dead hearts are everywhere

[goodforsomething]

[Stan arrives at the chapel early. It doesn't take long to re-create his ghost summoning setup from yesterday; he left all the materials stowed under one of the middle pews, where the hymnals should have been. He sets it up exactly as it was, right down to the angles of the candles. Honestly he suspects the mirror was the only really important part, but he's not about to risk technical difficulties. Not tonight.

The rest of it was all gathered up earlier: there's some coffee, to ward against people falling asleep outside the rooms, and a lot of extra notebooks and pens taken from the storage room. He didn't tell anybody what to bring, after all, or what to expect. Secrets are easier for one person to keep, even if only for a day. Some of the rest might have gotten excited, the Kingmaker might have gotten curious, and then what?

As the meeting time draws near, he tears a page from one of the notebooks, scribbles his little symbol and a message on it, and slides it in front of the mirror.]

You there?

[To the others, he turns with a grin. In a voice somewhere between a gravelly whisper and his Mr. Mystery act, he says:]

Thanks for comin'. Our friends on the other side have been waitin' for us.

Comments

[trustharder]

["We only have six floors. If there's someone named Glory, I haven't seen them around. There is someone here that goes by the title of Ambitious, though."
"HE'S ALSO A KILLJOY"

"I'm kind of tempted to try that with the stuffed animals now."]

[trustharder]

["Yeah that was them, they were messing around in there for awhile."]

[trustharder]

[Looks like they have!]

[trustharder]

["not YET ;)"

And also: "How do you think I feel. I'm over here with my face in my hands wishing I was... oh, wait, that wish came true."]

[notjustawriter]

Pretty confusing, but I'm not gonna complain.

I bet it annoyed the hell out of the Kingmaker.

[trustharder]

["No idea. We haven't heard from him."]

[pokexplorer]

He is a Pokemon, Miss Misa, I don't believe he can even say human speech.
You know, for reference, here is a drawing of him as well. I realize many of you have not met him.

[Below that message is a quick doodle of...an alien with glowy fingers. But it's a Pokemon, he swears.]

That is a good idea, actually. But will I be able to get your attention elsewhere in the Vault if you are not able to sense Beheeyem back?

[goodforsomething]

Sounds like a douchey title

Is he from some other game?

[penduli]

[ Huh. He wonders if that's the same person—but no, Sigrun had said that Glory mentioned their title was rude, hadn't she?

"Ambitious" isn't rude at all. ]

that's good to know. has he talked about much?

also go right ahead, it's worth a try. unless you get stuck in there like with the pens.

[trustharder]

["All I know is that he said he was supposed to be alive."]

[goodforsomething]

Ain't everybody

[goodforsomething]

Let's just walk in one at a time. Leavin' a few seconds for the first guy to explode.

[penduli]

[ ...oh my god that's terrible to laugh at but he is?? oh my god ]

friendship > relationship
i'm sorry you have to suffer with this, at least he isn't doing it with you guys? mostly?

[ there's.... there's tarrlok on that chart but there's not like dead people ↔ dead people ]

[cherryblooded]

Sounds like a good plan for everybody but the first guy.

[trustharder]

["I guess we could meet up in the lab room later on this week and experiment a little?"

And then in the same handwriting: "With the ghost things."]

[goodforsomething]

I'll do it. My idea, my problem.

[cherryblooded]

...If you insist.

[He's not going to argue too hard here.]

[notjustawriter]

He might not know y'all exist.

You should try to keep an eye out just in case.

[goodforsomething]

[Good.]

I mean, I'm gonna haunt the hell outta all of you! But I was gonna do that anyway!

[cherryblooded]

We appreciate your noble sacrifice.

[At least they sorta know how to set this up now so he can properly haunt.]

[pokexplorer]

[That gets a smile out of him.]

Ah, and even in my favorite room! I would very much like that.
Do you have a specific timeframe in mind? I am there most days, but having things locked in is nice.

[sleepingkogoro]

[Huh. That is impressive]

Excellent job. Next question:

Do any of you know about similar situations to our current murder problem here? We know there has been at least two in the past. Any objects or strange clues you may have found could be useful.

[Mouri knows the ghosts mentioned an 'Ambitious'. This is mostly to try to see if they have found objects like the locket and the notebooks]

[pokexplorer]

I am so sorry, Tarrlok.

[HE'S THE ONE WHO HAS TO BE OVER THERE WITH THE ONE SHIPPING THEM.

...yeah he's still reeling from seeing it himself though.]

[isafraid]

Great work! We tried looking for something like that just last week!

[And failed miserably... but... progress?]

We'll get down to it soon enough!

[goodforsomething]

That's all I ask!

[Literally all he has ever asked.

Well, never mind it.]