cause the world might do me in [open]

[livingdeadgirl]

WHO: Ami and OPEN!
WHERE: various locations around Tribunal Terrace and Apprassage
WHEN: Sunday, July 16, beginning at 8 pm
WHAT: Ami and several others embark on a ghost tour in and around downtown; some ghosts also make an appearance.
WARNINGS: spoopy stories could do u a frighten!

Revenants of Recollé is the longest-running ghost tour in town, and was recently voted the best for the fifth year in a row. The tour begins at their downtown office in Tribunal Terrace, a well-weathered building just a few blocks from City Hall.

Your guide for the evening is Edwin, a man at the upper end of middle age, sporting an impressive beard, dressed in period costume (although what period, precisely, is a little ambiguous), and carrying an old-fashioned glass lantern.

At 8:00, Edwin briefly goes over the rules of the tour - please remain with the group, don't touch anything, no alcohol or Ouija boards, and so on. Then he outlines the general route they'll be taking: past City Hall and the courthouse, through the Recollé Cemetery, looping around 9th Avenue to the Abernathy Hotel, and finally up into Apprassage, concluding at the Old Museum. (Obviously there are more stops than just those three, but those are the most interesting ones.)

By 8:15, the walk has begun. No turning back now!*

*I mean, you could turn back, but then you'd miss out on all the spoops.

((note: Ami did post a thing on the network earlier announcing this, but no signup is required!))

Comments

[longwei2go]

[ honestly, Yin was so tired from work that she nearly sleepwalked through the obvious spooky start at the cemetery, and very nearly checked in at the hotel after its disappointment. it's only here that she seems to have her attention captured at all. fuck your generic hauntings and stuff, CURSES are where it's at.

and she's in no hurry to go anywhere, much as she would need a ride, but the girl that had invited her just had to go say something to make her curious enough to stick around. ]

What, seriously? [ Yin put her hand up to her eyes and peered on ahead, seeing if any of the shadows moved. ] I don't see anyone.

[truedetective]

[This continues to be the absolute worst. Naoto wants nothing more than to go home and to bury her face in Kanji's fluffy fur. But the idea of a mystery weighs against her crippling fear of ghosts.

Ami's words, though...] I don't, either.

Are you trying to prank us?

[esperimental]

She doesn't have reason to. She honestly mentioned how there weren't any at her "favotite stop".

[ Ritsu folds his arms. He's previously made it clear to Ami already how he could see and talk to ghosts himself, so he thinks it's a given that he need not answer her question directly. ]

What if it's the vengeful ghost and not one of the victims? Looking closer might get us cursed.

[longwei2go]

Like someone needs a reason to prank someone? People have been assholes to others with dumber ideas.

[ Yin paused on that note. ] I mean, what if that's part of the bingo card? I've got one spot like that.

[livingdeadgirl]

[Ami turns away from the fence, still holding onto it.] I'm not pranking you, geez! ... That square's saved for Jim.

[She looks back up again just in time to see the ghost slide away from the window.] If you guys can't see it, that tells me it's a spirit. As opposed to, like... somebody who broke in.

[But to Ritsu's question:] I don't know. It didn't look shadowy or cursed or anything. [a sudden thought-] Do you think... if it's the curse that has them bound in there, they could need our help!

[longwei2go]

Okay, so... if you can see them, what are we supposed to do? Besides engage in a little B & E for you? [ which Yin sounds down for if for no other reason than it's something to do. good thing she wore Robo Arm today. ]

[truedetective]

[Naoto sighs. Pinching the bridge of her nose, she flashes first Ami and then Yang sidelong glances.] I suppose this is the part where I remind you that if you were, indeed, to break and enter, it would technically be a crime. [She looks back at Ami, then.] Which makes this... questionably worth it.

For the sake of argument, let's assume that the story about the pharaoh's curse is true. Nobody was killed at the museum, correct? Then any spirits in the place would logically be that of the pharaoh, and we'd be inviting misfortune.

[A sigh.] Assuming, at least, that ghosts and apparitions have any sense of logic.

[livingdeadgirl]

[The fact it's a crime is a significant factor in why Ami's hesitant at all. Breaking into an abandoned building is more like something her sister would do. But still...]

At least we'd be doing it for a good reason, though, right? We're not going in there to do drugs or fight or anything. It's not the same.

Anyway, we already know ghosts don't necessarily stay where they died. If they did, where did the guys at the cemetery come from?

[longwei2go]

[ while the others debate what to do, Yin starts to look at their options for entry. climbing the fence can't be that hard but it takes a lot of time, too. if there's a lock, odds are she can just break it with her new arm. ]

[esperimental]

... If nobody's getting reported, I see no need why this should be a unanimous decision to proceed or not. Those who want to go, go. Those who do not, don't.

So firstly, I suppose we should promise none among us are going to say a thing.

[truedetective]

...I probably shouldn't agree to that, given my role with the local police. [She sighs, and pinches her nose.] That said, it does seem like something of a victimless crime, doesn't it? Very well.

[esperimental]

Police? You? [ THAT CAME OUT WORSE THAN INTENDED. Fix this Ritsu. ]

Ahem... I'm sorry, I meant to say you look pretty young to be working with law enforcement.

[livingdeadgirl]

You're not, like, legally obliged to tell, right? [JUST TO MAKE SURE...]

[Meanwhile, Yin will find something better than a lock: a hole in the fence! It's partly hidden behind weeds, and there's a sheet of plywood propped up to hide it further (which really just makes it easier to spot), but it's easily big enough for an adult to slip through. Unsurprisingly, this is not the first group that's ever broken in.

But she may want to move quickly. The glow of a flashlight makes it easy to see where the security guard is, patrolling the outside of the fence. He's not nearby, and there's enough overgrowth in the yard that, if the group goes within the next minute or two (and stays low), he won't see them. But he is coming their way, that's for certain.]

[longwei2go]

It's not breaking-and-entering without the breaking, right? [ the comment is followed up by Yin pushing the piece of wood out of the way and giving the edge of the fence a rap of her metal knuckles. ]

Ride or die, people. C'mon! [ whether everyone is in on this or not, Yin ducks her way through the hole without hesitation. ]

[truedetective]

Uh. Yes, it's something of an after-school work study program. [She's a glorified intern, actually. Naoto sighs.] Professionally, probably. Legally, no. [But as Yin is pushing the wood out of the way, she pinches the bridge of her nose again.] Then again, I suppose I'm equally obligated to make sure that nobody gets hurt or breaks something. [So she follows the older girl.]

[livingdeadgirl]

[Pfft, just admit it, Naoto, you're curious too.]

Ahh, wait for me! [Ami follows through the fence as well, being very careful not to snag her borrowed dress on anything.]