>>28009567
Nishida Katsunori, Male.

>>28009567
Harutora Daisuke, Male

Fuck. Why is this starting when I have work in 5 mins?
> tfw you will never get to join Ghostbuster International

Rolled 2

>>28010221
>>28010273

>>28010622
"How you been Daisuke? Man, it's been years. As the ancients say, 'A Chance Meeting Of A Friend Is Of More Worth Than A Gold Coin!' Or something like that."

Oh wow. Sato hasn't changed in the slightest. Messy brown hair, round face that never lost it's baby fat, and he still has that scar on his chin that he got from when he pretended to be Astro Boy and jumped off the top of the slide on the playground. He's also still making up 'Ancient Sayings' that make no sense at all.

"You waiting for a train or something?" He asks. "Cause I'd love to grab a drink and catch up. I mean, I've got my new job to do, but that'll be fast. Heh, it's so awesome, wanna see?"

>>28010725
> Sure, whatever.
> Uhhh, what exactly do you do?
> Piss off, I have plans to be drunk and you aren't in them.
> Other

>>28010759
>> Uhhh, what exactly do you do?

>>28010725
>Uhhh, what exactly do you do?
I know we've been disowned and are considering suicide, but at least we're not a laughingstock.

Throne's sake, get a goddamned trip if you want to run a quest.

>>28010808
>>28010910
"Uhhh, what exactly do you do?" You ask.

Sato puffs up his chest with pride and shows you the decal on the shoulder of the jumpsuit he's wearing.

"I'm a Ghostbuster!" He says.

Oh wow. You've heard of them. They're like...a bunch of con artists. One step up from the people who have TV shows where they run around in empty houses looking scared.

You know...that's just perfect. You get your life ruined for trying to be ethical, and Sato, your friend from childhood with a gigantic hero-complex is now scamming people out of money.

Or maybe it's not so bad, maybe he's the one being scammed.

Either way, you see the looks people are giving him as they pass. He looks like a lunatic with his jumpsuit, doofus smile, and that weird-ass backpack.

"So, whaddya say?" He says. "Come see me do my thing, and then we get a drink and catch up? I'll buy."

> "Sure. As long as you're buying."
> "Sato, are you really going to steal someone's money?"
> "Sato, please tell me that the Ghostbusters haven't taken you for much."
> Other

>>28011433
>> "Sato, please tell me that the Ghostbusters haven't taken you for much."

>>28011433
>"Sato, please tell me that the Ghostbusters haven't taken you for much."
Well, we're ethical.
Until a poltergeist throws us into a wall, ghosts are still the stuff of stories.

"Sato, please tell me that the Ghostbusters haven't taken you for much." You say.

"Huh?" Sato asks. "What do you mean?" He asks as he starts to make his way out of the train station and towards the street.

You follow him.

"I mean, how much did they charge you for your uniform, that pile of junk on your back, some so-called training. Do they expect you to make your OWN Ghostbusters who report to you?" You ask.

"What? Like one of those multi-level mark-oh no no no." Sato shakes his head. "Daisuke, they're nothing like that!" He says. "This stuff was all free. We've been making money hand over fist...well...okay is hasn't been FLOODING in...and we still live in the Dumpling Factory...but things are good." He smiles. "Heck on this job along I'm going to make 5000 yen, at least! And that's just for about twenty minutes of work!"

Great. So Sato's conning people...or being USED to con people.

"I have no idea where I am." Sato mutters, looking at a map on his smartphone. "Daisuke, do you know where the SongBird Karaoke parlor is?"

You're familiar with it. It's about two blocks from here. It's a place that normally caters to a certain type of clientele...the girls and men who go there often end up in one of the love hotels, near by.

Also the owner's kind of scummy. One of the reasons that they created 'Women Only' train cars.

Well, if Sato has to scam anyone, at least he picked a good target.

>"Yeah, it's this way, follow me."
>"Yeah, it's two blocks that way. Can't miss it."
>"Sato...please don't do this."
>"Wait, did you say 5000 for just twenty minutes?"
> Other

>>28011787
>>"Wait, did you say 5000 for just twenty minutes?"

>>28011787
>"Yeah, it's this way, follow me."
>>28011787

>>28011787
>"Yeah, it's this way, follow me."
Help a friend out man. After that he buys you lunch.

>>28012025
>>28011859

5000 yen for just twenty minutes? This you have GOT to see.

"Yeah, it's this way, follow me." You say.

"Thanks man." Sato says. You both start to walk down the street. "So, what have you been up to man? You go to Keio now, right?"

> Lie
> Tell the Truth
> Evade the question
> Say nothing

>>28012099
"No, I'm not." Evade all questions after that.

>>28012099
>Evade the question
"Not really. But what about you? This a full-time job, or just part-time while you're in college?"

>>28012131
>>28012135

"No. I'm not, not really." You say. "But what about you? This a full-time job, or just part-time while you're in college?"

"This is a full-time thing." He says. "And I'm glad for it. It got me out of cow-town." He says. "Last thing I want to do is look at empty fields of grass and shovel animal crap."

You arrive at the SongBird.

"Okay," Sato says. "Umm...I'm not expecting anything bad but...maybe you want to wait out here for a bit? I mean, this stuff can get a bit...technical."

> "No way, I want to see this."
> "Okay, I'll be out here."
> Other

>>28012422
>> "No way, I want to see this.

I could use a good laugh after the month I've had.

>>28012422
>> "No way, I want to see this."
Let's see this con in action.
And when it turns to be real, it'll be great reacting to it.

>>28012453
>>28012458

"Heh, after all you've said to hype this up? No way. I want to see this. I could use a laugh." You say.

Sato nods. "Okay, but follow me and do what I do. Oh...wait wait wait..." He reaches into a shoulder bag he was carrying and pulls out a thick three ring pocket binder. He flips through it for a bit, and then tears out a sheet. "Sign this." He hands you a piece of paper.

You look at it. It's a liability wavier. One in very small print, but probably one of the longest you've ever seen. It even has 'exsanguination,' ' temporal displacement,' 'skeletal liquefaction,' and a bunch of other laughable terms.

The gist is, no matter what happens you can't sue Sato, Ghostbusters: Japan, or the Ghostbusters franchise.

Sato holds out a pen. "This is protocol." He says.

> "Fine." Sign.
> "This is a joke, right?"
> "I thought you said that you weren't expecting anything bad?"
> Other

>>28012637
> "Fine." Sign.

It's obviously part of the show, and it's not like we're the ones being conned.

>>28012637
>"Fine." Sign.

>>28012637
It's a free show. Might as well sign it.

>>28012831
>>28012728
>>28012716

Sato's playing his part to the hilt. Fine. You sign the form and hand it back to him.

"Great! Protocol's important." He says as he goes inside, you following him.

The SongBird Karaoke Parlor and Cafe has pink tinted windows,and a large reception room with a white tile floor.

Sato walks up to the front desk, where a nervous looking woman in a slightly too-tight dress is nervously sitting behind the desk. There are other young girls, and older business men sitting around in cushy looking chairs. The girls are leafing through magazines, chatting with each other and the men are trying to not get caught leering at the girls. They all have that look of people who are mildly annoyed by waiting. One of the men looks at Sato with his jumpsuit and flashing backpack and sighs, muttering "Finally!" under his breath.

It does seem a tad crowded in here. Also, you don't hear the thumping of bass from the karaoke suites down the hall. They emptied the rooms, just for Sato's arrival?

"Hello Miss." Sato bows and extends a business card. "I'm the specialist you called in."

"Oh...oh!" The woman nods. "Yes, yes...she...it's..." She glances back at the hallway to the parlor rooms.

Sato smiles and waves his hands. "No need to get up. I'll handle everything and be done in a few moments."

She's obviously relieved, and the mood from the waiting guests is a bit less hostile. The sight of professional looking people with impressive looking tools is enough to make people believe that Things Are Under Control.

Sato looks around. "Is the proprietor here?"

The girl nods and points to one of the waiting men.

"Great, let me talk to him." He pauses and then turns to you. "This is boring stuff, rates and forms." He waves his binder. "Wanna do me a favor? I just need you to scan the suite doors, don't go in or anything. Just point this." He holds up the doohickey in his hand. "At the doors. Tell me if the bars go over three."

> Sure
> Do your own scamming

>>28013039
>Sure
Why not? We're getting a drink out of this, least we can do is not be a douche about the guy's job.

>>28013039
>In Before Class 5 Free Roaming Vapor.

>>28013039
>Sure

It might not be very honest work, but he's sort of a friend. No reason to make things hard for him.

>>28013039
Sure.
It's a favour for a friend anyway.

>>28013146
>>28013082

"Sure." You say as you take the whatever-it-is. This is a farce, but it's a free lunch. If people are openly paying for this then it's at least a legal scam. "Point, hold the button, count the bars?" You ask.

"Yeah. Thanks." He says and goes to the owner.

You go down the rooms, 'scanning' the door to each one. You have no idea how this things works, but it's making some chirping noises, and one or two bars appear on the screen. Once a three. You're at the last suite in the hall when you scan the door and all five bars on the screen glow bright green and the chirping noises change.

Sato's back in the lobby, out of immediate ear shot.

> Go get Sato.
> Yell for Sato.
> Go inside the room and see how he's pulling off this scam.
> Other

>>28013242
>Go get Sato.

>>28013242
>Yell for Sato

He might know what's going on, and if nothing else, it'll help him put on a good show.

>>28013242
>Go get Sato.
Go get him.

>>28013534
>>28013276

"Sato?" You say. "Hey Sato!"

Damn, he can't hear you.

You walk down the hall and almost bump into him.

"Got all the paperwork done." He says. "Something up?"

"Last room, five bars." You say.

"What color?!" He snaps. His eyes going wide.

"Green. Why?" You ask.

He sighs with relief. "Alright. That's not so bad. Let's go."

You follow him down, handing him the thing-a-mabob that you were using.

He scnas the door and nods. "Alright, a class five non-aggrivated PKE source." He nods and takes a deep breath and opens the door and walks inside.

You follow him. The suite has the same slightly-pinkish walls, a small plastic table with a book of songs on it, a big screen TV at one end with microphones and a remote lying in front of it. Across from that is a large couch of faux leather that's just a slightly darker shade of pink than the walls.

It's completely empty.

Roll 1d20, I'll take the best of the first three rolls. Crit fails eliminate the best roll.

A '4' means a ghost roll. (This is Japan, 4 = Death.) You don't want ghost rolls.

Rolled 2

>>28013796
>4 = Ghost Roll
Haha! Nice modification of the rules.

Rolled 12

>>28013796
Let's get a 4!

Rolled 5

>>28013796
Rolling thunder

>>28013835
It's a room...Sato seems intent on studying every little part of it but you see nothing.

Oh, hang on...there's something that fell between the back of the couch and the wall that you can see from this angle.

You're not sure what it is though. It's not very big, your first thought is that it's a small remote.

> Try and grab it.
> Ignore it and watch Sato 'work.'
> Point it out to Sato.

>>28013835
No, seriously, ghost rolls are not fun. Have you ever played the Ghostbusters RPG before?
They're meant to punish you, and be fun for the GM and not the players.

>>28013909
Point it out to Sato.

>>28013909
>Ignore it and watch Sato 'work.'
If this is a scam, which we believe it to be, let's see how he pulls it off.

>>28013909
>Try and grab it.

The hell's this?

>>28013909
>Try and grab it.
It's probably what he's using to set up the scam or whatever.

>>28013909
>> Try and grab it.

What could go wrong?

>Ignore it and watch Sato 'work.'
Let's see what he and the others do.

>>28014035
>>28014019
>>28013988

"The hell's this?" You say as you reach behind the couch. It takes you a few tries, but you manage to grab it and pull it out.

Oh, it's a Chyme.

They were a knock-off MP3 player when the first wave of them came out. They were actually REALLY good for first generation. Color screen, camera, up to thirty seconds of video capability, read text emails, and they could hold 'Up to 1,000,000 Songs!' as the ads claimed.

Too bad that they were expensive as hell. Plus they were the size of a graphing calculator, twice as thick, and heavy. So naturally, they died off pretty quickly.

The Chyme has a clear crack along the casing, and it has brown stains on it. Other than that, it looks to be in decent condition.

> Try to turn it on
> Show it to Sato.
> Other

>>28013909
>Try and grab it.
Oh hey, Ghostbusters! Great timing, I was thinking about showing this movie to the people I live with for Halloween.

>>28014259
>Try to turn it on

>>28014259
Brown stains.... Well shit
>Show it to Sato
He'll get a kick out of it.

>>28014259
>> Show it to Sato.

This is not meta, it's a rare find!

>>28014259
>Show it to Sato.
"This part of your show?"

>>28014259
Show it to Sato "Hey, look how cool this is"

"Hey, Sato. Look at this." You say holding out the Chyme to Sato. "This part of your show or something?"

"Hmm? Ah! Daisuke!" He starts and goes wide eyed. "Okay...Dai...put...that...down. On the table. Very...slowly."

He's acting like you have a bomb in your hands. Honestly. Well, better to play along. Sooner this farce is done with, the sooner you'll get a lunch.

As you set the thing down, your finger brushes over the crack in the casing.

Roll 1d6.

>>28014515

Time for fun!

Rolled 3

>>28014515
Time to DIE!

Rolled 1

>>28014515

Rolled 1

>>28014515
What is this? Smoke and mirrors?

Rolled 1

>>28014515
Time for some botches!

Rolled 4

>>28014515
Ghost die on the d6? Cause that's a bit harsh

Rolled 5

>>28014547

Fuck captcha

>>28014558
>>28014559
>Double crits
Gozer help us

>>28014558
>>28014559
>>28014564
Oh, baby!

>>28014564
noko doesn't work anymore.

>>28014568
That's how it works in the Ghostbusters RPG. It's meant to be punishing and unpleasant, not fun.

Rolled 2

>>28014515
no 4 ?

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Rolled 1

>>28014568
Got it! That damned number 4!

We gonna be encountering some oriental ghosts here?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gashadokuro

>>28014607

Why isn't there a 4th floor on that elevator?

>>28014610
>In Japanese folklore, Gashadokuro, (がしゃどくろ) also known as Odokuro, or ("starving skeleton") are giant skeletons that are fifteen times taller than an ave-
NOPE

>>28014705

Read upthread. 4 is associated with death and considered unkucky.

>>28014705
4 is an unlucky number in some asian cultures.
Just like some elevators in the west don't have 13th floors.

>>28014705
There is, if you actually pay attention. They're just not using the number.

>>28014705
The same reason some elevators don't have a 13th floor, I'd think.

>>28014558
You're staring up at the ceiling of this room.

"Shit. Shit! SHIT!" A female voice says. "Oh...you fucking pimple-faced slut."

"Oh fuck...oh fuck..we need...we need to call the po-" Another female voice.

"Are you crazy? The'll lo-" A third female voice.

"SHUT UP!" A pause. "Alright. Grab her legs."

It does dark.

You blink and look at Sato. He's looking calmly at the other side of the room you turn and look and...and...

and you're looking at a ghost.

She can't be older than 15. She's wearing a school uniform. She has no feet. Her legs just fade away to right below her knees. Also she's slightly transparent.

It...She...The Ghost looks like a girl who is in the middle of a horrific puberty. Slightly too tall, her haircut is a cheap one, and she's got really bad acne over her face. You see long red lines down her wrists.

You can see your own breath. It's cold enough that you can see your own breath. Sato is flipping through his three-ring-notebook like mad.

> "Funny trick, Sato."
> "Sato...explain!"
> "Who...who are you?"
> Run and don't stop.
> Other

>>28014784
>Other
Scream like a little bitch.

>>28014784

Who are you?

>>28014784
Hello

>>28014784

"Who...who are you?"
Calmly back da fuck up toward Sato.

>>28014784
>"Who...who are you?"

Well, seems like the obvious question at the moment, really.

>>28014817
>"hello, you would be?"
Seconding this.
Let's play sato's game.

>>28014821
This

>>28014784
>poke
> "who... who are you?"

Seemed funny enough

>>28014853
Thirded

>>28014784
>"Funny trick, Sato."
>Other: Try to touch her.
When our hand goes through her, go very deadpan.
"I'm just going to go outside and scream like a little bitch, okay? You two alright with that? Good. Bye."

>>28014705
I'm in Korea and its not that big of a superstition, but in certain older areas the older population still hold to old Chinese our Japanese traditions

>>28014900
>I'm in Korea
Off topic but you guys don't really see yourselves as a "south" Korea in so much as The Korea right?

You back up towards Sato. "Who...who are you?" You ask the gho...apparit...spir...the other being in the room.

She just looks at you, and then looks at the Chyme on the table.

"Okay, found it." Sato says. He clears his throat. "Greetings entity. My name is Insert Na-oh...My name is Sato Fumihito, I am a Ghostbuster and currently appointed representative of the management of the SongBird Cafe, the City of Tokyo, and the nation of Japan. I request an audience, do we have permission to speak to you?"

The girl tilts her head to the side confused for a moment. Then she slowly nods, still confused.

"Excellent, can you understand me?" Sato asks.

She nods.

"Can you speak?"

She shakes her head.

"If entity cannot speak, but has visible form and is responsive, proceed to page 6-D." Sato flips the page. "While we acknowledge your desire to remain on this plane, we must request that your presence here is disruptive to the living, and ask that you vacate to either a different location, or a different state of reality of your choice or convenience."

She looks at you and points to Sato with a look on her face that says 'Do YOU know what he is saying?"

Sato sighs. "The management wants you to leave."

The girl shakes her head violently. Sato winces and waits for a moment. Then goes back to his folder. "Let's see, reluctant but non-hostile...page 21-D." Flip flip. "Ah, okay. We understand that this is a dramatic shift, and are willing to assist you in any way that we can so that your transition process can be eased. Do you have any unfinished business that you feel is necessary to complete. A message that was never sent, or a task to be completed?"

(cont)

>>28015073
She shakes her head.

"Were you murdered and you feel that your killer has not received justice?"

The girl looks down at her wrists and shakes her head.

Sato looks confused for a moment, and then his eyes widen. "Ah. Alright...is there something you need or desire?"

The girl shakes her head.

Flip "Is there something keeping you here?"

She nods.

Sato sighs a 'Finally' sigh. "Okay, page 24-D...is this a physical object?"

A shake of no.

"A person."

She starts to shake her head, but then pauses and waves her hand in a 'kinda' gesture.

"So, kind of a person...what would..." He goes through the book and then his eyes widen. "Another ghost, or other such entity?"

The girl nods wildly.

"This ghost that is keeping you here, is it hostile to humans?" He asks.

She nods again, eyes wide.

Sato grins. "Excellent! Alright, so if we dispatch this other ghost, will you be free and willing to leave?"

The girl nods.

"Good, I have to call in back up." He takes out his phone and then frowns. "PKE interference...alright, stay here with my friend Daisuke. I need to find a spot where I can get a signal. I'll be right back." He exits the room.

Leaving you alone in the room...with the ghost girl.

> Run away with Sato.
> "Hi."
> Run to the street and don't stop.
> "Wait...what was that about hostile to humans?!"
> Other

>>28015100
>"Hi."

>>28015100
Hold up, what was that about 'hostile to humans'?

>>28015100
>"Wait...what was that about hostile to humans?!"

This sounds kinda important.

>>28015073
>"While we acknowledge your desire to remain on this plane, we must request that your presence here is disruptive to the living, and ask that you vacate to either a different location, or a different state of reality of your choice or convenience."
Hmph, take it to the Japanese to be all polite and diplomatic about it.

Back in 'murrica we'd just blast and bag the sucker and call it a day.

>>28015100
> "Seriously? A freaking standarized manual?"
> "Wait...what was that about hostile to humans?!"

>>28015100

"Hi."

Holy fucking shit a fucking ghost Sato owes me more drinks than I can stomach for this.

"So...there's a hostile ghost? Left hand for hostile hungry, right hand for hostile mischievous"

Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck

>>28015100
>"Hi."
>Other
Attempt to shake hand. Be impressed when it phases through, still believing it's a hologram.

>>28015073
>>28015100
I just love that the Ghostbusters have created a standard procedure of contact that includes as many circumstances that they could think of.
Shows that they're really up on their game these days.
Also, I bet half a dollar that Ray wrote it.

>>28015162
>Also, I bet half a dollar that Ray wrote it.
I bet 75 cents that it was actually Egon, since he's got to work with college students nowadays.

>>28015162
well if we go by >>28015141 that might just be the Japanese division per say.
Hell, the actual ghost busters have an "eat gods for breakfast" attitude and usually shot first, asked later.

But I wouldn't put it out of Ray to do that either.

>>28015190
>>28015190
he'd be so excited that they got the power to grant franchise rights, so once they became GBi he couldn't help himself making the supernatural explained and mundane.

He probably looks forward to the monthly case file reviews from all the franchisees for new situations to document and plan for.

The freaking firepole all over again.

>>28015222
>The freaking firepole all over again.
Ecto-1.
The Firehouse.
The Firepole.
His castle in the Scottish Highlands.

>>28015222
>he couldn't help himself making the supernatural explained and mundane.
He's usually right though.

>>28015100
> "Hi."

I want this not-Tomoko to become our Slimer

"Hi." You manage to croak out. Ohhh, Sato is going to have to buy you a very large liquid lunch for this. Holy. Fuck.

"Can...can you believe that he had a standardized man-wait...what was that about hostile to humans?"

The ghost nods. She motions putting a hand to her neck and sticks out her tongue. She's miming someone choking.

"This ghost does this to people?" You ask.

She shakes her head. You relax a little.

She holds up three fingers.

"She's done this to three people?"

She shakes her head.

"She does it three times to the same person?"

Shakes her head.

You take a deep breath and REALLY hope you're wrong.

"There's three of them?" You ask.

She nods.

> "Why do they have it out for you and the living?"
> "SATO! WE HAVE A PROB-LEM!"
> Run and never look back
> Other

>>28015295
I don't know, we kill or bag this other ghost and she stops being bound to this place she'd likely just move onto whatever the shinto afterlife is.

Unless we bag her and put her in the containment tank.

>>28015335
>"SATO! WE HAVE A PROB-LEM!"

>>28015335
"Yo! SATO! SHE SAYS YOU GOT THREE TO LOOK OUT FOR."
"Why do they have it out for you and the living?"

>>28015335
> "SATO! WE HAVE A PROB-LEM!"

>>28015338
>whatever the shinto afterlife is.
Might be Buddhist afterlife.
Japanese have a saying, "Shinto when you're born, Buddhist when you die, and Christian on Sundays."

>>28015335
>SATO! SAAAAAATOOOOO!
We are not running. We are ethical and our friend is apparently going to be in the cacky up to his neck.
You. Do Not. Leave your friends. In the cacky.

>>28015335
> "Why do they have it out for you and the living?"
> I might have to inform my friend of that, excuse me

Obviously we are so in shock that we've trascended and became really, really calm. No we're not shaking all the way, not at all

If Sato's our Venkman, who are we? Ray? Winston?

>>28015335
So. You ever encounter a sumarian god who asks you to choose the form of the destroyer and end up accidentally summoning a giant marshmallow man?
I feel like I just summoned the Marshmallow Man.

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>>28015375
>You. Do Not. Leave your friends. In the cacky.
Wait.
I just realized something.
We endured getting blacklisted and being disowned by our family, going against the grain and society, because of our principles and our ethics.
We faced down the system and told it, "No, I will not ignore or allow this evil", and were cast out for it.

We're this guy.

>>28015421
Egon!

>Ivo Shandor and a group of elite tycoon cultists back in the 18th century constructed New York based on ley lines and astronomical patterns to draw natural spiritual power and ghosts, even gods, in a spiral that fulminated in him and his compatriots becoming godlike beings themselves. Thus explaining the mass spiritual activity in New York

Sure am glad none that applies to Tokyo. . right?

>>28015454
But we're the straight man who didn't buy into ghosts and doesn't seem particularly geeky nor sciency.

We're like the black ghostbuster.

While this is going AMAZINGLY, I would like to point out that 5000 yen is only 50 dollars American, and that doesn't go as far there as it does here due to it being an island nation.

>>28015335
We are Daisuke, Ghost Negotiator.

"So...do they have a specific trigger. Should I be worried right now, would it be easier to wait for Sato's backup outside and collect your Chyme when the dust clears?"

>>28015499
You forget they also had entire teams of archaeologist uncovering ancient religious stuff across the world and bringing it to New York, built a Psionic slime factory and slime sewer system, and sacrificed an entire island of cultists.

But Tokyo? Perfectly fine. Just a few shrines and temples here and there.

>>28015499
Tokyo has it's own spiritual problems. Like all the damn suicides. Because tokyo has alot of them.
I'm pretty sure that forest where everyone has gone to kill themselves for centuries is a giant fucking twinkie

>>28015538
A fifty for twenty minutes is one fifty an hour. Do the math, my friend.

"SATO!" You yell out from the door keeping your eyes on the ghost girl. "WE HAVE A PROB-LEM! SHE SAYS THERE'S THREE YOU HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR!"

You turn back to the Ghost Girl. "Why do they have it out for you and the living?"

The girl sighs and nods at her Chyme. The screen turns on. And voice start to play.

"Fuck! So much blood! You know if you hadn't teased her we wouldn't have to DO this!"

"Not my fault she couldn't take a JOKE!"

"We NEED to call the police!"

"Absolutely NOT, my Uncle would KILL me if I ruined his parlor with police and a suicide! Just finish chopping her up! I'll clean up the blood."

"Okay okay. You stupid pimply cow!"

There's some nasty wet sounds and then a sizzling.

"Ugh, *cough* you sure that *cough* she won't be found?"

"No one...*Cough* comes in here! *cough* And I locked the door! No windows, no nothing! She'll disappear."

"*cough* *cough* What IS that smell? *cough*"

"It's the cleaners I used...to...clean up the....blood."

"Oh...oh no no no! Tell me you didn't use ammonia and bleeaaa...."

"You *cough* stupid...bitch...your fault...your fault...."

Then silence.

The girl looks down at the ground and at her wrist-slashes. She gestures at the Chyme.

"Your...fault...."

The girl nods.

> Console her.
> Run for Sato.
> Run to the basement.
> Other

>>28015592
>Console Her
Poor girl.

>>28015572
The ones in NYC were charging 5000 dollars for a job in 1984. That's a bit over $10,000 adjusted for inflation.

>>28015592
>> Console her.

We're first and foremost a nice guy.

>>28015592

>console her

>>28015592
>Tell me you didn't use ammonia and bleeaaa...
Gah ha ha
Looks like all 3 of them dissappearred too. Wonder what bone they have to pick to want to come back and haunt the living.

>>28015592
Console her.

"When this is all over, all of you will have peace"

>>28015592
Christ. These other Ghosts need a good positron beam up their asses.

>>28015538
That 5000 is just the 'Come inside and scan for PKE anomalies.'

Treatment OF said anomalies, THAT is a DIFFERENT fee. Not to mention transport, containment, cleansing, follow-up, etc. The fees are all detailed in the Three-Ring-Handbook.

Plus there's the sweet sweet merchandising. But Melnitz guards THAT golden goose more rabidly than a pack of hellhounds.

>>28015592
Well shit, we're dealing with three Japanese teenagers AKA fucking demon bitches.
First, we console the victim, because trauma clearly exists even after death.
>>28015623
They were also strongarming a swanky hotel whereas we are in a sleazy karaoke hall.

>>28015562
>giant fucking twinkie

And somehow despite already having nostalgia at full force right now, that line just made me even more nostalgic.

As an aside: As an Aussie, I've never had a twinkie. What are they like?

>>28015667
>>28015668
I will accept these explanations. Sorry for nitpicking.

Ghostbusters is the greatest film ever. I still want a third.

>>28015686

not that good actually. they are kind of spongey

>>28015686
They're tasty in that disgusting way that junk food can be.
Don't ever eat more than one at a time.

>>28015623
Well there's a reason the New York Ghostbusters have an international reputation of being cons.
>"That disgusting green blob is up on the 12th floor again, wreaking havoc! I demand a refund right now!"
>"Sir, if you check the fine print on our invoice..."
>"Invoices"
>"Right, invoices, you'll see that your warranty on re-haunting expired some time ago. You should've taken the extended service agreement."

That shit would never fly in Japan and the Japanese division know it.

>>28015592
>Console her.
We are a nice guy, and an ethical man.

>>28015686
They're kinda meh to me. Vanilla cakes with cream filling, a bit dry. It's mostly the convenience of a cake with no dairy in the cake itself that makes them popular (reduces spoilage by a couple weeks).

>>28015690
The video game is being treated by the producers as a de facto third film.
It's actually pretty good that I'd almost let them get away with it.

Almost.

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>>28015710
Ol Doc Pete has it out for that one. I don't think he'll go back to a previous location.

>>28015644
>>28015636
>>28015619

"It's alright." You say. "It's not your fault that they were stupid. They should have called the police. That's on them."

She shakes her head. Points to her slashed wrists and then points to herself.

"Ummm...yeah." You say and sigh. "You want to...talk about that?" You ask lamely. "Alright let's start with your name. What's your name?"

She opens her mouth and then stops she then goes wide eyed and puts her hands to her head and looks hysterical.

She can't remember.

The lights start to flicker in the room the more hysterical she gets.

> "That's okay! That's okay!"
> "You don't need a name!"
> "Okay, let's call you something else for now until we find out!"
> "SATO, GET IN HERE!"
> Other

>>28015732
When it came out I spent half the night watching my roommates play the game. I only went to bed because I had a test in four hours.

There's a reason why I'm a Bio major now.

>>28015749
It was probably due to Ivo's grand ritual taking effect. The city overrun with slime, real world melding into the ghost world, summoning gods, apocalypse and all that.

Vigo's painting turned back into a talking Vigo actaully.

>>28015756
>> "That's okay! That's okay!"

> "Okay, let's call you something else for now until we find out!"

>>28015756
>It's okay! It's okay!
She's been traumatized, certain things being blanked over is understandable, but she needs to stay calm and possibly tell us more about what Sato is going to be waking up as soon as possible.

>>28015756
Distract her with movement from the shop to a slightly safer location.

"Shh, shh, it's all right. We can do that later. What matters is that we help you. Come on, lets walk to the front okay?"

>>28015756
>That's okay, calm down.
Don't worry, you'll remember it eventually. We'll help you, alright?

>>28015756
>"Okay, let's call you something else for now until we find out!"

As long as it's not Sadoko.

>>28015756
>"That's okay! That's okay!"
> Other
Check the Chyme for her name; it also took text messages, right? Her name should be in those.

>>28015756
> "Okay, let's call you something else for now until we find out!"

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>>28015444
Pretty sure that whatever we did is small potatoes by comparison. Dude risked his life, and the lives of his family.
All we did was flush our chance at a cushy career down the drain by telling our superiors to fuck off. At best, we're Rock. Hell, we're even starting to drink like a fish.
>>28015562
>that forest where everyone has gone to kill themselves for centuries
Aokigahara? I've been there, actually. Beautiful place, but creepy as fuck. It's just so quiet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara
>>28015756
>"That's okay! That's okay!"

>>28015719

> Vanilla cakes with cream filling, a bit dry.

Huh, if that's what they are I might have had Not!Twinkies before. Can't remember what they were called though. Some knockoff.

>>28015856
>Aokigahara? I've been there, actually. Beautiful place, but creepy as fuck. It's just so quiet.
I'd like to visit if I ever get a chance to go to Japan. Are you allowed on the unofficial trails, or do they make you stick to a main tour trail?

>>28015561
Where can I read more on this backstory stuff for ghostbusters?

>>28015818
"It's okay! It's okay! We'll figure that out later. Okay?" You say. "For now...for now...ah hold on." You pick up her Chyme. "Let's see if there are any text messages with your name on it."

You don't see any text messages from friends. If she had any, they didn't text her. You DO see texts from three other sources, cyber-bullying at it's worse. They insult her clothes, her face, her lack of parents (apparently this girl was an orphan too, was she BORN to suffer?!), even the fact that she has a Chyme...it doesn't let up. There's weeks of this stuff archived.

"You poor kid." You say. "Alright, forget that. Let's call you something else. How about..."

> Nameless
> Chyme
> Yurei
> Other

>>28015856
I may visit that forest if I ever go. It's always interesting to see what other cultures find frightening/haunted.

>>28015867
I may be wrong about the flavor, I haven't had one in years. I preferred donuts.

>>28015856
>14 square mile area with no wildlife
Oh god that sounds like the scariest place on earth. I'm not kidding, silence in the outside world is unnatural and means something nasty is sneaking up on you.

>>28015900

Chyme

>>28015897
IDW's new Ghostbuster comics are doing pretty good. If I get time on Thursday I might dump it on /co/.

>>28015911
Congratulations. You put the fear of this place into my heart with that sentence.

>>28015900
>Yurei
It'll do.

>>28015900
>Chyme

>>28015897
The wikia I guess.
I'm simply remembering stuff from the game, they really put a lot of effort into backstory and all these little awesome things and relics and easter eggs.

Like a clock that can tell the time of death. Ray kept it on his desk next to the containment unit as a fan.

>>28015900
>Sadako

...

>On second thought Yurei will do

>>28015900
Chyme

>>28015911

A bit yeah. Aforementioned Aussie...I can't imagine a silent forest. I mean, rainforests are pretty loud if you are listening for nature rather than people and bush the same.

I'll toss in another for the 'Would love to visit'. Sounds like it would give me nightmares...but also like it would be fascinating.

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>>28015900
Satsuki

Because isn't it sad?

>>28015947
He kept a clock on his desk to USE as a fan? How?
Wait... oh god, it's pointed at the containment unit and it goes haywire, doesn't it.

>>28015900
I dunno, what to call her but to call her on what she is feels off after all the insults and putdowns about her. How about something else. Maybe her name can be Galaxy for the Samsung Galaxy?

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>>28015900
Satsuki.

>>28015967
Yep, and lots of other little collectibles like that. Some of them are based on real New York haunting and superstitions and stuff.

>>28015967
I guess you can say this is a case

*glasses*

of Fan Death?

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>>28015964
>>28015974
Because nothing says "shat on by life" like being named Satsuki

>>28015982
Get off the stage

>>28015964
>>28015974

Sounds good to me.

>>28015900
Sada... Nononono, Satoko

>>28015974
Yeah, Satsuki.

Chyme is a fucking terrible name, oh my God, would you want to be named after the semifluid mass of partly digested food expelled by the stomach into the duodenum? I don't think so.

Rolled 4

>>28016001
1-3 Satsuki
4-5 Yurei
6-9 Chyme

>>28016032
>4
HIT THE DECK

>>28016032

The Ghost Die has Spoken!

>>28016032
We're not going to die simply for choosing a name, right? Right?
.....
Guys?

>>28016032
Yurei it is then.
Hooray Yurei

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>>28016032
Even as a name, Sacchin gets shafted. How fitting.

GHOST ROLL
>>28016032
"Ummm, heh. How about Yurei?" You say.

She tilts her head to the side and then back and then nods. She then smiles a little at the bad joke.

"Okay, Yurei it is th-"

And that's when the screaming starts.

You look out from the suite to see a form hurled down the hall. You run outside and see Sato, lying on the ground.

"Your money will be cheerfully refunded sir...as long as you have the receipt and fill out this form...ughh." He slumps to the floor out cold.

One of his backpack's straps has unhooked itself.

You hear screaming and...feedback...coming from the lobby.

>>28016062
You do realize the connotations right?
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABrei
>Like their Chinese and Western counterparts, they are thought to be spirits kept from a peaceful afterlife.

>>28016097
Should probably take a quick skim through his manual to see what to do under "ghosting intensifies".

>>28016097
> Run for the back exit
> Grab Sato and drag him into the suite to hide
> Do something REALLY stupid.
> Other

>>28016113
Do something stupid. Ask Yurei to hide Sato if possible.

>>28016113
> Grab Sato and drag him into the suite to hide

>>28016113
>> Do something REALLY stupid.

Does it involve BUSTING? This is not a vote, btw

>>28016113
Do something really stupid.
Go towards the screaming.
You do not leave your friends in the cackey.

>>28016113
>Do something REALLY Stupid.
It's time to come into our own.

>>28016113
Grab Sato and drag him into the suite to hide. We have no idea what to do, so let's get the guy with the manual on the subject in here.

>>28016097
> Grab Sato and drag him into the suite to hide

I knew puns would eventually kill us

>>28016113
>Other
Drag Sato into the suite, put his backpack unit on, go save some lives in the lobby.

> do something really stupid

Like strap up and start bustin.

>>28016192
I highly doubt that's a proton pack Sato brought, or that the Jap branch wouldn't ensure a buddy system with, you know, walking nuclear reactors.

I don't even know if the Jap branch has that type of equipment yet.

>>28016222
Well, there's the possibility that if this is the present day that the Ghostbusters have improved their tech to be less unstable and destructive.

>>28016222
>>28016253
This is taking place post-Extreme Ghostbusters, so this isn't their old proton packs.

>>28016275
This. Extreme-era blasters could get pretty small and handy, like Kylie's.

>>28016253
Possibly.
Still, sending a single man out alone. Even the american branch always had the team system.

Though that also means the possibly of some nice upgrades Egon thought of. Explosive boson darts. Stasis field "freeze ray" function.

Always remember to only cross the streams when fighting a god or closing an inter dimensional portal. We might have some relatives at hiroshima or nagasaki who can tell us first hand how unfun total protonic reversal can be.

>>28014959
Actually I see myself as an American in Korea working at a financial firm. But to truthfully answer your question the south Koreans know they're south and a nation divided. They want to reunite with the people of the north, many of them are family, but they aren't fans of the north government.

You grab Sato and drag him into the suite.

Then you do something really stupid.

You take Sato's Three-Ring-Handbook and you start to read it.

- - Dealing with Hostile Entities. 1-A, ensure your proton pack is in place and properly working. - -

You unhook Sato from the backpack, strap it to yourself, and turn it on.

It makes a strange sound when it starts up, you feel slightly tingly...what IS this thing running on? Maybe you don't want to know.

- - Ensure that you have Wand (Diagram 2-A) and Trap (3-A) ready and charged. - -

With some fumbling, you pull out the wand and get that box thing and the small car-alarm fob that operates it from Sato.

- - Bust those spectral bastards back to where they came from! (Ensure that you have all forms filled out prior to action, save in XK class scenarios, where it is considered gratis) - -

"Take care of him." You say to Yurei. She nods and mouths 'Good luck' to you.

You head out down the hall and into the lobby.

It looks like nearly everyone has fled, save for the owner of the SongBird and the girl that was behind the corner.

They're both being choked by...what the fuck ARE these things?!

The...you hate to call these things girls, or even imply that they had been human once. They're wearing school uniforms like Yurei's. Their arms and legs aren't arms and legs, but rather writhing, undulating, twitching cables and cords. Their hair is a mass of stripped bare wires. Ball microphone speakers form their fingers. They have two speaker dishes where eyes should be. They have has red, white, and yellow A/V plugs for teeth, and black slime drips from their mouths.

All three of them are floating in the air.

Two of them are busy wrapping the hostess and the manager's neck in their cord arms, trying to pull them off the ground. The third is laughing, a horrific sound that sounds like static mixed with feedback.

They haven't noticed you yet. You're pretty sure you can use this thing, the manual says it's just point and blast.

>>28016275
Actually, game canon is considered primary to cartoon/comic canon but they're very much compatible and don't technically contradict really.

The GhostBusters extreme ones were more stable and compact, but seemed less powerful really. Maybe in this game they are separate versions

>>28016344
try and talk to them?

>>28016349
Separate versions as in, we give rookies the stable weaker ones and only the more advance teams get the walking reactors.

>>28016344
Let's rock and roll, sluts!

>>28016316
Unfortunately, reunification will completely wreck the finances of South Korea for decades if it happens.

>>28016344
They're the smaller ones in Extreme, not Kylie's little one but one the guy's had. You DO have all the options that the Game had, but you have no idea how to USE them.

This wasn't supposed to be a Hostile run. Just a quick 'Go in, Scan, Call in the Problem, Collect Scan fee, Come back with proper equipment, Bust if Need be.'

> Bust the one hurting the Hostess.
> Bust the one hurting the Owner.
> Bust the Third One who's directing the other two.
> Other

>>28016113
>> Grab Sato and drag him into the suite to hide
Time to run

>>28016349
>less powerful

The Extreme proton guns were made specifically because the old ones had become too weak to handle the New York ghosts who'd somehow become resistant to them over the years.

>>28016344
Alright. These chicks are toast.

>>28016404
>> Bust the Third One who's directing the other two.

>>28016404
>Bust the Third One who's directing the other two.
Cut off the head, and the body shall die.

>>28016404
Bust the third one. It'll take some time for the other two to disentangle themselves from the hostess and the owner, time we can use to bust them too. Plus they'll be less organized without their ringleader.

>>28016404
>> Bust the one hurting the Hostess.

>>28016404
> Bust the Third One who's directing the other two.

>>28016404
>They're ghosts, start chanting whatever sutra your grandpa taught you, at least to distract them, in the confusion.
>Blast the third one, she seems to be the leader

Folk tales are folk tales for some reason, right?

>>28016404
>Other
Combo deal: Use trap on Alpha Bitch while she's distracted and blast the one choking the girl. The one strangling Uncle Creeper will notice us and let go.
Time to rock.

>>28016404
>Bust the Third One who's directing the other two.

What kind of ghost trap are we using? The frisbee-like one from Extreme?

You mumble some half-forgotten sutra you think you saw on TV once, and maybe said by Grandpa, and take aim.

You pull the trigger.

Roll 1d20
You want 13+

Rolled 16

>>28016487
Who you gonna call!?

Rolled 7

>>28016487
Who are we aiming at?
Odin, guide my spear.

Rolled 14

>>28016487
>Combo deal: Use trap on Alpha Bitch while she's distracted and blast the one choking the girl. The one strangling Uncle Creeper will notice us and let go.

>>28016486
Cordless Box version from game.

Rolled 8

>>28016487
Rolling to be awesome

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>>28016505
>>28016517
Guys, stahp

>>28016501
>>28016510
Thank you die gods
>and Diannna
Her too

Rolled 7, 7, 3 = 17

>>28016501
HOLY SHIT THAT'S BRIGHT! And the recoil is something else!

But your shot, or should I say 'beam' hits home and nails the bitch right in the center of mass. The sound of her distorted scream is ear splitting.

The other two ghosts look up from their activity of torture, and look right at you.

Oh crap.

Roll for initiative.
1d10

Rolled 9

>>28016604
Here goes nothing

Rolled 3

>>28016604
Rolling

Rolled 1

>>28016604

Rolled 3, 2, 1, 4, 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2 = 33

>>28016624
Haha, yes!

>>28016626
Nooooo.

Rolled 4

>>28016604
Come get some!

>>28016626
Shamefur dispray

>>28016639
Best of three right?

>>28016626
Ba-Baka

>>28016624
Everyone, stop rolling

>>28016659
It got cancelled because of the 1

Rolled 1, 8 = 9

>>28016625
The other two Ghosts unleash their victims. The collapse to the ground.

"Run to the back! Hurry!" You shout. The pair instantly take off running.

Your turn.

> Continue to hold the beam on Ghost
> Switch targets.
> Drop beam and go defensive

>>28016635
>>28016649
>>28016658
People wanted their fucking failures before.
Well, here's your motherfucking failure, you shits. You deserve everything that's going to happen.

>>28016679
>Continue to hold the beam on Ghost

>>28016679
>Continue to hold the beam on Ghost
Can we trap it? Or do we only have one trap and need to get all three together?

>>28016679
>Continue to beam current ghost
Also trap her. Trap her now. Oh yes, and dodging might be good.

>>28016679
I don't remember how ghostbusting works, how do we get rid of the ringleader so we can focus our attention on the others? Use the trap or something?

>>28016679
>> Drop beam and go defensive
This is bad we're outnumbered with equipment we don't even really know how to use. Really time to cut our losses and get out of here.

>>28016722
>>28016728
We don't even know anything about that, unless Sato comes and informs us.

Then again we're lucky the ghost construct has a focal object and if we take it out, the whole construct collapses and gives us breathing room. If not, we're in deep water.

>>28016679
> Drop beam and go defensive

IIRC, didn't the beams chained or something? It's been a fucking long while since seeing any related media, so I might be wrong.
Still, we're only one and we need to trap the 3 at once.

>>28016679
Continue putting the pressure on the leader. It will crack soon enough.

>>28016758
That's not technically how it works. . .but maybe.

You continue to hold the beam on the leader.

Roll 1d20 to keep it focused.
You need 12+

Rolled 16

>>28016787

Rolled 11

>>28016787

Rolled 13

>>28016787

>>28016792
Nicely done

Rolled 17

>>28016787
Shot through the heart.

Rolled 18

>>28016792
Dammit we are not getting killed by some mere Class IV Transformed Composites today!
Killed by electronics constructs, what kind of ghostbuster are we?

>>28016805
And /tg/ dice are to blame.

>>28016806
Some really good ones according to those rolls
>>28016792
>>28016795
>>28016805

>>28016822
We give Ghostbusters a bad name!

>>28016806
...What? That was a successful roll.

Rolled 20, 8 = 28

>>28016792
The thing screams some more and you see it start to...unravel? The cords, wires, and other stuff seem to be spooling out away from the body disintegrating, showing just a humanoid figure covered in Black Slime.

You also hear something in the distance, over the howling and screeching of the other Karaoke Ghosts. It sounds like a siren but...never one you've heard.

Regardless the other two ghosts lash out at you with their whip arms.

>>28016846
Oh this is gonna hurt.

>>28016846
>20
Welp, we're dead.

>>28016843
That's what I meant, good roll btw

>>28016846
One misses...but the other one gets its arm around your neck and starts to squeeze.

You see spots, however your grip is rock solid, and you know this thing in front of you can't take much more.

> Fry and Trap
> Blast the one choking you while trying to break free.
> Stop the beam and break free.
> Other

Rolled 10

>>28016877
>> Blast the one choking you while trying to break free.
Get the fuck off, Bitch.

>>28016877
>Fry and Trap

>>28016877
>Blast the one choking you while trying to break free
I want to break free.

>>28016877
>> Fry and Trap
Finish the one we got on the ropes

>>28016877
Fry and trap

>>28016892
I want to break free.
I want to break free from your lies.
You're so self satisfied, I don't need you.
I've got to break free.
God knows, God knows I want to break free.

>>28016866
On the brighter note if we do die and stay a ghost we can take to Yurei in person, if we're lucky we become the teams slimer guide.

Better yet, if we're feeling the evil genius type we go the Ivo Shandor route and manipulate events and other ghosts to become a god...or get swallowed by something only more powerful than us but not really that powerful at all.

>>28016888
>>28016895
>>28016905

Fry and Trap was first to three.

You are NOT letting this bitch get away! You hold the beam and toss the box thing right underneath it.

Then you click it on.

You look at the trap though, and the spots in your eyes get worse...but still.

Roll to see if you can keep holding the beam.

1d20
You want a 12+ (-1 For being choked)

Rolled 10

>>28016958

Rolled 4

>>28016958

Rolled 5 + 1

>>28016958
Trappin'

Rolled 3

>>28016958
Rolling away

Rolled 14

>>28016958
I am quite pleased at our innate knowledge of ghostbusting. Rookie of the year we are.
Rolling

Rolled 15

>>28016958