awww yeah, Ghost Master Quest!

Hell yes. Thought you'd given up on us, Grubb.

Nice, I'm glad I can make it for this.

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>>35178297
When we last left our Haunting, we'd recently filled our contract: haunt the family out of their recently-moved in house by making them think that the previous owner still lingered after committing suicide in a bathtub.

You managed to stick relatively close to the Water and Blood fetters you were assigned, though it was an exercise in ingenuity since you opted to save your gold plasm and not rent specific haunters. However, it seems that you managed to pull through, and even added two new Haunters to your roster:

Dream Eater, the Sandman and Nixie, the River Spirit.

This brings your total number of Haunters to five, and you dimissed them back to the Haunted Mansion, your base of operations. You look over the now-deserted house filled with water, bits of plaster, and chunky bits of cranberry sauce. Another successful haunting.

And that's why they call you The Spectre Supreme.

>Report back to the Bureau
>Venture back to the Mansion
>Write in

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>>35178357
>>35178357
Not given up at all, my friend.

Technical difficulties and personal issues rendered last weekend pretty much impossible to run a thread.

I keep updates on the twitter feed if anyone wants to keep up with the status of GMQ.
https://twitter.com/Grub0830

>>35178440
>Venture back to the Mansion
Question, do our teammates get paid? I was thinking we could give them a bit of gold plasma as bonus for a job well done.

>>35178440
>Report back to the Bureau

business first. then we can shoot the shit with our team.
We might get lucky and have a bit of downtime before the next job...

>>35178440
Let's go the Mansion and see what we can learn about the power set of our new haunters.

>>35178541
Haunters are paid in ectoplasm from the Bureau since they need that to exist.

Gold Plasm is used for various extracurricular transactions within the Bureau and as well as raising your Haunter's Ranks and it can be spent to teach your Haunters new tricks.

>>35178645
How much gold plasm do we have? Can we upgrade our haunters?

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>>35178440
You decide to venture back to the Haunted Mansion before you report back on your mission. It was always good to have a little debrief before facing the desk skeletons.

A quick jaunt of your energy and the word seems to spin around you, your essence drifting along the aetheric winds and you come to standing before a familiar, condemned building. No living soul would dare set a foot inside, the structure looking as if it would collapse any minute. Still, the dead have no need to fear mortal building codes, so you venture your consciousness and see where your Haunters are.

>visit them individually
>call them to your side
>Write in

>>35178747
You currently have a collection of 300 plasm. You can currently pay to send Gale or Skitter before the Council for her to try and raise their Rank, but there's always a chance they'll get denied.

>>35178866
Let's get them all together and introduce the new haunters to the team and vice versa.

>>35178866
Let's just go around one-on-one and talk them to about what they all did right and wrong on the latest haunt. Sort of a "good job out there today, how did that feel?" kind of thing. A good manager knows to keep tabs on his teams mood and performances, after all.

>>35178903
Gale was the one who feels she's ready for a rank-up, right? Based on what we've seen of her recently and how she's been performing, what do we think the odds are of her passing the council's trials?

>>35178930
Agreed. Then I'm thinking we go Hector praise on a job well done. He did great work and improved from his last debacle with the guy.

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>>35178866
You send out a pulse from your consciousness over the aetheric winds, summoning your haunters to you. Hector arrives first, leaning on a pool cue, not from any real need to, considering he doesn't have any mass, but most likely a habbit retained from his living days.

“You called, Boss?” he says inquisitively. “Bit early for another mission, isn't it?”
“I don't think he's even been to the Bureau, Hector.” Gail says in her wispy manner as she manifests above you.

A chittering, clacking sound rings out as Skitter the ectospider climbs out of the attic window and starts down the building to join the others.

Nixie, the river mermaid, and Dream Eater, the impish sandman, are close to follow, a bit behind the others.

“Sorry for the hold up, was trying to find a good place to rest my head.” Dream says as he hops up.
“This place has a wonderful little well in the back grounds.” Nixie says, arriving last. “I do think I'm going to like it here.”

>Congratulate them first
>Have the new arrivals introduce themselves
>Write in

>>35179287
Congratulate them on another successful mission, achieving good results with unsatisfactory conditions. Then have the new arrivals introduce themselves (have them go over their powersets briefly as well, for our sake) then introduce them to current gang.

>>35179287
>Introductions

>>35179287
Introductions, then congratulations.

We don't want to linger too long, but we do want to be a ghost 'of the people' as it were. A happy team is an effective team.

>>35179287
>Congratulate them first
And
>Have the new arrivals introduce themselves

Some along the lines of "I'm glad to see you'll made it. First off every one did great work today. Hector drawing people to our new friend sandman, Gale for truly great ambience and Skitter for moving the baby and getting us started with plasm." Then give proper introductions for the new members.

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>>35179287
“Well, my friends.” you say. “I am please to see you all made it back safe and sound. Good job, Hector, Gale, on bringing them back safe and sound. The first order of business, as you know, is to welcome our new friends to our little home here. I'll be setting off to the Bureau for debriefing after this, so it's important we get the new arrivals settled in. For that matter, I'm sure you all recognize each other, but I think we should have a bit of introductions first.”

>Have Nixie introduce herself
>Have Dream eater introduce himself.

>>35179636
> A, then B.

I don't think we have anything special to do here, so we probably aren't going to need to vote on anything else until we're all done here.

>>35179666
Yup, just a quick debriefing and Introductions.

We promised we'd rank up Gale, right? Before we head out we should ask her if she's sure she's ready, then go about getting her promoted.

>>35179853
Dam I knew I would forget something. Yeah she has proven to be capable.

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>>35179636
You gesture for Nixie to go first. The river spirit nods and floats forward.
“I am, of course, Nixie. I am a spirit of the river, I have been since long before humans built their aqueducts and artificial tributaries. Not that I'm reminiscing of a time before then, no. Humans with their wonderful pipes ensure the water of the rivers run to quench even the most parched of soils. I spent my days drifting along with the waters of the river until I found myself trapped in that pool. The breath of the water was stifled with chemicals and treatments, I had no way to return to the natural cycle of rain. Until you came along, that is. I thank you all for your efforts, and it would be an honor to aid you in your task.”

Nixie gives a bit of a bow. “So, what's your specialty, Nixie?” Hector asks.

“The waters of the ground obey my influence.” she answers. There's a deep rumbling and two jets of water spray out of the ground, the two streams arced above Nixie's head. It looked rather tasteful, like a fountain, before the water died down. “I can also have the waters lie for you...”

It seems you found yourself a Hydrokinetic.

Nixie, The River Spirit. Fetter: Water
Abilities: Hydrokinesis, Water Visions.

>>35180010
Her fetter is a little limiting, but if that last mission was any indicator, we can probably have Hector set her up a fetter by plugging some drains or turning on some faucets. We can have gale do a decent puddle job outside with a quick downpour as well, so we can have her active pretty much anywhere.

Shame she doesn't know Gore, but maybe once we have her leveled up a bit.

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>>35180010
You nod at Nixie and she returns back to her previous position among the gathering. You turn to Dream Eater, and the impish spirit hobbles forth. He moves in a sort of skipping motion, his spindly little legs giving a hop while his leathery wings beat to get as much distance as possible between each lurch.

“Demons like me don't have names.” Dream Eater started. The rest of your ghosts backpedal the slightest bit. Demons weren't dead entities, though they were much like spirits in the way of subsisting on ectoplasm, but that's where the similarity ends. Demons were beings from a dark corner of the spirit world, The Shadow.

In the same way that Skitter's mother was the primordial manifestation of mortal's fear of insects, spiders, and general creepy crawlies, it was accepted that The Shadow was the manifestation of mortal's fears of the darkness and all that lies within. Demons were rare to find this far out of The Shadow, and Haunters often regarded them with disdain at worst, suspicion at best. Not that you could blame them, of course. Demons were notorious for dragging spirits into that shadowy maw, never to be seen again. How lucky for you that this one was in your debt. As a Haunter freed by you, he was currently subsisting on your plasm band. If he acted hostile, all you had to do was cut plasm to him and he would be rendered an inert spirit without the slightest bit of power. Then he would start to starve...

>>35180195
Hmm... now there's a story with some potential. I wonder if he could go full exorcist if we power him up enough.

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>>35180195
“Relax, relax. I ain't that kinda demon.” Dream replied to the general reaction. “The witches who summoned me had this sort of... prophecy, I guess. I guess they wanted this one little girl to join their coven. Something about a chosen one. They summoned me and bound me to her toy doll... yeah, THAT one. I was to give her these prophetic and cryptic dreams, so that one day when the kid was all grown up, the witches could show up and explain away all of the craziness that they themselves had seeded. What they didn't expect was for the girl to make friends with some medium before they could show up. Some upstart little wiccan-raised goth wannabe witch became her friend. She saw me for what I was.”

“So the last I remember, these two do some sort of binding ritual on the toy, trapping me inside. I would have escaped if the coven hadn't chained me to that damnable bear. So I was trapped in that stupid toy. They put me in a bag and ran off somewhere. They didn't want to destroy my prison, because they were afraid I was gonna come back, and they didn't want to try and get rid of me personally because ain't no way to little wet behind the ears teenage girls are gonna exorcise a demon. So they went to an empty house, etched those markings on the nails, and pinned me to the damned wall. Time... sort of, passes by in a blur after that. Not sure how long I was stuck there. Nobody ever bothers to look behind walls, and I was too trapped to make any noise.”

Dream Eater trails off. “...So that's my story. I'm a Dream haunter. I can give people nightmares, or make their dreams sweet. I can make people fall asleep, or keep them awake. If you wittle down their willpower enough, I can even control them while they're in a twilight state.”

Dream Easter, Sandman Demon. Fetters: People. Sleeping.
Abilities: Dream Manipulation, Induce Insomnia, Hypnosis, Sleep Possession

>>35180470
>easter. Fuck my life.
Sorry for the hilarious typo.

>>35180470
Ah, see, these are somewhat more restrictive fetters. The fact that he can bind to people and put people to sleep really gives him a leg up on most sandmen, but sleepers are a very weird type of mortal to haunt. I get the feeling Dream is mostly going to be used more for his ability to communicate with mortals and less for his ability to actually spook.

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>>35180470
You watch as Dream Eater moves back, having finished his introduction, though you notice that the other Haunters have started to give him a bit more space. They don't speak out loud their discomfort, considering you've seemed to accept him into your midst. If you trust him, they'll work with him without complaint.

“Now that we're all acquainted.” you start in, “I just wanted to say good job on our last haunting. It was suboptimal conditions, but we managed to hit all the key points. It just goes to show that we work well as a team, and if we put our heads together, there's nothing we can't do. We welcome Nixie and Dream Eater to be new members as part of our team, which only makes us more prepared no matter what our assignment is. I want you all to just relax and enjoy your downtime until we get our next mission. And once again, a fine job from all.”

You watch as they acknowledge you and disperse to their respective hangouts.

>Visit a Haunter individually
>Return to the Bureau for debriefing
>Write in

>>35180777
Visit Gale. Tell her that, as promised, we are prepared to recommend her for a rank-up, but we want to make sure she thinks she's ready first.

>>35180777
>>Visit a Haunter individually
Hector

>>35180935
What do we have to talk to Hector about?

>>35180846
I'm down.

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>>35180777
You decide to pay one of your haunter's a visit. Specifically, a certain wind elemental that is expecting a favor from you. You manifest your consciousness directly on the roof of the building and spot Gale floating about the air currents above the mansion.

“I have come to a decision.” you say. She floats down, her form a bit flightier than usual. “Y-Yes?” she says, her voice airier than usual.

“I will be recommending you for a Rank Up when I go to the Bureau today.”

A wide smile appears in the wind elemental's formless face. It's hard to see, but you've known her long enough to tell when she is happy. The wind currents pick up, but they are light and breezy, a sign of her elation. “Thank you, Spectre. I will do my best not do disappoint you.”

>I'm sure you won't
>Be sure that you don't
>Write in

>>35181204
>Write in
"If I thought you would disappoint me, you wouldn't be getting the rank up in the first place."

>>35181204
>I'm sure you won't.

>>35181277
This

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>>35181204
The breeze tapers off for a second as the air elemental regards you with a concerned look.
“Does this mean that you will be accompanying me to the Hearing?”

>”Yes.” promise to be there with Gale as she goes before the Council and attempts to pass the trials to Rank Up
>”No” send Gale to pass the trials by herself.
>Write in

>>35181419
If she wants us there for moral support, we can certainly be there for her, but if she is confident in her abilities and wishes to present herself as such, then that is acceptable also. The choice is hers.

>>35181419
There's no need. We have faith in her abilities.

>>35181419
We've been a fairly friendly boss so far. Let's be there for her.

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>>35181419
“I have utmost faith in your abilities, Gale. If you're confident and wish to present yourself as such, you can go by yourself. Of course, if you wish me to be there for moral support, I can also do that.” you answers.

Gale heaves a sigh.
“Of course, of course. I suppose it would be better to not show up with my Ghost Master in tow. So that everyone can see that I am confident enough to face the trials alone. I will go by myself.”

“As you wish.” you say. “I will get back to you once I speak with the Bureau about your Rank Up.”
“Thank you, Spectre.” Gale says.

“My pleasure.” you answer, before demanifesting your consciousness from the roof.

>Visit another Haunter
>Proceed to the Bureau
>Write in

>>35181863
I think we're done here. Let's debrief this suicide case and pick up our next assignment.

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>>35181863
You decide it's time to get back to the Bureau. They would be waiting for your report. You demanifest your consciousness and slip along the aetheric winds of the Spirit World and eventually find yourself at the Bureau. The endless hallways and doors of the Spirit Bureau stretch on for what seems like eternity.

>Go to the Debriefing
>Go see about Gale's Rank Up
>Write in

>>35182083
Let's debrief first so that we can throw gale some praise in the middle of it. That should help out a tiny bit.

>>35182083
We should get all the paperwork out of the way.

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>>35182083
You drift along the halls until you find one labeled “Mortimer.” You venture inside and find your Bureau consultant behind a desk.
“Back already?”

“Of course.” you answer the skeleton behind the desk.

“How are you back so fast? You've barely been gone a day!”

>Act humble
>Act confident
>Write in

>>35182433
"Time means little to the dead, Mortimer. You should know that much by now."

Then crack him one of those little smiles that tells him that we're joking and that we're actually just pretty damn good at our jobs if we say so ourselves.

>>35182433
Act confident. We nailed that last job.

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>>35182433
You grin confidently. “Time means little to the dead, Mortimer. You should know that much by now.”

Mortimer fails to give an expression, taking the file on the Haunting from you and looking it over with seeming disdain. You note that it could be a result of his skeletal visage, but he seems to heave with a forced-sounding laugh. “Hardy har har...” he looks at you stoically with his skull. “You're so clever.”

“Well,” he continues, “You'd know that though you might have technically accomplished the mission, you still showed a clear lack of judgment when you chose to face the mission without accounting for the proper haunters. No, instead of preparing like you're taught in Ghost Master one-oh-blasted-one, you just rush in headlong without any thought whatsoever. And in the process, I see that you nearly scared away the family before all of the fetters were accounted for! This was blind, stupid luck, Spectre. I just hope you can come to your senses before your luck runs out. Not every haunting will be able to be accomplished using stage smoke...”

The desk skeleton turns back and starts typing away at the computer with bony hands.

>Defend your choices
>Let the skeleton be
>Write in

>>35182850
>>Let the skeleton be
... I see no way to really defend our actions. We just did what we thought best in the long run. True our actions have a risk, but dam if we don't do our job.

>>35182850
>Thank Mortimer for his observations, and let him know that we appreciate his concern, but remind him that we ghost masters have to work with what we have. We're still dealing with a limited team here and if the bureau thought we couldn't handle it, we're sure they would have assigned us an appropriately powered spook to help us out.

Don't be too harsh on the guy or anything - he's just doing his job - but let him know we're no pushover and that we know what we're doing.

>>35183097
Backing this thought. Be a bit stern but not overly. Don't try to be his friend, office drones don't take kindly to that sort. He'll think there's an angle

>>35182850
Mortimer is just a desk monkey, right? His opinions in no way reflect our performance review? If so, we should just let him be. He can think what he likes. We get results.

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>>35182850
“I thank you for your concerns, Mortimer.” you say, soft but firmly. “However, us Ghost Masters have to work with what we have. I still have a limited team, but I am certain that if the Bureau felt that the task was beyond my capabilities, they wouldn't have tasked it to me.”

“Tch, whatever...” the desk skeleton answers as he finishes typing.
“I see you've freed two spirits during your Haunting. I suppose you'll be wanting the standard fee for freeing more of our kind...”

Freeing spirits merited a one hundred gold plasm reward for each one you register with the Bureau. Registering spirits will allow other Ghost Masters to rent Haunters from you for gold plasm. However, you're wondering if you should enter Dream Eater into the registry, as you would be required to divulge his status as a demon for the public eye to see. Registering Dream Eater will cause your reputation to fall for consorting with demons. You certainly aren't the only Ghost Master to consort with their kind, but you will be looked down on by the more "purist" of Spirits.

>Register Nixie (+100 gold plasm)
>Register both (+200 gold plasm, +5 Notoriety)
>Write in

>>35183178
Mortimer is in charge of maintaining your files. Your dossier of Haunters, your previous Hauntings. His opinion doesn't matter for much, but he can add annoying footnotes to your records, which will then be read by your higher ups.

>>35183410
>Register both (+200 gold plasm, +5 Notoriety)
We didn't exactly know that he was a demon. We saw he needed help and provided that.

>>35183410
Tell him the two new spirits are being stubborn but talkative. Haven't gotten them toa gree to anything yet. Seek out Bloody Mary and ask her advice and for her secrecy as our favor. Shows that we're good with favors, don't ask too much and all that. She may be more likely to drop the favor word more often later.
Dream eater would be very helpful for longer hauntings, lay some brilliant ground work for later scares or if we need to get someone to move somewhere/do something.

>>35183410
Does the Bureau of Paranormal Activities maintain any sort of ongoing communications with the shadow? Is there a protocal for seeing that a demon inevitably finds his way home? Or if we register him is he kinda stuck with us and the bureau forever now?

>>35183410
> Register them both.

Whats going to look worse? Registering a demon, or failing to register a demon?

>>35183410
>>Register both (+200 gold plasm, +5 Notoriety)
It happens, We just need to show them it's all good.

>>35183606
I don't think we're required to register him. At least, I don't think we'd be seen as harboring a demon if we don't. He just owes us a favor or three, right? He's not a new recruit.

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>>35183410
Several options cross your mind, but you ultimately decide that the stigma of working with demons is something you're not too concerned with. Dream Eater is in your debt, and hiding your dealings would only lead to a headache.

“Standard fare, Mortimer. One river spirit...” you say, sliding over Nixie's file. “...and one Dream Demon.” you say, noticing the skeleton pause for a second.
“Demon? How polarizing.” Mortimer muses. “All right, two hundred for the registries. Three hundred for the Class two Haunting... anything else you wish to claim?”

Unfortunately, there was no madness collected during the Haunting, and the routine nature of the event did not warrant any mitigating circumstances. You shake your head. “No, Mortimer. Just the two spirits and the class two.” you answer.

“Very well, five hundred gold plasm is the payout. I'll just need you to sign here.” the desk skeleton pushes the closeout papers toward you. You reach out and leave your aetheric print on the contract, and the skeleton pulls it back. “The plasm will be transferred to your band as soon as I get these filed.”

“Thank you, Mortimer.” you answer.

“Now, are you prepared for your next contract?”

+500 Gold Plasm! You now have 700 GP.

>No, I have business with the Council.
>Yes, my team is ready for my next assignment.
>Write in

>>35184010
Not as bad as expected.
>No, I have business with the council.
"Gale is going through the trials and I would like to support my team. Unless there is a job that can wait until that is done?"

>>35183547
If there is communication with The Shadow, it's above your pay grade.

You've heard of demons working with the Bureau, but nothing about them being stuck forever. You'd have to talk with someone higher up to ascertain that kind of information.

Also, Haunters can refuse assignments from anyone other than their current Ghost Master, so its not like Dream Eater would be pulled into doing anything he doesn't want to do, except by you.

>>35184068
Addendum: Preferably one that matches my teams skill set?

>>35184068
This, but my concern is more with having gale available then being there for support. Remember, she's chosen to do it on her own to show her confidence.

>>35184118
I was thinking along that line as well which is why I went with "support my team" instead of "support her" which I had meant to show that we don't favor her or any one of our team.

>>35184010
>>No, I have business with the Council.
We have a team member to upgrade.

What to do with the 400 Gp left, I guess save it.

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>>35184010
“No, I have business with your council.” you answer. “Unless there is a job that can wait until that is done.”

Mortimer seems to give a smile. Its faint, but its something other than his perpetual scowl.

“Time means little to the dead, remember? Or did you already forget your own apparent motto?”

The desk skeleton drops two folders onto the desk.

“Open cases. Not official Hauntings, but broad-spectrum assignments that can wait until your business is concluded. Let's see... we've got an unofficial Haunting of a non-sanctioned spook. The Bureau wants you to go investigate what's causing all the ruckus. Aaaaaand over here, we've got a recruiting mission. Seems we've got a high-profile Haunter the Bureau wants freed. Neither mission pays very much, but you'll get something for your trouble, and there's absolutely no timetable.”

>Take the investigation mission
>Take the recruitment mission
>Decline the missions
>Write in

>>35184524
>Take the recruitment mission

push comes to shove, we use the dream demon to sleepwalk a human into helping...

>>35184524
Hmm...

The former sounds more interesting, but the latter is probably more rewarding. Any chance we can get more info out of this?

>>35184524
>Take the recruitment mission
High-profile means high eyes on us. We can succeed and make a good impression to soften the fact we got a demon with us.

>>35184524
>Take the investigation mission

>>35184524
>>Take the investigation mission
I do admit I like the idea of recruitment, but it's good to mix it up.

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>>35184569
You look over both files with interest. “Is that all you can tell me?” you ask.
Mortimer looks down over the files.

“The unofficial Hauntings have left several mortals in psyche wards. It's flooding the area with plasm and madness, but it's also consuming energy at an alarming rate. Your job is to go in, find out what is making so much noise, and either recruit it to our side so we can put it to work making all that madness and plasm for us, and/or get it to stop being so overt in what it's doing, because it's attracting a LOT of heat. We're almost wary of sending anyone in there because of the frequency of the mediums and spirit talkers going to investigate. So far, all of the mortals have ended up either running far away or committed to the local psyche wards. But it's only a matter of time before a body turns up or one of the mediums manage to contain it.”

“On the other end, the Bureau found a beacon to call up a bad spook. The file's got all the steps, but they want a promising young Ghost Master to go to the site, perform the necessary steps, and call the Tooth Fairy herself. Now, I'm not talking about the little spritely girl in a see-through dress that leaves money under kid's pillow. No, this girl is a psycho. Ex-dentist that was driven insane. Had all her teeth torn out, gruesome stuff. Gonna take more than a can of cranberry sauce to call her up, but the Bureau wants her. Massive body horror fetter with a plasm band the likes of which we only see on the most powerful spooks. If your interested, you better have a strong stomach.”

>Investigate the strong ecto signature.
>Free the Tooth Fairy and recruit her to your side
>Decline the missions
>Write in

>>35185140
>Decline the missions
I don't think we should do either of these. Seems like biting off more than we can chew.

>>35185140
revising my vote of recruitment to investigation. That sounds interesting.

>>35185140
>>Investigate the strong ecto signature.

>>35185140
These both sound amazing. We could do so much work with the Tooth Fairy on our side. But on the other hand, this mystery haunter could be a powerful force if tamed.

Madness trumps fear. I say we investigate the strong ecto signal.

>>35185140
>>Investigate the strong ecto signature.
This will be fun.

So... we get credit for all the craziness it causes during this haunting, right?

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>>35185140
You look over the files before reaching over and pull the investigation case toward you. “I'll take this one.” you say.

“Excellent, I'll draw up the paperwork while you're gone.” Mortimer answers. “Just glad to finally get that case off of my desk...”

You thank the desk skeleton and with the file in hand, you rise to your feet. “If there is nothing else, then?” you ask. Mortimer looks up. “You'll be taking all five of your team, then?”

Having already decided to wait until Gale was done with her trials to start your mission, you nod.
“Yes, my entire team.”
“Very well, I have nothing else.”

You bid the desk skeleton fare well and head out of the office and back into the spectral hallway.

>You've already made the decision to report to the Council to inquire about Gale, if there are no write ins, you will proceed to do this.
>Write in

>>35185578
>Whistle a jaunty tune.

There's no way this assignment could possibly go wrong.

>>35185578
>>You've already made the decision to report to the Council to inquire about Gale, if there are no write ins, you will proceed to do this.

>>35185413
sorta.
If it starts killing people, do you really want the credit?

>>35185578
Only thing I would like to add is we talk to marry when we get free time.

>>35185724
This is going to be fun.

>>35185724

But since the area is saturated in madness and plasm, might be a good time to let some of the crew 'stretch their legs' so to speak.... push it to the max, that kind of stuff...

>>35185810
Not if the thing in question doesn't like us doing that.

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>>35185578
You walk into the Council Registration Chamber. There sits another desk skeleton. Through another door would be the Council, the ghosts responsible for billions of units of plasm. Bloody Mary, The Lady in White, The Headless Horseman, Mr. Tepes, The Woman of Greenbrier, Nan Tuck, and La Llorna. They oversaw the workings of many things in the Bureau, and were the sole voting factor when it came to increasing a Spirit's Rank. If they had to have a rank, it would be somewhere around 12. A few ranks more powerful than the top Haunters, but not quite as much as a spirit like Arachne.

“I'd like to request a Rank Up for one of my Haunters.” you say.
“Name?” answers the desk skeleton.

“Gale, a wind elemental under Ghost Master 161.”
“Wasn't she recently recommended for a Rank Up?”

You nod. “Yes, but she has since then proven herself capable. I wish to recommend her again.”
The skeleton looks up, “Very well. I'll need the deposit.”

You hand over a vial of Gold Plasm. (-400 GP! You now have 300 GP)
The Council did not like to have their time wasted, so they instilled a plasm-based fee of recommending Haunters for Rank Ups as a way of paying them for their trouble. You thank the desk skeleton and turn away.

>Timeskip ahead, you resolved to not be present for Gale's trials.
>Write in

>>35186206
>Time skip ahead.

Is there any library or something we can visit in the meantime? Look for any info on our next haunt location?

>>35186206

>Timeskip ahead, you resolved to not be present for Gale's trials.

>>35186206
>>Timeskip ahead, you resolved to not be present for Gale's trials.
On words.

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Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>35186206
You decide to spend some time in the library to do a bit of research while the trials are going on, researching your next haunting location.... a certain district in the mortal city of Chicago. Odd. You peruse through the spiritual records, but find only records of small time local Haunters. There doesn't seem to be anything local that should be capable of stirring up that much trouble. Of course, there's always a spectre that's too gorged on plasm to stop feeding. A sort of spiritual frenzy isn't unheard of. Still, it's no wonder the investigation is open.

Still, as you mill about the record library, Gale is off attempting to prove that she is worthy of ranking up to Rank 5.

>Gale has only a certain percent chance of succeeding the Rank Up. Roll 1d100 for a chance to help her odds!

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>35186569
High or low?

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>35186569

>>35186569
Come on Gale! Papa needs a new power band!

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>35186569

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>35186662
Forgot my roll.

>>35186621
I'm working on a game of averages. Players roll a certain number of dice and the average is added to the base roll against a certain percentage. If you get higher than the percentage DC, the trial is completed. If not, your Haunter has failed.

There are also bonuses and penalties, considering if you decided to do a mission first, Gale would be fatigued and suffer a penalty on her roll.

The average bonus is her "trainer bonus" reflecting how well you've prepared her for a test.

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>35186569
Rolling

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>>35186569
You finish what little research you manage to do and wander back after the trials would be completed. They're a timed affair, so you're confident that the verdict would be out by now. You wander back toward the Council Chamber and see Gale emerging from the adjacent office, positively brimming with plasm. She turns to you and you see her smile again. She seems radiant and you notice the aetheric winds even stir with her glee. “I passed! They said I demonstrated an average ability, but it's enough to pass!”

>Congratulate her
>”As expected.”
>Ask about her new plasm band
>Write in

>>35186915
"I knew you could do it. Congratulations!"
Isn't Chicago the "Windy City"? bet she'll get a kick outta that.

>>35186915
Congratulate her. Let her know that we had the utmost faith in her. Then ask her about her new plasm band.


(I'm off to bed. Good questing tonight gents. Looking forward to the next haunt)

>>35186915
>>Congratulate her
Now do we ask to do drinks or keep it business?

>>35186971
I'll second this anon

>>35186977
Keep it business. Don't want things to get awkward.

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>>35186915
“Congratulations! I knew you could do it.” you say. She beams with delight at your approval, and you continue. “So what's your new band feel like?”

“Wonderful!” she says as the aether winds pick up again for a brief moment, responding to the elementals emotions. “And that... well, that's what I needed to talk to you about. I have two options open to me, and I need you to give me some advice. I can either focus on the more subtle applications of my powers, which would give me a finer control over my existing abilities and allow me to bind and manipulate in a wider spectrum... or do I just concentrate on seeing how I can fit this new plasm into my current array?”

>Tell Gale to concentrate on her focus, allowing her to bind to the air indoors as well as out. This training will allow her to perform various indoor wind manipulations such as summoning stormclouds, effectively allowing her to create weather inside of buildings.
>Tell her to concentrate on application. She will bind her new plasm to her existing abilities, augmenting her weather control. She'll be able to fine tune things like shape the rain into different images, effectively making it rain water frogs or conjuring giant monsters out of mist.

Those are both amazing for building belief. I think the former is probably going to be of more use to us though. A ghost with the fetters of "Any Indoor" and "Any Outdoor" is a ghost who will see a lot of use.

Go with the indoor weather.

>>35187211

>Tell her to concentrate on application. She will bind her new plasm to her existing abilities, augmenting her weather control. She'll be able to fine tune things like shape the rain into different images, effectively making it rain water frogs or conjuring giant monsters out of mist.
We have alot of indoor spirits. We need something to keep the fear inside the house.

>>35187211
>>Tell her to concentrate on application. She will bind her new plasm to her existing abilities, augmenting her weather control. She'll be able to fine tune things like shape the rain into different images, effectively making it rain water frogs or conjuring giant monsters out of mist.
Ah yeah this will mix well with Nixie. Plus it fits with what we have had her doing.

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>>35187211
You think for a moment, debating which use you would get more out of. Eventually, you decided specialization would be better for her. “Concentrate on application.” you say. “You've been of great use with your specialty so far, so the more you can do with that, the better.”

Gale nods, still smiling. “I trust your judgment, Ghost Master.”

“Return to the Mansion.” you say. “Gather everyone.”
You hold up your file. “We're going to Chicago, The Windy City, as it were.”

Gale gives an air laugh, but nods again. “It will be done.”
The air elemental demanifests, drifting off along the aetheric wind.

You follow suit, demanifesting and heading in the opposite direction to scout the area, wondering exactly what you'll find. As you speed along the Spirit Realm, the air grows heavy with saturated plasm. Hopefully you won't have to look too hard to see what's causing it... and hopefully your team will be able to handle it.

But that's why you're the Spectre Supreme, isn't it?

>Fin for today
>Housekeeping next post

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>>35187686
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