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Your kind don't have names. You were never even alive. You're an entity of pure ectoplasm just known as a Spectre, a Ghost Master, and in one instance, Thrillhor the Spectre Supreme because you decided to get creative with a Ouija Board.

Your most recent assignment is haunting a house to scare out the recently moved in family. The previous owner of the house committed suicide in the bathtub. The Bureau has tasked you with driving out the family using the fetters of Water and Blood, to build belief that the house is haunted by the previous occupant.

Your Haunters consist of three ghosts:

Skitter, the Ectospider. A Rank 3 Haunter who specialized in summoning ghostly spiders. He doesn't take much ectoplasm to manifest, as he is already fed in part by the mortal fear of spiders.

Hector, the poltergeist. A telekinetic ghost in death, a con man in life, the opinionated and stubborn man is your highest rank Haunter at Rank 5.

Gale, the wind elemental. Her ability to control the weather is dependent on how much ectoplasm you feed her. She can also manipulate clouds, she does great weatherwork. She is currently a Rank 4 Haunter, but has asked you to recommend her to the Haunting Council for a rank-up. You aren't sure she's ready for a Rank Up quite yet, but you've assured her that you will recommend her as soon as you think she is ready.

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>>34844256
When we left off our previous Haunting, you'd utilized Skitter and Hector to use a combination of the baby and the plumbing to gather up plasm from the parents. The family consists of a mother, a father, the baby, a pair of prebubescent twin boys, and a teenage girl.

Hector is busy trying to get the pool to overflow, while Skitter and Gale are benched.

There's a river mermaid trapped in the pool who you are trying to free, and there's a crucified teddy bear in the walls that utters only “Release me.” when you attempt to communicate with it. The bear seems to have some sort of curse on the nails that bind it, preventing ghosts from removing it directly. If you're to free the trapped spirits, you'll need more plasm.

When we left off, you had decided to gather more plasm from the twin boys and the girl upstairs, settling into their new rooms.

>Haunt the boys
>Haunt the girl
>Visit one of the trapped ghosts again
>Write in

>>34844293
>Haunt the girl
Our poltergeist is a perv, lets indulge him.

>>34844293
>Write in
Can we make illusions in mirrors? Can we have anyone like that?

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For the readers that were with me on Sunday, I am sorry for the thread being cut short. I was called to drive someone to the ER, but everything is all better and I can concentrate on spooky fun times.

>>34844354
No Haunter you have can currently cast illusions, mirror or otherwise.

Bloody Mary would have been able to, but the vote was to save her for another haunting, since she only owes you one favor.

>>34844405
Darn.
Can Hector change his appearance to whatever he wishes when he's formed?

>>34844435
He can manifest as a solid human in various states of decay, from nothing wrong all the way up to rotted skeleton.

>>34844483
Tl;dr I want him to seduce the teenager then turn into a rotting carcass in the act.

>>34844293
>Haunt the boys
Might as well start here; play them off of each other.

Do something minor to one of them (have Gale blow something off of a shelf onto their head or something) watch him blame the other. Repeat for the other one. Get them more and more frustrated with thinking the other one is messing with them, then do something to BOTH of them while they're watching. Watch them put two and two together and freak out.

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>>34844501
Hector is a middle-aged man who died in the 50s. If you have him manifest into a teenager's room, you're likely to get scares, but seduction is likely not going to happen without some sort of mental fuckery.

>>34844597
>Teenagers
>Not loving middle aged guys with money

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>>34844293
You decide to take the hunter mentality, and pick off the lone human. A teenage girl, dressed in some fashion disaster somehow labeled as popular. You saw her kick her twin brothers out of the biggest upstairs bedroom, and starts to inspect the place.

Unbeknownst to her, there is a mangled teddy bear inside of the wall, hanging on curse nails impossible for you or your haunters to touch. However, in the advent of the teenager, your consciousness picks up one thing: the teddy bear's head turns to watch the girl move about as she meanders through her new room. The girl seems completely immersed into herself as her headphones blast music while she plays with her phone. Doing anything too subtle would likely escape her notice.

>Manifest Hector
>Manifest Skitter
>Manifest Gail

>>34844926
Let's manifest Hector. Have him snag the headphones off the girls head. Then, when she reaches for them, have him yoink them away.

Do this in the direction of teddy.

>>34844926
While we're here, ask Teddy if he can manifest any powers. He's probably short on plasm, but we've got a limited toolset right now and anything that increases our arsenal would be for the best.

>>34844926
Along with whatever we decide to do inside,
>>Manifest Gail
Top floor rooms are really susceptible to wind; get to blowing and the whole place'll start to sway and creak; not just audibly, but physically. Shit's unsettling. Doesn't do much for making it seem supernatural, but the atmosphere's a good start.

I'm a little worried about focusing on the bear, since they'll begin to connect the haunting to him rather than the suicide, which kind of ruins our intended focus.

>>34845194
Maybe we can make it look like the ghost of the suicide girl is trying to get her long lost teddy bear back? Maybe we can trick them into thinking that freeing the bear will stop everything, when, in fact, that'll just be the beginning.

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>>34844926
“Hector.” you call, and the poltergeist manifests right beside you.
“Yes, boss?”

“Yank the headphones away from her. Towards our hanging friend.”
“You got it, boss.” the poltergeist nods as he moves to carry out the deed. “Gale.” you say. “Go outside, work us up some strong winds.”

“Of course, Spectre.” The air elemental answers in her wispy tone as she flies up above the house and starts to gather winds.

You check the ambient plasm. It seems that Hector and Gail's manifestation would take most of the remaining energy, but thanks to the plumbing stunts from before, the family does have a healthy fear running through them at the moment. They're trying to brush it off as new house jitters, but its something you an exploit.


You hear the perplexed yell of the teenage girl as Hector pulls her earphones out, then as she turns, yanks them toward the wall where the trapped spirit is. You feel a fresh influx of fear as she stands in mild terror, looking up at the blank wall as chills creep down her back. She spends a good moment just staring at the drywall.

You venture your consciousness to talk to the spirit again.

>Talk to the spirit
>Haunt the girl some more
>Write in

>>34845406
Have hector wait until she comes over to get her headphones, then have him pull them up along the wall. Maybe have them spin in midair or spell out "TEDDY with the cord, if he's feeling fancy. Knowing mortals, she'll probably do that thing where she slowly reaches out to touch them. That's when its time to drop them.

Once hector's done with that, have him write "TEDDY" over and over again on her phone, if he can. I know he's no gremlin or ghostwriter, but these things are all touch activated these days, right?

>>34845406
Ask the spirit if it has any powers or if it can tell us anything about how it got trapped here with a cursed nail through it.

>>34845406
Let her spend a couple seconds staring, and then have Hector give the drywall one good, loud thump from the inside, just to drive the message home.

Drywall's not the toughest material, so it'd be great if it cracked slightly. Helps get rid of some of the aversion to cracking the rest of the way through the wall.

>>34845645
Yes, knock-knock from the inside of the wall shall do the trick.

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>>34845406
“Drive our point home, Hector.” you command. As the girl scrambles for her headphones, you see Hector drag them up and pin them to the wall where Teddy hangs inside.
You venture into the wall to speak to the spirit once more. “Is there anything you can tell me about yourself?” you ask. The bear silently moves its head to stare at you. “What are your abilities, Spirit?” It opens its mouth and whispers in its pained voice once more. “Dreams...”

Perhaps Teddy was a Dream specialized Haunter.

Outside the wall, the girl tentatively reaches for her floating headphones. As soon as she makes contact, Hector drops them. “All right, time to really drive it home...” the old poltergeist says before throwing his shoulder against the drywall. It bows outward and you are rewarded with a loud scream as the girl tears from the room as fast as she can. The wind outside howls as Gale contributes a wind powerful enough to rattle the shutters and the window panes. Uncharacteristic for a sunny day. You feel the rewards of fresh plasm surge around you. Excellent.

You turn to the drywall and notice a large crack running down where Hector threw himself against it.

"You cracked the wall."
"Oops..."

>Wait for the parents to investigate
>Follow the girl downstairs
>Keep talking to Teddy
>Write in

>>34846050
Ah, so he's a sandman. Makes sense. Maybe we can use him a little later to communicate with the mortals. Shame though, sandmen are specialist haunters, really good at what they do, but nine times out of ten you're better off bringing a utility 'geist like our man Hector or a generic scarfest like Skitter.

I say we wait for the parents to investigate. When they get near, we have skitter or hector make some noise from inside the wall. Hopefully they'll assume some kind of animal is stuck in there and they'll maybe break it open trying to get it out.

>>34846050
Let's go see if those kids are afraid of spiders.

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>>34846050
The girl raises a commotion downstairs, you hear her crying to her parents all the way from your position upstairs. You ponder whether to move on to the boys, or wait for the parents to come investigate. However, while you ponder your next choice, it seems the two boys come into the room to see what the yelling was about.
“What was she yelling about?” one of the twins ask as they poke around the room.
“I dunno, she said something about a monster.”
“Dad says monsters aren't real.”
“Whoa.... lookit that...”

The twins move to the big crack in the drywall.
“She's gonna be in sooooo much trouble.”
“I'd say it was a monster to if I broke a wall.”
“Well, it wasn't there when we were in here, so it's gotta be her that broke it.”
“Yup.”

The twins keep contemplating the giant crack in the drywall as you hear their sister frantically try to explain the situation to her weary parents. Like before, Teddy seems to be watching the mortals in the room, his head turning from one twin to the other, still hidden inside of the wall.

>Scare the twins
>Wait until the parents come up
>Write in

>>34846727
>>Wait until the parents come up
Have the folks see nothing, believe their daughter is being an attention whore, and reduce their faith in their daughter.

Hell, let's reduce the daughter into a gibbering wreck. Go go Madness, go!

>>34846727
Let's give the kids a bit of a scare. We'll need the plasm.

Have Skitter cause a mountain of spiders to pour out of the crack, then, as soon as the kids look away for even an instant, they all disapear as though they were never there.

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>>34846727
You decide to postpone any more paranormal activity until the parents arrive into the room. You bind Skitter and have him pour spiders out of the crack.
“Spiders!” the first boy to notice yells as runs away from the wall. His brother turns to look at him, but when his gaze is drawn to the wall, you dismiss Skitter and the spiders vanish into the ethereal. The twin's confusion is only short-lived, as the parents and daughter arrive shortly after. Still, you feel fresh plasm leaking into the air, a refreshing feeling.

The father arrives first, with the mother shortly behind with the baby in tow. The father, upon seeing the massive crack in the drywall, starts sternly talking to the daughter, asking if she'd done anything. The twins giggle nearby, watching their sister get into trouble with impish glee, and the mother moves to inspect the crack.

The father moves over to the wall next to the mother to see the damaged drywall more closely.
“Looks like it's bowing outward.” the dad says. It seems he relents on blaming the daughter, considering there's no feasible way she managed to break the drywall where it would crack outward. “Looks like I'll have to patch it up. Maybe it's just old and rotted. Or the realtor had it patched with cheap stuff...”

The father muses about more work that would have to be put into the house, thanks to Hector's faucet scares earlier. Still, you had the entire family in one room...

>scare them all for a big plasm boost
>pick one of them to focus on
>Move on to plan something else
>Write in

>>34847209
Have Hector (or Skitters) make some sounds like there's something living stuck in the wall, trying to get out.

>>34847209
Let's get gale getting a thunderclap ready so that we can make the big reveal a little more dramatic.

>>34847209
Have Hector throw open the window right as Gale does a huge gust of wind. Not enough to distract them from the wall, but enough to give them a bit of a fright.

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>>34847209
“Skitter, crawl around in the wall, make them thing something's in there. Hector, I want you to open the window a bit.”
You look up.
“Gale, I need you to kick up a nice spooky wind.”

Your Haunters answer in the affirmative as they carry out their tasks. You feel the drain on the ectoplasm, a sizeable one, but for what you have planned, your investment will be paid off twofold. The clatter of Skitter's claws on the inside of the wall causes the family to turn and look at the offending drywall. “What the fuck...” the day says as he moves closer to the wall. “Maybe there really is something in there...”

>Use the remaining plasm to have Hector open the wall. The weak drywall shouldn't take too much plasm to crack open.
>Keep Skitter in the wall to gather as much plasm as possible, keeping the tension in the air.
>Write in

>>34847685
On one hand, having the father open the door of his own volition to see what's in there is more narratively satisfying, but on the other hand, busting that wall open would be a huge juicy scare.

Either way, let's see if we can fish out the tension a little longer. Can we make the wall bulge a little bit?

>>34847685
Have Hector burst open the wall and throw in some bitching spooky laughter

>>34847960
We should put a bunch of spiders in the wall before hector opens it. Like, fill it to the brim. To the point where they pour out. That way the shock is increased, they suspect this was all non-supernatural (allowing us to ensure that the supernatural elements they see are related to the suicide girl), and we still reveal the teddybear.

>>34848236
That'll probably scare them away before they notice the bear. Its spookier if the wall just breaks open for no good reason.

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>>34847685
“Skitter, bulge the wall out a bit.” you order as the spider causes the wall to bow outward. You feel another influx of plasm as the father backs the family away from the wall.
“Okay, on my mark. Hector, bust the wall down. Skitter's got it pretty tense, so it shouldn't be that hard. Gale, thunderclap when he does. I want them to be pouring ectoplasm into the air after this. Ready? Three....two...”

Hector gives a small laugh as he rubs his hands together. “Let's get spooky.”
“One.”

It all happens within a moment. Gale's winds burst the window the rest of the way open, causing it to crash against the wall as the thunder cracks seemingly right outside the window. The sound is deafening, as Hector throws his telekinetic weight against the weakened wall. The drywall bursts open, plaster and dust clattering to the floor.

The family screams as they back away from the wall, you can hear Hector giving his best ghostly laugh along with the howling wind. “Hyeeeehahahahahahahahah!” Wind swirls around them, and they finally register the mangled teddy bear hanging crucified inside of the wall. The winds die down just in time for you to hear the dad mumble, “What in god's name...”

Teddy hands ominously in the wall, staring blankly out at the family. “Kids, get downstairs now. Downstairs, everybody, go.”

The mom leads the kid downstairs while the father moves out into the hallway. You could probably get them to leave the house if you piled on the scares a bit more, but you haven't driven the Water and Blood theme home. That was likely to hurt your ratings if you retirned to the Bureau now...

>Pursue the family
>Regroup your Haunters and work on something else.
>Write in

>>34848574
Good. Good. We're half way there. We have plasm to burn now, so we can begin to actively manipulate our environment and we've set up the bear as something for them to investigate.

We can get the haunting underway, but we're going to want it slow and steady until we've achieved our objectives.

Let's have Hector stop up all the drains in the house and turn on all the faucets - hot water.

Let's get gale to up the storm and make it rain. That'll help trap them in the house and increase the rate at which the pool is flooding (Hector did put the hose in the pool,, right?)

Let's look in the pantry real quick while we wait to see what the mortals are doing. We're looking for anything dark and red.

>>34848574
Have Skitter form the words "FREE ME" in spiders along the wall of wherever the family is right now.

>>34848574
Can Gale make it rain inside?

>>34848963
No, but she can blow rain inside from the windows.

She just controls the air, not the water in it.

>>34848574
>>Regroup your Haunters and work on something else.

Night's falling and it's time to cause some nightmares.

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>>34848574
You take a deep breath. Well, breath is not what it is technically, your kind don't breathe. However, you do take in the fresh plasm now saturating the air. If the family didn't believe in monsters before, they certainly did now.

On the ground floor, the father is pacing around the living room while the kids and mother huddle on the couch. The girls are scared out of their mind, while the twins laugh and talk about how cool it was to live in a house with monsters in it.

“S-Should we call someone?” the mother asks tentatively.
“Call who? The fucking ghost busters?” the dad asks irritably.

You listen to them bicker, just tasting the plasm in the air. “Hector, go stop up the drains. Gale, lets get a bit of rain going.”

You move over into the kitchen. It seems they didn't have that many perishables. A good move during a move, but not exactly helpful to your current predicament. You needed to find something that looked like blood.

You move among the boxes the family hasn't fully unpacked yet, your consciousness not bound by the barriers of the mortal realm. You scan along the interiors until you hit the first thing that looks like blood.

Canned cranberry sauce.

>Summon Hector to take the cranberry sauce for later
>Try to find a way to open the can
>Write in

>>34849520
This will have to do. Let's have one of our haunters take this up to the bath the girl suicided in. If any of the tubs should be overflowing with blood it should be that one.

We can probably have skitters bite it open maybe?

>>34848897
This isn't a bad idea. It keeps the fright going and if they're looking for something to do to stop the haunting, giving them some direction could speed things up quite a bit. Mortals can be pretty slow.

>>34849520
Did we ever turn on that hose? What's the status of the pool?

>>34849847
Hector placed the hose on full blast inside of the pool. It's overflowing a bit, but not by much. By now, the backyard would be nice and saturated.

>>34849520
>>Summon Hector to take the cranberry sauce for later
Take it and toss the contents in the overflowing tub where that chick commited seppuku. Shove the can in a linen closet or wherever paint cans are hidden.

... for that matter, look for some paint cans. Paint the house red, we will.

>>34850011
Can we ask the water elemental if its overflown enough for her to travel through it into the groundwater?

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>>34849520
You summon Hector to take the canned cranberry sauce for later use. You'd need a way to open the can, but maybe you can feed enough ectoplasm to get Skitter to bite it. At any rate, you move outside to check the pool

The pool is overflowing with water, thanks to Hector putting the hose in the water.

The river mermaid manifests as you approach. You haven't allotted enough ectoplasm for the nixe to sing her haunting song, so she has been quiet since last you spoke.

“Nix.” you greet her with the name you've come to give her.
“Yes, Spectre?” she answers.

“The pool water is overflowing now. Can you return to the water table in the ground?”

The nixe drifts about the water, then shakes her head. “The ways is open, but not wide enough.”

So, it seems you need more water flowing out of the pool if Nix is to escape. The river mermaid remains trapped.

>Have Gale start up a rain to try and increase the water out of the pool.
>Have Hector come and try to remove as much water as he can from the pool. Thanks to the big scare, you should have plenty of plasm to feed his telekinesis.
>Move back into the house, dealing with the nixe later.
>Write in

>>34850442
Have gale up the rain. We need hector inside doing other things.

Ask Nixie if she can make water turn red.

>>34850442
Let's get Gale to cause a downpour

>>34850442
>"Have Hector come and try to move as much water as he can from the pool."

The sooner we get Nixie free the better, and this seems to be the most direct rout.

>>34850442
>Have Gale start up a rain to try and increase the water out of the pool.
Rain, absolutely. Helps get her out of the pool, and helps keep the family indoors.

Getting her free is going to be really helpful; water control and a little bit of mournful wailing coming from the pipes in the bathroom is going to go a long way toward selling our main haunting point.

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>>34850442
“Gale, I'm gonna need as much rain as you can muster.” you say.
“Of course.” she answers from above with a nod.

The wind elemental gathers up the storm clouds she'd been brewing since you bound her outside. Thunder rumbles a bit before the rain starts in. Its only a light drizzle. You'll need a bit more time before the downpour is in full swing and you can ask Nixie if she's able to free herself.

>Wait for the rain to pick up
>Move back inside for more haunting
>Write in

>>34850901
>Move back inside for more haunting
We have to try to free the teddy. How about writing "free me' on the ceiling with cranberry sauce and then daubing the hands of the teddy with the sauce so it looks like he wrote it.

>>34850961
We could do the same thing with spiders, if the sauce is going to be problematic.

>>34850998
>>34850961
I'm fine with either of these but instead of free me I feel like Help Me would get a better responce

>>34851048
perhaps even Save Me?

>>34850961
>>34850998
Would rather leave the blood bit disconnected from Teddy, I think. Do general haunting, get them to free the bear. Then once he's free, scale down the haunting slightly and focus on gathering resources.

Let them think everything's passed, then use the newly-freed bear's Dream focus to plant images of the suicide victim in their heads overnight.

THEN ramp up the Bureau-ordained haunting regimen to chase them out.

>>34850901
supporting >>34851095

>>34851095
Im good with this to

>>34851095
Ah, now this is a plan.

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>>34850901
You move your consciousness to focus on the inside of the house. The family is still huddled in the living room. The father is making all kinds of phone calls. You listen in more closely and it seems he is calling the realtor, the insurance company, and a plumber.

You consider using Skitter to turn their attentions back to the bear hanging in the wall, of course, you don't know if haunting them further would get them to just up and leave at this point.

>Use Skitter to write with spiders
>Use Hector to paint with your newly collected “blood”
>Pull back on the haunting for now
>Write in

>>34851360
>>Use Skitter to write with spiders
Write it in the crack in the wall.

>>34851360
>Use Skitter to write with spiders

>>34851403
Well, the crack was made into a giant hole in the drywall, and that's upstairs while the family is huddled downstairs.

>>34851533
Well the write it in the hole its a set up for a future assistance and a way to not scare the shit out of them now.

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>>34851360
You move back into the house, resolving to help your stuffed friend out of the wall. You resolve to have Skitter send them a message. The family was already spooked by an abnormal amount of spiders in their moving boxes, made more peculiar that the infestation seemed to disappear when you manifested Skitter.

“Skitter, I need you to send a message.”
The ectospider chitters in anticipation.

>Write “Free me”
>Write “Save me”
>Write in

>>34851896
>>Write “Save me”

>>34851896
>>Write "Free me"

>>34851896
>Write “Save me”

>>34851896
>Write “Save me”
It fits better with the suicide theme.

>>34851896
>>Write “Save me”
Gotta perpetutate the suicide-blood theme here.

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>>34851896
“Write in 'Save me' where the family is.” you order.

Skitter binds and manifests spiders. They move along the far wall from the family. The mortals back away as the wall fills up with spiders. They write out the message and then stop moving. The family utters noises that bend together in a soft muttering of frightened words. The father is the first one to step forward, anger in his eyes.

“Leave my family alone!” he screeches before he throws a box of living room decorations at the wall.

>React violently
>React peacefully
>Write in

>>34852132
Dont react.

>>34852132
What would just continue spamming Save Me count as? Peaceful?

Also, get Gale to make a moaning wind throughout the night. Find a nice hole or slit somewhere in the house and blast a steady gust of wind through it to make that annoying sound.

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>>34852132
You decide to not react to the father's outburst. The box impacts and scatters the assembled spiders, who write smaller versions of the “Save me” all over the wall.

“Gale, give us a bit of wind.” you command. A wispy moaning picks up through the house, mostly upstairs through the open window. It seems that the upstairs room was filling with water thanks to the open window and the rain from Gale. It seems the water point is being driven without bothering with the paranormal side.

>Drive the point even further home by having Hector flood the upstairs. This has a chance to either force them to go upstairs and deal with it, or drive them out.
>Send another message with Skitter
>Write in

>>34852778
>>Drive the point even further home by having Hector flood the upstairs. This has a chance to either force them to go upstairs and deal with it, or drive them out.

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>>34852778
“Hector, flood the upstairs.” you command. The poltergeist gets to work turning the faucets on full blast. The mortals don't even notice as they huddle in the living room.

You watch them scurry about as Skitter continues to write “Save Me” in his spiders on the wall. The wails of the children form a fearful cacophony as the father figure tries to maintain control. The mother is crying, clutching the baby tightly. It would take time for the upstairs floor to fully flood, but thanks to the open window and the rain, you've gotten a good head start.

“Fuck this, we're getting out of here.” the father cries. He moves to one of the boxes, pulls out raincoats and hands them out. The family starts toward the door...

>Stop them from leaving
>Let them go
>Write in

>>34853225
>>Stop them from leaving

>>34853225
>Let them go
Can we get Gale to wail "Please!" so that the dad comes back?

>>34853413
Second this

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>>34853225
You watch the father usher his family out of the house. Perhaps you stacked on the haunting too thick, but you did have a job to do. Water was one for two fetters you used, though you're not certain the family would be convinced of the suicide haunting. The Bureau might have something to say...
“Gale, whisper for them to come back.” you order.

Her voice picks up on the wind as the family leaves. You even see Gale form another face in the clouds. Not frightening like before, but soft and vaguely feminine.
“Please...”

You notice the father stop and look back at the house. The mother herds the children into the moving truck, the father continues to stare back at the house. You hear Gale whisper again on the wind. The father seems conflicted.

>Continue to let Gale plead.
>Use another ghost to help send the message
>Write in

>>34853589
>Continue to let Gale plead.
Add "I want to go home."

>>34853589
>>Continue to let Gale plead.
and a please save me.

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>>34853589
Gale piles on the pleading as the face seems to talk directly to the father. “Please save me...”
“I want to go home...”

The father seems to steel his nerves. He moves to secure the family in the moving van. “Stay here.” he says before he wanders back into the house.

Water from Hector's flooding cascades down the stairs as he meanders up the flooded staircase.
“HOW DO I SAVE YOU!?” he calls out to the house, yelling over the wind and rains.

>Have Gale answer him on the wind
>Have Hector just him to Teddy
>Write in

>>34853851
>just lead him to Teddy*

Sorry. Lost a word there.

>>34853851
>Have Hector just lead him to Teddy
>Start adding the sauce to make it look like blood

>>34853883
Or splash the "blood" near the large hole

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>>34853851
“Hector, lead the mortal to our stuffed friend.” your oder.

“You got it, boss.” Hector says with a nod. You soon hear splashes. You look down and Hector manifests enough to disturb the water on the floor. He stomps along the floor, the ghostly footsteps leading the mortal through the flooded upstairs and to the hole in the wall.

>Have Hector dump the fake blood into the water in the bathtub
>Have Hector smear the fake blood around the hole.
>Write in

>>34854057
>Have Hector dump the fake blood into the water in the bathtub

>>34854057
>>Have Hector dump the fake blood into the water in the bathtub
I believe this will have the most effect with out making it easy to tell it's fake.

>>34854057
>Have Hector dump the fake blood into the water in the bathtub
The suicide happened in the tub no?

>>34854057
If we have a second see if the pool spirit can be freed

>>34854057
“Hector, we need to open that can we found.” you say, thoughts racing through your head as the mortal follows the ghostly footsteps in the water.

“They had a can opener in the kitchen.”
“Do it, then dump it into the bathtub before the mortal sees.”
“Sure thing, boss.”

With the family out of the house and the father upstairs, no one notices the can opener lift itself out of the moving box labeled “Kitchen Stuff” and open the single can of cranberry sauce. The watery footsteps lead the father into a false room to allow Hector the time to fly the sauce up and dump it into the water.

While Hector works his magic, you get a brief reprieve.

>Pay a quick visit to Nixie
>Focus on the mortal
>Write in

>>34854187
>Focus on the mortal
At least until he pries whatever is nailing teddy to the post.

>>34854187
>>Pay a quick visit to Nixie
If she is freeable then free her.

>>34854187
I want to say get the job done. But I can see needing to make sure all is good with Nixie ... I trust gale to be doing her best.

>Focus on the mortal

>>34854187

>pay a visit to nixie

We need to connect the blood to the rest of the family.

suicide is quite driven home right now, but blood is still lacking

bloody mary said we could have a rough time if we failed

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>>34854187
With the water raging all around you, the thought of Nixie crosses your mind. The river mermaid should be able to return to the groundwater table, but you'd have to visit her to be sure.

You watch Hector work the false blood into the bathtub and lead the father back through the hallway. “I dont know what you want from me! How do I free you!?” he cries as he follows the watery footsteps. “Oh god...” he says as the red water from the bathtub joins into the rest of the flooded upper floor.

It was then that Hector resumed his trek toward the wall where Teddy still hung crucified inside of the wall.

>Have Hector fetch a hammer
>Just let the mortal rip the stuffed animal off of the nails
>Write in

>>34854385
have Hector grab a hammer.

>>34854385
>>Have Hector fetch a hammer

>>34854385

Make the sound of hammering on the nails like a recording of the past. We can't make it too obvious.

>>34854416
>>34854385
... I like it, backing.

>>34854416

this

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>>34854385
You notice the mortal would have a hard time removing the nails with his hands. You scan the moving boxes until you find one labeled “Tools.” A quick inspection reveals what you were looking for: a hammer.

“Hector, use the hammer and hit the nails with it a few times.”
“Boss... are you sure that's okay? The last time I touched those nails hurt like hell.”
“You won't be touching them directly, just with the hammer. Drop if it turns painful.” you command.

Hector fetches the hammer while the mortal is busy wading through what he thinks is bloody water. Several pings of the hammer on the nail ring out through the wind and rain and water. “What in the hell-” the mortal stars before the house shakes. You feel a massive drain in the ectoplasm in the air before a pained scream rattles the house.

“GRAAAAAH!” the inhuman voice roars. A quick inspection of the house lets you see the stuffed animal writhing in apparent agony as the curse nails are disturbed. “Holy shit...” the mortal says. “WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?” he yells again.

It seems that hammering the nails caused your stuffed friend a great deal of pain.

>Have Hector return the hammer
>Leave the hammer in a conspicuous place in the room.
>Write in

>>34854554
>>Leave the hammer in a conspicuous place in the room.
Apologize to the teddy

>>34854554
>>Leave the hammer in a conspicuous place in the room.
Shit our bad.

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>>34854554
“Hector, drop the hammer.” you say. You make a mental note to apologize to the spirit once he is free. The mortal wanders through the red water, the footsteps having stopped in front of the nailed teddy bear.

Teddy seems to turn his head toward the mortal. “Release... me...” the bear says. The mortal trembles a bit. “O-Okay...” he says, looking around. He spots the hammer and moves to grab it. He returns to the wall and looks at the teddy bear.
“If I pull those out, will you leave my family alone?” the mortal asks.

“Release...me...”

>Have Gale answer
>Have Hector give some nonverbal encouragement.
>Write in

>>34854836
>>Have Gale answer

>>34854836
>>Have Gale answer
Yeah, sure ... if you leave the house.

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>>34854836
“Gale, give our stuffed friend a voice.” you say. “Very well, Spectre.” she answers. Her voice carries on the wind.
“Save me... and then let me rest...” she whispers through the room as the wind howls.

The man nods before taking the hammer and ripping out the nails one by one. “For my family...”
For added effect, Gale thunderclaps every time a nail is pulled out. She does great weatherwork.

>Cut all of the plasm once the nails are removed, water and all.
>Only cut the plasm to the waterworks.
>Write in.

>>34855039
>>Write in.
Check on Nixie quickly. But go a head and stop the in house stuff.

>>34855063
This.

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>>34855039
You decide to go check on Nixie as the mortal works on the nails pinning Teddy to the wall. A quick ethereal jaunt puts you right in the backyard. Thunder still roars overhead in the rain as the nails are removed, but you come to the site of the river mermaid driving all around the backyard, which is completely flooded. A good thing you notice is the nixe seems to be swimming in places other than the pool.

She manifests and floats over to you as you show up.

“Spectre, what wondrous news. My water flows freely again.” She says lightly as she drifts about the backyard, enjoying her new freedom. It seems Gale and Hectors efforts have paid off.


>Ask if the spirit will join you
>Let the spirit play for now
>Write in.

>>34855133
>>Ask if the spirit will join you

>>34855133
>Let the spirit play for now
Enjoy your freedom Nixie, but when you have free time do come and visit.

>>34855133

Ask to joing. Really, nixie + gale would do a nice combo

>>34855133
>Let the spirit play for now
We'll get her to join once we are done here.

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>>34855133
You watch the spirit float about before you decide to ask her to join your team. You didn't have a Water Fetter spirit, and Nixie would be a grand edition to your Haunters.

“Nixie, I am happy that you have your freedom again. Freeing trapped spirits is one of my duties as a Ghost Master. I have to ask, however. Would you be interested in joining our team?”

The river spirit pauses and drifts closer. “Joining you?”

You nod. “A water spirit like you would be a great addition to my team. I would be honored if you joined us.”

The nixe contemplates this for a moment before relenting. She gives a slow nod,
“You freed me from my confinement. I owe you much, Spectre. The honor would be mine if I was able to pay back your efforts by joining you.”

>Nixie now added to your list of Haunters.

>Let Nixie be for now
>Debind her from the world and bring her back to the house
>Write in

>>34855288
>Let Nixie be for now

>>34855288
>>Let Nixie be for now

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>>34855288
You decide to let the river mermaid enjoy her newfound freedom as you move back into the house.

The mortal removes the final nail with a final thunderclap and Teddy slumps to the floor.
“Is...Is it over?” you hear the mortal ask as you have Hector cut the waterworks. The rain and wind still blow outside, but the faucets and flowing water have stopped. Now the upstairs is just one undisturbed red puddle.

>Have Gale answer
>Have Hector scare the mortal out
>Check on the teddy bear
>Write in

>>34855485
>Check on the teddy bear

>>34855485
>>Check on the teddy bear
If their good we should be good.

>>34855485
>>Check on the teddy bear
Then after
>Have Hector scare the mortal out by making a mostly rotted corpse pop out of the red water

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>>34855485
You move in to check on the floored stuffed animal. Inside the wall, in the Spirit World where the mortals cannot sense it, you see a spirit rise out of the animal.

“Ahhhhhh...” the spirit sighs in relief as you see it stretch out. He turns around and looks at you.
“Do you have any idea how long I've been trapped in that damned thing? Because seriously, I've no clue.”

>Ask “How did you get trapped in there?”
>Ask “What's your name?”
>Focus on the mortal
>Write in

>>34855629
>>Ask “What's your name?”

>>34855629

>Ask “What's your name?”

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>>34855629
“What is your name, Spirit?” You ask.

“They called me Dream Eater. I spent my time harnessing ectoplasm by manipulating the dreams of mortals. All up until I ate the dreams of that witch. Seems she took issue with that, considering the next thing I know, I'm ripped out of the spirit world, bound to that stupid toy, and left for who knows how long?”

The imp shakes his head, rubbing it as if it pained him.

>Try to recruit him
>Apologize for the pain you caused him earlier
>Write in

>>34855743
>>Apologize for the pain you caused him earlier
Meant to build up the moment not cause pain.

>>34855743
>>Apologize for the pain you caused him earlier
>Try to recruit him
In that order.

>>34855743
>Apologize for the pain you caused him earlier

>>34855743
“First off, I have to say, I apologize for the pain we caused you earlier. We were trying to lead the mortal to remove those curse nails.” you say.

The imp lazily waves you off, one hand still clutching his head. “I was barely even conscious, then. Probably thanks to the nails. If anything, I barely even remember it. They did a good job of suppressing me. If anything, I should thank you. Anything is better than being trapped in there.” he shakes his head, finally lowering his other hand.

“I also wanted to see if you would join us. A Dream Fetter haunter would be useful to our team.” you say as the imp starts to pace.

“What?” he answers, looking up at you. “Oh, sure thing. Like I said, literally anything is better than being trapped there.”


>Gained Dream Eater, the sandman Haunter.

“Are you still there?” you hear the mortal man ask. “Is it over?”


>Have Hector frighten the mortal away
>Have Gale answer to him
>Write in

>>34855868
>>Have Hector frighten the mortal away with partially rotten corpse popping out of the "bloody" water

>>34855904
... We did the blood and the water, yeah sounds good.

>>34855904
>>34855868
Do this but have Hector do a nice big hug.

>>34855969
And slowly dissipate

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>>34855868
“Hector, finish off the mortal.” you command. Water and blood. You freed the trapped spirits, and the family is already geared to leave his place forevermore.

You barely feel any drain in the ectoplasm as Hector manifests, so abundant is the plasm band. He appears as a rotting skeleton under the flooded upper floor before rearing up.

“FEED ME.” he roars as he breaks the surface of the water, lunging forward with his arms wide to try and grab the human.

“HOLY FUCKING SHIT.” the mortal yells, falling backward into the water. The red liquid churns and froths as he scrambles away from Hector. The poltergeist doesn't really try to grab him, but makes a show of lunging forward again as the human scrambles to his feet. He stumbles down the stairs and out the door.

The sound of the moving van cranks up outside the house as the vehicle is thrown into gear and peels away. Boxes steadily fall off of the still-open back. You turn to the poltergeist, managing a bemused smile.

“Well done, Hector.” you say, and the cranberry sauce covered skeleton gives a thumbs up.

>Stay tuned for part 2!

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>>34856036
With the mortals scared off, you gather your Haunters around you.

“Well, team. Another successful haunting.” you turn to look at Hector, “And with no injuries this time.”

Hector, still as a red skeleton, only seems to grin. Though that might just be the skull he manifested. Luckily for you, there was no clean up required this time.

“Gale and Hector, take Skitter and show Nixie and Dream Eater back to the Haunted Mansion. Everyone introduce yourselves to each other, I'll be returning to the Mansion soon.”

Your Haunters old and new give their affirmatives and dissipate back into the aether.

You started this haunting with none of the required Fetters, and still you managed to do everything the Bureau required while freeing two bound spirits.

And that's why you're the Spectre Supreme.

>Fin for today
>Housekeeping next post

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>>34856097
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>>34856126

That game had the radest soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQg3FtBvokA