fandomhigh_ooc | Ghost-Con BDE: The Fighty Researchy Bits Sign-Ups!

Hello and how do you do, Fandom! Now that applications for Ghost Con are well on their way, it's time for us to look at how we're going to be getting rid of our ghosts afterwards. There's two ways for you to help with that: do the research, or be part of the strike team that goes in to disrupt the power that Ingvar is shoving into the ghosts.

Well, actually, there's three, but we'll get to that in a bit.

Did somebody say research?

Indeed we did! Students and teachers and townies (oh my!) choosing to help out through scholarly means can gather up in the library to hunt for clues on how to deal with this level of possession. The research will take place from Wednesday through Friday; during this period, clues will be handed out to those favored by the RNG. These clues will lead Fandom to the final ritual that'll free everyone of that pesky ghost problem.

I'm more of a 'punch people' kind of person.

We've got good news for you! A small strike team will take off for Ingvar on Saturday morning, to utilize the ceremony the researchers have uncovered to cut off the power Ingvar is feeding those dastardly possessing fiends. This will be preplayed, starting the Monday of BDE week (December 1st) and posted on Saturday morning. Being part of the strike team will mean fighting your way through whatever nastiness Ingvar can throw at you before performing the ritual, so choose wisely.

But what if I don't want to be on a team?

More good news! Both ghosts and possessed people will be running wild on Saturday, trying to either escape the island or get to Ingvar to attack the strike team. It's up to the rest of you to fight the ghosts and herd the possessed to Our Lady of Fandom, where they can have some measure of safety. You don't need to sign up for this, however.

Deadline for sign-ups is Sunday, November 30th, and for those who love brainstorming, we're tossing in a brainstorming OCD to boot. Woo!

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Okay, so there apparently are no good frighteners videos on YouTube that aren't movie reviews so I can't link to an example (you should all watch this movie).

Johnny Bartlett is a spree/serial killer so into upping his body count to have the most kills that he keeps going after death. He won't manage to up that count here (for one thing, he manages to possess a guy who's gotten REALLY GOOD at not killing people), but I'd love it for him to try a time or two.

Anyone up for either a) a ghost reaching into their chest and trying to crush their heart, b) stopping a ghost from reaching into someone's chest and trying to crush their heart, or c) possessed Eliot being super creepy at them and not killing them, let me know!

Also, Johnny's murderous true love/partner in crime Patricia is not coming with him to Fandom (this will put a damper on his happy go lucky killing spree as well), so he's likely to go looking for a replacement. Any young women (students/young townies) up for being stalked by a ghost? (Just the ghost, not possessed-Eliot because that age difference creeps me out.)

Sure, let's have Éponine not be the one doing the stalking for once!

Woo! Johnny's only visible to those who can see ghosts (though in his canon, this includes folks who've been traumatized enough), but he can affect the environment and leave her creepy notes/knock shit over and such.

I'm tempted to say she'd count as traumatized enough, but you know, I think it's creepier if she can't see him anyway.

I'm good with either!

(FYI, Johnny can like it rough, so the creepiness can as much as trying to choke someone with wallpaper. This canon. I mean.)

Ooo, could we maybe do a thing where she mostly doesn't see him, but might catch a glimpse every now and then, of, say, someone leaving a creepy note and then taking off or something along those lines?

Spooooooky. I like it.

Haha, she basically did exactly that in canon, and I can't resist wanting to turn it around on her.

Oh, dude, I am super-up for attempted heart-grabbiness, since I think in theory Celia could put up a decent enough fight that he wouldn't be successful. She can't see ghosties, but blah blah magic sensitivity, she'd probably be able to tell something was there well enough to fight him off/heal any damage he manages. Would that work?

Oooo, yesssss, that could be perfect! Johnny's canon doesn't go in for actual magic users, so he will have no idea what hit him! (He's very much used to people just kind of dying when he attacks them, especially in ghost form. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY CAN FIGHT BACK? THAT'S NOT FAIR.)

Oh, also, would her perception possibly include seeing a glowing number 41 on her forehead if she were to look in the mirror? He likes to mark his intended victims. . . .

TOTALLY. I tend to kind of think of it as echolocation -- if she reaches out with her magic to sense the world around her, she can sort of 'see' everything that isn't physically there, and the amount of detail is up to how hard she's trying to look, basically. So she'd probably be able to sense him pretty well, not to mention the lovely 41 on her own forehead. :D

Cecil will (once I've done the app) be being possessed, but I'm all up for giving him more reasons to huff at Eliot on the air, if you like! :D Since being a ghost doesn't seem to be much of a barrier to Johnny wanting to kill you...

Well, it means you don't count in his body count BUT HE'LL TOTALLY TRY TO TAKE YOU OUT ANYWAY JUST FOR FUNSIES!

I was kind of hoping you'd offer Cecil up for this. Eliot: "Look kid, I STOPPED this time, okay? Calm down."

Hee!

Cecil: "You still tried to kill me! And you still didn't even introduce yourself! Honestly!"

(His ghost will be a mean one, too, though he seems to mostly only have it in for family members.)

I would pay you to have your guy try to crush this guy's heart. ;)

How much?

(He toooootally has to try.)

Admittedly my payments mostly come in the form of happy flappy hands and appreciative gifs. Will those suffice?

(Yaaaaaaay!)

ONLY THE HAPPIEST AND FLAPPIEST OF HANDS WILL DO.

yes, they will do nicely. ;D

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