can't give up yet! The other ghosts will make fun of you if you fail your mission. You have to haunt this guy out of here.

Besides, the neighbors aren't prime haunting targets. The neighbor to the left is a very nice psychic that carves wooden dolls for you and the other ghosts to play in. You'd feel bad if you bothered her, she's usually really busy with her "many online girlfriends" and "needs her private time."

The neighbor to the right was a prime haunting target, an easily spooked "musclehead gymrat" that ended up getting a cat. Now you guys can't haunt him!

What do you do now?
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No. 1111727 ID: 4e8965

Possess his laptop and view his search history.
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No. 1111728 ID: 43bb95

Team up with the cat! Cats love to bother people.
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No. 1111729 ID: d30887

Oh this one's easy
Get the psyker to non-sexually stalk him until he freaks out
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No. 1111731 ID: fd169b

When he's not looking add a note to his order, requesting the pizza have pepperoni spelling out "BOO"
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No. 1111768 ID: 9ae84e

>>1111727
Oooh if we can do this, can we put something scary on his computer? Like, a popup that says all his files have been encrypted? Or "CRITICAL ERROR HAS OCCURRED, REFORMATTING C: DRIVE" on boot, that kind of thing?

You could also go for a slow burn of dread, like the monitor's colors going all fucky for a few seconds, then part of the screen freezes and won't change, other graphical glitches like that, before giving him the boot problems...
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No. 1111771 ID: 52b9de

>>1111727

This 100% this!
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No. 1111802 ID: 94d85e

When they watch out the window, you watch back as that guy they stared at.
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No. 1111916 ID: 546545
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1111916

>Team up with the cat!

Even though cats are masters in the art of bothering people, there's one issue with that plan...

You're afraid of them! Cats are one of the only living beings that can touch ghosts and they really like using that to their advantage. Like chasing you! And pawing at you! So scary...
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No. 1111917 ID: 546545
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1111917

>Get the psyker to non-sexually stalk him until he freaks out

Not a bad plan. She likes some good ol' mischief just as much as the other ghosts. But, she'll probably take some convincing.

You'll have to offer her something in return!

>When they watch out the window, you watch back as that guy they stared at.

Oooo you like this plan! You'll try it out once it's closer to nighttime, when it will be the most effective. The new tenant seems really interested in that person, so maybe it'll really freak him out.

Heheh.
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No. 1111918 ID: 546545
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1111918

>Possess his laptop
>When he's not looking add a note to his order, requesting the pizza have pepperoni spelling out "BOO"

You hop dive into his laptop, feeling the electrical currents run through you like spaghetti in a can. Your understanding of computers is rudimentary enough to know how to manipulate some things, so it's no issue typing things out on a laptop vs a phone.

(You're not one for binary, but you're +1!)

You wait until he's staring back at the window to add a little request for the pizza makers. A special delivery with a pepperoni surprise of BOO please!
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No. 1111919 ID: 546545
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1111919

>View his search history.

While he's busy putting in his credit card information, you hop into the next tab and open up his recent search history in the background. You do this by going into BOOGLE, which is aptly named.

BOOGLE Search History:
>Apartment packing list essentials
>How to get around being blocked on binsta
>@bookieburns binsta
>Hiking trails NEO CITY
>Romantic locations dates in NEO CITY area
>Neo Tree Apartments hauntings
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No. 1111920 ID: 546545
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1111920

Hmm.. You don't know what to make of that. He seems normal! And a romantic.

>put something scary on his computer

Ohohoho that's right, you have to get with the times! What else can be scarier... than a computer error!

As he finishes his purchase and moves to go to a different tab, you start to make the screen glitch, the effect subtle at first then warping and stuttering the screen. His features freeze. Slowly, he starts to tense, shaking his mouse to get the screen to respond until you freeze and stutter that too.

His eyes widen. For the first time, you see real fear. AHAHAHAHA!

Slowly, you make the glitching worse and worse, your own beautiful ghostly visage appearing on the screen at the last moment before you turn the screen completely black.

He doesn't quite scream, but he makes a noise of shock, a "Guhauh?"
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No. 1111921 ID: 546545
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1111921

As he attempts to turn the laptop back on, you have a message flash: "CRITICAL ERROR HAS OCCURRED REFORMATTING C: DRIVE"

He swiftly presses the off button until the laptop screen dies once again, then shuts it closed.
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No. 1111922 ID: 546545
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1111922

HAHAHAHAHA! YES! YES!! He's sweating! Never underestimate BOO!

"I'll.. Go to a repair store tomorrow." He swallows and puts the laptop down on the ground.

You cherish this victory as you start doing donuts in the air. You knew you could do it. Now you just have to squeeze this guy until he pops!

The new tenant is on definitely edge.

Should you take a break or press on? Maybe see if the psychic is around?
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No. 1111923 ID: 74fd28

This is good for now. Slow burn!

Let’s go say hi to the psychic.
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No. 1111925 ID: fd169b

What can we offer the psychic? Maybe to play them in the boardgame of their choice
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No. 1111927 ID: 898e1b

Short his laptop's power supply (not the battery) then go see the psychic.
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No. 1111928 ID: dfb7af

Laptop is destroyed but what about his phone? That should be our next target, his technology failing is the thing that scares him.
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No. 1111931 ID: 9ae84e

>>1111919
Wait, he looked for hauntings before picking this apartment? He WANTED to be haunted???

Also, don't actually destroy his laptop. If it's gone then you lose future opportunities to scare him with it!
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No. 1111937 ID: 52b9de

Maybe he is trying to communicate with a ghost, or maybe he is trying to have a romantic conversation with a ghost. Try to send him a Morse code.
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No. 1112005 ID: 4c750c

It's a good thing the laptop is only pretend destroyed! It'll be even spookier when he takes it into the shop and it's fine. He saw what he saw...right? Aaaanyways, as for what do, while we wait for the pizza to arrive, chatting up the psychic for a sidequest in exchange for assistance sounds like a decent plan~ It must be fun, pushing that little planchette around~
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No. 1112180 ID: 546545
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1112180

>Destroy Laptop

You wouldn't do something so mean just yet! The laptop is perfectly fine outside of the ghostly interference, so it will be all the more spookier when he takes it to the shop and it turns out to be fine. That'll be a real head scratcher for him hahaha! And you can have more future opportunities to scare him. Maybe with a creepypasta... Next up, the phone when you figure out how to manipulate it!

>Maybe he is trying to communicate with a ghost, or maybe he is trying to have a romantic conversation with a ghost.
>He WANTED to be haunted???

You feel yourself blush. You're flattered but you don't like him in that way! You want him out of here! If he knew about you beforehand, that would explain why your first tricks didn't work at first, but you can handle a challenge. Mapa warned you about humans that might seek you out and how they're always freaks! So maybe he is a freak.

Or... Maybe he just wants a friend! You can understand that. You like the other ghosts, but a part of you feels like they cannot understand you in the way a true friend can. Maybe... Maybe the new tenant could understand you...

NOT! Anyone that's rude to you is out of the question!

You do like the thought of communicating with him, so you look for the closest light object to tap a morse code signal.

-... --- --- / .. ... / -- . --..-- / .. / .- -- / -... --- --- -.-.--

At the sound, he looks over in mild bewilderment at the pen tapping itself until it falls over. There's a moment of silence. Then, he just stands up and leaves! See what you mean with these kinds of people!
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No. 1112181 ID: 546545
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1112181

>Ask psychic for help

You shake your head and move to phase through the neighboring wall and into the psychic's bedroom. To your relief, she's home! It looks like she's watching something on her laptop.

A few of the other ghosts are around, possessing dolls and bumping planchettes on a large board like mini bumper cars. There's clothes scattered around and figurines and posters and other knick-knacks decorating the room. The psychic really knows how to make a place feel homey!

When you enter, you try to say hi, though the other ghosts don't pay you any attention. They're really busy playing!
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No. 1112182 ID: 546545
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1112182

when you float over to the psychic, she glances at you then smiles. It makes you feel almost warm inside... If you could feel temperature! She pauses her animated show and removes her headphones, the blankets all bundled up around her.

"Hi Miss Psychic!"

The psychic speaks in a naturally soft voice, "Hey Boo.. You know you can be more casual with me."

"I don't want to be rude Miss Syven!"

Her brows furrow but she just chuckles, "What's up? How's the haunting?"

"It's hard work! The new tenant is a really rude nut! But I've got him on the ropes." You mime holding your fists up and she laughs.
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No. 1112183 ID: 546545
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1112183

"You must be working hard."

"I am!"

She crosses an arm around her chest, "Here, you wanna rest on me?"

You can't really "rest" but you can't say no to the psychic either! You shrink yourself down so you can pretend to lay on her chest. In a way, it's a bit comforting.

"You're very nice, Miss Syven. Can I ask you a favor?"

The psychic tilts her head, "Ah.. What kind of favor?"

"I was hoping you could help me with my haunting! I want to scare him so bad that he runs right out of the place and never comes back!" You cycle your legs in a running motion. "Maybe you could follow him around all scary-like?"

"Mmmm... I'm still pretty busy, but I can do something more specific. You'll have to do something for me first."

You nod. "We could play a boardgame?"

"Haha, maybe next time, I actually need something else. I have a.. date coming up.. and one of my earring's went missing. If you can find it, then I'll help you. It looks like a small tooth. I looked all over the place for it and couldn't find it... Not sure where it could've disappeared to."

Ohohoho finding an earring sounds clear enough! How bad could it be to find?

How do you respond?
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No. 1112185 ID: 2e067e

Check every damn drain in the apartment.
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No. 1112186 ID: fd169b

Time for an under the couch adventure
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No. 1112187 ID: d30887

Look
for
earrings
in
her
boobs
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No. 1112195 ID: 94d85e

Maybe you could make a new tooth earring?
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No. 1112196 ID: 70f58a

I wonder if there's a mouse in here too? Maybe they've seen it, if so.
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No. 1112200 ID: 3f68bb

>>1112185
Seconding this.
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No. 1112202 ID: 4c750c

>>1112187
But like, innocently. It’s just the first place that comes to mind, since that’s where we’re laying. We don’t really get the implications cuz we’re a ghost. She might get flustered, but that’s for her to deal with.
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No. 1112206 ID: dfb7af

What if the person that she will go on a date is the same person that we are trying to scare! As for the earrings maybe she lost it in her beautiful and long hair.
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No. 1112454 ID: 546545
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1112454

Sidequest Accepted: Find Earring

You stand and do a mini salute, "I'll find that earring even if it's the last thing I do!"

The psychic smiles. "Thanks Boo."

>Check boobs

Well, you're already here! You do a visual inspection then dive to check if it could've gotten stuck. You feel like if you had a chest this big you'd have stuff get lost there too. And it never hurts to be thorough!

After your dive, you find yourself lost in an expanse of soft. At least, it probably is soft!

Sadly, you don't find the earring. And once you emerge, you see that the psychic is looking at you, blushing heavily. Oh no, did you do something wrong?

You stare. "Did I do something wrong?"

She half-coughs. "N-no. It's fine... But you should ask first before you search someone."

Oh no! You were getting a bit ahead of yourself.

You bow respectfully, "Can I check your beautiful and long hair?"
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No. 1112455 ID: 546545
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1112455

She blushes more and combs back some of her hair behind her ear. "G-go ahead."

>Inspect hair

With permission, you dive into her hair. You feel like an explorer in a vast jungle, parting the curtain of keratin aside in an endless void.

And soon.... You find....

Nothing here!

Next place.
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No. 1112456 ID: 546545
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1112456

>Check under couch

You bid the psychic a temporary farewell before blasting off to her living room. The couch is the next best place to go! At least according to TV hahaha.

You sweep through the floor underneath, passing through dust bunnies and other random trash bits as you go. When you can't find it there, you float up through the couch to inspect the cushions. Besides some loose change, there's no dice!

>Consult house mouse

You're pretty darn sure that there's another mouse that lives here too. You float through the rooms and find his home hole in the supply closet. Thankfully, he's a real helpful guy! He tells you that he may have seen it down south and gives you directions. You nod along amazed at his wisdom.

It's not until after you part ways that you realize, you don't really know what he was talking about! Hahaha!
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No. 1112457 ID: 546545
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1112457

>Check apartment drains

Oh right! Of course! Lots of lost things go down there.

You phase through the wall until you find yourself in the bathroom, approaching the sink in anticipation.

You realize... You've never really gone down the drain before.
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No. 1112458 ID: 546545
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1112458

A new place...

Unknown to you....
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No. 1112459 ID: 546545
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1112459

Sewer adventure time!

You dive down the drain, unimpeded by what living people would call stink or water or filth. Your ghostly form remains pristine as you root through the piping and search for the earring.

It feels like going through a waterslide, as you continue to descend and descend.
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No. 1112460 ID: 546545
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1112460

Finally, the pipe spits you out and you find yourself in some type of corridor. A sewer rat's secret lair, perhaps?

There are slight cavities in the metal walls that allow the sewer rat to rest and hide things. You spy a shelf above their sleeping form of what looks like lost trinkets.

You approach. The sewer rat awakens to your presence.

You clear your throat and try to make a good impression, "HELLO! IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU. HAVE YOU SEEN AN EARRING THAT LOOKS LIKE A HUMAN'S TOOTH AROUND HERE?"

Heh. Way to show your business acumen.
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No. 1112461 ID: 546545
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1112461

The sewer rat blinks rapidly then looks around then back. Looks like they're flustered! They did just wake up.

They cough, "W-What?"

"HELLO! IT'S NICE TO--"

The sewer rat gestures, "No, no, I got that. I. You don't have to yell." They seem to look down, suddenly shy. "Um... Sorry... I'm kind of.. depressed."

You smile. "Hello, depressed."

"That's not... Anyway. I think I have seen it. I could... Maybe point you in the right direction."

You float closer, excited, "Really? Where is it?"

They hold their paws up in front of you. "Hold on, hold on. I'll. I'll tell you... But, um... Only if you tell me a really good joke."

A really good joke? You've got plenty.
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No. 1112463 ID: 74fd28

What's the difference between a rat and a mouse?

A rat doesn't work with my computer!
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No. 1112464 ID: d30887

"How many rats does it take to chew through the heart of a progressive politician? I don't know because I've never seen one in my life!"
(P.S. the joke can be interpreted as 'the lack of a heart', but it's something else.)
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No. 1112467 ID: fd169b

Knock knock
who's there?
rodent
rodent who?
Rodent you like to know
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No. 1112487 ID: 70f58a

Ghost jokes!
What kind of pants do ghosts wear? Boo jeans.
How do ghosts wash their hair? With sham-boo.
What's a ghost's favorite bedtime story? Little Boo Peep.
Where did the ghost go on vacation? The Boo-hamas.
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No. 1112488 ID: e95c90

Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to the KFC!
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No. 1112489 ID: d30887

"Why did the cat cross the road?"
"Who cares, run!"

"Why did the bird cross the road?"
"Because it was glued to the cat."

Or you could do the duck-grapes joke but have a mouse ask for cheese and get threatened with an imaginary cat.
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No. 1112547 ID: 52b9de

Why did the sad ghost entered the elevator?
To raise their spirit!
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No. 1115079 ID: a6de65
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1115079

>What's the difference between a rat and a mouse?
>A rat doesn't work with my computer!

Mister Depressed blinks at you. "What's a computer?"

Hmmm... You don't really know how to explain that! Let's mix it up with the classics!

>What kind of pants do ghosts wear? Boo jeans.
>How do ghosts wash their hair? With sham-boo.
>Knock knock rodent

You spiral around to emphasize your jokes, wiggling in exaggeration. That gets them to snort. Progress!

>Why did the chicken cross the road?
>To get to the KFC!
>Why did the cat cross the road?
>Who cares, run!
>Why did the sad ghost entered the elevator?
>To raise their spirit!

They start to chuckle, their whiskers going up and down. "That doesn't make any sense."

"Nothing makes cents!" you sing-song. "Except for a penny press!"

You twist your body around a little more as you get closer, "Will you tell me where it is now?"

"Oh. Um..." Mister Depressed starts at you, tail moving back and forth, "It's somewhere hard to reach."

"It sure is!" You say in agreement. "But where?"

Mister Depressed tilts their head down. They seem even shyer, "You'll get it. If you get me to laugh more."
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No. 1115080 ID: fd169b

Oooh, someones being a tease~
Tease back by tickling them with your ghosty wisps, or blow on their ear
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No. 1115095 ID: a6de65
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1115095

>Tease back by tickling them with your ghosty wisps

"Ohoho, you want me to tease you, huh?" You crack your ghostly knuckles and float closer to them.

Before Mister Depressed can react, you stretch your ghostly wisps to tickle them. You're not fully materialized, so it feels more like a realllyyyy weird breeze. They still see your limbs trying to tickle them as you add in some OooOoooOoo's for emphasis. They look taken aback, then they fold over and laugh.

You double--No! Triple your efforts! Their fur sways here and there as you tickle with all your might.

A dam breaks! Mister Depressed Rat starts to guffaw. Their laughs echo within the sewer pipes. You laugh along too, delighted at their joy. Moments like this are what you're dead for, you think.

"HaaHAhahhaAHAHhahaAHha hAH--I-- I CaN't! HahAHa--" they suddenly gasp and cough.

You continue to laugh along. Mister Depressed Rat starts to hack and laugh, his body contorting with the joy you've given them. They're so happy! So joyful! They claw at their throat, struggling to get the laughter out.
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No. 1115096 ID: a6de65
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1115096

Suddenly, a bright mass shoots out of their mouth. HUH?! Then you realize. WOHO! It's the tooth earring Miss Syven asked you to find.

Mister Depressed wobbles on their paws, still coughing and laughing as you float the earring up in the air. "Ah.. Haha... You got me."

"It was in you all along?" You ask.

They nod. "Yeah... You could say I got desperate. Figured it was big enough."

You don't really know what that means. "Can I keep it?"

They nod more. "Yeah... Yeah. Sure. I don't want to look at it. You earned it."
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No. 1115097 ID: a6de65
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1115097

WOOOHOOOO!! MISSING EARRING FOUND! SIDE QUEST BOO-PLETE!

Should you turn it over to Miss Syven now? Or hang out a little longer?
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No. 1115099 ID: fd169b

Seems strange to eat a tooth, teeth are usually the ones who do the eating.

Wouldn't hurt to ask what he needed it for, maybe you'll find something later that would better help him.
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No. 1115101 ID: 4c750c

>>1115099
Yaaaay! Ghost side quest!
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No. 1115102 ID: 74fd28

Offer to come back to make Depressed Ret happy again later!
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No. 1115106 ID: a6de65
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1115106

>Seems strange to eat a tooth, teeth are usually the ones who do the eating.
>Ask what he needed it for

That's true! What an odd thing to do indeed... Maybe living beings are just quirky like that sometimes.

You stretch over towards Mister Depressed, "Thanks for helping me! What did you need it for? Maybe I can help with that?"

"Oh... I guess.." Their tail flickers anxiously. "I've just been having a hard time with life, you know? I've been tired... Real tired. And I was hungry. Hungry by choice... But I didn't want to feel hungry."

You tilt your head. You try to understand how those two things don't contradict. The intricacies of life. "You wanted to be hungry?"

Mister Depressed nods. "Yeah.. So I found something big and special. I, uh, I wanted something special inside me before I slept. I figured, if I ate it, maybe I could be special... Feel special. Yeah, it's funny talking about it out loud. Something childish like that."

You shake your head, "I'd want to feel special too! If eating a tooth was all it took, I'd eat a whole mouthful!"

"You're really nice." They chuckle. "Looking at you, a ghost, so happy, I want to feel that too... Do you think I could be happy?"

"Of course! I can come back after this and help you be happy again!"

Why wouldn't you want Mister Depressed to be happy? It's not a problem, since you don't have to scare them like the weirdo upstairs.

"Help me be happy like you." Mister Depressed Rat looks at you with big firm eyes.

Sidequest Offered: Make Depressed Rat Happy Rat!

There are two ways you can complete this Sidequest if accepted:

>Help w/ Their Life
>Help w/ Their Unlife
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No. 1115107 ID: 4c750c

Hmmm… Oh! Oh dear! Um, huh… Mmm nope! Even if becoming a ghost exists, and is super cool, never kill yourself! We can help this rat find joy in life~
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No. 1115108 ID: 70f58a

I wonder if they could be friends with the other rat...
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No. 1115113 ID: dfbd3b

You shouldn't kill yourself, you should make the make friends and construct a mouse utopia.
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No. 1115115 ID: fd169b

Being a ghost is super fun, but there are things you can't do anymore. Like eating and sleeping.
Mr rat should think about what he would like to do before taking such a big step.
Hey, maybe he should come talk to the lady and return her earing. She's so nice. (And it would mean you don't have to carry a tooth all the way back there)
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No. 1115139 ID: a6de65
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1115139

"Never kill yourself!" You yell and press close for emphasis. "Being a ghost is superr cool and fun, but there are things you can't do anymore. Like eating and sleeping. And going to the bathroom!"

"Huh..."

"You should make some friends with the rodents upstairs! You can make a utopia! Ratopia! Rodtopia! Mouseland!"

They look down shyly again, "I dunno... The ones upstairs don't seem like they'd like me much."

You shake your head. "Nonsense. They're all very nice and I was actually talking to a few earlier. I can introduce you to them."

"....."

"I can also introduce you to the nice psychic upstairs, since this is her earring. She's so nice!" You give a big reassuring smile and equally watery eyes. "If you return it to her personally, she'll definitely like you."

"Uhhh... Okay..." Mister Depressed shuffles a bit before picking up the earring from the stomach puddle. They hold it close to their chest.

Sidequest Accepted: Make Depressed Rat Happy Rat!
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No. 1115140 ID: a6de65
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1115140

You make your way back up the pipes with your new friend. As you travel at a slower pace, now that you have someone following, you hum a little tune to yourself. Rats and Boo and Boo and Rats.

"Can I.. Ask you something?" Mister Depressed asks from behind you.

"Sure!"

"What's.. Um.. Do you know how you? You know?"

You squint as you try to decipher their riddle. How you got down here? The pipes. How you knew they were there? Coincidence! Then... A lightbulb forms above you. Metaphorically, of course. You can't go into the light yet.

"Oh! How I died? Not really. I don't remember much." Every time you try to remember, you start to get a headache and you feel really tired.

"Oh..." They sound disappointed. "Well. Um.. Then.. What's the last thing you remember?"
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No. 1115141 ID: d30887

You were in a car going to the park.
Is getting bashed in a car accident really that traumatic?
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No. 1115142 ID: 74fd28

Shopping cart, margarita mix and a really hot paramedic.
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No. 1115143 ID: fd169b

Being a dog, burying a bone, not calling 811 before you dug
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No. 1115150 ID: 4c750c

The last thing you remember is actually not super helpful. You really just rember the taste of strawberry ice cream. Not how you looked, or where you were, just that flavor is all you’ve got to go off of, as to what your life was like
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No. 1115152 ID: b18598

Last thing you remembered was being a rapping dog on the Titanic and the rest is a blur.
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No. 1115588 ID: 43c2d7
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1115588

You rack your ghost brain for any semblance of a memory. It would've been so cool if you were a rapping dog with a bone that drove a shopping cart into a paramedic on the Titanic. Then promptly got hit by someone's convertible that drove off a nearby iceberg.

Boooooo.. And a part of you does want to say that! But you also don't want to be dishonest to your newly acquired friend. You don't have many friends to throw around. But maybe you can juggle them later!

"It's not that big. I just remember the taste of strawberry ice cream and being outside." You squint and try to form the vague memory into something that makes sense. But it feels like a dream. The more you think, the less you can make sense of it. "I miss ice cream. And being outside."

"Oh." They seem deep in thought. "I haven't had ice cream much."

"I remember that it was really good! You should have some."

"I'll try."
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No. 1115589 ID: 43c2d7
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1115589

When you both finally emerge from the sink drain, the sudden light causes Mister Depressed Rat For Now to squint.

"I can't remember the last time I wasn't in the pipes." They say.

You stare at them in disbelief. "How do you know what time it is?"

"I don't." They glance down at themself. "Cheezits.. I'm dirty. You think the human will still like me?"

"Of course!"

"Well... Should I still do this? I'm starting to think that maybe this was a bad idea.. I don't want her to get mad at me since I had her stuff."

"Why would she get mad at you? Did you steal it?" You ask.

"No... I took it."

"Then that's different!" Stealing and taking are just sliiiiightly off from the other after all.

"Oh.. Then.. What should I say?" They seem to shuffle nervously. "... Can the human even understand me? What if she can't and she starts screaming?"
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No. 1115590 ID: 5a4964

Vocalizations are hard for humans to understand. So words are probably a no go. What they do understand is music, so let’s see about remembering the friendliest music you ever heard…

How about squeaking the theme from Friends? And clapping along?
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No. 1115591 ID: fd169b

First off you didn't take it, you found it. Finders keepers means you were within your rights to keep it.
Second she hangs out with ghosts, which are so scary. She definitely won't be afraid of a little rat.
Third She doesn't need to understand what you say, squeaks are cute.
Just offer it up to her and she'll get what you mean
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No. 1115615 ID: c9f474

Try to present yourself as a cute little rat and she will adopt you as her pet.
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No. 1115623 ID: 43c2d7
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1115623

"Psh! She hangs out with us ghosts, and we're suuuper scary. She won't find you scary at all." You shake your head. "Besides, she might not understand you, but humans can understand the power of music!"

".... The power of music?"

"Yeah! And humans love squeaking. We can squeak together and clap along to the Friends song."

"Right."

"Right! Friends, friends, friends." You singsong and clap. "Like that."

They seem to practice muttering it to themself before nodding. "Okay."

"Great! If she really likes it, maybe she'll adopt you too."

Mister Depressed seems to get embarrassed at the suggestion. They squirm and mutter. "Someone's pet huh..."

Okay!
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No. 1115624 ID: 43c2d7
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1115624

You both scamper down, past the bathroom, and back to the bedroom area. It's quieted down now that it's hitting later in the day. Most all the other ghosts have departed to haunt other areas of the complex and to get their fill of the night's haunts.

When you enter, Syven notices immediately, smiling and putting down her phone. She's partially dressed. Must be getting ready for her date!

Excitedly, she crouches down to greet you both.

"Hi Boo. Who do you have here?"

Mister Depressed seems to freeze at the sight of her. You nudge them encouragingly then give a wink.

"We have a present for you!"

"Oh?"
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No. 1115625 ID: 43c2d7
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1115625

You start to clap a tune, squeak singing as Mister Depressed joins along. They seem to realize their hands are preoccupied, moving to wave the tooth earring instead of clapping. You clap louder for the both of you.

"SQUEEeEee SQUEEAAK ssquee squeeak SQUeeAaAak!"

You don't really know when to stop and neither do they! You didn't talk about that part!

Your singing is eventually interrupted by Syven's giggling, growing louder and louder, until she's fully laughing.

"Okay, okay. That was great. Thank you both." She continues laughing then moves to hold two fingers out for them to drop the tooth onto. Mister Depressed complies.

She holds it up as she examines it closely, "Huh. Looks cooler than I remember."
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No. 1115627 ID: 43c2d7
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1115627

Syven leaves for a moment to finish getting ready. In the meantime, you reconvene with Mister Depressed on your success. They still seem unsure, but they're smiling as they talk. Maybe they do want to be a pet rat after all?

When Syven returns, now fully dressed, she shows off the earrings. "Looking good, huh? Anyway, you earned that favor, Boo. What do you want me to do?"

BOO-YAH!

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Conditions for the Favor:
- Syven can only act as a support to the main scare plan. Boo will need to be the main actor.
- Syven can only act once.
- Syven will not physically harm the target.
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No. 1115628 ID: 561abc

Time to enact our scare plan on the new tenant! He showed nervousness at his laptop not working… perhaps we could get Goth Psychic to help read his mind and see/hear why he is being so rude?
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No. 1115641 ID: e758a3

Sure, Syven can't hurt the guy physically but that doesn't mean she can't hurt him in a mental way. She can be the one who tells him the spooky story and that can be our opportunity to strike!
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No. 1115655 ID: 18d5ff

She could be a potential distraction while we try to figure out how a phone works! If he freaked out when you haunted the laptop, haunting the phone would REALLY scare him. We just need an opportune moment to learn. Wait for a moment where he has it charging, then have Syven occupy him with some polite neighbor chatter! Then, while he’s distracted, we try and figure out what a phone is!
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No. 1115657 ID: 694bef

She should introduce herself like friendly neighbor. And use the opportunity to both probe him for his fears and plant the seeds of how there's something very wrong about his apartment.
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No. 1115741 ID: c9f474

You can use the favor for Syven to be our ghost mediator, we can have a proper introduction, set a time for a haunting, if he suffers from allergies and what we can do with our target during our off hovers.
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No. 1115961 ID: 43c2d7
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1115961

>She could be a potential distraction while we try to figure out how a phone works!
>help read his mind and see/hear why he is being so rude?
>probe him for his fears and plant the seeds of how there's something very wrong about his apartment.
>ghost mediator, we can have a proper introduction, set a time for a haunting, if he suffers from allergies and what we can do with our target during our off hovers.

Awww yessss it's all coming together in your mind's eye.

While Syven introduces herself as a friendly neighbor, she can use her Totally Legit Psychic Skills to gather more information and probe his mind more intimately. Find out his fears and what keeps him up at night. Maybe tell him a spooky story to get the mood going! While she does so, you'll use that time to figure out what that darn phone does and how to use it.

Your target has a fear around technology, so you just have to get technological! BOO-LOGICAL!

And once that's all squared away, you can have a proper ghost-duction, and better discuss haunting etiquette. He can learn the proper manners and you can both plan accordingly how the scare should be done. You've done all this work to get to know him after all, he should do the same for you!
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No. 1115962 ID: 43c2d7
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1115962

You convey your plan to Syven, who gives you a thumbs up of approval.

"I have a couple ideas on what I'll say. Like that old couple that fell down the stairs a few weeks ago... Sad they died from a mutual heart attack."

You nod solemnly, "Yeah, too bad they didn't become ghosts."

You don't fully know the criteria of what makes someone a ghost or not, but it doesn't always happen when someone dies. You'd know, this apartment complex has deaths every year!

Syven moves to put her bag on, "We can start the plan tomorrow? I won't be back until tomorrow morning. Give yourself some time to rest, you're going in and out."

You blink and glance at your ghostly form. You're turning a bit toooo off-shell-egg-white. "Okay! Thanks Miss Syven!"

Syven giggles at you and gives you a little pat on the head. She then looks down at your new rat friend and brushes a finger down their fur, "I'll give you a bath later."

Mister Depressed seems to wiggle shyly at the gesture. Nice! Everything's going well.

As she exits, you regard your next course of action.

Options:
>A) Check on Target
>B) Find More Allies
>C) Rest
>D) ____
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No. 1115964 ID: 914ca9

I wanna see the results of the “Boo!” Pizza we set up! Our side quest hopefully took the exact amount of time for the pizza to arrive outside! Once we see the confusion, we’ll have finished a day’s work and can rest, in preparation for phone haunting tomorrow!
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No. 1115966 ID: 70f58a

>>1115962
>this apartment complex has deaths every year!
...that's not normal, unless there's like hundreds of people living here and a lot of them are very old?

>what do?
Quickly check on the target, then rest.
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No. 1115970 ID: ddf3dd

>>1115964
Yeah this!
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No. 1115972 ID: fd169b

>>1115964
yeah yeah! I wanna see if the pizza worked. and maybe he got out some more belongings to check out.
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No. 1116001 ID: c9f474

No now it is not the time for rest, now you need to go to the ghost gym and start working on improving your ghost muscles. Have to develop some impressive physique, and maybe even gain ghost nano-machines.
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No. 1116041 ID: 43c2d7
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1116041

>Deaths every year isn't normal

You wouldn't really know what's normal or not! The complex houses around a hundred people, from your rough estimation, and all of varying ages but usually skewing to young adults. Most die of tragic occurrences, though always within the complex. Sometimes, it's because they get too scared from a haunt and die from fright.

But everyone tries to avoid those! It's always suuuper awkward if someone comes back as a ghost. There's a lot of fights that start that way that Mapa has to resolve.

>Check Target
>See if Pizza worked

OH YES!! Let's see the spoils of your hard won labor! You kindly say goodbye to your friends, adding that you will come back to introduce your new rat friend to the other rodents as well. The building blocks of Rodentopia starts with you.

You phase through the wall and down into the first floor, where the new tenant has conveniently finished paying and picking up their pizza. He didn't even open it yet! Score!
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No. 1116042 ID: 43c2d7
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1116042

You quickly approach as he opens the pizza and rub your ghostly limbs in anticipation.

Once the decadent pizza box-top has risen high enough, the new tenant stares down at his presumable spoils, blinks, rubs his eyes, then looks again. His mouth opens in palpable confusion then looks over his shoulder, presumably to you. You smile wide and giggle to yourself, kicking your feet.

That's right! Another one for BOO!
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No. 1116043 ID: 43c2d7
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1116043

Once he looks over and sees nothing behind him, he gazes back down at the pizza box. The new tenant's expression goes blank... And the distraught look disappears back into that smarmy smile...

"Huh. The pizza people must be pranking me. Real funny." He says and shakes his head.

BOOO!! BOOOO!! AND NOT THE GOOD KIND!

The new tenant chuckles, snatching the humor that was meant to be for your ghoulish enjoyment!

What a fiend.

He starts to head upstairs. You know you should get some rest, but you're peeved enough to follow him up and curse him for his lack of manners once again.
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No. 1116045 ID: 43c2d7
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1116045

He opens the door to the bedroom...
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No. 1116046 ID: 43c2d7
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1116046

...................
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No. 1116047 ID: 43c2d7
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1116047

...... That's a lot of pictures.
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No. 1116049 ID: c9f474

So is this the, it is the one thing you can't replace the room? Well call the police and get this guy arrested, or at least inspected.
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No. 1116050 ID: fd169b

perfect, he's a photographer. Ghosts showing up in photos is classic spook
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No. 1116052 ID: 70f58a

Is he in all of these pictures with the woman? Like, does it look like all these pictures were taken with her permission, or does it look like some were taken in secret? It's kinda creepy but not outright stalking if he knows the girl (or is her current boyfriend) and just, like, loves her a lot but uses the wall instead of a photo album.
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No. 1116053 ID: 70f58a

>>1116046
Oh hmm one of them is torn, like it was her and someone else that the guy doesn't like.
Could be he loves her but she loves someone else...
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No. 1116066 ID: 4c750c

Ooooh! Illusioning all these to be blank could be a real scare! These are clearly important to him! We’ll keep that in our back pocket. I think it’s time to rest for tomorrow now though~
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No. 1116085 ID: 43e8d1

Haunt the photos make them talk to him. That will freak out this freak.
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No. 1116088 ID: 914ca9

>>1116085
Even if we weren’t low on spirit energy, I feel like we should get more data on what to have the photos say for maximum spooky effectiveness. At the very least they should say his name, which we DO NOT KNOW actually. We should make sure that’s intel Syven is gathering! (He’ll probably introduce himself naturally, but as a ghost it’d be cute to ask Syven to add it to the list regardless, since we’re not as familiar with human customs)
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No. 1116167 ID: ddf3dd

>>1116085
No, he might like that! Don’t do that!
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No. 1116171 ID: 70f58a

Oh right, after getting a little more info on the photos, go rest.
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No. 1116351 ID: 43c2d7
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1116351

>Call the police

Huh? The people in the black and red uniforms with the red lights? You don't see why they would need to be called. As far as you're aware, there's no one dead here but you!

Unless you count the way that the new tenant is absolutely murdering that pizza. Completely in their own world as they scroll on their phone.

You try to decipher what is being shown on the small screen, but he scrolls too quickly for you to read. As if he's looking for something specific.
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No. 1116352 ID: 43c2d7
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1116352

>Investigate photos

You put your detective cap on and saunter over to the photo wall to ponder their significance. The subject of each one is constant; a smaller, almost nerdy, human, that matches the one you saw on his lockscreen previously. The subject seems to be aware of the photographer in the majority of the photos, their gaze towards the camera, except in more scenic pictures.

A few of them are torn. A handful have people(?) completely blacked out in marker.

Here is what you gather:
- Seems like a romantic photo album!
- All the photos are of this subject. There are no other people visible except the new tenant.
- Most of the photos look worn/yellowed. The newest ones seem to be torn or vandalized.
- Some photos look to be taken at a far distance.
- The subject... looks a lot like the guy you saw across the street!

Perhaps there's a romantic tryst going on between the two? How juicy! How interesting!

If you didn't dislike the new tenant, you may be rooting for them!
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No. 1116353 ID: 43c2d7
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1116353

>Illusion photos

Manipulating photos is not your expertise, but it's good to practice anyway! If you were to make them all blank, it would take a significant amount of energy. If you were to try and have them speak, you could probably do one at a time. Otherwise, the least amount of energy would be spent in making yourself show up in them.

As practice, you muster the last of your strength to possess the photo, your ghostly visage taking shape where the subject once was. Their spectacles appear too to match of course. You feel a sense of joy that was likely captured in the moment. It feels nice!

Your understanding of photos has increased! You'll be able to appear and make the photo speak.

Though it would definitely help if you knew how the subject sounded.
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No. 1116354 ID: 43c2d7
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1116354

>Rest time

You exit before the photo rejects you.

PHEW! You sure got a lot done today. As tired as you are, you feel proud of what you have accomplished!

You head on out to retire for the day. Up into the secret attic.
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No. 1116355 ID: 43c2d7
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1116355

DAY 1: END.

Tip: Ghosts cannot be physically harmed by humans.
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No. 1116356 ID: 43c2d7
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1116356

DAY 2: BEGIN.

You wake with the day. You feel BOO-FRESHED and ready to get your haunt on!

Syven has not yet returned, so you have some time before you can put your plan in motion and let her know of all the new information you'll need her to gather, like a name.

At the moment, you are in the back hallway area. It connects the surrounding apartments together as they all have backdoors. It's a bit of a maze, but you're used to navigating it.

The back hallway can also be used to access the garage, the front office, the utility closets, and the storage closet Mapa resides in.

Where would you like to go?
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No. 1116359 ID: 70f58a

>>1116352
Ah, that's a guy. So, looks like ex-boyfriend, or former friend, but they split up and our target has resorted to stalking. This kinda seems like something we should tell the psychic. Even if our GHOST persona doesn't understand romance, we could at least mention the room full of photos as a potential route for a scare.

How far away from the building can we go? The guy in the photos is nearby, so it'd be useful to spy on them for a bit to learn about them and thus get better context for photo haunting.

>>1116356
Ah, if it's only these locations... Wait, who is Mapa exactly? Let's go say hi, check the storage closet.
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No. 1116360 ID: fd169b

the front office probably has tenant records to spy on
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No. 1116364 ID: 7ebf00

>>1116359
I like these ideas
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No. 1116402 ID: 4c750c

Snooping through front office sounds like a good idea, then we can go say hi to Mapa~
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No. 1116522 ID: 0f3125

Why does the tip feel more like a threat, yeah the ghost can't be hurt but we have living friends. As for the destination just follow your heart.


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