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[Hanna appears on the screen with Noibat on his shoulder, as usual. They're unseparable, except...unfortunately so are he and Conrad at the moment. Conrad being the person floating behind him with an expression on his face like he's being paid to be there but obviously not enough.]

Hi! My name is Hanna Cross and I will be your ghost expert for today!

Ghosts, [He points to the one behind him, silent and still as usual.] just like this one here, happen when someone dies and has regret or a strong emotion chaining them to the world of the living. Usually it's regret. Or anger.

The only problem is I can't seem to get a rise out of any of the ghosts i've encountered, including my own. They don't speak, they don't react, they just watch. And that's weird. So, i've thought of a few ideas on how to try and get rid of them. Nicely, that is. Don't be a dick and attack the ghost no matter how hard the feelings are. They aren't hurting you, they're existing and they at least have that right. [He's looking at you, who ever you are.]

Firstly, most people seem to know the apparition that is following them. Now, if you know how they died, perhaps think of anything that might have been going wrong in their life or they might have strong feelings about. The key is Negotiation. Talk to them, maybe try and ease what ever worries they might have. I'm sure they'd like to move on and stop bothering you just as much as you'd like them too, so be strong and think about topics to cover.

Second...well? Since that didn't work for mine...maybe think about what you might have done wrong. This one is more difficult...and I know I'm still working on it myself, but maybe all they want is an apology? I'm not saying every apparition is blaming you for their death, but...I'm all out of options. Nothing I would usually do is working, and I've got no more magic up my sleeves, so. Just try...

I'm sorry I couldn't help more, but that's my advice to all of you. Good luck! I...I know I'm going to need it.

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Just sounds like a residual haunting to me. Leave them alone and they'll go away on their own eventually.

[Seriously. What is it with all the ghosts and people freaking out over them? Come to Gravity Falls. You'll see much worse.]

They probably don't even understand English.

They might go away eventually but the guilt floating around right behind me makes me want to try and get rid of them of my own accord. [He isn't freaking out, dude. Just, man. This guilt. If Conrad needed to breathe he would have felt him breathing down his neck he swears.] And I'm pretty sure they do. Why wouldn't they?

Even if they can't speak, doesn't mean they can't listen.

You tried talking to them, right? And there's no response? They either don't understand English, or they can't hear you. Oooooor they don't care. If this place is as weird as I think it is they'll go away on their own in a day or so.

[This kid has no ghosts haunting him.]

It's probably the festival doing this.

Man, you're jaded. It's not like they aren't at least a little expressive in the face. And sure, they might go away, but usually stuff like this happens for a reason, at least back home it does.

[He's gonna level with you kid, just because you think it's a nuisance doesn't mean everyone else does.] I might be shitty at my job, but I don't turn down learning opportunities.

There's 11 different types of ghosts. These one's are about Category 1, or "EH." level. The only way these ghosts can harm you is by just being there and annoying you with their presence. They'll go away if you ignore them long enough or they get bored.

Who made up your category system?

[It's a legitimate question, not teasing, since Hanna doesn't have one of those. Usually ghosts appear fully formed and angry in his case, all very easily able to do a lot of harm.]

My grunkle, Stanford Pines. The leading scientist when it comes to his 'Grand Unified Theory of Weirdness'. He's only met ten of the eleven ghosts that he categorized, but I'm the one who discovered the last!

[If Ford was here, he could be even more detailed about the categories. Dipper feels like there might be more than what was written in the journals.

Also, since they are in a video game, why not talk about weirdness? This place is as weird as you can get without being Gravity Falls level weird.]

[The hell is a Grunkle...]

So on the category system, the eleven would be like, the end all be all of no, right? [He's not so sure how much he trusts this kid's 'theory of weirdness', but hey? He's a kid. He's not going to judge. He used to go looking for Faeries long before he actually found out they existed.] And which one did you discover?

Eleven! The demonic vengeance specter.

[Even worse than death apparently.]

[Hanna had been interested to talk about it but his expression changed when Dipper mentioned he had found some kind of evil spirit that was worse them all. He remembered being young and getting overwhelmed. It completely changed his life.]

Are...you okay?

I'm fine!

[Which is true. He didn't die, no one else did, and the Northwest family learned a good lesson. Hopefully.]

[He laughs, nods. Kids. They're pretty resiliant.]

No lasting damage i hope.

Unless you count the wounded pride of the wealthiest family in town, then nope. Everyone got out safely.

[Everyone who got turned into a tree at least.]

Well naw...i dont really count that. Pride grows back. Now if it was an arm? Totally.

[Dipper, isnt turning into a tree worth mentioning?] So how'd you get rid of it?

[... they'd find a way for limbs to grow back in that place.]

One of the family members of the family that ghost hated apologized to him.

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