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The Haunted Meme

There are ghosts all around, at any time, lingering in places where they died or that were emotionally significant during their lives. Some of them refuse to give up the life they once lived, some have yet to accept that they have died, and some just want revenge against those who are still living.

Wherever you are, whatever you were doing, you've happened across a place where a particularly strong ghost (or maybe more than one?) is lingering. The ghost might try to possess you, using your body to do what it cannot, it might try to torment you in whatever ways it can, or it might just try to attack you. What will you do? Who you gonna call?

HOW IT WORKS:
Leave a comment with your character's name and canon, and your preferences. Remember that the ghosts can possess your character (influencing their actions or outright taking control of them) or torment them (exerting an outside influence or attacking).

Please respect others' preferences when tagging, and if a thread goes somewhere you aren't comfortable, communicate with your thread partner.

1) ANGRY This ghost either died angry or has become so over time. It might want to take out its anger on someone else, make noise, or hit or break things, whether by itself or using your character's body or special abilities.

2) VENGEFUL This ghost wants revenge. Maybe it's against someone who wronged them in life, maybe it's against their murderer, or maybe it's just against the living. They might mistake your character for the target, or use their body to exact their vengeance.

3) REGRETFUL This ghost is much sadder and quieter, consumed by regrets of things unsaid and never done. They might just lurk about and increase the emo factor, or they could drive your character into despair.

4) DEMANDING This ghost wants something done. Maybe they want a message delivered or a hidden treasure found. Or maybe they just want to force your character to compete a task. Whatever it is, they won't stop demanding it until they're satisfied.

5) LUSTFUL Being a ghost gets very lonely. Maybe they want to possess your character to experience the pleasures of the flesh once more. Maybe the ghosts of star-crossed lovers will drive two people together. Or maybe your character might just feel an intangible hand copping a feel...

6) OBLIVIOUS This ghost doesn't realize it's dead. They might resent your character's presence or mistake them for the real ghost. Or they could accidentally inhabit your character's body and try to continue their normal routine.

7) INHUMAN This ghost isn't the spirit of a person, but something else. Maybe an animal, maybe a creature thought to be imaginary, maybe an alien that hitched a ride on a meteor, whatever it was it wasn't normal. And if it possesses your character, neither are they.

From:

knockyoursocksoff

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I do not know how you managed to float here from the place you were previously, but...

[ Although this is definitely a problem, something that causes Hanyuu to run teeth across her lower lip slightly. ]

This is the outskirts of Hinamizawa. It is my domain. As long as you are here, I will let no further harm come to you.

[A look of worry flits across Mahiru's face, but she doesn't let herself linger on it.]

...I see. Well, that's good, I guess.

[It would have been worse to spend her time lingering around her killers, she tells herself. She doesn't want to watch them carry on with their lives and try to survive. But even so... there are people she'll miss, even if they're people she wouldn't be able to touch or talk to. It's almost like she's missing a sort of closure.

But... she's safe here. So it's for the best, right?]

I'll try not to cause you too much trouble, Hanyuu-chan. So thank you for having me.

Do not worry so much, Koizumi-san. It is my job, after all, so it is not a bother to me.

[ It's true that it's safe here in Hinamizawa, even though it wasn't before. ]

If there is anything you need, feel free to ask. I am willing to help as long as it is within my power.

Anything I need, huh...?

[Asking what happened after her death would probably be too much to ask, even if she is awfully curious. Besides, it's not healthy for her to be lingering so much on the past.

Still, it's not like she needs any sort of sustenance as a ghost, or really anything to keep her alive at all. It's odd how pointless everything feels now that she's no longer a part of the living. So she has to take a moment to think about it.]

...Could you show me around, maybe? It would be nice to know where I'm going around here.

[Even if she has no reason to go anywhere at all.]

[ Fortunately for Koizumi, if she did ask about her death, Hanyuu would be unable to answer. Not because she won't, but rather, because she simply cannot. She does not know much about how she died, or even how she got here. All she knows is that somehow, she's here now.

And as the deity of Hinamizawa, it's only fair that she at least do this much. ]

I do not mind. I shall begin with this place. This is the Furude shrine, where locals come to worship the local god, Oyashiro-sama.

[Mahiru takes a moment to admire the architecture, but it's only a moment. She can't say it's anything too special. The archway's sort of neat, though.]

Do people... often arrive here?

[What she's trying to ask is, is she the only ghost roaming among these parts, or are there more of her kind out there? That would sure make things feel a little less lonely. Not that Hanyuu isn't already great company, of course.]

No.

[ Hanyuu's voice is quiet as she shakes her head in response to her question. ]

Many of those who have passed have already moved on. I am the only one here that has remained.

The dead letter office. It's like the pony express. But for dead people.

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