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

[text]

[defyingfrigidity]

I see.
Well.

I... know how complicated family can be.
And how your feelings towards your family can be.

[god she can practically feel the eyes of her father's ghost drilling into her back right now]

I won't force you to talk about it, but I'll gladly listen if you need to.

[text]

[callbacks]

[He doesn't answer right away.]

i guess "he cant do anything to me" is kind of telling all on its own huh

[text]

[defyingfrigidity]

[It takes a second, but when the realization sinks in, it hits Elsa so hard it feels like an actual, physical blow.]

Dave.
Where are you?
What city?
If you need someone there with you, I can try to get there as soon as possible.

[text]

[callbacks]

my whole crews around so its ok
i mean most all of them got their own visitations to deal with
but its not like theyre likely to leave me alone in a closet for more than five minutes without trying to lure me out with a nacho crumb trail or a box trap baited with shitty comics
which
lets be real
are both five thousand percent guaranteed to work

unless you want to hang out?
were in ecruteak still

[text]

[defyingfrigidity]

Okay.
Good. As long as you have people there with you.

... I would like that, though.
I'm at the inn.
And, ah... I'm not alone.
But it's not that bad.

[she says in the middle of an anxiety flare-up that hasn't been this bad since, like, she first showed up in Johto....]

[text]

[callbacks]

the kind of not that bad thats relateable to my he cant do anything to me
or the actually not bad kind of not bad
not to doubt you or anything els but mostly what im seeing around here is the first kind