8 ∅ [Text/Action for Ecruteak Inn]

[callbacks]

[TEXT:]

currently taking your hottest exorcism tips
the top five submissions get a prize
the prize is whatever i get out of these boxes of abra jacks and if thats not your idea of a good time im sorry because theyre all i got stashed in this closet atm

if this is punishment for cultural appropriation at the festival im gomen
but can we maybe stop
onegai shimass

[ACTION FOR ECRUTEAK:]

[The great (???) thing about the ghost currently haunting Dave is that, for the most part, it stays out of sight, meaning that with everyone else distracted by their own phantasms, Dave managed to spend the whole day yesterday blatantly not acknowledging it, only twitching at its constant presence at the edge of his awareness. But after no sleep the entire night--negative sleep, probably, it's possible he will never sleep again, fuck every molecule of his being--he's just grabbed some foodstuffs, marched into the inn room closet, and settled in with his eyes shut, hugging the cereal boxes to his chest.

At least he can pretend Bro's not there, in the dark.]

Comments

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...Yeah. Yeah, it's pretty fucked up, huh?

[Bro was here before. And as far as Dave knows, he hadn't been some silent, flickering ghost.]

Wonder what's going on. Think it's glitching again?

[in4apounding]

Maybe? This- I don't know, it feels. Different, from all the other weird stuff. Personal.

[This is one hell of a glitch.]

I mean, I hope it's just a glitch. Then it might end soon. Whatever it is, she- Pyrrha doesn't deserve it.

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Y-you're not saying you think there's a chance it's a new permanent feature, are you? Like the warp pads and shit?

[Because he doesn't think Bro deserves this, either, but in an entirely different way.]

[in4apounding]

[She'd agree just based on how badly this is freaking Dave out, honestly.]

I don't- maybe? But I hope not, this kind of thing usually doesn't last long, but...

[She falls silent for a moment.]

If it is, there has to be a way to fix it.