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Ryan Buell ([personal profile] hauntedasachild) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2017-01-21 10:58 pm

Ghost Hunting Meme

Maybe you're part of one of those big paranormal research societies that have their own TV show, top of the line equipment, and merchandising contracts. Maybe you're an aspiring director who's noticed the boom of paranormal TV shows lately and decided to cash in the time is right for your art. Or maybe you and your friends just decided that messing around in someplace that's supposed to be haunted sounded like a fun way to spend an evening, especially when there may or may not be beer involved. Whatever the reason may be, you've decided to go

GHOST HUNTING



Choose your haunting, or let the RNG pick for you:

1. Setting Up: You're on location, and the locals have told you about the place's super creepy history and your location is definitely haunted. You just noticed that the clouds in the sky are forming an X over the location - just like the electrical tape X's you used to mark locations for your infrared cameras! - so you know you're going to get a lot of activity tonight. It's time to start unpacking your gear and encountering some ghosts.

2. YOU GUYS WHAT WAS THAT NOISE: There's no way that was just the building settling, and wind definitely doesn't make a sound like that! Clearly, something paranormal is afoot (a spooky, disembodied foot) here.

3. Era Cues: One of the best ways to draw out ghosts is through the use of stimuli from the era in which they died - so put on some oldschool jazz, light up a cigar, and start cooking some down-home southern cuisine. It's for science!

4. EVP Time: Your completely uncalibrated EMF detector just started spiking, and you may or may not have felt a cold breeze just now, so the spirits must be with you! Switch on that tape recorder and start asking them some questions, and maybe you'll be able to pick their responses out of the background noise (what is "pareidolia," anyway?)

5. Motion Detector Mayhem: The device you bought to make a horrific racket if anything moves is making a horrific racket, and what could possibly be moving in an empty, dark room where your teammates totally haven't been, except for a ghost? You haven't even seen any huge moths since you began this investigation, so it has to be something paranormal!

6. COME AT ME BRO: Provoking the ghosts is a really good idea. Shouting and posturing at the air like a tough guy makes you look cool, and it's always the best way to-- oh god, did something just scratch you?!

7. The Infrared Camera Just Caught Something: Or maybe it was the ultraviolet camera, or hell, maybe even the regular old visible light camera. Either way, it definitely wasn't one of your teammates sneaking off to take a leak or a smoke without telling anyone else like it was the last four times, because everyone is finally present and accounted for. Which leaves only one thing it could be...

8. That Object Just Moved!: Despite the fact that you finally wised up and placed the trigger object far away from anything that you could trip over or hit with your camera, it just fell over. And that piece of concrete that just landed next to your foot? It totally didn't come from the ceiling - it had to have been thrown by something.

9. Possession: Suddenly, one of your teammates can't quite seem to remember his last name, and is talking about how he'll "scuttle your legs" - or maybe he's talking about how this place fills him with demonic rage, or just acting dumber than usual. Either way, he's obviously been possessed by an entity!

10. Other/Pick One: Choose your own haunting.
ahorde: (Default)

The Horde | Split

[personal profile] ahorde 2017-01-22 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ The writing makes up for the icons. ]
Edited 2017-01-22 05:11 (UTC)
iisupergirlii: (Default)

Kara Danvers | Supergirl | OTA

[personal profile] iisupergirlii 2017-01-22 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[everyone's welcome. legit. I'm happy to write starters. just gimme dat good ghost shit]
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Lilian Hokulani Carpathia//Avengers/Marvel OC

[personal profile] surfshopbabe 2017-01-22 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
((OOC: Unlike Lili here, Admin would be in the safety of the van, watching the cameras from a safe distance.

Ouija boards? Noooo thank you!


Lili's most likely going to be a camera woman, who knows when it's time to get the hell out of there, or who will likely run like a chicken with her head cut off at the first drop of something on the floor.

Usual no's apply))
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Nico di Angelo | Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus/etc

[personal profile] illseeyouin 2017-01-22 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Your group already knows Nico and decided he'd be the best way to find a ghost. (He's the son of Hades and can control many - but not all - ghosts.) Nico's chilling in the corner with a Big Mac meal. ]
headspacedad: (006)

Shiro | Voltron: LD

[personal profile] headspacedad 2017-01-22 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
[umm *cough* Shiro ghost? All caught up on season 2. Open to cross-canon/medium as well as canon. I need to upload some icons for this]
byoshinigami: (stage)

Yuurakutei Yakumo | Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu | ota

[personal profile] byoshinigami 2017-01-22 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ooh, ghosts.]
genbushin: please don't take. (pic#10972926)

makoto narumi | owari no seraph

[personal profile] genbushin 2017-01-22 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
( He handles vampires and demons so why not ghosts? )
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Billy Kaplan | Marvel ( Earth-91240) | ota

[personal profile] infernalwiccan 2017-01-22 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
[He handles demons so it's safe to say he isn't afraid of ghosts.]
formaldahydehead: (I'm this tall)

Kaiman | Dorohedoro

[personal profile] formaldahydehead 2017-01-22 09:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Actually afraid of ghosts so could use help there.]
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Nymphadora Tonks || HP || OTA

[personal profile] surnameonly 2017-01-22 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
ooc: LET'S HANG OUT WITH SOME GHOSTS GUYS.
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Let me know if this works. Violet's a ghost

[personal profile] attractedtodarkness 2017-01-22 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
It's the fabled Murder House. The one building realtors hate to sell and tour guides love to promote. Anyone who lives there has either been scared away by hauntings or end up dead. For those that believe though, there are good ghosts in there. The chances of someone coming across one though is rather low. Or at least, that's how the stories go.

Violet is lounging on the only piece of furniture left in the living room - a sofa. She's flipping through a book she's read a couple hundred times by now. She's mellowed out some after being trapped here for years. There's not much to be a teenager about when you're dead.
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Tsuzuki Asato | Yami no Matsuei | ota

[personal profile] scarsandflowers 2017-01-22 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[this is basically his canon :D]
Edited 2017-01-22 12:50 (UTC)
enantiodromia: ([Unmasked] Red Kyber)

[ Kylo Ren ] [ Star Wars ]

[personal profile] enantiodromia 2017-01-22 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
nonstopstreaming: (Do something exciting!)

[personal profile] nonstopstreaming 2017-01-22 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, I love that manga! Mind teaming up with a futuristic camgirl streaming her life 24/7? She'll provide a lot of running commentary for her viewers and overall be fearless.]
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Streaming-chan | VA-11 HALL-A | OTA

[personal profile] nonstopstreaming 2017-01-22 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[She'll be livestreaming the experience and providing commentary for her viewers.]
iisupergirlii: (impressive)

Violet!! I haven't watched AHS in forever, but I LOVED Violet in s1! :D

[personal profile] iisupergirlii 2017-01-22 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Kara knows at least some of the rumors of the so-called Murder House. There's been a lot of crimes committed in this house; it's kind of a hotbed. But, she waits until the last tour of the day is over because there's no such thing as ghosts. Kara's here because supposedly this is an old hideout of the Mardon brothers, enemies Barry has had to deal with that could... apparently control the weather? She was visiting Earth-1 during a lull in criminal activity (thank Rao), and Barry had said that the precinct was interested in clearing out all the Mardon hotspots so no copycats could root in.

That included the Murder House. How they squatted here is a mystery in and of itself because it takes even Kara a hot second to manage to get in without major property damage. Once she's in, she's not sure what she's expecting. It's... a really fancy, nice house. There's a mish-mash of modern and vintage furniture and decorations, symbols of different tenants from different times.

It's pretty cool, and Kara takes out her phone to snap a few pictures. What? Earth history is fascinating, and she's pretty sure this house doesn't exist on her Earth.
krmvgivv: (please say everything is okay)

Dipper Pines | Gravity Falls

[personal profile] krmvgivv 2017-01-22 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is his entire life]
reverseengineer: (smiiiirk)

Pidge | Voltron: Legendary Defender

[personal profile] reverseengineer 2017-01-22 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
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6

[personal profile] heraldsdawn 2017-01-22 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ooc: Sorry about last time, do you wanna try here? ]
formaldahydehead: (Peace out as I kill you)

[personal profile] formaldahydehead 2017-01-22 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Good to see more fans! And absolutely, he always manages to team up with weird girls, it's fitting.]
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[personal profile] nonstopstreaming 2017-01-22 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[The two of them're standing outside a very old looking, partially crumbled hospital. There's a fence around the place along with a really worn sign saying "CONDEMNED. Danger - Keep Out." The woman has a spherical camera hovering over her head, and she speaks, not to her companion but to her audience.]

I'm Streaming-chan, giving you a live feed of my life and adventures 24/7! Bathroom time and naughty moments only for Premium users. It's only $99.99 a month to go Premium. Go Premium now!

Today I'll be exploring what's rumored to be a haunted hospital. Supposedly it's had a really bloody history. Unethical practices, ghostly patients with a grudge, things like that. So scary!

[She doesn't sound so scared.]

The lizard-headed Kaiman'll be joining me today. [And now she addresses him.] How do you feel about doing this? Are you excited? Scared?
Edited 2017-01-22 19:26 (UTC)
formaldahydehead: (Even I don't know what's going on)

[personal profile] formaldahydehead 2017-01-22 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kaiman himself had some hesitations about entering someplace rumored to be haunted, especially with someone who called themselves "Streaming-chan", but his skepticism won out. Who knows, he might get more answers about himself.]

Premium...really...wait, ghost patients?

[He glances to Streaming-chan, looking around for the supposed camera.]

There can't be really ghosts. This place doesn't even look fit for a zombie. I can handle it.

[Bluffing.]
nonstopstreaming: (Aren't you gonna do it?)

[personal profile] nonstopstreaming 2017-01-22 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, there's the spherical object hovering above her head. It has a lens in it.]

That's right, ghost patients. Supposedly. But we're still trespassing into a condemned building. This is urban exploration! What'll we find? Will we make it out alive? Keep watching and find out!

[She's just hamming it up for the camera. She doesn't really expect anything bad to happen. Maybe a few temperate fluctuations, strange sounds, things like that.

She's gonna just step right to the fence and...]

Could you give me a boost?
halfdeimos_king: (Hn...)

1, probably leading into all the others haha

[personal profile] halfdeimos_king 2017-01-22 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Darc's eyes narrowed from his hiding place. It wasn't often that humans ventured this deep into the woods - and into his territory. And yet here one was, looking as if they were setting up to go into the very abandoned mine he needed to investigate.

This was some very poor timing.

What to do now? Scare the human away? Approach them? Scaring might work, since they looked like no more than a child. His gaze wandered to the human's equipment. Darc didn't know much about human technology, but it seemed the kid came prepared for something. Maybe the same reports of strange activity reached the humans as well. That may mean more humans, even if this one runs away. Hmmm...

Steeling himself, Darc stepped out from behind a tree, but remained in its shadows. His red eyes, and the left side of his body - covered in scales, with a large, draconic arm - would be all that was visible to Dipper. "Hey! You!" he shouted. His voice was thick and gravelly. "What brings a human into Deimos territory?"

((OOC: Hi there! So I'm thinking Darc is investigating reports from his people of strange activity/a potential haunting, but Dipper is accidentally trespassing in his people's turf. Darc will agree to work with Dipper so long as he agrees to GTFO afterwards and not tell anyone about the Deimos. Reference pic of Darc since he has a very particular appearance. I hope this is okay!))
Edited 2017-01-22 22:29 (UTC)
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Joseph Joestar | Jojo's Bizarre Adventure | OTA

[personal profile] secrettechnique 2017-01-23 12:51 am (UTC)(link)

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