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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 14, 2015 23:00:26 GMT -8
Chris B- "Wha-what?"
Hubert was confused by the exclamations, and also by the special effects show. As corny as it looked, why couldn't he see any of the seams in the illusion? Then the shouting again.
Courtney- "What powers? All I can do is see."
Barren?- "..."
Babette's purse passed through the white spectre, trailing a thin wisp of ectoplasm like a roasted marshmallow falling off a stick. Ru found a clothesline maneuver did the trick, making Chris fall over in his seat, little legs flipped into the air like a comic strip character.
August was far enough back in his seat that he could stand in a moment if he wanted. To one side was Courtney Boneyhands, to the other Jack knocking over his own chair as he got up in a hurry.
These Guys- "*gasp* aiee!"
Jack pulled Chloë as far as he could from Courtney, and no one took special note but Wilhelm seemed to have vanished.
Eli found the easiest way to put himself between the ghost and Chris was to straddle the manpile while he put up the dukes.
The wraith drew nigh.
Barren?- "..."
and then... Eli felt a scratching at his sides, fell backward, and then to the floor. Instinctually he caught himself, sticking his feet to the floor while his back hovered inches above the wood, like a limbo champion. He saw bony legs hopping over him, then vanishing into the ceiling above.
Ru felt a cold grip tug him into darkness. Was he under the table? Wherever he was, he felt ChrisB's body nearby.
Inviso Chris- "What? Huh?"
Inviso Wilhelm- "Shh"
August could smell the Marchese perfume and feel the presence of congealed shadows nearby.
Eli couldn't see Chris, Ru, or the ghost from his position, but he could tell someone was using shadow powers under the table. Also, He noticed his pants were pulled down around his knees. The fudge yo? {originally} "¿¿¿ " Eli began the process of righting himself, then pulled up his pants. After all, what kind of civilized ghost brawler fought with his pants down? As he was re-attaching suspenders, he surveyed the area for the skeleton.
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Jan 15, 2015 15:54:04 GMT -8
"Can't ya just like close ya eyes and make it all stop. It ain't coming back is it? Can ya see?" August hoped to Clancy that Barren couldn't see past shadows. At least Wilhelm was on his toes..."This ain't a time to have ya pants down, Eli. Ya duffer!"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 15, 2015 23:31:12 GMT -8
Ru- Ru held tightly to Chris B as he hid in the darkness, and didn't make a peep. Maybe the ghost would just think he disappeared. He was pretty sure Wilhelm was the savior of the hour. Wilhelm could be...nice?
Ru thought about it a little. He had been nothing but kind after they had stopped being brats about everything.
Maybe if he didn't move...holding this position was starting to get uncomfortable. And he could swear he felt Babette kick him. Was he touching Wilhelm or Chris?
Questions to be answered soon enough, he supposed.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 16, 2015 2:46:18 GMT -8
Courtney was not responsive to August's pleading.
Courtney- "Heeheehee, Hahaha!"
Barren- *SKELLY ATTACK!*
August's shirt was pulled up over his face, exposing his nipples.^Like that, but not triumphant.
These Guys- "*gasp* aiee!"
Everyone in the shadow beneath the table was still and quiet.
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Jan 16, 2015 13:10:11 GMT -8
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 16, 2015 13:12:43 GMT -8
Ru- Ru stayed very, very still. Maybe the ghost of pantsing would go away on his own if they stayed quiet long enough.
He held on tightly to whoever he was holding on to and held his breath. He didn't have to breathe so that worked for him. He wanted to ask Wilhelm where he was, and if he was actually holding on to him, but he kept his mouth shut.
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Post by DKender on Jan 16, 2015 21:25:00 GMT -8
Babette covered her mouth in a faux-scandalized manner. She tried not to stare too much at August as he righted himself."Ehehe! Lovely, Barren, lovely! I mean, stop that. And don't you dare steal Wilhelm's shirt." Where WAS Wilhelm, anyway? Actually, half the seance party was out of sight. She sat back on the table and drummed her fingers across its surface.
A jokester wouldn't actually kill Chris-B, right? Right?
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 17, 2015 1:37:08 GMT -8
In the darkness, Ru was fairly sure he was holding onto the human. So warm and twitchy. Humans are kinda weird when you aren't one.
Courtney- (to August) "Joker? It's nod me iss Barren."
Barren- *SKELLY ATTACK!*
Barren did a weird boogie dance in Babette's grill, like
before disappearing again.
Chloë- "aiee!" Jack- "Courtney, what can you do?!" Courtney- "Close my eyes? I don't know if that'll make a difference, but..."
She gave it a burl. She closed her eyes and clutched the sides of her head and tried to make the world of the dead recede...
((one more round from u guys, my last thing then switch to summary mode?))
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on Jan 17, 2015 2:32:29 GMT -8
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 17, 2015 8:57:28 GMT -8
Ru- "...Uh... no...I don't... I think..." Ru stood up awkwardly, trying to untangle himself from Chris B. What if the ghost was really going to eat Chris B?! "..."
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Only One Skeleton has the Power to Control both Life and Death, Light and Dark, Words and Blank Space, Our Humble Lives Continue Only by the Grace and Magnanimity of This Skeleton
Nay, let us walk from fire unto firey skeleton ...
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Post by DKender on Jan 17, 2015 18:20:46 GMT -8
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 17, 2015 19:54:21 GMT -8
Ru couldn't quite make it out from under the table when a hand grabbed him.Wilhelm- "Shh." You would not fucking believe how hard it is to find a reasonably sized / cropped animated gif of a skeleton collapsing. Narytheless,As Courtney opened her eyes, a little rain of bones that vanished into the floor signaled an end to the Haunting of Hipster House.
Courtney- "... ... I guess that's it." Chloë- "Wilheeeelm?"
Wilhelm let the dogs out. You can kill the narrator later.
Wilhelm- "I'm heeere. No risk of ghostly death remains?"
Chris- "What a rip-off..."
And with that, the séance ended! Huzzah!
Wilhelm corralled the séance peeps into a pleasant "We're totally not vampires" styled conversation afterward. Courtney stayed a polite amount of time and - at Wilhelm's hinting - played it off like she was doing illusionist tricks.
Chris B bought it, but obviously couldn't imagine how they pulled everything off. That was perhaps bad - a core of being excited about something supernatural without a reasonable theory about what else it could be. Perhaps with time he could put it all together.
That conversation broke into smaller groups, with Courtney getting out first. The last thing anyone said to her was Ru asking if she was alright. She expressed what seemed like honest gratitude, but she was still very reserved. And then she was gone.
That left Ru in a group with Jack and Chloë. Another group consisted of Wilhelm, August, and Babette, and the last was just ChrisB. August and Babette pestered Wil about the supernatural for a bit, and while Babette's interest held up, August's gave out. He was the next person out of the room.
Ru chatted with Chloë about her living circumstances and Wilhelm. He found she was living in a penthouse apartment with the older vampire, very comfortable in a well-draped guest room. He couldn't help think of his own, though that memory was not so welcoming.
Chloë was interested in having Jack sleep over as he sometimes did, and the tall guy was game. (Comic aficionados note Jack did not walk home alone in this 'verse.) Her group merged with the Babette/Wil group, giving Ru the opportunity to thank Wilhelm for his help and mention it was a shame they didn't summon someone he knew. Wilhelm was cheerful even in defeat.
Eli spent a little more time with ChrisB, curious about the macabre-interested individual. As they chatted they walked downstairs, and Eli left the guy with his phone number.
Then only the last group remained in the attic.
Wilhelm asked them if they'd be well enough on their own tonight and Babette made her own thanks before grabbing Ru for a private conversation. The last any PCs saw of Wilhelm, Jack, and Chloë until some time later was as the two left the attic...
August was the first downstairs after Courtney, and had to make sure the crowd was monotreming right. They weren't, the scallawags. Tristan insisted on getting close and busting moves with August. They had a subaudible conversation about how to get blood, wherein Auggie was shocked to find out Tristan only gained it through violence.
The Hoddish guy was in turn surprised that other vampires tried to lull people to sleep and do it nice, but he liked the idea as well. At that point, they started sizing up saxy ladies. Tristan's favorite was Imogene the model. August was wondering where Jeannie was, when he was distracted by excited whispers of Ru and Babette, and headed toward them for a time.Babette, Ru, and August's conversation went something like this... Elsewhere, Eli had come down and ran into Fee, who let him know Jason was chased off by the cops. Checking his messages, he found Jason dismissive, like "I'm chillin' on a roof, no big." Sophie left a message about having a fun time for a dead person.He talked a little while with Fee, assuring him that whatever happened with the police was profiling and nothing more (which was a lot less complicated than saying "Hey, I'm a vampire and blood acquisition went horribly wrong").
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Nay, let us walk from fire unto firey skeleton ...
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Post by DKender on Jan 18, 2015 1:20:00 GMT -8
Babette spent some time gushing to Ru about how they "absolutely just saw a ghost, and I can't believe how cool Courtney is - I wish the old gang from high school could see us now. Whatever happened to ..." and so on.
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 18, 2015 21:08:02 GMT -8
Ru seems surprised that Babette was so happy about the whole thing, which he found jarring but he'd eventually be all smiles.
"I guess there is no way to ask for a specific ghost, but maybe they really did come! And I wonder how many there are. If there was more specific magic for it... I'm sure there is. Maybe she's the only one that can do it."
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