002 | Text, Violet City

[ghoststanning]

Hey, everyone, it's Ray Stantz here! You know, the guy who was freezing on Route 29 on Christmas Eve?

Don't worry, I'm more than safe now. :-)

Anyway, I do research on the supernatural (I specialize in ghosts and the hunting and containment of them, for those curious!) and I've been reading up on myths and legends in this dimension. It's pretty interesting stuff, but I would like to hear some first hand accounts of the strange and unusual sightings in this dimension! Whether it's encounters with Legendary Pokémon, normal Pokémon, or just strange occurrences you've noted in this dimension, I want to hear about it! I think it would help get me a better understanding of this dimension. And even if it doesn't, it would be fun to hear about!

Or heck, if you have any fun stories of strange encounters back in your home dimension I would love to hear that too; I'm not picky!

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[pkemeter]

[Egon blinks. A genuinely puzzled expression (?) appears on his face.]

Do you mind elaborating on what you're asking?

[He's legitimately unsure of what Ray means by that.]

[ghoststanning]

[Yup yeah Ray's entire face is red at this point. He keeps trying to say something but his voice is caught in his throat in shock. After a few moments he buries his face in his hands.

Yeah just give him a few moments.]

You know. Was I holding your hands? Hugging you? ... More than that?

[PLEASE DON'T ASK HIM TO ELABORATE FURTHER.]

[pkemeter]

[Egon grows completely perplexed and concerned until Ray finally spits something out. He tilts his head to the side. Was that it?]

Yes. You were kissing and hugging everyone within reach, as well as fondly and loudly expressing your love for everyone involved. [A pause.] If I remember correctly, we had a difficult time getting you to the Ecto-1 without incident.

[That's all there was!]

[ghoststanning]

[Ray lets out a huge sigh of relief hearing that, so freaking thankful it wasn't as bad as he fears.]

Ha, I can barely contain myself normally with hugging and kissing you guys, I guess the mood slime only worsened that urge.

... Uh, sorry if I almost caused a scene in public, Spengs.

[pkemeter]

It wasn't your fault. You were under the influence of mood slime, after all. And it was also technically my dimensional version of Ray Stanz, not you.

[After a brief moment of contemplation, he plants a kiss on Ray's forehead.]

I have to admit, though, it was quite nice.

[ghoststanning]

[Ray is about to point out there's still a chance that he could do this in the future, but is cut off by the kiss.

Ray begins to blush again but this time he's smiling.]

Aww gee, Spengs, you should have told me that earlier! I would have kissed you more often if I had known.

[As if he doesn't already give him a ton of kisses.]

You know, I love Ghostbusting more than anything, but the one nice thing about not being a Ghostbuster in this dimension is that we don't have to worry about the paparazzi at all.

[He kisses Egon on the cheek before leaning up against him.]

[pkemeter]

Well, I do find it difficult sometimes to express my overwhelming affection towards all of you, especially in public places.

["Sometimes". Spengler usually plans on kissing his partners but then usually forgets or gets side tracked by other science stuff. His face heats up a little when Ray kisses him.]

But that is true, in addition to being able to study the traits of his dimension and its inhabitants.

[A beat.] How long do you think it will take Venkman to begin complaining after meeting us again? [And after kissing the living daylights out of both of them.]

[ghoststanning]

Yeah this dimension is great. It's almost like a nice vacation where we can study ghosts with little worry about getting killed by them.

[Ray smirks.]

Complain about us having all this fun without him or about the dimension in general? Because he's already complained to me about the latter.

[pkemeter]

Not that death would stop us from further studying the spirits of any dimension.

[The corner of Egon's mouth twitches upwards.]

Both, but mostly the former. Would you believe me if I said that I almost miss him complaining?

[ghoststanning]

It wouldn't, but it's a lot easier to study something that's not trying to attack you!

[Ray frowns slightly, resisting the urge to talk about all the things he misses from home.]

You know, I kind of do too. It almost feels quiet here without him.