>>159748
Open Office

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/04(Sun)19:07 No. 159750 ID: 40056d
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I can feel pressure on my fingers as they rest on the keyboard. ... On a whim, I let those fingers move as they're pressed, typing whatever they rest on.

I look at the screen.

Is your name Benton? What kind of project are you working on?

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/04(Sun)19:31 No. 159768 ID: 40056d
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>>159752
Yes. My name is Benton Walker. I'm just a mindless cog in the data management branch of MegaCorporation Ltd. Frequently I'm just double-checking numbers or copying numbers off of paper and into a spreadsheet. Nobody important, really. I keep my head down, don't cause trouble, get my work done, and in return, I don't get too much flak from management.

It's not glamorous, but it's a paycheck.

I type a simple response.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/04(Sun)19:33 No. 159771 ID: 40056d
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...and get another bit of my fingers being pressed into the keys.

...huh... looks like they were hitting the /? key there and couldn't get the question mark. How odd.

>>159771
Only one point of pressure at a time?

>>159771
What are you talking about, 'letting' your fingers move? Are you channeling a spirit or psychic or something? Cut that shit out, it's bad for your sanity.

>>159771
I dunno. Answer its question?

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/04(Sun)20:00 No. 159794 ID: 40056d
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>>159783
Either that or they don't know how a keyboard works. I'll give a brief lesson. I also show how to use the backspace key, but being the backspace... you can't see that lesson anymore.

>>159785
I dunno. It's like... an urge. I can resist it, but it won't go away. Kinda builds up. And I think you've been watching too much science fiction.

...but I'm not sure what's going on. It's weird. It's... interesting.

>>159794
Maybe you're just going crazy from lack of sleep.

Ask who the mysterious compulsion is.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/04(Sun)20:19 No. 159806 ID: 40056d
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>>159803
Could be. But at least I'd be sane enough to recognize I'm insane.

It types its response. I reply. This is a really slow way to carry on a conversation, it seems. It's faster than hunting down paper and pen, though.

>>159806
I dunno, wait for a response, I guess.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/04(Sun)20:36 No. 159821 ID: 40056d
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They seem to wait for a while. Then, the reply.

I wonder what's going on... maybe it's just the late night. The mind does funny things when wanting sleep.

...but I have heard some water cooler talk about people that've talked to the janitors. Light switches flipping. Toilet seats and doors banging. Just generic 'woooo spoooooky' type ghost stories. All of 'em usually hearsay.

Maybe I'm just tired.

... My finger draws a smiley face on the desk. Ugh. Who uses smiley faces anymore?

>>159821
:)

>>159821
Ask her what she is, exactly. Not that you wanna pry, but this is a little weird.

ask if this is the only way ?she? has of communicating. perhaps possessing the keyboard directly would speed things up.

>>159821
Are you using only one hand to type 'her' responses? There is a real condition known as split-brain syndrome. Have you ever had brain surgery or head trauma?

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/04(Sun)21:09 No. 159846 ID: 085a4a
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>>159826
Asked, and response. ... They also draw a frowny face with finger again.

>>159834
They've been using both hands, hunt and peck style typing. Yech. If I've had head trauma, it'd be news to me.

>>159827
I'll probably ask that next. Don't want to seem too pushy. ...that would be a good idea if they can do that, though.

>>159846
Well, you could tell her that you don't disagree that she's somebody, but you were hoping for an answer along the lines of you being a human. If you think it's a good idea.

>>159846
Sure, she's somebody. We're curious as to if she's a ghost or an alien. Or maybe some other kind of person.

Avoid the term 'something'.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/04(Sun)21:41 No. 159862 ID: 350299
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They seem to be going about normal hunt-and-peck speed, now. ... I guess I can forgive not being able to touch-type. For a bit.

I can kinda relate to what they're saying, in a manner of speaking. Nerd life was not kind to me in youth.

does she remember a time before she was unable to do stuff?

>>159862
Aww. I feel sorry for her.

So she was properly human, before? Does she know what happened?

>>159862
Okay well looks like we have a pretty good idea what happened to Marisse, but we should keep that information to ourselves until we're sure about it.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/04(Sun)22:05 No. 159869 ID: 350299
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>>159864
... Touchy subject, apparently. They even draw a frowny face again. Three times.

Mmmmayyyyybe I should back off of that topic for a bit. If they are... something other than me... I've read and heard stuff. Didn't believe any of it, but... this... kinda applies.

Ghosts... things that didn't used to be human at all... If such things are real... I'd rather not risk ticking off something I can't see. This is really making me question my stance on stuff. ...maybe I'm just crazy. I don't know.

>>159869
Right. Apologize, I guess. :(

Try to change the subject? Don't know what to, though.

the only course of action is to enter the spirit realm.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/04(Sun)22:39 No. 159883 ID: 350299
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>>159871
Check and check.
...that sounds pretty damn boring. Especially if they can't chat with people.

>>159873
Right. Sure. Good idea. You do that. I'll be riiiiiiiiiiiight behiiiiiiiind yoooooooou. Totally. Yeah. Right.

>>159883
Rhetorically ask her if that gets boring.

I mean, yeah, obviously it does, but the aim is to try and prompt further comment or whatever, y'know?

>>159884
No, don't remind her of how pathetic her life is now.

Ask her if there's anything you can do to help her.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/04(Sun)23:12 No. 159890 ID: 350299
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Hm. She's right. The sun will be coming up if I stick around too much longer.

>>159886
That seems to have gone over well.

Since it's a work computer, I don't save the conversation. As I gather up my things, Marisse borrows my hand to make another smiley face. With a finger, I draw one back.

...

She seems nice.

get this out of the way now:

GHOST BLOWJOB WOO WOOWOO WOO!!

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/17(Sat)01:32 No. 165568 ID: 25246a
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As I drive home, I feel good. Probably the best I've felt in a while.

I consider my options for when I get home, since I'm still not feeling that tired.

>>165568
Well... You could watch TV or read a book or something. What kind of hobbies do you have?

>>165568
What do you usually have as your stopgap activity between more pertinent things?

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/18(Sun)04:12 No. 166066 ID: d12053
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Well... usually, I shoot people with other people, with most of 'em on the other side of the world. Or, I sic my aliens against their aliens in a massive strategic battle. Sometimes, I don't feel like playing games, though, and just watch movies or shows. I don't really have much in the way of books, unless you count comics and graphic novels. Even then, I don't have many that are in dead-tree version.

Occasionally, I work on personal projects I take on, but I currently don't have any of those.

I wonder why I feel so good. ...and everything's looking... interesting. I guess I never really bothered to look at stuff as I head home.

meeting a ghost can do that.

>>166066
Watch a movie.

Isn't it, like, midnight? get some sleep. My guess is tomorrow you'll be chatting with ghostie all night long again.

Well hey, if you've got no projects, think one up! It's not good to let your skills get more rest than you, yknow.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/19(Mon)00:28 No. 166811 ID: 3dde9c
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Ahh.... the sweet sweet relaxing hum of home...

Sounds like everyone's behaving themselves. No troublesome alarm beeps or anything.

>>166125
Nah... probably closer to four in the morning.

>>166103
>>166141
I guess I've got time for a movie. Maybe I'll get an idea while watching or something.

>>166811
Whoa.

What are all those lights in your room?

>>166812

Ordinary server status lights would be the obvious and probably true answer.

>>166824
Yeah but it never hurt to ask.

Dude, is that a TV or a Microwave?

Also, do computer nerds and gaming geeks worship you as a god?

>>166811

Find some porn

ZOMG! IT MOVES! Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/26(Mon)11:25 No. 170503 ID: e3d71f
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Bringin' my setup back on...

>>166812
>>166824
Correct. I do a bit of hosting on the side. It helps with the electric bill and the internet bill I rack up usually. I think I've got a few set up as a render farm that I never actually got around to either using, renting, or setting up as something else.

>>166882
That's my crappy first attempt at a case mod. I put way too many glowy bits in it. I keep it around for sentimental reasons. ...plus, it helps me not stub my foot when I'm walking around in the dark.

And I've gotten a few compliments from online associates. I've had a few get upset with how well I can do in games with this setup. Accuse me of Hax. I got over game hacking long ago.

>>166883
True, one can hardly have enough porn. One benefit to hosting sites... if I want, I can browse the st--gah! My arm is flipping the fuck out. What the hell? Scrambling about. Scrambling... looking for... something?

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/04/26(Mon)11:26 No. 170504 ID: e3d71f
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...a pen. My hand grabs a pen. I get some paper for it with my other hand.

...

It does this.

oh great. she isn't haunting your work place, she is haunting you!

>>170504
Reply: What way would you rather I express my sexual urges?

>>170504
Looks like Marisse followed you home. You can probably speak directly to her and she will hear it. Tell her that you're a single man and you have certain needs and urges. She might also want to stay out of your hands when those come up, or might not. Up to her I guess.

Also, this is why everything seems so new and fresh and happy to you.You seem to be capable of receiving the ghost's feelings.

>>170504
...Ahem.
Could it have to do with the content of the porn rather than the presence of it?
Inquire.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/05/13(Thu)11:37 No. 176821 ID: 3a973c
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I turn off the other monitors and open up something to type in, getting weakly whacked a bit atop the head by my free hand until it opens. Typing commences.

>>176821
Tell her you have a great respect for women, but really like looking at them too. It's not like you're into the hard stuff. Also tell her that you didn't mean to be rude but this is rather embarrassing.

>>176831
Dunno what else you can say, really.

Tell her that the female form is a work of art, and that you are merely a connisuer.

You enjoy all the ladies, even the ones who have no form.

:3

>>176834
Also tell her that it's not really fair to judge people based on what they do in the privacy of their own homes, and that sex is one of the four major biological mandates of humans.

>>176836
I think right now we should be working on positive things to say instead of confrontation.

She wants us to be NICE.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/05/13(Thu)12:51 No. 176853 ID: 6ee21f
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I explain. Words words words.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/05/13(Thu)12:52 No. 176854 ID: 6ee21f
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She's quiet for a while.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/05/13(Thu)12:54 No. 176855 ID: 6ee21f
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...and then a response. ... She draws a little smiley face on the paper with a bit of a smirk

>>176855
"I am male, hear me roar."

>>176855
We can work with that. Let's ask what she wants to do. We've got movies and stuff we could watch.

>>176855
Well, you're never gonna live this down.

But hey, better that she playfully rag on you about it than think less of you for it, y'know?

So, before Marisse said hi out of the blue, were you planning on doing anything? 'Cause I guess that's where we're back to, now.

>>176858
Agreed. Movies would be good.

Shot!H508X.HbJ6 2010/05/13(Thu)13:30 No. 176869 ID: e31d52
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Don't tell me you're going to fall in love with your own hand!

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/05/13(Thu)19:29 No. 177009 ID: b0dfe8
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Movie sounds good. Nice, social activity. And since I'm at home, and... um... she doesn't have a body... I only really need to get out snacks if I get the munchies.

I wonder what sort of movie to fire up. Decisions decisions...

>>176860
Didn't have much planned, really. Either games or movies or just general exploration of the internet. So, this is good enough.

if you want to be corny play Casper. or a maybe comedy would be good. DO NOT play a romance, it's too soon to be suggesting that.

>>177009
A not-ghost-related comedy.

Something Jim Carrey.

Yes Man, Liar Liar, something like that.

>>177022
Ooh, Liar Liar sounds good.

>>177009
I got a perfect one:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995039/

It's very relevant and Ricky Gervais is hilarious

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/06/13(Sun)02:59 No. 193031 ID: 26366a
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-----
...Oh dear...

Well, we've been watching a few movies. Making a night of it. I... suppose it was inevitable... But... erm... a certain inevitability of life has... made itself known. Nature calls, as the saying goes.

But... err... um... Can't exactly see my guest.

I... doubt others have had this... particular dilemma.

>>193031
Signal a time-out, and go over to the bathroom door. Try to make it clear what you need to do.

>>193031

Just pee in an empty mountain dew bottle like normal.

>>193031
Tell her, as awkwardly as you feel necessary, what you need to do. I'm sure she'll understand. :V

just announce out loud that you are going to the bathroom and go.

Benton!z3GH2A89b6 2010/08/02(Mon)14:52 No. 214882 ID: 5de2d9
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Right. Play it cool. I excuse myself stating nature calls.

>>193058
No. That's behavior reserved for multi-day raids on some MMO. And I've kicked that habit.

Seems like ever since I met her, I've had that 'someone watching' feeling. Maybe I'll get used to it. But, the pressure is relieved.

she is totally watching you go, but stay calm and just finish up and wash our hands. if she knows that you know she was watching you will never hear the end of it.

>>214882
You know your shadow looks a bit different. Don't let on that you noticed though. Just go back out and turn whatever you were watching back on.