SHRIEKING SKULLS WILL SHOCK YOUR SOUL AND SEAL YOUR DOOM TONIGHT

[acherontiastyx]

[After 10:00 p.m., the library's... definitely a little different. The tables have lit candles on them, and there are... kind of janky cardboard cutouts set on some of the shelves. An attempt was made, at least, even if there could've been more boxes destroyed in the attempt...

But regardless. There's candles set around a place for some snacks if anyone wants to bring them, and there's also a blanket set on one of the tables. Because clearly, that's where the storyteller's supposed to sit...? Maybe you wanna do it. Maybe you just want to stand or sit or something.

Either way, let's get fucking spooky up in here.]

Comments

[feistytrader]

[Silver... Doesn't go to sit on some blanket, but instead raises his hand.]

Why are we telling stories about ghosts again? I don't think any of us have a single ghost-type Pokémon.

[...He has no idea what ghost stories are.]

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . In all honesty Elda's just bored. Bored and frustrated and frankly Vampires have a lot of scary stories to their history and she can tell a lot of them.

...

That said when she first shows up she's also just poking the janky cardboard things as if she was expecting them to be moving. And is mildly disappointed when they don't

Oh well. ]

[iaspis]

[The library is where Jasper has been staying at night anyway, when she isn't sitting on the bed in her room. So the library it is, looking more than a little lost.

The humans (and non-humans, for that matter) aren't so bad, really. They just... have strange behaviors she doesn't understand at all.

So here she is, sticking out very obviously. And not looking like she has a goddamn clue what to expect.]

[foundfate]

[Of course it had to be ghost stories. Of course. All the people who don't have to deal with ghosts every day would love that kind of thing.]

I just want you to know, if any of these stories actually draw any ghosts here, I'm blaming all of you for it.

[But he still sits there, though not on the blanket yet.]

[feistytrader]

That doesn't sound too bad. Maybe they could help us get out of here.

[oyashiromama]

[...so the actual former-ghost doesn't know what to do and just kind of stands at the periphery what does she do]

Au...

[This group is too big.]

[bloodbiter]

...Why would that occur?

[She glances over at him.]

[avoidcomplications]

[...he just wanted to read a book. God knows he can't get his sleeping schedule back on track, and now he can't even get peace and quiet in this complete hellhole.]

Did I perhaps miss a note regarding another meeting?

[Funny how a polite question can sound like 'burst into flames', isn't it?]

[introspects]

[ Alright

as someone who literally sees ghosts, talks to them, and fights some of them, Orihime has a lot of stories to tell? And she also doesn't really get scared by most ghost stories anymore, because, well, yeah. She still loves them though and wants to hear the spoopiest of the spoopiest.

She's also brought several...potatoes...with her, and a small plate with a knife and a stick of butter. Yes. She is buttering a potato and eating it.

As for her own stories, well, she's not going to get personal, but she does have a few up her sleeve. ]

Do you want to go first, or should I?

[plegia]

[Well, this is kind of ridiculous, but it's a decent way to spend the evening. He has no interest in telling any stories, but Gangrel's absolutely here to listen. He'll just flop onto a chair and rest his elbow on the arm and his chin on his hand.]

Make sure they're gory! The nastier they are, the better!

[this is the most "ENTERTAIN ME" thing imaginable jfc

He might actually tell a story, if you're interested in trying to get him to participate.]

[matchbreaker]

[ She doesn't even eat real food and she saw the notice! Feeling smug as a result of that, the short woman leans a hand against her hip and, ]

One of the chumps here challenged everyone to some tell ghost stories.

[avoidcomplications]

Why.

[Why him. Why this. Why anything, really.]

[matchbreaker]

[ This comment is a glorified +1

Namely that Elda makes a sound of approval from the background at that suggestion ]

[foundfate]

You say that now, but you'll change your mind when you're being chased down by an amorphous blob of muck and grime that can phase through walls.

[iaspis]

....What if you tell the gory story?

[SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, CALM DOWN, GANGREL]

[matchbreaker]

How should I know? It was right on the refrigerator though.

[ this is with the air of "wow can't you read" but with just a hint of "I'm only here because I'm bored." ]

[foundfate]

That's the rumor: that telling ghost stories attracts ghosts to the area.

Now, if ghosts don't exist here, then it's not much of a problem. But we can't be sure of if they exist here or not.

[feistytrader]

[Well damn, that sounds exciting.]

Like some big ghost Muk... Now I definitely want to meet it.

[iaspis]

That sounds like it could be one of the Gem weapon prototypes on Earth.

[avoidcomplications]

I must have overlooked it.

[due to a terminal case of don't-give-a-fuck]

[foundfate]

[Oh hello there, former-ghost. Watanuki will pat the ground next to where he is sitting.]

Hanyuu, come sit over here.

[If nothing else, he'll at least understand if the stories upset her?]

[foundfate]

It's a ghost something that's for sure.

And don't tempt fate. Trust me, you don't want to meet it.

[matchbreaker]

Anyway, blame the person who actually set it up, but come on, this'll be at least as entertaining as watching a human try to read in this dim lighting.

[ HAH HAH HAH ]

[avoidcomplications]

...

[r u d e]

[acherontiastyx]

Oh, you know, they're just spooky stories. We've got a few good ones in Alola, and they don't have to involve ghosts. It can be something real or something you just made up on the spot to send chills up everyone's spines.