>>751721
Mate, with a mob like us, we're always going to fuck up and lose control eventually. Just accept it and make nice with the hosts.

Ixnay on Inneretkay seconded if at all possible.

We're a host of ghosts and you're our current host. No, we can't just choose not to possess people, but we can give you superpowers and most of us favor getting along with our hosts.

>>751726
Then try actively trying not to fuck up. And I'm talking about the constant gradual drain, which is gone now. We're calling the shots, and it should stay that way for the foreseeable future. Now, no more groveling before our own body for Good Boy Points(tm).

(and of course, ix-nay about you-know-who.)

>>751727
Sure, but good luck convincing everyone, and good luck having everyone succeed. Plus, I think it'd be a lot more useful to have someone with no power drain actually like us than actively try to get us out. Especially since Erin's an exorcist who may or may not actually be able to rip ghosts out.

>>751722
>Oh and Erin, this is toothpick, a humunculus. she is very shy but acts very sweet so be nice.
And no exorcising either!

Okay so, that's another voice soul thing up in this body, We thought you would be like, unconscious for this... so uh...We're the ghost legion or something, nice ta meet ya and all that...By the way fellow ghosts, how do you feel about going by legion as a collective, so the meat-fellows have a name to call us by?

Hahaha! This is getting interesting. Hello Erin, we didn't expect you to wake up so soon, or at all. We're currently borrowing your body, but don't worry, we'll give it back to you in one piece soon enough, and we'll compensate you for the time we've used once we have some money. I'd suggest you start keeping track of time if you want to be paid the right amount. In the meantime your body will be well taken care of, we have an array of superpowers to deploy for its protection.

No toothpick, we are not a fairy, but we could be your mother, if you wanted us to.

Hello Mister Erin.

We are your headvoices.

You went so insane from the sheer supernatural overload that your brain has more than one personality now. We'll hold onto the revelations in your head, you just focus on making pretty pictures.

And we've been busy getting yelled at for trying to kill the monster girl in the corner. I really suggest not doing that. Because the girl hid some #$%^ING HUGE MUSCLES under that shirt. Please don't get us punched in the face.

Just play nice and we'll go see a doctor when we get out of this death-house. First things first, say hello to the leaking bone construct, Toothpick. Then you need to duct-tape her wounds before she bleeds out.

Y'know, in Scottish folklore there wasn't much of a distinction between ghosts and fairies.

Congratulations, Toothpick! Your original fairy godmother was late for work too many times, the Chief pulled her off the case and told her to turn in her badge. We're the replacement. You've been a good girl all this time, waiting patiently, so today you get to go on an adventure! Have you ever been outside the house?

Exorcise is very bad for your heart, Erin. You see, it beats to our drum now. So just sit back, relax, and try to scream. We're the only ones who will hear you.

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>Can. Can we use alter perception to make her see fairy wings on us?

Error: Spirit Command not yet powerful enough to perform the requested action. Alter Perception must first be improved through use.

>Hey Erin how do you feel about hugging adorable things?

“Uh… I’m generally a fan, I guess? Hold on, who said that?”

“Lo, Anna, Erin just woke up.” The Host sighs. “Wait a minute and then come over to help comfort him. We’ll wave you over when he looks like he needs a hug.”

“Good idea.” Anna nods. “I hope he’ll be okay. It’s a rough deal.”

“Thanks, Anna.”

“Why did I just say that? Am I on drugs? Oh, god, I knew those muffins tasted weird!”

>Exorcise is very bad for your heart, Erin. You see, it beats to our drum now.
>don't exorcise us, bro. Okay?
>please don't try to kill us or eject us violently from your body or something.

“Exorcise? Kill you?! Excuse me? I can’t do anything right now. I don’t have my tools set up. God, I can’t think straight… It’s like there are firecrackers going off in my skull.”

>We're a host of ghosts and you're our current host.
>We thought you would be like, unconscious for this... so uh...We're the ghost legion or something, nice ta meet ya and all that...
>Hello, we're a Host of Ghosts, currently possessing you. Sorry about that, and the headache. We didn't mean to cause the latter.
>Hello Erin you're possessed by a swarm of ghosts right now. We are not malevolent, so please don't try to kill us or eject us violently from your body or something.
>Hello Erin, we didn't expect you to wake up so soon, or at all. We're currently borrowing your body, but don't worry, we'll give it back to you in one piece soon enough, and we'll compensate you for the time we've used once we have some money.

“Did you say ’ghosts’? Slow down, please… You’re all talking at once, it’s so terribly loud, and my head… my head…”

“Congratulations, Toothpick!” For the third time, the Host leans down close to Toothpick. “You've been a good girl all this time, waiting patiently, so today you get to go on an adventure! Have you ever been outside the house?”

“Father promised he’d take me outside! I’ve always wanted to go…” Toothpick’s little scythe-arms wiggle excitedly. “I want to see all the houses and fields, and cows and dragons and princesses and sheeps…!”

“We could be your mother, if you wanted us to.”

“Yes! Please be my mother… I like you.”

>Modify Host: Gender Bender. Lil' Miss Bones always wanted a mama, after all.

Activated Spirit Command!

Modify Host - Sex.

Control: 64%

“Gah! I don’t feel good! I don’t feel good at all! What is this? What’s happening to me?!”

The Host convulses as fat distribution is rearranged, bones are readjusted, and organs shift, vanish, manifest, and invert. With a few last visceral squelching and cracking sounds, the process comes to a close.

Emotional Spike: Terror. Host Spirit has lost some Control.

Sensory Spike: Mutilation. Host Spirit has lost all Control.

Control: 100%

“Holy shit! What are you doing to him?!”

“…Magic!” Toothpick stares at the Host, awestruck. “You really are my fairy godmother…”

“What is that thing on the floor?!”

>say hello to the leaking bone construct, Toothpick.
>Erin, this is toothpick, a humunculus. she is very shy but acts very sweet so be nice.
>Looks she's some kind of zombie-construct! You're interested in those, right?
>And no exorcising either!

“Zombie, construct, homunculus, whatever it is, it’s horrible! Get it the hell away from me!”

>We are your headvoices. You went so insane from the sheer supernatural overload that your brain has more than one personality now.

“No… I’m not crazy. I can’t be crazy! But… I’m so confused. I just need a second to process all of - ”

>ERIN THIS IS THE VOICE OF GOD STOP JACKING IT TO MONSTER MUSUME

“God? ‘Monster Musume’? What is that, even? You’re so loud… I don’t… Please, give me a moment to - ”

>just sit back, relax, and try to scream. We're the only ones who will hear you.

“All of you, please… please, just…”

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“Just shut up and let me think!”

Activated Host Command!

Translocate Spirit - ‘[undefined]’

Translocate Spirit - ‘[undefined]’

Self Control: 80%

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Possession complete!

Host: Lorinda Ortega

Translocation via Spiritual Medium: Control cost negated.

Control: 100%

Host Awareness: Off

“Ow!” Anna sits up, rubbing her head. “What on earth just happened?”

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“…Oh!” Kinneret looks down at herself, surprised. “Well, this is different.”

Erin collapses instantly, curling up and groaning in pain. After a few seconds, he passes out.

“Mother!” Toothpick rushes over to Erin, ineptly shaking him with her tiny limbs. “Please, no… Don’t die, mother! Please don’t die…”

Well, that happened.

We're over here, Toothy. We were just possessing that man.

Host Awareness: On

Hi sorry we got switched somehow.

huh...well that could have gone better...also who thought it was a good idea to change the guys gender again?

But uh, yeah. So other then getting kicked out and forced into the nearest available host did that do anything else to us?

Also Kin, how are you doing.

Oh and I'm going to vote we let Lo sleep for now and we can wake him once everyone one has calmed down... mainly toothpick. I just really don't want to deal with more then one panicking person at a time if it can be avoided.

>>751801
Welp sorry Lo, this wasn't our choice this time. It's possible for us to switch to Toothpick. We might do that soon, but I'm not sure it'll be good for your body for us to jump out quickly. You saw what happened to Anna. Though I suppose we'll take your opinion into consideration. Do you want us to
hmmm... interesting. I think when we were possessing Kinneret, we were suppressing her ghost powers, and the control percentage was directly related to it. That's why Erin woke up and was able to take direct action after we got to 100%.

Um, Kinneret, how angry do you think Erin will be when he wakes up? He said he can't do his exorcism stuff without his tools, did he bring those with him? Safety first, we should confiscate the tools if he has them. We should also get his body away from Toothpick so he doesn't strike out at her when he wakes up either.

Toothpick, don't worry, we're still here. Your godmother is a host of ghosts! We'll be moving from body to body. Maybe even to your body!

We're okay, Toothpick. Erin got upset we magic-ed his body and kicked us out. We're in Lo now. Sorry if that's confusing, but we're a fairy ghost. We don't have our own body, so we have to share and borrow from other people.

Kinneret, Anna, you two okay?

>Host Awareness: Off
Host Awareness on, please. And apologize to Lo. We didn't mean to do that, Erin threw us out. Guess exorcists can do that.

>problem
Erin's not exactly happy with us, but we can't just leave him an the mercy of any of the less friendly things in this house.

>>751807
If we do that, we are going to have to lie. Anna is going to probably want to talk to Lo. I vote to get him back in the conversation so that he trusts us more. As of right now, Lo and Anna don't really like us, and I'm assuming that we just burned the bridge to Erin's trust.

Also fuck Erin is in control. He might flip and like banish toothpick to the shadow realm or some shit.

"Hi, Erin. Sorry about that, we got excited about the homunculus. How're you doing? Anything you want to ask us?"

Epic win for Erin. Let him have his nappy with Miss Toothpick.

... Also, use any spare duct tape on Toothpick's scythes. We do not want her to slice up anyone by accident, especially if she has poison glands.

Check on the barricade for a few seconds. You need to figure out a way to quickly activate or deactivate the barricade, so that you can open and close the door at your leisure. Enhance Muscles might help. Then you can find the right portal connection to somewhere away from The Entity, at least for a while. If you escape, find a campsite and don't go near any doors until you see monsters.

For now, let's practice spells while we wait for Erin to wake up. There might not be a good opportunity to increase our spell usage after we get out of this mess. Plus we can give Toothpick a show!

WHICH ONE OF YOU DUMBASS IDIOTS THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO SWITCH ERIN'S GENDER?!?! NOT COOL!!!!! NO MORE GENDER SWITCHING!!!!! D-:<

Hopefully, that'll wear off and he'll go back to normal.....

Emulate host before Erin suspects anything.
Is everybody who's anybody still in the right body? Take a headcount.

Keep host awareness OFF. Using Emulate Host, we can pretend to be Lo *and* not-Lo at the same time and appear perfectly convincing. We can *sigh* wake him and fill him in on the details later, since we threw subtlety out the window right after Anna walked through the door.

Holy shit no. We are not going to keep Lo in a sensory deprivation chamber.

Host Awareness ON

Yeah no, click Host Awareness back on.

Lo, sorry, apparently Erin's got a bit more kick to him than you guys. He booted us out. How, I dunno, and it's probably not healthy to emulate.

Okay, so goals right now are.

One, duct tape up Toothpick. Poor thing needs it.

Two, figure out what is UP with writerzombie man; Toothpick might be able to help with getting info after said patching.

Three- I just had an idea. We've shown we can go outside. Why don't we just leave for now, get weapons and gear that's ACTUALLY CONDUCTIVE TO FIGHTING ZOMBIES AND ELDRITCH HORRORS, and THEN come back, and we can be a lot more comfortable in terms of exploring the mansion since we'll have actual arms and defenses.

Seriously, I just realized this, but we SUPER shouldn't be typical horror movie leads. Screw that. Come back strapped, or at least with heavy bludgeons and sharp objects.

And we're bringing Toothpick. No ifs, ands, or buts.

Also, please no more major body mods unless emergencies. Our abilities is literal flesh sculpting and they do not come with painkillers. Erin just passed out from the pain of it.

>>751837
Agreed.

>>751837
I don't think that is the case. Erin seemed to be having problems before it and did not complain about bodily pain afterwards. He said he didn't feel good. That's nowhere near the pain that should have occurred if it was capable of causing pain.

Host Awareness: On.

Soliloquy: Hello again, Lo! Sorry 'bout that, wasn't our call this time, long story, something to do with "translocation," we'll explain once the help file loads. First, though, just found out that we can temporarily, yet comprehensively, alter our host body's biological sex. Just thought I should mention in case that's, y'know, something you might like to try out, as long as we're here. Not gonna be judgemental either way. We know as well as anybody how much it can suck not having the body you'd prefer.

Out loud: Sorry about that, Toothpick. Not dying. We're just over here now. Fairy godmother problems, you'll understand when you're older. As a first step toward adventure, could you draw us a map of everywhere you've already been?

holy shit, They tore us our of their head literally! If it wasn't so detrimental to us, I'd say That's fucking awesome. Anyway...Yeah, Were okay, sorry lo, Auto-Awareness shutdown happened, ...So...This night just keeps getting weirder...Oh! We should ask what the date it was when erin came in, Because...things are already weird going on, There may or may not be time shenanegans too.

Yeah definitely turn on host awareness. And oh my god why the hell did we do that??!!? Who thinks it's a good idea to swap someone's sex without warning or consent?! If I thought it was a thing we could actually do I'd start a vote to exile but SERIOUSLY. SO NOT OKAY.
I guess we all need to read more carefully. >_<

>>751799
>host command
>self control 80%

Okay so Erin can do Commands too apparently. Wonder if that's unique to him or just nobody else hit the right combination yet.

Also, what happens as his Self Control goes down...?

>>751856
what they said.

Fun fact-Spirit Mediums can kick us out. Or maybe that's just a general Host power? Either way, we really need someone to teach him what's what. Oh yeah, also need to explain about the whole 'friendly ghosts' thing...And uhh, hope our spirit command wears off or he lets us back in.

>>751918
Spirit effects are temporary, they'll turn off by themselves. And it refilled our control meter to the brim, too. Control doesn't seem so hard to replenish anymore.
Attempting to re-inhabit an exorcist with newly-discovered spooky powers seems like a bad idea. Back to a limited window of existence on this earth, then. Ugh, how typically mortal.

Speaking of, how's Jacobi doing? Does it feel like their possession of a new host is still permanent? The two of them may be able to work out a longer-running agreement that both parties can agree to, given Jacobi's previously exhibited powers of relinquishing control over the body.

What happens when someone exposed to the void loses self control? Something must be moving in from the void...

So Erin's unconscious for the moment. Probably for the best? Maybe he won't wake up for the probably-equally-painful process of turning MALE again in a few minutes. That'd be nice.

Wake up Lo, damage control all around, apologize to KINNERET for having to ride shotgun during that whole sex-change fiasco. Seriously, we need way less altering-host-without-permission in here.

>>751926
We can't gain control if we ask for permission every time. We have to spook/disturb whoever we're possessing to gain control.

Well, maybe we can make them very very happy? That's a lot harder though.

I just realized that red voice is probably the "God" mentioned in the book.

As soon as Lo is back, I'm gonna try to break the ice by telling him a pun. "Well, Lo and behold, we're back!"

".....yeah, sorry about that. I mean, I'm sorry about coming back. I'm not sorry for the pun."

I want to drive! Stick the host's arms out like we're driving a car, levitate the host so he's sitting in mid-air, have him put his foot to the imaginary gas pedal, and let's vroom zoom around the room!

Beep beep, honk the horn! Observe the speed limit! Watch out for jaywalkers!

"Oh hey, Erin's not wearing a bra."

>>751938
I don't have any better ideas than this. Safe to say there's no more optimal course of action.

>>751946
Sure, take this moment to improve our Levitate command. Take Toothpick with you in the car.

>>751931
GET OFF THE STAGE, YOU HACK.

>>751973
NEVAH!!! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!!!

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>Emulate host before Erin suspects anything.

Spirit Command already active. As it has an indefinite duration, Emulate Host will remain active until deactivated.

“Kin, how are you doing?”

“I’m a little startled, but fine overall. Good, actually. I mean, hey, I work at something for years, and then, when I’m not even trying, boom! Here I am, out of the blue - and out of Erin.” Kinneret stands up shakily. “So, I’m Anna now? Huh. It feels strange to be a person a few minutes after meeting them. Strange for me, anyway. I imagine you’re probably used to it.”

“Anna, you okay?”

“No idea. She’s not in here right now.” Kinneret shrugs. “I think it’s like how I was with Erin. She’s asleep, and when she’s awake, she’ll be in complete control until I put her back to sleep. While she’s awake, I won’t be able to talk to her, but I’ll experience everything she feels, thinks, and does. I could switch with her, if you’d like. She’d probably appreciate being filled in.”

“Sorry you had to ride shotgun for that whole gender-changing fiasco.”

“Uh, yeah, what was up with that?” Kinneret raises an eyebrow. “I mean, don’t get me wrong, it was… interesting, but I’m not sure what the point of it was.”

>Host Awareness: On

“Gah! What the - ?!”

>Welp sorry Lo, this wasn't our choice this time.
>We didn't mean to do that, Erin threw us out. Guess exorcists can do that.
>Lo, sorry, apparently Erin's got a bit more kick to him than you guys. He booted us out. How, I dunno, and it's probably not healthy to emulate.
>sorry lo, Auto-Awareness shutdown happened

“Oh. Um… okay. If you didn’t have control over it, I guess it’s fine. Thanks for letting me out, at least.”

>First, though, just found out that we can temporarily, yet comprehensively, alter our host body's biological sex.

“Yeah, I saw what you did to Erin. That was pretty fucked up, by the way.”

>Just thought I should mention in case that's, y'know, something you might like to try out, as long as we're here. Not gonna be judgmental either way. We know as well as anybody how much it can suck not having the body you'd prefer.

“Huh? Oh, right… you said you could read my mind, earlier. I guess you already know. Well, if it’s temporary, it won’t help me much, and I’m not sure what it would even do to someone like me. It’s kind of you to offer, though. Thanks.”

“…Mother…” Toothpick sobs. “Don’t leave me, mother…”

“Sorry about that, Toothpick. We’re over here now. We were possessing that man, but he got upset that we magic-ed his body, and he kicked us out.” The Host stands up, waving. “We’re not dying. It’s just fairy godmother problems. You’ll understand when you’re older.”

“…You’re my fairy godmother?” Toothpick’s confused gaze shifts between Erin and the Host. “But… I thought…”

“Your godmother is a host of fairy ghosts. We don’t have our own body, so we have to share and borrow from other people. We’ll be moving from body to body. Maybe even to your body!”

“…My body?” Toothpick seems disconcerted. “Oh… of course, I would give you anything, godmother… but that sounds so scary.”

“Oh, sweetheart…” Kinneret smiles, making her way over to the worried little creature. “It’s okay. You don’t have to do anything right now, I promise.”

“Are you my fairy godmother, too?”

“Yeah. Well, sort of.” Kinneret furrows her brow. “Huh. That’ll get confusing, won’t it? Oh, I’ve got an idea: Toothpick, I’ll be your mother, and they’ll be your fairy godmother, okay? They’re more magical than I am, anyway.”

“…Okay.” Toothpick nods, then hesitantly puts one of her limbs forward. It’s leaking heavily. “I’m hurt, mother.”

The Host immediately moves to get the duct tape from where it fell from Erin’s hand, but Kinneret races forward and manages to grab it first. She grins victoriously at the Host, tauntingly sticks out her tongue, and then returns to Toothpick and begins to bandage her.

“All done!” After covering all of the damaged joints with duct tape, Kinneret gently pats Toothpick’s scythe-arm. “You were a very good girl, Toothpick. You held perfectly still, and only flinched a little, even when it must have hurt a lot. Do you know what that means?”

“Um…” Toothpick thinks for a moment, and then notices that Kinneret has something hidden behind her back. Toothpick squeals with excitement. “Candy!”

“That’s right!” Kinneret laughs, tossing Toothpick a few lollipops and taffies. Toothpick immediately gobbles the candies off the floor, making happy little gurgling sounds as she does so.

“Okay, I admit it: The tiny abomination is pretty cute. I’m glad we opened the door for her.”

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“Ugh…” Erin sits up, looking pretty ill. “What happened? Oh, no, did I black out? Dang, that usually only happens at night…”

“Erin?” Kinneret stares at her old host with a strange expression on her face. “Wait, you’re still a…”

“Still a what?” Erin blinks. “Man, my throat hurts. I feel like I just coughed up a kidney.”

“You don’t remember?”

“The last thing I remember is telling Lo about my awesome camera. It’s just a confusing blur after that. Wait, where is my camera? Did I drop it?”

“Oh, hey, Erin’s not wearing a bra.” The Host points.

“Uh, excuse me? No, of course I’m not wearing a bra!” Erin scoffs. “Why would I b-?”

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“Camera. Camera! Where is my camera?!” Erin scrambles onto his hands and knees, desperately searching. He quickly finds and snatches up the camera from the floor nearby, where it had fallen. “Yes! Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!”

“Erin, how are you doing?” The Host asks.

“How do you think I’m doing?!”

“Oh, god.” Kinneret bites her lip. “Do you at least feel okay, Erin?”

“Are you kidding me?” Erin cackles madly. “I’m not ‘okay’, I’m fantastic!”

“…What?” Kinneret and the Host exchange confused looks.

“Shh, shh!” Erin puts a finger to his grinning lips. “Keep it quiet, for future generations!”

Kinneret is, obligingly enough, speechless.

“Ahem!” Erin clears his throat, then holds his camera up, pointing the lens down at himself. Hands shaking with anticipation, he clicks the ‘record’ button. “Ladies, gentlemen, children and animals - all viewers of this video, whoever and wherever you may be! I am Erin Lesper, paranormal investigator, demonologist, demon hunter, and junior exorcist. Gaze upon me in wonderment, for, not minutes ago, I was a man; but like the Greek prophet Tiresias, I have been altered - no, transformed! - and am now the individual you rest your eyes upon. Behold! My voice, my biology, everything about me: female! Without a doubt, the cause of this unbelievable change is something far beyond scientific understanding, and I, Erin Lesper, am thus evidence of a greater and more incredible universe than humanity has ever before dreamed of! For your benefit, I shall now document my new form in excruciating detail.”

“Erin, what the hell are you doing?!” Kinneret dashes frantically, barely managing to stop Erin from dropping his pants. “Have you lost your mind?!”

“Anna, quit interrupting the video!” Erin yelps. “Come on! I’m making history, here!”

“History?! You’re about to start stripping in front of people, while on camera! Hold on to your dignity, man!”

“Who cares about dignity? I’m a woman!”

“Wow. Did you really just say that?”

“Oh, um… sorry.” Erin coughs, embarrassed. “You know what I mean. It’s not the fact that I am a woman, it’s that I became a woman!"

“And, what, you’re fine with that?”

“No, it’s deeply distressing and traumatic on multiple levels, but you know what else it is?” Erin starts blithely wiggling his shoulders from side to side, beaming with unrestrained glee. “It’s impossible! A person’s entire body completely changing shape over the course of a few minutes?! It’s never happened, and it couldn’t happen, but it happened! It happened to me! I’m going to be famous! You’re going to be famous, just for being here when it happened!”

“Erin, please.” Kinneret lightly shakes Erin by his shoulders. “Calm down.”

“Why should I? It’s the happiest day of my life!” Erin bursts into manic laughter. “From the interviews alone, not even taking into consideration all the scientific and supernatural studies, I’m going to be super rich!”

"Is that really all that matters to you?"

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“Pretty much, yeah! I mean, I still need to find a ghost and exorcise it to get my full exorcist certification, but, hey, how hard could that be? I decided to come here, didn’t I? Think about it: the very first place I try looking for supernatural activity, and I turn into a girl! I mean, I thought I might see some blinking lights or, if I was lucky, hear some tapping in the walls, but I must have had - I don’t know - a sixth sense, or some subconscious awareness. I’m, like, the most observant paranormal investigator ever!”

>I want to drive! Stick the host's arms out like we're driving a car, levitate the host so he's sitting in mid-air, have him put his foot to the imaginary gas pedal, and let's vroom zoom around the room!
>I don't have any better ideas than this. Safe to say there's no more optimal course of action.
>Sure, take this moment to improve our Levitate command. Take Toothpick with you in the car.
>we can give Toothpick a show!

Activated Spirit Command!

Levitation - ‘Lo’.

Levitation - ‘Toothpick’.

Control: 90%

“Yeah, Erin.” Kinneret sighs. “You sure are.”

You asked about why Erin is now a woman? Some of us thought that since Toothpick wanted a mom, they should give her one. Presto-Chango.

Some people have no self-control.

>>751995
If we're going to say this to Kinneret, could we at least, like... whisper it?

No wait, maybe this is a perfect chance to try Alter Perception! Let's just make it so when we say things specifically referencing ourselves or Kinneret running around in or otherwise doing spooky-ghost-powers stuff with people's bodies, Erin doesn't notice that we're talking!

"Erin this only lasts about 60 seconds. All the traumatic supernatural stuff that happened to US lasted that long.

And if you fap in front of a baby homunculus I will kick you in the taco. SIT IN THE CORNER."

Also, please make sure toothpick doesn't chop her hair off. Something tells me it doesn't grow back.

Try to keep up what's left of the masquerade. In places like these, having a pseudo-skeptic means a higher defense against magic attacks. Basically, Erin's incorrect beliefs in how the magic system works (plus ours) may throw wrenches in said magic system. Might help.

"Beep beep!"

>>751995
Toothpick wanted a mom, Jacobi wanted a woman's body, and now both problems are solved!
Some people have no self-preservation.

Lo, are you feeling... okay? I'm getting a ghostly blinking light on our imaginary car dashboard.

>>751993
So Erin, theoretically you'd be fine with a benign spirit if they agreed to help you prove any of this was real to the outside world?

If (s)he agrees, maybe we should bring him in on the loop. Hello, we're ghosts. We need to work together to try and get out of here, cause the house doesn't want to let us leave. The doors out are gone.

Use Alter Perception to conceal Toothpick from Erin. Gotta get the practice in before we can do fairy wings.

So, Lo... if Erin's gender-swap doesn't wear off in a few minutes, I think that would mean we could modify your body in arbitrary (physiologically-stable) ways, then make the effect functionally permanent by moving back to Anna before it reverts. If so, what kind of 'equipment' would you prefer? Not just down south, either, this could include super muscles like we did before, or armored skin, or... I dunno, maybe a third eye in your forehead that can see ultraviolet light and supernatural stuff. Get creative.

This could also, if it actually is long-term stable, pretty much take care of the money issue. Last I checked genital reconfiguration surgery goes for about $23,000 and isn't covered by most US health plans. Our thing would provide strictly superior results, with no overhead costs apart from finding customers.

Hey, infodump redtext... how does Stress Capacity work for Alter Perception? Is that number of Alter Perceptions we can maintain, or number of Alter Perceptions per target? Also what's the duration? Or if it's a maintained power, the cost interval?

I have nothing to contribute right now but this is best quest.

>>751997
>using alter perception to keep Erin from noticing ghost stuff
That is perfect and I really hope we can do it.

>>752018
It probably isn't stable. Yet.

>>751988
You know, Lo, obviously there's ways to make permanent stuff, like Toothpick. It's not unreasonable to think there's a solution to making a change permanent.

Toothpick said she was born in the basement, so the tools to make a permanent enchantment to flesh and bone are probably there.

But it's probably super scary down there, and I bet it's a no parking zone. So... maybe we can just practice? We can get better and better at making changes last longer. Maybe there'll be a day when it'll last longer than a natural lifespan.

We should probably let Erin know that no one's gonna believe him. People will look at this footage and say his claims of being turned into a girl is just him putting on makeup and putting something in his shirt to give himself boobs. Or they'll say he's got really good video editing skills. Taking off his clothes and showing off his new body will just make anyone watching think it's a poorly made porno. And if he shows his closest friends his new body, they'll think he went crazy and got a sex change for some reason.

So, unfortunately, anything he records here will just be dismissed as his desperate attempt to try and trick people into giving him money for making a "discovery".

Although, there might be someone that believes him. But what if his video gives someone else the idea to come here and they don't have any sort of exorcist powers and they end up getting killed by a ghost? Would Erin be able to handle the burden of knowing that his video is responsible for someone else getting killed because they tried to do what he did?

>>751993
"Beep Beep!"

Does "the emptiness writhing underneath the skin of the world" have any more notes in the redtext help file? That sounds important.

>>751993
>"the pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!"

"You're going to go out and make a mint on this? The door outside is gone. There's no way out. You willingly walked into a horrible deathtrap filled with ghosts and abominations from some sort of person who wants to override god, and you think you can just casually get out like it's nothing?

There's a reason that there's so many ghosts here. And if you don't take things seriously and help us come up with a plan to escape that doesn't involve glancing over the actual get-out-of-the-house bit, and picking your battles wisely, you're just going to end up trapped here like the rest of the restless dead."

"..."

"Beep beep!"

Bump? Is OP still alive?

>>761015
Don't bump without a suggestion. Don't worry, Idiom just takes a while between bursts of activity.

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>Does "the emptiness writhing underneath the skin of the world" have any more notes in the redtext help file? That sounds important.

Like a sun, but without light, though brighter in terms of absolute value. Like a sun, it gives life, but it is not a sun, nor a daughter, nor a god. It consumes all these things, for it must sate its gutless hunger, and it must bind an appetite decided in the craving of others. A child, perhaps, or a great mouth in its entirety, a maw of half-formed shapes which dances in and out of the shadows. Shadows, yes, shadow is the word! It is never fully there, nor ever truly absent; It is a deity cast only by reflection.

Would you like to learn more about the Writhing Vacuity?

>how does Stress Capacity work for Alter Perception? Is that number of Alter Perceptions we can maintain, or number of Alter Perceptions per target? Also what's the duration? Or if it's a maintained power, the cost interval?

Er-Erro#k#ee#p##h#er##sa#f#e##r.

A Spirit Command has been improved through [error]! Alter Perception’s Stress Capacity has been increased to 3.0, and Alter Perception’s Cost Interval has been increased to three minutes. This will apply to all future activations of the ability.

The specific target of a Spirit Command is irrelevant to that Spirit Command’s Stress Capacity. The Stress Capacity of a Spirit Command is the number of instances which that specific Spirit Command can have active at one time before endangering the Host.

Activated Spirit Command!

Alter Perception of ‘Paranormal Activity’ - ‘Erin’.

Alter Perception of ‘Toothpick’ - ‘Erin’.

Control: 80%

“Beep beep!” The Host announces cheerily. “The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!”

“Huh? What was that?!” Erin looks up at the Host. His eyes glaze over. “Oh, it’s just you, Lo. My mistake.”

>Lo, are you feeling... okay? I'm getting a ghostly blinking light on our imaginary car dashboard.

“Huh? Actually, now that you mention it, I am feeling a bit queasy. Why do you ask?”

>You know, Lo, obviously there's ways to make permanent stuff, like Toothpick. It's not unreasonable to think there's a solution to making a change permanent.

“I’m a little grossed out by having Toothpick brought up in relation to my crotch.”

>So, Lo... if Erin's gender-swap doesn't wear off in a few minutes, I think that would mean we could modify your body in arbitrary (physiologically-stable) ways, then make the effect functionally permanent by moving back to Anna before it reverts. If so, what kind of 'equipment' would you prefer?

“Yikes. That’s a hell of a question. The obvious choice would be a more functional, uh, downstairs area, but… man, I need some time to think about this.”

>maybe we can just practice? We can get better and better at making changes last longer. Maybe there'll be a day when it'll last longer than a natural lifespan.

“Practice makes perfect? Seriously? I don’t like the idea of being repeatedly used as your test subject.”

Duration expired! Spirit Command: Levitation - ‘Lo’ has been deactivated.

Duration expired! Spirit Command: Levitation - ‘Toothpick’ has been deactivated.

A Spirit Command has been improved through usage! Levitation’s Stress Capacity has been increased to 2.0. This will apply to all future activations of the ability.

The Host falls to the floor, landing neatly and quickly catching Toothpick as she drops out of the air.

“…That was scary… but also fun… I want to go again, godmother! Can you please make me fly again?”

Duration expired! Spirit Command: Modify Host - Sex has been deactivated.

A Spirit Command has been improved through usage! Modify Host’s Stress Capacity has been increased to 3.0. This will apply to all future activations of the ability.

“Ow!” Erin yelps, hugging himself. His insides churn and bulge in meaty clumps underneath the skin. “What?! Am I - am I going back to normal?! Please, not yet! I still need more documentation!”

Error: Deactivation of Spirit Command: Modify Host - Sex has been interrupted by Host Command: Usurp Ability.

Subject has renewed duration of Modify Host using Self Control to pay the Spirit Command’s Control Cost.

“…Ugh.” Erin pants. “I think I made it stop. My vision’s a little blurry, though.”

“God, Erin, why didn’t you let yourself turn back?” Kinneret frowns. “You might not get another chance.”

“Shut up.” Erin violently spins himself around to face her. “I already told you, I need more evidence! I’m going to be famous, understand?!”

“What’s wrong with you?!” Kinneret backs away. “Erin, your eye - !”

“My eye? What is…? Mhhh… mh… hhh… My eye is fine. I’m fine!” Erin grunts, frenetically twitching from side to side. “You keep trying to ruin this, Anna! Don’t you want me to be rich? I bet you’re just jealous!”

“…Jealous?” Kinneret narrows her eyes. “There’s no way I’d ever be jealous of you. I know exactly what you have, Erin. Trust me. I’ve had it all, and I never wanted any of it.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?!” Erin grimaces. “You don’t know anything about me, so stop acting like you do! Heck, I don’t know you, either! It’s a pretty big coincidence that the two of you were here when this happened. Are you government agents, trying to cover things up?!”

“What did you do to him?” Kinneret leans over and mutters just quietly enough that the Host can hear her.

“What was that?!” Erin hisses, his eyes darting wildly between the Host and Kinneret. “What did you just whisper? What are you planning? Stay away from me! I’ll fight you if I have to! I can hit a girl, now, so don’t think I won’t!”

>>773569
Rude. Ok, let's go, Lo.

Slap him out of it. Actually, just slap him.

>What did you do to him?
other then the gender change nothing, he stopped it himself and now is taking a trip to see the mad hatter.

Uh, Erin. if you're looking for evidence you really should check out your eye because holy crap that doesn't look natural. As for the whispering... basically us agreeing on this is how horror movies start. As for why we're here, because of a dare. And don't go all conspiracy nut on us now because that's the truth and if you don't want to accept that and turn this into a thing I will smack you.

>>773581
>this is how horror movies start.
And right now, you're playing the part of the guy that goes crazy and tries to kill everyone.

There wasn't anyone else in there, right? I have two hypotheses, he might just be more susceptible to his instincts with lower self control, or he there might some kind of ambient malignant force in the mansion that's trying to take over.

The first step is to calm him down. Make sure Kinneret stops talking, she seems to have a talent for acting suspiciously. Ask him to take deep breaths and think rotationally, if he's already changed sexes then there's probably spooky magic junk in here to make all of us rich and famous. Step two is to get him to stop being a woman before he drives himself insane. We could reveal our true nature, but that has a lot of potential to backfire. We'll probably need something obviously magical that we can take out of the mansion, maybe the book?

>>773569
>Would you like to learn more
Lemme cut you off right there, Clippy. You keep asking "would you like the full definition of this terrifying new vocabulary," but the answer is never going to be "nah, we'd rather stumble around blind and ignorant." You'd better just keep right on wikiwalking through the tutorial until further notice.

Unless doing that would be dangerous for the host's health, in which case A) prioritize information about how to minimize that danger, and B) this is the worst 'help' function ever.

>k#ee#p
>h#er
>sa#f#e
Ambiguous pronoun reference, "her." Could be applied to almost anyone in this room, with varying degrees of accuracy, and billions more outside. Please clarify whose safety needs to be prioritized, and to what end.

>Host Command: Usurp Ability
>Self Control
Any other stats and abilities that mediums are known to have access to?

>eye
"Erin, I'm pretty sure whatever just turned you to a girl is temporary. Was for Teresias, too, right? You're clearly hurting yourself trying to hold onto it. What you need to do now, for the sake of science, is strip naked ASAP so you can capture all the gory details of the reverse transformation on video. That'd be a lot harder to fake, and thus more credible proof."

>>773581
Please keep in mind that the spooky eye thing is probably spirit vision, and even if it isn't he still can't actually see his own eye.

>>773587
Seconding basically everything in this post. Maybe don't make it so obvious that we know for sure the change is temporary.

>>773591
>Maybe don't make it so obvious that we know for sure the change is temporary.
Lots of conventionally-visible clues pointing to that at this point, including stuff Erin said out loud, and Erin's perceptive and deductive capabilities apparently weren't the best even before comprehensive magical sabotage. Our cover will be fine.

Kinneret and Toothpick both seem to have pretty much 'joined the party' at this point, but Erin is acting like a dangerously unstable NPC, with mysterious capabilities and ridiculous delusions that need to be carefully probed and managed. Accurate predictions should help improve Erin's perception of Lo's credibility on occult issues, which may be important later.

>>750838
>Possess Host - 75% Control Cost (50% if target is a willing host)

Wait, no, this conflicts with direct observation. Moving from Anna to Lo the first time >>677764 dropped us from 84% to 34% control, which is a 50% cost for an unwilling target, and then moving back >>678266 dropped us from 100% to 75%, which is 25% cost for a willing target.

If that eye is what I think it is, Erin may have just given himself moderate brain damage.

... Don't say it 92a560. Just... don't.

Looks like we got a hidden message: "Keep her safe". Considering the caretaker of this house used to have enough sanity to program our dogpile trap, the most likely target is Toothpick. Maybe her father is threatening to keep us alive and then feed us to the boss if we really screw up and kill her?

Paranoia. Any statements will be met with automatic mistrust and irratic questions. But his mind will be hungry for more questions to accuse others. Pummel him with accusations in the right direction, and we can convince him to rationalize us as non-threats controlled by a more important threat.

Erin, what do you want from us? What do you want us to do, march straight into a deathless snuff painter and rip him in half? Don't you think we would have done that already? Are you even using your brain?!

>>773624
Whoops, you're right! My mistake. The actual cost is 50%, with the reduced cost being 25%. Thanks for pointing that out! :)

>>773569
>Like a sun, but without light, though brighter in terms of absolute value. Like a sun, it gives life, but it is not a sun, nor a daughter, nor a god. It consumes all these things, for it must sate its gutless hunger, and it must bind an appetite decided in the craving of others. A child, perhaps, or a great mouth in its entirety, a maw of half-formed shapes which dances in and out of the shadows. Shadows, yes, shadow is the word! It is never fully there, nor ever truly absent; It is a deity cast only by reflection.

Would you like to learn more about the Writhing Vacuity?

Sounds like a Black Hole.

>Like a sun, but without light
Collapsed star
>though brighter in terms of absolute value
Black holes can pump out huge amounts of X-ray and Gamma radiation
>It consumes all these things, for it must sate its gutless hunger
>a great mouth in its entirety
>Shadows
Big dark thing that eats.
>It is a deity cast only by reflection.
Can only be observed by its influence on the universe
>Writhing Vacuity
I think this one is obvious.


Can't say any cult that worships a Black Hole is good news though.

>>773569
Oh. That's what happens when his self control goes down.

Yikes.

This is him still at 60%? We really really do not want him to drop any more. Unfortunately I'm not sure how to influence this. Get him to stop holding on to the change, I guess.

Best way probably is to convince him that changing back on camera is the best evidence. But I'm not sure how to do that when he's this paranoid and hostile.

>>773640
>some kind of living black hole
Wait a minute is this a crossover with Wandering Stars?

>Seriously? I don’t like the idea of being repeatedly used as your test subject.
That's okay, it's a lot to dump on you at once. Think about it, if you want us to attempt changing you, we can talk about it later, okay?

>I want to go again, godmother! Can you please make me fly again?
Later, okay? Can't afford to use all our magic at once!

>“God, Erin, why didn’t you let yourself turn back?”
>“I already told you, I need more evidence! I’m going to be famous, understand?!”
...could we offer you an alternative? Trying to extend a temporary enchantment or ploymorph past it's initial duration could have unintended or harmful side effects we do not wish on you.

If all you want to do is prove the existence of the supernatural, we would be willing to cooperate in helping you find and document further evidence.

For now, recording the process of your reversion is probably stronger proof than holding onto your "after" state. A skeptic you presented this proof to could claim your before and after images are different people, and that you are a female look-alike, rather than a transformed Erin. Recording the transformation is stronger proof that is harder to refute.

>“What was that?!” Erin hisses, his eyes darting wildly between the Host and Kinneret. “What did you just whisper? What are you planning? Stay away from me! I’ll fight you if I have to! I can hit a girl, now, so don’t think I won’t!”

"Try it cunt. We'll send you to the fucking shadow realm."

What's wrong with you Erin? Weird shit you don't know the scope of starts happening and you wanna pick a fight with the things that aren't trying to hurt you? You've got all the proof you need already and there's gonna plenty more from what I'm seeing here so stop being a tantrum throwing little bitch and get your head in the game. Evil zombie blood monster and who knows what else wants to kill anyone in the room still owning a pulse, so quit flipping out on us. You're worse than Lo for fucks sake.

>>773813
We can't! We don't have a deck of cards from a children's card game!

>>773921
Drat! Foiled again

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>Please clarify whose safety needs to be prioritized, and to what end.

Error: Request too vague, or refers to an unknown variable.

>Lemme cut you off right there, Clippy. You keep asking "would you like the full definition of this terrifying new vocabulary," but the answer is never going to be "nah, we'd rather stumble around blind and ignorant." You'd better just keep right on wikiwalking through the tutorial until further notice.

Error: Pertinent explanation requires context, and complex elaboration is not always necessary. Unfiltered constant disclosure of all known information would consume an amount of time estimated to be 529 years and 7 months, ignoring spacetime irregularities and the twisting of Krite’s Knot.

Would you like to begin unfiltered constant disclosure of all known information?

>Think about it, if you want us to attempt changing you, we can talk about it later, okay?

“Look, given a safe option, I’d obviously want to try out an alternative biology for a while. I mean, hell, if I could temporarily be a fully-fledged lady, my own basic curiosity would never let me refuse that experience. Being willing doesn’t mean I don’t have reservations about it, though.”

>That's okay, it's a lot to dump on you at once.

“…You know what? It’s fine. You’ve been weirdly polite about this, so if you want to change me, you can go ahead and change me. Make me a lady, give me a new hairdo, muscle me up, whatever. As long as it’s temporary, I don’t especially mind. It’s not exactly my body right now, anyway.”

"Erin, I'm pretty sure whatever just turned you to a girl is temporary. Was for Teresias, too, right? You're clearly hurting yourself trying to hold onto it.” The Host holds up his arms in a non-threatening way. “As for the whispering; it was basically us agreeing on this is how horror movies start. And right now, you’re playing the part of the guy that goes crazy and tries to kill everyone.”

“Me?! I - I’m not crazy! You’re crazy!” Erin stamps his foot. “You dumb stupid jerk!”

“Godmother… I want to fly… can you make me fly again? Please?” Toothpick tugs at the Host’s pant leg. “And… I want to take Princess Plush flying, too, if that’s okay…”

“Later, okay?” The Host mutters quietly. “Can’t afford to use all our magic at once.”

“But… but Godmother…!”

“Shh, now.” Kinneret leans down and scoops Toothpick up, gently rocking her side-to-side in her arms. “Relax, dear. Be still.”

Toothpick obligingly goes quiet, gazing up at Kinneret with wonder.

“You don’t understand! Neither of you do! This is my chance!” Erin whines. “My chance!”

“If all you want to do is prove the existence of the supernatural, we would be willing to cooperate in helping you find and document further evidence.” The Host calmly replies. “At this point, recording the process of your reversion is probably stronger proof than holding onto your ‘after’ state.”

“Yeah, Erin.” Kinneret chimes in. “Please listen to him.”

“What you need to do now, for the sake of science, is strip naked ASAP so you can capture all the gory details of the reverse transformation on video.” The Host casually explains. “That'd be a lot harder to fake, and thus more credible proof.”

“Stop listening to him, Erin! Honestly!” Kinneret groans, furrowing her brow in clear frustration. “You don’t have to give up your dignity like that. Just let this whole thing pass. It’s not worth it, anyway, and… well, if you need evidence of supernatural activity, something tells me you won’t have to search for much longer.”

“Absolutely.” The Host smiles. “Erin, what do you want from us? You’ve got all the proof you need already, and there's probably enough spooky magic junk in here to make all of us rich and famous.”

“What?! Nuh-uh, I don’t think so. Supernatural stuff is supernatural because it’s supernatural! Duh.” Erin snorts. “I can’t find it just anywhere. I might not ever find it again, if I’m unlucky! I need to document my experience as much as possible!”

“Right.” The Host agrees. “Which is why you should strip naked.”

“Right!” Erin nods vigorously, but then freezes, his gaze drifting between the Host and Kinneret. After a long pause, his lip quivers, and he starts to blush. “Right. I - I think I must have dropped my camera, so let me just find it, and then… um… you won’t… I mean, I’m not the most - I don’t exercise much, and I’m a little skinny, so I might be a little…”

“Uh, what?” Kinneret asks, confused.

“I don’t think I’m very impressive normally, so if I’m ugly or something, please don’t hold it against me!” Erin blurts out. “I don’t want to ruin my chances, because you’re both really cute and I was kind of hoping I don’t know if maybe I could become friends and then more than friends and then eventually cuddle with one or both of you and then maybe - “ Erin punches himself in the mouth. “Shut up!” He hisses furiously at himself, punching himself again.

“Whoa! Erin, are you, uh… okay?” Kinneret pauses to carefully place Toothpick back on the floor, then slowly walks over to Erin, putting a hand on his shoulder. “Please, please, please don’t hurt yourself.”

“You’re like a painting, Anna…” He stares at Kinneret with wide eyes, croaking his words in a harsh, unnatural way. “Human beings are beautiful creatures, don’t you think? Like artwork, each and every one. I might take a thousand pictures and still fail to capture that last tiny piece that makes a person who they are. But I want to take a thousand pictures of you, Anna. I want to claim that piece of you! Give it to me!” He howls, lunging at her.

“Erin?!” Kinneret has just enough time to gasp in shock before Erin violently grips her shoulders and begins kissing her, though the brutal force of his twitching movements is hardly romantic. He comes off more like a rabid animal gnawing at her mouth.

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The Host rushes forward, ready to hit Erin. Before the Host can get to him, however, Erin suddenly breaks away with a frightened cry. He runs to the nearest wall and slams his head against it, over and over. “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” He moans. “I - I couldn’t ever do that! I didn’t do that!”

Kinneret stands there, frozen in place, for about a full minute. Then, very slowly, she turns around, kneels down, and picks up Toothpick again. She sways Toothpick back and forth in a mechanical way. Toothpick looks completely bewildered.

“Stay away, please stay away!” Erin whimpers, pausing between slamming his head against the wall. “I think there might be something wrong with me!”

“Oh, really?” Kinneret speaks so softly that she’s almost inaudible. “Gosh. I had no idea.”

“I think it might be better if you stopped talking to him.” The Host points out.

Kinneret glares at the Host. She closes her eyes. A moment later, she blinks, confused. “Wha…? Why am I standing up?”

“Mother… are you alright?” Toothpick reaches out and pats her arm.

“Huh?” She looks down, then stiffens in shock. Eyes darting around the room, her gaze lands on the Host. “Lo! What just happened? Erin grew boobs, and after that… I don’t know.” She looks at Erin, who is still regularly introducing his head to the wall. She winces at the sight of him. “Wait, what the fuck?!”

“…Anna?” (Repeated)

“Yeah?” Anna raises an eyebrow at the Host. “Seriously, what the hell is going on? Why do my lips hurt? More importantly, why am I…?” She glances nervously down at Toothpick, then gives the Host a pleading look. “Help me out here, man. I’m lost.”

>>794117
WHAT.

>>794119
Uh... You don't want to know, but... take a deep breath, this won't be pretty.

We did a thing, Erin had a nervous breakdown and... kissed you. And now you're possessed by ONE FEMALE ghost. And Toothpick thinks you're her mother. And now I'm wondering if you feel more violated by being kissed by a lecherous boy or a hysterical girl, because we're going with the term that makes you feel worse so we can pummel Erin harder for what they did.

And we've been cooped up in this room for too long. Find a way to scan the outside safely, and fast.

>Would you like to begin unfiltered constant disclosure of all known information?
Yes, we just said we would. Quit stalling!

Long story short, everybody's possessed now! Two shitposting collectives and one classy lady. Yeah, I don't know if she wanted to be revealed, but I know nobody else in this body is going to respect her privacy. Because they are literally the worst at keeping secrets. I could go on and on about how we are the worst ghost ever, by the way. We should burn all our Control on making Toothpick (point out bundle of zombie in Anna's arms) happy and then we wouldn't be around to screw you guys even further.
Anyway, there's three ghosts, you've got the good one, Lo's got the moronic one and Erin's got the creepy one. Hey Erin, Void, buddy. That's enough pal. The walls don't need any help bleeding in this place. We won't bodyshame you, you're lucky to have one at all!

>>794119
Stick your hand between the wall and Erin's head. then try and keep him from bashing it in.
Well in my unprofessional opinion it appears Erin has MPD where he becomes a sexual deviant, PTSD from said MPD. And he might have kissed the ghost that is now possessing you.

Not taking any chances. Deploy anti-makeout countermeasures! Modify Host: Beak!

If you could, guys, just gloss over Kinneret's existence. Please. Be a respectable spirit for once in your afterlife, between gasps for air as you suck your host's dick.

While we give Erin a restraining bear hug, explain there was a delayed magical backfire that sent us back to our previous hosts, and we have just finished getting all the wee little ghosties back out of you. You should be fine now, except for the brief short term memory loss. Just take a nap if you feel strange.
Then, tell Erin to go sit in the corner while you set up the camera. We can turn around if he'd prefer some privacy.

>>794128
>If you could, guys, just gloss over Kinneret's existence. Please. Be a respectable spirit for once in your afterlife, between gasps for air as you suck your host's dick.
You know, responsibility aside, you may want to consider how many people are spiteful enough to shit on your parade because you couldn't refrain from petty insults.

Anyway, let's record this and 'practice' levitation. See what happens when we use it on that furniture in the background.

>>794119
well the little one you're holding is toothpick, she's adorable so don't mind her. Also uh, Erin is either possessed by someone other then us or something snapped for a moment in his head. Still trying to figure it out. also the ghost lady who was possessing Erin is now in you do to something Erin did to force us out. Not sure if she ran out of juice or if it had to do with what Erin did when he snapped for a moment

>Would you like to begin unfiltered constant disclosure of all known information?
No.

>Unfiltered constant disclosure of all known information would consume an amount of time estimated to be 529 years and 7 months, ignoring spacetime irregularities and the twisting of Krite’s Knot.
Estimated time of disclosure for an index or table of contents of all known information?

>“Help me out here, man. I’m lost.”
It's okay, we are too, it's been months of subjective time.

Give me a minute here, we should probably stop him from injuring himself.

After that: So... after the boob growing, Erin spiritually flipped out. Ghosts got knocked flying. We ended up in Lo, and Kinneret landed in you, say hello to your new roommate, she can hear you. Unfortunately, it turns out she can't let you watch the way we could- you were effectively asleep until she ceded control. Which is how you ended up standing and holding this adorable child.

As for our friend here, he/she tried to forcefully stop themselves from reverting their transformation, ranted something about holding onto proof of the supernatural, grabbed Kinneret slash you in a violent kiss (sorry about that), and then started the head banging. Frankly, I'm concerned for their mental health.

How about we just quietly leave?

>>794144
>>794178
Let's keep it down about Kinneret, okay? The presence of a hidden ally could be useful against the monsters in this house, and Anna really doesn't need the headache right now. Also you'd have to explain to Erin where she came from, and he's in a fragile state right now. Let's concentrate on getting him un-transformed.

@Lo
Something subtle just happened. Basically, Erin tried to 'hold' the change, but he did it at the cost of his sanity I think? Like using a Ghost power, but with him giving up control of his emotions in exchange.
That's why he started to flip his lid I think.
Now, that said I don't think he actually actively knows any tricks? But he can interact with our ghostly moves if we do any on him...So yeaah we're gonna need to watch for that.

>Would you like to begin unfiltered constant disclosure of all known information?
Give us a list of all possible "Would you like to learn more about..."s sorted by relevance to our current surroundings, and let us pick what order we want to learn about them. Note which subjects rely heavily on other knowledge that we haven't yet read so that we can learn in the right order.

Don't yell, but use a firm, steady tone. "Erin, listen to me. You need to stop hurting yourself. Let go of the transformation. If you want to film the transition, we can step out of the room or just turn away from you. You don't have to show us, and you don't even need to include your face in the shot. Once we have you back to normal, we'll be in a better condition to search for more evidence. I'm confident that when it comes down to it, we'll have enough evidence that we won't even need to use this."

Moderately urgent questions for the red exposition text: what is Krite's Knot? Is it a physical object at a specific fixed location, and if so, where? How could it's "twisting" affect your communication rate, volume of information to be communicated, and/or spacetime irregularities?

More urgently, how do mediums regain self-control?