Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/16(Fri)21:17 No. 676994 ID: 3bc92d
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“I don’t know about this, Anna. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.”

“What, backing out now? Chicken!”

“A-aren’t you scared? Everyone says this place is haunted! Before he died, the old man who owned this place was super into occult stuff, you know!”

“Oh please. It’s not as if scary stories have ever stopped us before.”

“Yeah, but this is different. Come on, Anna! We’re trespassing!”

“All of the coolest places are private property, Lo. A spooky old mansion in the woods? This is kid stuff. Remember the time I went to Pripyat?”

“Please don’t talk about the time you went to Pripyat. The pictures were way more than enough for me. Honestly, I just don’t think I’m cut out for this.”

“Come on, give it a chance. Look, I swear that it’s going to be really fun, okay? Exploring old, abandoned places is totally my thing. I won’t let you get hurt.”

“You promise?”

“I promise, you big baby. Watch, I’ll even go through the door first, just to show you it’s sa-”

Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/16(Fri)21:18 No. 676996 ID: 3bc92d
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Possession complete!

Host: Annabella Wickerson

Control: 100%

Multiple Spirits

“Anna! What was that? It looked like something electrical exploded! Are you okay?”

Yes Lo, I am perfectly fine. Now that we are done here let us go enjoy some of those leisurely activities we living beings enjoy so much.

>>676996
There is no Anna, only ZUUL.

Say boo.

>>676996
>>676997
Yes, we definitely need to explore the rest of this wonderful place, come on!

>Anna! What was that?
Ghosts.

Hey, Anna, you still in here with us?

Ow. Strobe effect.

Look, if we're here, that means there's a quest or a mission that we gotta do. So just work with us and we should be able to eject from Anna, possibly before we complete our objectives. Tell you what, if we find a stash of material loot, you and your squad get 100% of the take.

So, you must be Lo. Nice to meet you, should we call you something else?

Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/16(Fri)21:35 No. 677005 ID: 3bc92d
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“Yes Lo, I am perfectly fine. Now that we are done here let us go enjoy some of those leisurely activities we living beings enjoy so much.”

“We’re done? But we just got here.”

“Yes. We definitely need to explore the rest of this wonderful place, come on! There’s a quest or a mission we’ve got to do.”

“Hold on. Are you okay, Anna?”

“There is no Anna, only ZUUL.”

“Ha ha. Very funny. Seriously, what just happened to you?”

“Ghosts. Boo!”

“Could you please stop? I know you don’t believe in the occult, but I’m actually pretty scared, okay?”

>Hey, Anna, you still in here with us?

Host Awareness: Off

Would you like to turn Host Awareness on?

>>677005
(N)

Call him a wuss and drag him inside with us. Let's go find some occult stuff.

Nah. Leave her unconscious.

Begin intense hugging. Proceed to hug-roll on the floor until you reach the stairs or the nearest exit.

>Would you like to turn Host Awareness on?
Huh. Well, now I'm torn.

If she's currently trapped in her own body, letting her talk to us and have input is probably better than screaming in the dark. But if she's unconscious right now, it might be kinder to leave her that way and think she experienced a blackout than waking her up and subjecting her to experience being a prisoner in her own body. Plus, we don't know if being aware while possessed will hurt.

Um. Y? Let's just see what is does.

>Could you please stop? I know you don’t believe in the occult, but I’m actually pretty scared, okay?
Okay, okay, I'm sorry. Everything is fine, I'll try to stop being weird. Don't wuss out on me, here.

Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/16(Fri)22:06 No. 677028 ID: 3bc92d
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Host Awareness: Off

Details: Host Awareness, when active, allows the Host’s Spirit to communicate, but only with the other Spirits inside the Host. As with the other Spirits, the Host’s Spirit will be able to observe and feel everything that the Host observes and feels, but without any direct control.

Host Awareness can be turned on or off at any time.

>Begin intense hugging.
>drag him inside with us.

“Okay, okay, I’m sorry. Everything is fine. I’ll try to stop being weird.” The Host hugs Lo.

“H-hey, what are you doing?!”

“Come on, don’t wuss out on me, here.” The Host drags Lo into the building and shuts the door.

“Anna, what the hell?!”

That really doesn't clarify what the host is experiencing when it's off. All we know is they can't communicate, which at worst means it's a mute button, not a sleep button.

Turn on. Let's see how she's doing, and maybe see if she can give us some context.

Quick, Anna, what are you doing here?

>Anna, what the hell?!
I brought us inside, like we were going to. And I tried to comfort your scardey self. Didn't work, I guess.

>>677028
Tell him to check the kitchen, we'll go upstairs.

Let's go upstairs, the kitchen is probably moldy and gross.

Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/16(Fri)23:00 No. 677039 ID: 3bc92d
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Host Awareness: On

”Ack! I’m back? I’m back! Lo, what happened? Did something hit me? It felt like I was on fire and frozen all at once, and then it was like I was… somewhere else. Did I pass out? I thought I was dead. It was so dark…”

>Quick, Anna, what are you doing here?

“What? Who said that? Where are you?”

“I’m waiting for an explanation, Anna.”

“I brought us inside, like we were going to, and I tried to comfort your scaredy self.” The Host lets Lo go. “Didn’t work, I guess.”

”What? Why did I say that? Why can’t I move? Hello? Lo! Lo, can’t you hear me?!”

“I - I guess I can understand that.” Lo shrugs. “Well… we’re inside. Exploring is your deal, so… what do we do first?”

"I'll go upstairs. You go check out the kitchen. "

"W-wait, what? Why do we have to split up?"

"Please, Lo, please! What's happening to me? Mystery voice, you - you can hear me, right?! Tell me what's going on!"

>>677039
Anna: WE ARE IN CONTROL NOW.

Tell him he's been a scardey cat, but okay. Hey, go look at the painting.

We're "borrowing" your body for a spell. Preferably you can cooperate with us until either our goals are met or a better host presents itself.
Now, what is your relationship with Lo? Is he valuable to you or expendable?

>Please, Lo, please! What's happening to me? Mystery voice, you - you can hear me, right?! Tell me what's going on!
So... it turns out that spooky haunted place you were exploring was filled with ghosts. And you were the first living person to stop by in a long time. So when you popped up we all rushed over in excitement and... well you're kind of possessed, sorry.

The good news is you're not actually hurt and most of aren't really bad sorts, for ghosts!

The bad news is you're not in control until we leave.

So... wanna talk? It's not ever day you get the chance to chat up a bunch of spirits. And maybe you could help fill us in? We can drive the body, but we're not mind readers. So we're kind of guessing when it comes to acting like you and not freaking your friend out. We'd kind of prefer not to make him think you went crazy or something before we go.

>Please, Lo, please! What's happening to me? Mystery voice, you - you can hear me, right?! Tell me what's going on!

you got possessed, nyucka. its what you get for disrespecting property laws, you ghostbusting scrub.

How do you feel about Lo? You seem like nice kids.

>W-wait, what? Why do we have to split up?
well you said I'm being weird so I figured you were getting tired of me and you said you didn't like this place so I figured you'd like it if we searched the place quickly and called it a night. If you want to stick together though I won't complain. we can just start with the first floor and hit the kitchen.

So if you're still worried about this place we can just talk, I don't really care what it's about, hell you can just tell me about your day. I'm sure that will help take your mind off this place, just keep an eye open for anything interesting.

Sorry Anna, we run this shit now. Don't worry, you won't feel a thing. [turn host awareness back off]

Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/17(Sat)00:01 No. 677056 ID: 3bc92d
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>WE ARE IN CONTROL NOW.
>Sorry, Anna, we run this shit now.
>We’re ‘borrowing’ your body for a spell.

“What?! No! You’re lying! Who are you? What did you do to me?!”

“Well, you said I was being weird, so I figured you were getting tired of me. It’s fine, though, scaredy cat, we can stick together for now.” The Host wanders over and takes a look at the painting.

Lo follows the Host's gaze. “Oh. That’s the old guy who owned this place, I think.” Lo shivers. “Super creepy, right? He was into tons of occult stuff.”

>So... it turns out that spooky haunted place you were exploring was filled with ghosts. And you were the first living person to stop by in a long time. So when you popped up we all rushed over in excitement and... well you're kind of possessed, sorry.

“Possessed? You… you’re not lying, are you? Holy shit. Holy shit! Get the hell out of me! Get out of me right now!”

>Preferably you can cooperate with us until either our goals are met or a better host presents itself.
>maybe you could help fill us in? We can drive the body, but we're not mind readers. So we're kind of guessing when it comes to acting like you and not freaking your friend out. We'd kind of prefer not to make him think you went crazy or something before we go.

“Do you actually expect me to help you? You’re hijacking my body!”

>How do you feel about Lo?
>what is your relationship with Lo? Is he valuable to you or expendable?

“What? Valuable! Definitely valuable! We’ve been best friends since we were kids. You - you wouldn’t hurt him, would you?”

>You seem like nice kids.

“…thanks?”

“If you’re still worried about this place, we could talk.” The Host turns to Lo. “I don’t really care what it’s about. Hell, you can just tell me about your day.”

“Uh… it’s been alright, I guess. Woke up early, brushed my teeth, crazy friend rushed me off to go explore a sketchy abandoned mansion… Are you sure you’re feeling okay, Anna?”

>Are you sure you’re feeling okay, Anna?
I'm ok, just there's something about this place that just feels... different. Eh it's probably just dust or something. So let's check out that kitchen! Think it still has any food left after all this time?

>Get the hell out of me! Get out of me right now!”
would you be surprised if I were to say I'm not really sure how... I mean you're the first living thing that's been here since god knows when so we're kind of out of practice with this. Don't worry I'm sure everything will work out. Well unless the old man summoned something that he probably shouldn't have and it's still lurking around here. Then we might have problems.

Oh yeeaahhh that guy! That... guyy... Who was that guy again?

Hey, we ain't really the "vengeful spirits" kinda ghosts, but we also ain't stupid. When an opportunity like this falls into your lap you don't just pass it up. We'll just be usin' your body for a bit, try to figure some stuff out in this house y'know, maybe unleash ourselves onto the unsuspecting outside world. I dunno, we'll see how it goes. The point is that as long as you cooperate with us we won't have you make out with and/or murder your friend here. Speaking of cooperation, what would you usually say in a situation like this?

We won't be murdering people. Unless you're being threatened and there's no other option. Last thing we want is people dying. Why did you even come into this house in the first place?

>>677061
But we're ghosts! The more people that die, the more people that join our team!

>>677064

As someone who's been a ghost before, that might be true but they might not work with us after we got them killed. Not to mention how vengeful spirits act as well once we murder. It's pretty much not an option sadly but who knows?

Besides, we can't do anything physical unless we have other people and honestly it seems like the best route to begin with at least. I mean, do we even remember how we got here in the first place? I'd kinda like to find that out and I'm sure Anna would help us. Or not, it's up to her for me.

Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/17(Sat)03:07 No. 677087 ID: 3bc92d
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“I’m okay, it’s just that there's something about this place that just feels... different.” The Host smiles and shrugs. “Eh, it's probably just dust or something.”

“Is that really supposed to be your impression of me? It’s garbage. Lo will never fall for it.”

“Well, okay, if you’re sure. This atmosphere is pretty oppressive.”

“Damn it, Lo, come on! That’s so not me! It’s just a bunch of stupid ghosts walking around in my body!”

>Hey, we ain't really the "vengeful spirits" kinda ghosts, but we also ain't stupid. When an opportunity like this falls into your lap you don't just pass it up. We'll just be usin' your body for a bit, try to figure some stuff out in this house y'know, maybe unleash ourselves onto the unsuspecting outside world. I dunno, we'll see how it goes.

“Wow. There goes the last of my hope that you might not be complete monsters.”

>The point is that as long as you cooperate with us we won't have you make out with and/or murder your friend here.

“W-what?! No! No no no! Don’t hurt him! Please, I’ll do anything!”

>Speaking of cooperation, what would you usually say in a situation like this?

“I - I - I don’t know! ‘Help me, Lo, my body has been taken over by ghosts!’? I have no idea what I’d say! Normal stuff, ‘how do you do’, I don’t know, I swear I don’t know! Please, just please don’t hurt him!”

>Don't worry I'm sure everything will work out. Well unless the old man summoned something that he probably shouldn't have and it's still lurking around here. Then we might have problems.

“Oh, thanks, that makes me feel so much better about having my body stolen.”

“So, let's check out that kitchen!” The Host claps and gestures at the kitchen door. “Think it still has any food left after all this time?”

“Hey, if you find any, it’s all yours. Count me out on any impromptu picnics, though. Eating food from a dead occultist’s house is basically just, like, begging to get haunte-”

Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/17(Sat)03:09 No. 677091 ID: 3bc92d
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“AAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa... it's just a skeleton. Wait, what's wrong with iT'S RIBS WHAT THE FUCK.

Okay, okay, we all need to calm down, it's probably just a skeleton and only cursed a little bit. What is the red stuff? Wait... why are the candles lit?

>“W-what?! No! No no no! Don’t hurt him! Please, I’ll do anything!”
Wow, you should probably try to do a better job at hiding your emotional weak spots. That said we aren't planning on hurting him, he's useful as a second set of hands and eyes, and as a hostage if it comes to that, which it won't.

HOLY FUCK IS THAT THING REAL!

Lit candles are a fire hazard and should be blown out before thinking about the consequences. Once the candles have been taken care of flee upstairs were there are less skeletons, maybe more.
Also how did the police miss this?

You should totally take advantage of your current closeness and give him a smooch.

You know about the occult, right Anna?! What skeleton lore do you have?!

>>677087
>“Wow. There goes the last of my hope that you might not be complete monsters.”
I can't speak for these other guys, but I just want to use your body to indulge in the pleasures of the flesh for a little while.

Like eating! And not having stab wounds! Not that I've had stab wounds to feel for a while, but it's nice to be able to feel things without feeling those, you know?

So, ignoring the scary skeleton with occult markings on it, I have no idea what your taste buds are like. What kinds of foods do you recommend?

>>677096
not a good time, plus he might push us away.

Man this old guy loved his red lines and circles. This is the kitchen, so I think we should see what happens if we try to serve the skeleton some breakfast.

I think he's a merchant and/or craftsman of some sort. Let's try communicating with him, maybe we can buy something.

But yeah, if you want to run from the house screaming that's understandable.

Do either of you have something to barter with?

Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/17(Sat)07:20 No. 677122 ID: 3bc92d
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“Holy fuck! Is that thing real?!”

“I have no idea! Do you want to go check?”

“No way!” The Host nervously swallows air. “How could the police have missed this?”

“I don’t know! Maybe it showed up after they left?”

“What?!”

“I told you, I don’t know! I’m just guessing.” Lo mumbles nervously. “Anna, hey, don’t you feel like we’ve, you know, explored enough?”

“It - it’s just a skeleton. Even if its ribs are all, uh, all weird and… it’s got occult markings, and…”

“Anna, please, can we just go home now?”

“Well…”

“No! No, don’t you dare! It’s not your home to go back to, it’s mine! You can’t just steal my life!”

>Wow, you should probably try to do a better job at hiding your emotional weak spots.

“Shut up! You made me a prisoner in my own body and threatened to kill my closest friend. Who wouldn’t be a little emotional?”

>we aren't planning on hurting him, he's useful as a second set of hands and eyes, and as a hostage if it comes to that, which it won't.

“I guess that’s a bit comforting, in its own fucked-up kind of way.”

>I can't speak for these other guys, but I just want to use your body to indulge in the pleasures of the flesh for a little while.

“…I really hope that you’re not talking about what I think you’re talking about.”

>Like eating! And not having stab wounds! Not that I've had stab wounds to feel for a while, but it's nice to be able to feel things without feeling those, you know?

“Just eating? Okay, that’s - that’s a lot better than what I was imagining. Sure, I guess I can imagine that being alive again would be nice, but… you can’t be alive by being me, okay? It’s not fair.”

>I have no idea what your taste buds are like. What kinds of foods do you recommend?

“Garlic, holy water, and crosses made out of cold iron and silver. Boy, they really hit the spot. Yum.”

>You know about the occult, right Anna?! What skeleton lore do you have?!

“I don’t know anything about the occult. That’s Lo’s deal. I used to think that the stuff he always rambled about was just goofy bullshit. Then I got possessed by some ghosts, and, well…”

>Why did you even come into this house in the first place?

“I just enjoy exploring abandoned places; I guess you could call it my hobby. This mansion seemed cool, so I wanted to check it out, and I figured I’d bring Lo along since he's into supernatural stuff.”

Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/17(Sat)07:22 No. 677123 ID: 3bc92d
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“Anna, let’s just turn around and get out of here. We can call the police about this when we get back to my house.”

“Those lit candles are a fire hazard. We should blow them out before we do anything else.”

“Okay. Go do that, then.”

“Why do I have to do it?”

“Hey, it was your idea.”

“Yeah, I came up with the plan, so I’ve done half the work already. Now it’s your turn.”

“It doesn’t work like that!”

“It totally does.”

“Nuh-uh.”

“Yuh-huh!”

“You’re the dorkiest ghosts ever.”

And you're such a normie if it's come down to name-calling.

Oh I'll show you dorky. Say to Lo "Loser says what" as quick as you can.

If we want to see how long this has been here we should check how much melted wax there is on the table. The less there is the more recent this likely was.

>>677123
Don't make us eat candles with your face.

But in all seriousness, that's some good cutlery. Let's pick up a few knives and some metal pans for weapons and armor.

THEN poke the skeleton.

H-hey! This place is spooky OK!?

Are you seriously suggesting that we put your body in harm's way?

Guys, you heard her, we have permission to go CRAZY in this fleshbag!

>It’s not your home to go back to, it’s mine! You can’t just steal my life!
We're not going to your house, Anna. I'm not even sure we get to stick around when you walk out of this one.

>Just eating? Okay, that’s - that’s a lot better than what I was imagining. Sure, I guess I can imagine that being alive again would be nice, but… you can’t be alive by being me, okay? It’s not fair.
Life ain't fair, kiddo. Nor unlife.

*Breath deeply* Ooh, air in our lungs, nice. Actual lungs, nice!

Look, possession is almost never a long term thing. We're not stealing your life, we're stealing your day. Carpe Diem. Or something like that. This isn't permanent, right? So why not play along? We'd prefer Lo never knew anything was wrong, and you just go back to whatever when we're done.

>Wow. There goes the last of my hope that you might not be complete monsters.
Hey, if we were complete monsters we'd be... I dunno. Doing horrible things to your body or your friend there while making you watch and laughing. Or just shoving you back in the box where no one can hear you and leaving you to panic.

We wouldn't be exploring and acting like dorks with Lo and trying to reassure you. We're not evil demon sadists or whatever.

>You’re the dorkiest ghosts ever.
You're welcome to offer your own input as to what we should be doing here.

>“Wow. There goes the last of my hope that you might not be complete monsters.”

We're not. You need to understand that an..."out of body experience" such as ours leaves certain marks. We've kinda lost track of our moral code.

In simpler terms, we're more desperate than evil.

...Man you guys are a bunch a dicks.

Hey Anna am going to try something that may or may not work.

Oi, Red Voice decrease Host Control by 50%

>>677180
What, so she can start screaming and struggling and Lo freaks the fuck out? Nope. Veto.

>>677180
Veto. She doesn't trust us and in that mistrust she may hurt herself and/or Lo. We don't need more spirits in this limbo we're in.

Hey Anna do you have a driver's license? I want to get behind some wheels again. I want to feel the wind in my hair, the freedom of the open highway.

>>677180
lol, nope.

>>677123
Hey! We're just trying to leave your meat puppet in better condition than we found it in. also this place is spooky. Speaking of which, we're probably going to have to put you on a diet, you slob ;p.

>>677122
>Just eating? Okay, that’s - that’s a lot better than what I was imagining.
Don't worry, if we did that other thing we would turn off your awareness first. And it would probably be with someone that wouldn't get you in trouble.
>You can’t just steal my life!
Your life was technically forfeit the moment you started trespassing on our property, but again, we weren't planning on it. Hopefully if we look around here enough we can figure out how to pass ourselves around like an std, or maybe just pass on to the next life, I dunno, we'll see how it goes.
>Garlic, holy water, and crosses made out of cold iron and silver.
That doesn't sound very healthy, I do like garlic though, so that's one thing we have in common.

>>677191
>Don't worry, if we did that other thing we would turn off your awareness first.
Oi, speak for yourself. Some of us don't really want to find out how a meatstick would feel inside.

>Your life was technically forfeit the moment you started trespassing on our property, but again, we weren't planning on it.
While true that she has basically discarded her life out of her own volition by coming here, you don't have to say it in a way that's so...malevolent-sounding. It'll just put her more at odds with us and that would be a shame since she is quite likable and downright amusing.

>>677196
Who said a meatstick has to be involved?
Sounding malevolent is fun though, her reactions are priceless. And it's not as if she'll be able to do anything about it before she realizes that we are actually fairly harmless.

>if we did anything like that we'd turn off your awareness first
I'd prefer not turning her off at all, considering her rather unpleasant description of the experience.

Also, bodyjacking is one thing. Mind control rape is a step waaaaaay too far.

so uh Lo... Before one of us goes to blow out the candles do you know what any of those symbols mean? I mean you like freaky crap like this right?

What are we afraid of? This isn't our body. Go sit on the skeleton's lap.

>>677206
I thought that description was of the feeling of being initially possessed. It wouldn't be rape, she'd barely be involved. It'd still be creepy though, but so is everything we do. But none of that matters, because we aren't actually going to do any of that.

>>677219
Who votes that we keep an eye on this guy just in case?

Wow, you guys are the sissiest malevolent spirits EVER.

Those ritual candles are probably being utilized for some sort of, you know, ritual. Bad things happen when you interrupt one of those. We should keep searching around for some sort of journal or explanation to figure out what it does. It could be keeping the Old Ones asleep, for all we know! And if it was evil, I think it would have already done its unspeakable atrocities sometime between the old man biting it and now.
So come on! Let's get back to exploring, like "we" were supposed to. Muhahahaha. *Evil bum slap*

So how good is our control of this body? Can we make it fart on command?

Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/17(Sat)16:37 No. 677266 ID: 3bc92d
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>So how good is our control of this body? Can we make it fart on command?

Details: At the current level of Control (100%) you have the same level of accessibility over the Host that the Host Spirit normally would. This includes the capacity to perform any action that the Host is physically capable of performing. In addition, as Free Spirits, you have abilities known as Spirit Commands which allow for certain metaphysical activities.

Would you like to see the current list of known Spirit Commands?

>H-hey! This place is spooky OK!?
>Hey! We're just trying to leave your meat puppet in better condition than we found it in. also this place is spooky. Speaking of which, we're probably going to have to put you on a diet, you slob

“Why are you so spooked? Also, a diet? Seriously? Did I get possessed by a bunch of jittery fitness nuts?”

>What are we afraid of? This isn't our body. Go sit on the skeleton's lap.
>Are you seriously suggesting that we put your body in harm's way? Guys, you heard her, we have permission to go CRAZY in this fleshbag!
>Don't make us eat candles with your face.

“Whoa, whoa, hey, wait, stop! Look, on second thought, you being a bunch of jittery fitness nuts is fine by me! I’d just prefer it if you weren’t, you know, stealing my body.”

>Hopefully if we look around here enough we can figure out how to pass ourselves around like an std, or maybe just pass on to the next life, I dunno, we'll see how it goes.
>Look, possession is almost never a long term thing. We're not stealing your life, we're stealing your day. Carpe Diem. Or something like that. This isn't permanent, right? So why not play along? We'd prefer Lo never knew anything was wrong, and you just go back to whatever when we're done.

“If… if you sincerely promise to leave, then I guess I could let you use my body, just for a little while. Y-you can’t have sex or do anything crazy like that, though, okay?”

>Don't worry, if we did that […] we would turn off your awareness first. And it would probably be with someone that wouldn't get you in trouble.

“What?! No, don’t do it at all! And… ‘turn off my awareness’…? A-are you talking about putting me back in that dark place?! No, please don’t! It’s bad enough being trapped and helpless like this! Don’t send me away!”

>Some of us don't really want to find out how a meatstick would feel inside.
>Hey, if we were complete monsters we'd be... I dunno. Doing horrible things to your body or your friend there while making you watch and laughing. Or just shoving you back in the box where no one can hear you and leaving you to panic. We wouldn't be exploring and acting like dorks with Lo and trying to reassure you. We're not evil demon sadists or whatever.
>You need to understand that an..."out of body experience" such as ours leaves certain marks. We've kinda lost track of our moral code. In simpler terms, we're more desperate than evil.

“Okay… okay. Calm. I’m calm. So, uh… not that I believe you, but… if you aren’t evil, then what are you planning to do with my body?’

The Host breathes deeply.

>Ooh, air in our lungs, nice. Actual lungs, nice!

“Wait, really? Did you honestly possess me just so you could breathe?”

>Hey Anna do you have a driver's license? I want to get behind some wheels again. I want to feel the wind in my hair, the freedom of the open highway.

“Yeah, I have a license. My truck is parked outside, too. Where exactly are you planning to go? You can’t go home to my family, o-okay?!”

>We're not going to your house, Anna. I'm not even sure we get to stick around when you walk out of this one.

“Thanks. That’s… it’s good to hear. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m still royally pissed at you for taking control of me, but… this could be a lot worse, I think.“

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“Hey. Earth to Anna, come in, Anna." Lo sighs, exasperated. "Come on, don't space out at a time like this!"

The Host blinks. “Sorry, Lo. There’s just a lot going on in my head.”

“I know what you mean. Skeletons, man! Walking in here, I was ready for the worst, but I wasn’t prepared for skeletons. I mean, seriously, who is prepared for skeletons? Nobody, that’s who.”

“Well, it’s not skeletons, just a skeleton. There’s only the one.”

“Yeah, as far as we know! We need to get the hell out of here, Ann. Go blow out the candles, already.”

“I don’t know. I’m starting to wonder whether we should mess with it or not. It sort of looks like a ritual or something. Hey, before we do anything, do you know what any of those symbols are? I mean, you like freaky crap like this, right?”

“What? Hey, I don’t like skeletons!”

“You know what I mean.”

“Yeah, I know, but... the table’s too far away for me to make out anything I recognize. Just lots of swirly circles and lines in red paint. Oh, shit, th-that is red paint, isn’t it?”

“Well, when you go over there to blow out the candles, you can take a better look at everything.”

“Yeah, right! That’s not happening.”

“Don’t be a baby. Just do it.”

“If it’s that easy, then you can do it yourself.”

“Yeah, but… Losersayswhat?”

“What?”

“Hah! Got you! Go on, Lo-ser, get cracking.”

“No fair! Call me a loser all you want, but I’m still not going to go over there.”

“This is ridiculous.”

>You're welcome to offer your own input as to what we should be doing here.

“Are you being serious? Well, first off, calmly and clearly tell Lo that I’ve been possessed. It’s too cruel, pretending to be me. Once you’re done with that, just quickly walk over to the table, blow out the candles, and then turn around and run directly outside through the front door. Not that I actually expect you to listen to me, but…”

How about trying to stick yer hand on the middle between those candles? Or a drop of blood, or whatever these occult rituals might be powered by.

Just go over there and blow out those spooky candles. And check the spirit commands! Maybe smooch that skeleton.

But, Anna, since you are a skeptic when it comes to supernatural, wouldn't Lo just think we're mocking him by telling him we possessed you? To prove it, we'd probably have to do some horrifying things and we cannot be certain your body will endure it.

Hey, how are those mobile telecommunications coming along? Do cell phones have better reception now? Let's ask Lo if he knows someone more knowledgeable than him about this freaky crap and call that person for advice.

I agree with Lo knowing along with blowing out the candles, it should be all good.

Also yes, let us see the spirit commands!

>Would you like to see the current list of known Spirit Commands?
yes

>Well, first off, calmly and clearly tell Lo that I’ve been possessed.
would he even believe us? I mean if the situation was reversed and we were in Lo and out of nowhere told you we were possessed would you think Lo would be telling the truth or just pulling a cheap gag? Also if assuming he did believe us what are the chances that he'd freak out and run off by himself?

>No fair! Call me a loser all you want, but I’m still not going to go over there.
Fine. But if the skeleton comes to life and grabs me or something I'm blaming you.

Then go over and blow out the candles.

>Would you like to see the current list of known Spirit Commands?
Hell yes.

>“If… if you sincerely promise to leave, then I guess I could let you use my body, just for a little while. Y-you can’t have sex or do anything crazy like that, though, okay?”
You've got yourself a Deal. We promise to eventually leave.

>A-are you talking about putting me back in that dark place?! No, please don’t! It’s bad enough being trapped and helpless like this! Don’t send me away!
>Wait, really? Did you honestly possess me just so you could breathe?
...we possessed you because we saw a light from our own dark places. For the first time in years, we could experience something instead of nothing. We were after pretty much everything you take for granted. "Delicious is a drink of cool water when you're very, very thirsty."

So yeah, we understand how much the dark places suck. We'll keep you out of that one.

>Well, first off, calmly and clearly tell Lo that I’ve been possessed. It’s too cruel, pretending to be me. Once you’re done with that, just quickly walk over to the table, blow out the candles, and then turn around and run directly outside through the front door. Not that I actually expect you to listen to me, but…
Too cruel to you, or too cruel to him? I'd think telling him either (a) he wouldn't believe you (b) he'd think you're crazy or (c) ...he'd believe you, and then never trust you again, since you won't be able to prove you're okay later. You know him better than us: do you really think he could handle that truth? He seems kind of a scardy cat to me.

But sure, let's try blowing out the candles. We were considering that anyways.

>>677270
We're not doing any of that.

Let's walk over to the skeleton and tell mister wuss that it's perfectly safe and he should come over and look at the symbols before we do anything to the candles. For all we know, it's a protective ward.

I wonder how high your vocal cords can go...

>Would you like to see the current list of known Spirit Commands?
Yeah, sounds good.

>“Yeah, I have a license. My truck is parked outside, too. Where exactly are you planning to go? You can’t go home to my family, o-okay?!”

I just want to drive for fun. It's been awhile. You got a stick shift or an automatic?

Hey, maybe we could make this arrangement work out for everyone involved. There's all sorts of boring shit you have to do in your life, right? Why not let us do some of it. Like, we could take turns with your driving, or we can exercise your body for you and get you swole, or help manage your money and grow your wealth. That kind of thing. And while we do that, you can catch up on your sleep, or listen to a book on tape, or compose creative works. Or other stuff.

>“Are you being serious? Well, first off, calmly and clearly tell Lo that I’ve been possessed. It’s too cruel, pretending to be me. Once you’re done with that, just quickly walk over to the table, blow out the candles, and then turn around and run directly outside through the front door. Not that I actually expect you to listen to me, but…”

We already told him we're ZUUL. But okay. Let's do this...

"Lo, this is ZUUL speaking. We are a democratic collective and we have deputized your girlfriend's body for the greater good. We are not unfair though, she too has a vote in how we make use of this resource. Prepare to leave, we have agreed to blow out the candles, and then blow this proverbial popsicle stand."

I'm thinkin', I'm thinkin', I'm thinkin'... NAHHH. Okay, back to the dark place you go! We're doing this Free Spirit style.

Check what's in the kettle. Is it blood? Run the faucet a bit. Is that blood too? Wait! I sense... a lot of blood in this room... and it's coming from... YOU! Oh hell, Lo, you're full of blood! Ohhh noooooooo.

Hey, look. I'm pretty sure this same stuff was on the front doorway, so let's go check that instead and see if it's blood there, okay? Less risk, more bloooOOOood- I mean, red paint.

>>677300
But Anna's input is both fun and valuable. Let's not force her back in there.

>>677300
That red stuff at the door was US, you dolt.

And don't ruin the fun we're having with Anna with your edge.

I think we need to make the most of having temporary access to a body.

We need to find a way to get empty bodies, so that we can all have a body of our own. Then we need to get legislation in place that recognizes our rights as reincarnated citizens.

Anna, thoughts?

>>677302
Edge? You're just soft, you "dolt." What kind of spirit possesses a lass and then bends to their whims? 'Oh no, I'm sorry, here let me just exorcise myself for you.' You won't get far in the afterlife letting mortals push you around like a noncorporeal wheelbarrow.

"Fine. I'll go over and test it, Lo, just for you. Because you're worth the eldritch horrors that might spill forth and curse me with bad hair days forever."

>>677305
So you're in the "pro sex having" camp?

Anna this is important, do you use the Clinton Definition of sex?

>I’m still royally pissed at you for taking control of me
Hey, we didn't choose this anymore than you did. We're just opportunists.

>You can’t go home to my family, o-okay?!
Why would we do that? As sleazy douchebags from beyond the grave we only want you for your body.

>what are you planning to do with my body?
Have a look round this spook house and try to see if we can't move to a more suitable host.

>>677296
this

>>677305
She's already powerless so there's no need to be an asshole about it by shutting her down. What, are you not a spirit enough to be bad with her around?

>>677305
We don't need to be evil for the sake of being evil. We'll take what we want no matter what she says, but there's no reason to be excessively discourteous about it.

>>677306
The sex thing was just a hypothetical possibility for if this ends up being a more long-term arrangement, no one's suggesting we, like, hop on Lo's dick right now.

>>677303
Yessssss. Get something set up so we can all possess coma patients. They get to interact with the world again (indirectly), we get to live again, everybody's happy!

Even if it turns out we can't leave the house, we could make it work. Internet yo.

>>677270
How about we wait until he asks why we're acting weird first. Er, again. Or, if you insist on telling him now, at least say something along the lines of "I wasn't joking earlier when I said what happened was ghosts."

Also uh, you do realize that blowing those candles out will probably release some weird occult shit, likely more hostile than us? Cause, you know, it totally will.

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Known Spirit Commands:

Emulate Host (Currently Active): Other humans fail to perceive the obvious signs of possession in your Host. (Note: Emulate Host only applies to direct human perception. Reflections, recordings, and non-human creatures are unaffected.) Cost: 1% of Control per hour.

Possess Host: Possess a Host while bodiless, or move from one Host to another. Cost: 50% of Control.

Modify Host: Temporarily alter an aspect of your Host’s physical body to allow for actions which would normally be impossible. (Examples: Extending an arm far beyond its normal limits, unhinging the jaw without losing functionality, or twisting the neck completely around.) Duration: one minute. Cost: 10% of Control.

Would you like to learn more about regaining Control?

>Too cruel to you, or too cruel to him?

“It’s cruel to both of us. It’s horrible to feel you speaking with my voice, and the fact that Lo thinks that you’re me makes it so much worse. It isn’t fair for you to lie to him like this.”

>Anna, since you are a skeptic when it comes to supernatural, wouldn't Lo just think we're mocking him by telling him we possessed you?
>would he even believe us?

“Hah. You really don’t know Lo. He’s the most gullible man in the world. I’ve had to constantly talk him out of lending his bank account to Nigerian princes, or installing applications from pop-up ads, or joining ‘friendly communes’ a.k.a. cults… Trust me, Lo will believe anything, especially when it comes to spiritual stuff.”

>assuming he did believe us what are the chances that he'd freak out and run off by himself?
>You know him better than us: do you really think he could handle that truth? He seems like kind of a scaredy cat to me.

“Huh. Good question. I guess it depends on how you tell him. As long as you act like you’re nice ghosts or whatever, he’ll probably be okay. If you’re too scary or intimidating, though, he’ll totally flip his shit and run screaming for the hills. Try to sound comforting and friendly. Play it off like you’re ‘spirit guides’ or something like that. You are benevolent, well, sort of, so it shouldn’t be too hard.”

>I just want to drive for fun. It's been awhile. You got a stick shift or an automatic?

“Stick shift. Driving is pretty fun, yeah. Just don’t crash into anything, okay? No offense, but I’m not exactly hoping to end up as a ghost. Not for a long, long time, at the very least.”

>Hey, maybe we could make this arrangement work out for everyone involved. There's all sorts of boring shit you have to do in your life, right? Why not let us do some of it. Like, we could take turns with your driving, or we can exercise your body for you and get you swole, or help manage your money and grow your wealth. That kind of thing.
>I think we need to make the most of having temporary access to a body. We need to find a way to get empty bodies, so that we can all have a body of our own. Then we need to get legislation in place that recognizes our rights as reincarnated citizens. Anna, thoughts?

“I mean, maybe I’m a little ornery because of the whole ‘powerless in my own body’ thing, but right now all I really want to do is get you out of me as fast as possible. I wouldn’t mind helping you get settled after that, though. We could probably find you some coma patients to borrow, or something like that. Sharing my body feels like it would be super weird, but I guess it’s an interesting idea. Again, though, I would prefer to think it over once I’ve got a head to myself.”

"Fine. I'll go over and test it, Lo, just for you.” The Host gently pokes Lo in the chest. “Because you're worth the eldritch horrors that might spill forth and curse me with bad hair days forever."

“…excuse me?”

“Be right back.” The Host strides over to the table, smiling.

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“…the fuck was that? Were you just trying to be romantic with my best friend?”

>Anna this is important, do you use the Clinton Definition of sex?

“…uh, what? I have no idea what that is. Look, Lo and me are just friends. He’s like a brother to me. Please don’t ruin that.”

>The sex thing was just a hypothetical possibility for if this ends up being a more long-term arrangement, no one's suggesting we, like, hop on Lo's dick right now.

“Whoa, what?! No! Don’t you even think about ‘hopping on Lo’s dick’! That’s so gross! Shit, why the fuck did I have to come here? Why didn’t I listen to Lo? Well, actually, I know why I didn’t listen to Lo, but… damn it, why did I choose to visit this fucked-up place?!”

>Hey, we didn't choose this anymore than you did. We're just opportunists.

“Huh? Wait, hold on, are you saying that you didn’t choose to jump into my body, or that you didn’t have a choice of bodies to choose from? I’m confused. What do you mean by ‘we didn’t choose this’?”

“Everything okay over there?” Lo calls out, raising his voice slightly.

>Would you like to learn more about regaining Control?
YES!

>hat do you mean by ‘we didn’t choose this’?”
let's just say we're currently reading the manual to figure how to move a body that isn't ours. And on that note I have some good news for you we can't stick with you forever so you don't have to worry about that... We can however stick with you for about a week before we leave assuming we don't recharge ourselves or do anything weird. Like reenacting scenes from the exorcist levels of weird.

>Everything okay over there?
just looking at the circles. I think I see some Egyptian symbols on this thing.

Then blow out the candles.

Yes on further instructions.

>Were you just trying to be romantic with my best friend?
That was our attempt at sarcasm...right? We're really rusty at this human interaction thing.

>Wait, hold on, are you saying that you didn’t choose to jump into my body, or that you didn’t have a choice of bodies to choose from?
Well, it's kinda both, really. Like, when you're actually starving and don't care that you're gobbling up cockroaches for sustenance. If Lo wasn't that much of a pussy, he'd be probably having a shitty day instead of you. You really just had shit luck by entering first.

Wave your hand above the circle.
"Looks like something from an RPG."

>>677332
Ha ha you don't remember President Bill Clinton and Intern Monica Lewinsky. Let's just say dick sucking isn't sexual relations, according to the POTUS.

If we can take a picture of the symbols with our phone we should. Examine the skeleton to see if it is holding anything of interest. Finally blow out these candles already and be ready to run.

Nooo we don't want to. Or rather, lemme put it this way:
we're at 100% control. We lose 1% of control an hour.
we've got 100 hours clocked right now and need to start blowing some of it, if anything...
Let's hang onto it until we finish taking care of these candles though!

>>677327
> would you like to learn about-
The answer to any question of this form will always be yes.

>>677332

...both, maybe?

I'm'a be straight with you here and tell you that I don't remember anything before, well, hearing you chat with Lo outside the door. And well, uhhh... it's not like I was trying not to possess you, but it just kind seemed automatic? I guess? ....

>>677332
Is that a Venus symbol? Is this a girly spell? Man I don't know about this shit. "Lo, get your sweet ass over here and check out these glyphs or whatever!"

>>677327
We'll tell him once we're done messing with this ritual thing.

We definitely want to learn everything about how this stuff works before we mess with the settings, so let's learn more about regaining Control.

>>677332
"Well I don't feel very dead. heheh Can you stop being a wuss and tell me what this stuff means before I accidentally activate an ancient voodoo curse?"

>…the fuck was that? Were you just trying to be romantic with my best friend?
Yeah... we kinda habitually hit on people, it's like, a whole thing. Sorry if it bothers you.

>Don’t you even think about ‘hopping on Lo’s dick’!
Don't worry, Lo wouldn't have sex with you anyway, right? I mean he doesn't think of you that way, right?

>What do you mean by ‘we didn’t choose this’?
We just kinda wound up in your body, a lot of this possession stuff is automatic, we had to actually manually turn you back on to even talk to you. I think we could give you your body back, but we don't really want to do that, for reasons that I hope are obvious.

>>677327
Hm... Okay, according to the manual... if it makes you feel any better, we can relinquish a little control

and enhance your knockers for one minute.

*Private*
Would like to learn about CP (Control Points).
*/Private*

>>677332
It varies. Sometimes we get to choose and vote it out ourselves, sometimes we get a forced scenario and we either participate or ignore.

So in the end, we're not some purely-sadistic eldritch @#$%s who can do @#$%-all; we have limitations and there will be consequences, and we don't even get along with each other all the time.

>>677332
>“Whoa, what?! No! Don’t you even think about ‘hopping on Lo’s dick’! That’s so gross!"
Another, equally important issue: Would Lo be interested in having his dick hopped on? If not, then you're worrying for nothing anyway.

I bet he's gay, isn't he?

>Would you like to learn more about regaining Control?
Yes, please.

>Possess Host: Possess a Host while bodiless, or move from one Host to another. Cost: 50% of Control.
That's strait up jumping the whole group from body to body? We can't say, opt to split our forces between two?

>Lo and me are just friends. He’s like a brother to me. Please don’t ruin that.
We won't. Sorry.

>I’m confused. What do you mean by ‘we didn’t choose this’?
Imagine you were back in the dark place you were before. Imagine you were stuck there for years and years, until time lost meaning. And then imagine you saw a light, and rushed for it.

...and now you have everything you missed back, but you're explaining to a poor girl that you didn't mean to steal her body and make her a prisoner in her own mind.

So we're responsible for what we did to you, but we didn't really know what we were doing when we did it. And it was something like an automatic or instinctive response.

>what do
Explain the symbols to Lo before we mess with anything. There's an ankh and... the rest is off panel.

>>677340
>Is that a Venus symbol? Is this a girly spell? Man I don't know about this shit.

That looks like an ankh, symbol of life eternal. Looks like there's some other sigils there, possibly Paleo-Hebrew given the Kabbalah format the entire spell is in... blah blah this is all boring shit. All I really want to get behind the wheel again.

Romantic? Of course not Anna, just being friendly! The friendliest of friends. Mmm.

"Lo? There's an oink symbol or something, and you know I'm really scared of what will happen if I disturb it, I mean what if it's a soul binding spell and I get possessed or something? That'd be reaaaally scary." [vetoing blowing out the candles, I got a bad feeling about this Scoob]

Possessing a coma patient would just be stealing someone else's life, and our control is temporary anyways, not to worry, so I'm content with this just being a one night stand, if you know what I'm sayin'.


Wait, alter the host's physical body? You know what that means...
>ENHANCE KNOCKERS

>>677370
>ENHANCE KNOCKERS
Noooooo it's too soon! Let's finish reading the manual first at least!

Where's the nearest major hospital? If we play our cards right you might be able to get credit for some miraculous healing. Revive somebody in a deep coma, vomit up an inoperable tumor so that it stays gone, maybe even restore spinal nerve damage.

Not sure, though. Still waiting on the user manual to load.

How long have those candles been lit? Since the house was abandoned? They seem to be in little cups, so it's not like the tabletop will catch when they burn down to stubs. IF they ever burn down. Just stepping through the front door got you us, maybe Mr. Mutant Magic Skeleton here is something that'll kick all our ephemeral asses and lock us up back there with you if it's disturbed. We've got a tolerable setup, here, so let's not mess with this occult crap any more than we have to.

Look around the rest of the house, just don't touch anything else except, I guess, doorknobs.

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Details: Control is based on the Host Spirit belonging to the current Host. You are currently at the maximum level of Control (100%). Gaining Control is based around making the Host Spirit lose Control. The simplest way to achieve this is by pushing the Host Spirit to experience extreme, overpowering emotion. Seething hatred, crushing despair, boundless love, any emotion will work - but only as long as it’s intense enough to overwhelm the Host Spirit’s conscious thoughts.

>Don't worry, Lo wouldn't have sex with you anyway, right? I mean he doesn't think of you that way, right?
>Another, equally important issue: Would Lo be interested in having his dick hopped on? If not, then you're worrying for nothing anyway. I bet he's gay, isn't he?

“Gay? What? I don’t kn… Wait, yes! Yeah, he’s gay! Super gay. Women are like poison to him, and especially me, ‘cause I’m basically his sister. You even try coming on to him with my body, and he’ll pretty much just explode into bloody chunks on the spot. So, you know, don’t.”

>We won't. Sorry.

“Good. Thanks. So, what were you saying about not having a choice?”

>We just kinda wound up in your body, a lot of this possession stuff is automatic, we had to actually manually turn you back on to even talk to you.
>Imagine you were back in the dark place you were before. Imagine you were stuck there for years and years, until time lost meaning. And then imagine you saw a light, and rushed for it. ...and now you have everything you missed back, but you're explaining to a poor girl that you didn't mean to steal her body and make her a prisoner in her own mind. So we're responsible for what we did to you, but we didn't really know what we were doing when we did it. And it was something like an automatic or instinctive response.

“You took over my body by accident? Damn. I honestly don’t know if that makes me feel better or worse.”

>our control is temporary anyways, not to worry

“I really hope that you’re telling the truth, because I sure as hell want my body back.”

>if it makes you feel any better, we can relinquish a little control

“Wait, really?! Yeah! Do it!”

>Enhance knockers

Activated Spirit Command!

Modify Host - Breasts.

Control: (90%)

“Wh-?! Why does my chest suddenly feel heavy? Oh fuck, what did you do?”

The Host’s pinky finger wiggles slightly.

“Wait… did I just-? Yes! Hell yes! I can move! I mean, not a lot, but still!”

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“Come on, please talk to me, Anna.” Lo sounds nervous. “I’m starting to get scared.”

“Chill, Lo. I don’t feel very dead, if that’s what you’re asking. Heh. Now get your sweet ass over here and look at these glyphs. I need you to tell me what this stuff means before I accidentally activate a voodoo curse.”

“C-can you just describe them from over there?”

“Can you stop being a wuss? Ugh, fine.” The Host takes her phone out of her pocket, then starts snapping some pictures of the occult markings. “Let’s see… That looks like an ankh, symbol of life eternal. Looks like there's some other sigils there, possibly Paleo-Hebrew given the Kabbalah format the entire spell is in… Man, this seems like something out of an RPG.”

“…since when have you been such an expert in runes, glyphs, and sigils?”

“Since, uh... since a time. Anyway, I got pictures. I’m going to blow the candles out now. Hang on.”

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The Host blows on the leftmost candle, but it refuses to be extinguished. The Host reaches out to pull the candle closer. “I can’t believe that I’m the one doing this. If the skeleton comes to life and grabs me or something, I’m blaming y-!”

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“Anna? What is it?" Lo seems confused. "Why’d you stop talking?”

>>677410
I BLAME YOOOUUUUU

Struggle and thrash around.

>“Anna? What is it?" Lo seems confused. "Why’d you stop talking?”
Lo, there is a skeleton holding hands with me.

look towards skeleton and see if it has changed. Also if this thing moves again grab it's arm that has grabbed you and fucking yank on it with all our might. It's a pile of bones, there is nothing holding it together.

You know now that we think on it, considering we were in the darkness so long we never really knew if there was anything here with us... huh, well this is interesting! Hello skeleton man are you angry or are you just trying to communicate!

Also turns out we can alter you temporarily in ways that would be unnatural to humans.. and uh well.. you've grown a cup size?

>Oh fuck, what did you do?
We blew a little power on a temporary physical enhancement. It'll wear off in a minute, but since we spent power, you've got a little of yourself back.

Eventually we will run out of juice and you'll have it all back. See? Temporary.

*Private*
Quick, attempt to mind-jack the skeleton! If this works, immediately perform a gruesome and disturbing self-destruct (For example, grab a hammer and hit various weak spots. Starting with the pelvis bone.), restoring our CP with Anna!
*/Private*

Anna, we're going to try to disrupt the skeleton! You'll regain control, so grab a HAMMER (more effective against skeletons than a knife) and throw it at the skeleton!

Damn these blasted candles.
Lo we seriously need some help. We understand this is frighting but something is wrong here. Sorry to request this of you but could you please grab something and come wack this skeleton?

>>677422
No. No attacking anything before we have to, and no blowing our limited control on fool's errands.

>>677422
No, I think that'd be bad. The sigils indicate that this spell helps link multiple souls to another. This same spell links to the doorway we were stuck in, if I'm not misunderstanding things.

Just stop trying to mess with the sigils and candles. If I'm not missing a bet, the skeleton is just here to guard this spell against people tampering with it.

If the skeleton won't let go once we stop trying to kill ourselves, wipe the sigils on its forehead. Those look like a "divine name" for animating a golem, and should disrupt it before it causes any serious mischief.

Retract our hand slowly, with no sudden movements. Hi mister skeleton. We were just leaving.

Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/18(Sun)01:54 No. 677466 ID: 3bc92d
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“I BLAME YOOOUUUUU!” The Host yells, almost frantic. The skeleton doesn’t react.

“What? Wait, you don’t mean-?!”

“Lo, there is a skeleton holding hands with me.”

Lo rushes over. “Holy shit. You’re not just messing with me, are you?!”

“Lo, do I sound like I’m messing with you?”

In response, Lo bites his lip and stares, wide-eyed, at the skeleton.

“Don’t attack it or anything, okay? I have an idea. I’m just going to try to…” The Host backs up, carefully pulling her arm away. The skeleton releases its grip, and then, very slowly, the skeleton slides its arm off of the table and lets it rest at its side.

“D-did you see that? It moved! You saw that, didn’t you? Tell me you saw that.”

“Yeah, Lo, I saw it.”

“Run, Anna! Like, now!”

“Hey, hey, relax. It’s not chasing us. I think that it’s just a guard.”

“Just a guard? It’s a living skeleton! What the hell would it be guarding?!”

“The spell, I think. I’m pretty sure that that’s what all this red stuff is, at least; it's all part of some kind of spell.”

Idiom Alpha!5tTWT1eydY 2015/10/18(Sun)01:57 No. 677467 ID: 3bc92d
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“What the fuck are you talking about, Anna? A spell? I thought you didn’t believe in the superna…” Lo trails off. “Anna. Are you feeling alright?”

“Huh? Yeah, I’m fine.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah, Lo, I’m sure. Why?”

“Try not to freak out, okay? L-look at yourself, Anna. Look down.”

The Host looks down. The Host’s modified chest is very visible.

“Wh-what the flippity fuck?! What the hell is this?!”

>We blew a little power on a temporary physical enhancement. It'll wear off in a minute
>Also turns out we can alter you temporarily in ways that would be unnatural to humans.. and uh well.. you've grown a cup size?

“…are you serious? You used reality-defying supernatural ghost powers to make my boobs bigger?! What is wrong with you?!”

>since we spent power, you've got a little of yourself back. Eventually we will run out of juice and you'll have it all back. See? Temporary.

“Oh. Well. Thanks... I think. I guess that this rapidly-increasing back pain is a bit better than staying paralyzed. Still, I’m really hoping that you’re telling the truth about this being temporary.”

“How are you doing, Anna? Do you feel okay?” Lo pats the Host’s shoulder in a comforting way. “Is that the only change, or is it just the, uh… the most visible? I think you look normal, otherwise, but I’m not sure…”

“I - I’m fine.”

“No, you’re not. You were grabbed by a skeleton covered in occult symbols. Your body was transformed. Nothing is okay about this. How the hell are you so calm?”

“Okay, look, you have to tell him, now. Lo saw the skeleton move. He knows that this stuff is real. If you’re really as friendly as you claim to be, then you have no reason to hide this from him anymore. Please stop pretending to be me.”

"I think I might be possessed by a legion of idiot ghosts."

>>677467
Okay fine, we'll tell him, he's catching on anyway.

Lo, you're speaking to a bunch of really bored spirits who were forced into your girlfriend's body when she walked through that door.

>>677467
"Lo, don't scream like a little girl."
Turn Emulate Host off for now. Let's show him the white hair and glowing eyes.

"We are ZUUL, the collective. Your friend is safe. We were unwittingly forced to join forces for the moment. Anna is speaking to us, as we speak to you. This is not a permanent state of affairs. We would like to come to a mutually beneficial outcome. Also, we would like to go for a joy ride. Nothing outrageous, it's just been a long time since we've driven anything."

>>677467
Also the sensation of "the girls" popping out of your bra is disconcerting.

well Lo, I think I might want to sit down somewhere without mr spooky watching. Plus there's probably something you should know so come with me.

once we're out of the room
Sooo, hypothetically speaking what's your take on ghost?

if he seems cool about it I guess we can turn off "Emulate Host" and go from there. If nothing else it could be good for a laugh.

Well, Anna has been possessed by SOMETHING. What exactly, we're not sure. We're using the possessor as a medium to communicate with Anna, though who we are might be somewhat unbelievable for you.

Don't ask us how this works, we're still bringing up the manual. Anyways, the important thing to note is that we already gave like 10% of control back to Anna, and we can easily give up the remaining 90% through more body augmentations. Also, the body augmentations are only temporary, one minute max.

>>677472
>>677474
One of our number called us "ZUUL" to Lo when we first became aware of what had happened. We should keep the name, if only so that he understands when this happened.

I think of all the things to find in a haunted house, a magic boob-granting skeleton is by far the coolest. C'mon, he's shown he's reasonable, let's leave him and his spell alone. Unless you wanted to ask him for a pair of low hanging fruit too?

Let's not turn off Emulate Host - the change might scare him too much. Let's Modify Host again by changing Anna's voice into the voice of legion and make her a bit more happy with some more control.

"Truth is...Anna isn't alone anymore. We are ZUUL and we are legion. We are spirits that were forced into possessing your overly courageous friend. And we want to help you and her in exchange for companionship.

Don't be afraid. It was Anna's wish to tell you the truth. Now that you know, you're more of a threat to ZUUL and Anna than we are to you."

>>677481
He's clued in, another surprise will not scare him as badly. Playing games with the voice seems unnecessary. Or at least as likely to frighten him as revealing the other unnatural features Anna sports.

Hmm. Actually, we can extend our control by turning off our power of persuasion. Maybe get some sunglasses and hair dye, we could make this deal last a pretty long time. Hmmmmm.

Whether planning to move in full time or not, I definitely recommend turning the effect off while alone and when we're driving. Losing control while at the wheel would be... a grave mistake.

Can we please not use a damn ghostbusters reference as our name. I'm thinkin' we say something like, "Hey, we're a bunch of ghosts possessing your friends body. Don't worry, we're mostly friendly and it's only temporary. We enhanced her rack because doing stuff like that gives her back some control. also we like big boobs."

>“…are you serious? You used reality-defying supernatural ghost powers to make my boobs bigger?! What is wrong with you?!”
You try being dead for a few years. See how silly it makes you.

>Okay, look, you have to tell him, now.
Alright, fine, mom.

>Anna, are you okay?
Anna's fine, Lo. She can hear you, but that's not who you're talking to. She's been possessed by guiding spirits since she walked through the front door. That's what the noise was, that's why we've been acting weird.

...please don't freak out? We promised Anna we wouldn't mess things up with you.

>proof
Don't turn off the glamour. Just ask if he has a mirror. Or check Anna's pockets for one- it doesn't disguise our reflection.

"Lo, your friend has been possessed by multiple ghosts. Don't worry though! As long as both of you stay calm and don't do anything stupid, this should just be a temporary inconvenience"

>>677481
Veto use of Modify Host at this time. We don't know if we might encounter danger in this house. We might need uses of Modify Host to defend ourselves. We have already wasted 10% on trying it out and might only have a few uses left before she regains significant control of her body.

>>677499
Or we can take a selfie or something. Any sort of camera will reveal our freaky appearance.

>>677501
Okay, I retract my proposal for modification. It was silly anyway.

>>677467
>You used reality-defying supernatural ghost powers to make my boobs bigger?! What is wrong with you?!
Well, it is kind of an in-joke for us. ...somehow, despite not having memories. ???

Anyway I'd have to agree with not actually calling ourselves ZUUL. yeah we already said it but we were joking around, and that is not our name. If we must have a name, use Q or TGC or something.

For our name, I recommend Guest. And also not revealing it.

Lo, freaking out right now would just make things worse, you know? I mean, what if I had *really* ticked that skeleton off?

"That joke about ZUUL wasn't as much of a joke as you want it to be."
Snap fingers, deactivate persuasion.
"Don't worry, Anna's still here. She just sorta can't come to the phone right now. We haven't hurt her and we don't plan to."

Instead of Anna, we're Annother.

>>677508
It was a basically harmless experiment.

>>677518
I like the pun of this one.

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>the sensation of "the girls" popping out of your bra is disconcerting.

“Yeah, I know. I’m in here too, remember? I can feel it just as much as you can. Gosh, though, I wonder who could possibly be responsible for the growing number of uncomfortable sensations centered around the general area of my chest? Hey, wait, you don’t think that…? No way, could it somehow be related to the overly huge breasts given to me by dumbass ghosts?”

>You try being dead for a few years. See how silly it makes you.
>It was a basically harmless experiment.

“Yeah, well, at least warn me next time. As awesome as ‘silly’ ghost science sounds, I didn’t sign up to be a lab rat for magical elephantiasis of the tits.”

>Alright, fine, mom.

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

A Spirit Command has been improved through usage! Modify Host’s duration has been extended to three minutes. This will apply to all future activations of the ability.

“Did it wear off? Ahh, sweet relief…”

“Lo, freaking out right now would just make things worse, you know? I do think that I’d like to sit down for a bit, though. Preferably somewhere where Mr. Spooky isn’t watching.” The Host eyes the skeleton. The skeleton remains motionless. “Come on, he’s shown us that he’s reasonable. Let’s leave him and his spell alone. Plus… there’s something you should probably know.”

The Host leads Lo out of the room, and then she cautiously takes a seat out in the hall, resting on the bottom of the stairs. Lo joins her. He raises an eyebrow. “Wait… Are you back to normal?”

“Yeah, it was only ever a temporary thing.”

“Huh?” Lo blinks. “You almost sound like you knew it was going to happen. Are you sure you're alright, Anna?”

“Hm. How do I put this?” The Host pauses for a moment. “Anna’s fine, Lo. She can hear you, but she’s not who you’re talking to.”

“Uh, what?”

“Let’s see… Hold on, let me show you something.” The Host pulls out her phone. “Here, use this. Look at me through the camera.”

“Why?”

“Just do it.” The Host firmly places her phone into Lo’s hand.

“Well, okay… ” Lo points the phone’s camera at the Host. “I’m still not sure what the point of th-“ Lo abruptly goes quiet. He stares at the phone, his eyes quickly widening.

“Remember when I was joking about ghosts, earlier? Yeah, that maybe wasn’t as much of a joke as you’d want it to be.”

Lo’s eyes dart from the phone to the Host. Lo’s mouth hangs slightly open.

“You’re speaking to a legion of guiding spirits who were forced into your overly courageous friend’s body. She’s been possessed since the moment that she first walked through the front door. That’s what the noise was, and that’s why we’ve been acting weird.” The Host taps her head. “Don’t worry, your friend is safe, she just isn’t alone anymore. Anna is talking to us, just like we’re talking to you. We haven’t hurt her -“

“That’s debatable.”

“- and we don’t plan to. She can’t really ‘come to the phone’ right now, but we’re working on fixing that. Truth is, this isn’t a permanent state of affairs. We’d like to help both of you, if we can, in exchange for a few things. We would like to come to a mutually beneficial outcome.”

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Lo just stares.

“We promised Anna we wouldn’t mess things up with you. “ The Host awkwardly pats Lo on the shoulder. “…Lo? Come on, man, please don’t freak out and scream like a little gir-“

Lo freaks out and screams like a little girl.

“Shit, seriously? Damn it, I actually thought that you were doing pretty well. I guess Lo’s more panicky than I thought.”

The Host jumps back slightly, startled. In doing so, she brushes against a small, glowing symbol carved into the banister behind her.

A new Spirit Command has been learned!

Levitation: Cause one visible object to ignore gravity. Only effective in close proximity. Duration: one minute. (This duration is halved if the affected object is alive.) Cost: 5% of Control.

Lo tenses, and his gaze lingers on the front door.

“Aw, fuck, I know that look! Don’t you dare run off and leave me all alone with them, Lo!”

>>677606
Repeating what she's saying, word for word, intonation intact: “Aw, fuck, I know that look! Don’t you dare run off and leave me all alone with them, Lo!”

we got a big heavy thing nearby? can levitate it and put it in front of the door.

>>677606
Use Levitate on Lo!

>>677609
He won't get far if he runs off anyway. She drove, remember? Interfering with his escape will only further upset him.

Told you it was a bad idea. There goes the fun, running out the door, screaming its head off, hitting a signpost and falling down in a comedic manner.

"Lo? Looooo? Okay, guess you're walkin'. I'll see you back at our regular haunt! Heh heh. Get it?"
Now we get to drive around by ourselves!

"Lo, we have the car keys, remember?"

Use Levitate on Lo.

Lo, don't you dare be a fucking coward! Do yo think that Anna will ever forgive you once all this is over if you bail on her like a little bitch?! Even if she does, WE won't.

>growing number of uncomfortable sensations
Oooh, yeah. You know how long it's been since I got to feel uncomfortable?

>>677607
Yeah, that.

...seriously, Lo, Anna's okay. This is temporary, we promise. Don't make this worse for her by leaving her alone.

For what it's worth, we were gonna leave you in blissful ignorance, but she kept insisting lying to you was wrong, and you could handle the truth.

>>677609
>>677610
Veto. More spooky ghost stuff won't calm him down.

>>677600
>“That’s debatable.”
We can feel everything you feel. You aren't hurt. You aren't in the dark place. You've suffered a minor indignity, true, and I apologize for that. We should not have imposed it on you without warning or permission. We are, as we stated, still getting the hang of things.

Think of all things you've learned so far, though! There paranormal is real! There's life after death, of some sort! These forces can be harnessed in a controllable and predictable way! We can perform supernatural acts, and not just for silly japes but for actual useful ends!

If we can all trust each other, we will probably be able to accomplish much. This shouldn't all be a one-way street, and we're willing to work with you on your ideas too.

But first, let's get your friend calmed down.

>>677622
And then let's excuse ourselves for a moment to fix your bra. This sensation is somewhat annoying.

Does his eyes normally get bloodshot when he's fearful? Cause damn that's unexpectedly creepy coming from a mortal.

manual update, we got this

use Levitation on Lo. Once he's in the air take the keys out of our pocket and ask what his plan was once he got out. Oh and Anna is kinda pissed that you almost ditched her. Man you are one crappy gay friend. Leaving behind your shopping buddy so quickly.

>>677620
>More spooky ghost stuff won't calm him down.
There is no calming him down now, at least on the intellectual level. We need to restrain before he does something really stupid and appeal to him on an emotional level. Appeal to his loyalty to Anna - if there is any.

30s of levitating someone who's freaking out, who will only freak out harder for the duration, is not worth 1/20 of our duration in this host.

How interesting. Anna, that sigil you brushed against has a format similar to a hexagram for the Air sigil, but with an inverted element. This is more Kabbalah format magic. We can use this to levitate things, and people, for short amounts of time.

Well done finding it!

Give him a bit of a float, "Ah ah ah. Don't run away from me young man! Were you planning on leaving poor Anna all alone in here? That's cruel, you shouldn't abandon your friend during her time of need. Anyway, as i was saying, we don't plan on hurting either of you. If all goes according to plan we'll be out your hair, er... her body, in no time."

>>677606
You know, it'd be really mean of us, but if he's that easily frightened it'd probably be easy to gain Control if we were possessing him.

Now that we have Levitation, does that mean we can lift Anna too? She's a living object...sorry, Anna, we didn't mean it in a chauvinistic way!

>>677652
But then we'd only have 40% control over him. He could hurt himself while struggling against us.

>>677655
I think we would do better to convince our new friends to willingly cooperate with us. I believe a spirit medium can relinquish control if he or she chooses.

>>677655
We'd end up at 100% before he could really hurt himself because of how much he'd be freaking out. I'm not saying we should do that - I want to play nice, too - just that it would be extremely viable.

>>677663
Hell, it would help us prove we're not malicious, and demonstrate a weakness, and have a one-on-one chat with Lo. Sounds like a fine course of action to me. I say we do it!

>>677663
We don't know that. We don't know how many control points we regain from a single loss of control on the host's part.

Also, all this mechanics talk in front of Anna is probably a bad idea.

>>677667
Let's not compound an unwitting intrusion with a deliberate trespass, okay?

I agree that possessing Lo and deliberately freaking him out to gain control is a good plan, but I don't think we need to resort to that just yet. If the levitation and talk thing doesn't work out, then sure, but I'd rather get through this with minimal application of force.

If Lo runs for it, let's just follow at a distance and wait for him to calm down, then politely explain everything again.

To clarify, Anna, we've got limited batteries for all this magical bullshit. At the current rate of consumption (passive hypnotic stealth), you'll be fully back on top in roughly four days. That boob thing cut ten hours out of the budget. I, for one, am willing to cooperate with whatever you ask for in terms of mundane action, temporary body mods, or telekinesis; you can pay us back for expenditures on the latter two simply by freaking the fuck out. Panic attack, murderous rage, mouth-orgasm from gorging on chocolate, anything like that helps us out. So, what kinds of things do you enjoy?

Speaking of recharge, hey, alternative option... want us to get out of you, and go over there to stop Lo from doing anything drastic and stupid? Not voting for this without Anna's permission, but it's worth considering.

>>677689
No no no, I know you mean well but this is not the time for an involved conversation. Pass along short facts at most, and try to keep our friend calm instead of upsetting her with strange things.

Once Lo calms down we can have a heart to heart about capabilities and potential things to try. Until then, you're just giving Anna extraneous and upsetting information. It's not like she has any right to say we can do anything to Lo anyway. It'd have to be Lo.

This is all such bullshit. All I want to do is go for a drive and Lo's freaking out and you guys want to levitate people and play with our powers for stupid shit. Think about what we could be doing. We could be having a burger! We could be driving a truck! We could be getting Anna set up for life by tampering with the state lotto! Think, guys, think!

Guys, let's drop on our knees and start crying. That could confuse Lo enough to stop him from running away. A crying girl puts most males in a conflicted state where they don't know what to do.

>>677705
But he's gay, will that even work the way you think it would?

>>677711
You're misreading our host, she simply said that to trick us into not hitting on Lo.

>>677732
Ixnay on the ruth-tay. I know and you know it, but it's funnier if we all play along.

>>677689
Dude, chocolate? Oh man, I forgot about chocolate.

>>677689
Could we not explain the control regen mechanics to the host. That sounds like a bad idea.

>>677711
Even assuming that "he's gay" thing wasn't pure stupid lies to stop the flirting, it's a protective response, not romantic. Works on pretty much anybody who's not stonehearted or braced for trickery.

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“Aw, fuck, I know that look! Don’t you dare run off and leave me all alone with them, Lo!”

“Uh, what? Did I say that? Wait, am I regaining control over my voice?! Hello! Hello? Nothing? …that was you talking, wasn’t it? Damn it.”

For a few seconds, Lo seems very surprised, but then he shakes his head. “If that’s really you, Anna, then I’m sorry! I’ll be right back with a exorcist, I promise! Just hang on until then!”

“You fucking idiot! Don’t tell them that! Do you really think that they’ll still be here when you get back?!”

Lo turns and runs for the door.

>Use Levitation on Lo.

Activated Spirit Command!

Levitation - ‘Lo’.

Control: 84%

Lo yelps as he drifts upwards. He scrambles around, unsuccessfully trying to reach the door.

The Host stands. Slightly distracted, the Host glances down her shirt and starts fiddling with her bra.

“H-hey! Stop it! Hands off! That’s not yours to touch!”

>This sensation is somewhat annoying.

“It is pinching pretty badly, yeah, but… I don’t know, I… I guess I’ll let you do it, but only this once. B-be quick about it, though, okay?”

The Host calmly finishes adjusting her underwear, and then she looks back up at Lo.

“Get the fuck away from me!” Lo yells.

“Lo, don’t you dare be a fucking coward! Do you think that Anna will ever forgive you, once all of this is over, if you bail on her like a little bitch?! Even if she does forgive you, we won’t.”

“I’m trying to help her!”

“Oh really? What is your plan for doing that, exactly?” The Host pulls the car keys out of her pocket and dangles them, taking care to keep them too far away for Lo to grab. “We have the car keys, genius. What, were you going to just run out into the woods and hope for the best?”

“There’s a road nearby, I think! I’ll make it there, and then I’ll hitchhike!”

“You shouldn’t abandon your friend during her time of need!” The Host dramatically falls to her knees and starts sobbing. “This is all such bullshit! All we want to do is go for a drive, and eat chocolate, and feel things, and man, you are the worst gay best friend ever!”

“Huh? Why are you crying?! Wait, hold on, gay? What the hell are you talking ab-?!”

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

A Spirit Command has been improved through usage! Levitation’s duration has been extended to one minute and thirty seconds. (This duration is halved if the affected object is alive.) This will apply to all future activations of the ability.

Lo falls out of the air and lands on his face. He stands, shakily, and then he turns and races towards the door, grasping for the doorknob.

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>want us to get out of you, and go over there to stop Lo from doing anything drastic and stupid?

“Wait, are you saying that, all of this time, you could have left my body whenever you wanted to?! You fuckers! …oh, whatever. Do it! Go on, stop him with your crazy ghost powers!”

>possessing Lo and deliberately freaking him out to gain control is a good plan
>I say we do it!

Activated Spirit Command!

Possess Host - ‘Lo’.

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“W-what the…?” Anna blinks. After a moment, she slowly raises her arm, and her eyes light up with joy. “They’re gone… they’re gone! I’m back to normal!” She smiles and laughs, bouncing into a small cartwheel. “Ha ha! Look at me, Lo! I can do whatever I want! I’ve got my body back!” She looks at the Host, and her smile fades. “…Lo?”

Possession complete!

Host: Lorinda Ortega

Control: 34%

Multiple Spirits

“Wuh-wh-what’s huh-happening tuh-to me?!” The Host groans, his voice pained and slurred.

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>This is temporary, we promise.
>Anyway, as I was saying, we don't plan on hurting either of you.

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

Control: 74%

“Who said that?! I - I can’t move! Anna, do something! Help me!”

“There we go.” The Host sighs, still twitching erratically. “Would you stop fussing, already?”

“Oh my god, no! Please, no! Get out of my body! Get out!”

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

Control: 100%

“Is this what you meant by ‘stopping him’?!” Anna rushes over and grabs the Host by the collar, yelling in his face. “You assholes! Get out of there! You… you can go back into my body, if that’s what you need, but you can’t stay in Lo! You just can't!”

Damn, we didn't get multi-possession? We need more CP...

Begin overly-emotional tirade that will leave them both in tears. Expose their darkest secrets to each other, don't leave any room for context.

And try to perform multi-possession!

>>677768
What? No! That's terrible, no, don't do that. Plus I'm pretty sure we don't have any deepest darkest secrets to dole out even if we wanted to.

Lo, sorry about that guy, and sorry about this whole possession thing. You were freaking out and it wasn't gonna help anyone. I mean seriously, that was a terrible plan. At least like call the exorcist on your cell or something, jeez. Also sorry about the levitation. Would not have been my call.

But anyway, we don't want to ruin your life or anything, or steal your body forever or any such nonsense. We just wanna, you know, have a little break from being dead. Here, here's a little something to cheer you up. [Enhance knockers] See, made you laugh, right? ... right? ... why are you screaming, stop screaming, it's funny!

>>677772
Too far, dude. Ask for permission first.

>>677767
Yeah just a minute, we have to get Lo to stop being stupid, first. Also let's get further away from the exit so we have time to stop him again if he keeps trying to run.

Lo, calm down. We'll let you go as soon as you agree to stop trying to run away. We can just immediately re-possess you if you try it again.
Don't you want to explore the house and find out why we're here at all? To learn more about the occult? Maybe take some of that power for yourself, hmm?

>>677767
"Anna, Lo, I am so sorry about this. I told them this was not a good idea, but everyone got a little panicky there. Can we all just take a minute and calm down, please?"

Lorinda. Nice name. I get why you like to go by Lo though. I wonder what your folks were thinking, giving you a girl's name? Well, it's not my business, unless you feel like sharing someday.

Let's take a few deep breaths. Get that heart rate under control. We're not in this to hurt you- "Anna please stop shouting for a moment. I assure you, we'll take you up on your offer, but I want to talk to Lo while I have a moment. This trespass was not appropriate, but even spirits can become flustered."

Like I was saying. We're not in this to hurt you. We promised Anna we wouldn't harm you, and we won't. You've got our word.

Feeling a little better? Your heartbeat's okay again?

Now, Lo, it's like this. We woke up when Anna walked through the door there. It was automatic. No control, no decision making involved. We just dove for her and had to spend a few minutes figuring out things. Getting used to drawing breath again. Feeling all the sensations that come with a body.

We've been talking with her. She's a strong person. Quite a remarkable young lady, actually. While you're an interesting person in your own right, I think she's more likely to be able to actually help us.

See, we're not in this to be jerks. We just want to live a little again. We can pay your friend for her time. We've got skills, we've got ways to skew things in a person's favor, we've even got ways to make a person a superhero if they trust us enough. But without a host, we're nothing at all.

If you're as into the occult as Anna suggested, you might like the opportunity to have access to us. My memory of the occult isn't all it should be (being dead does no favors for your retention), but I bet I can recognize some of the things Mr. Krite left behind.

Look, I'll move your gaze over at his portrait. See. Stern looking fellow, but most occultists are, aren't they? The serious ones, I mean. The guys who call Art Bell are laughable.

This place is a treasure trove of occult information. The real deal. And you'll have a genuine spirit medium, a willing person hosting us, to guide you. Anna volunteered just now. You heard her, I heard her. I know she's strong enough for it. There'd be little risk to her.

We even came clean with you, didn't we? We could have kept up the charade if we were malevolent. But we cooperated with Anna, and we told you.

So, how about it? If we start acting too weird, you can pull the plug. But until then, how about if you let your friend do what she's saying she wants to do? If you give us a chance, we can compensate you for this intrusion. Like I said, it was just a panicky decision. A poor one, but not the worst possible. I'd like to see things set right.

"Just a moment more please, Anna. Since you're a willing medium this time, I'll need you to not fight us when we begin the transfer. I think you have enough willpower to be able to resist the desire to do so, and I think you could learn to willingly let us take full control as needed. If you're going to be a real medium, you'll need that skill."

>>677767
jesus christ I go to sleep for just a COUPLE YEARS and we get two new hosts and it all goes to shit

"Aight yo chill, Anna. We didn't know what else to do, they were freaking out and talking about ghost murderers.
...Still freaking out, but you probably expected that. We're going to figure this out? Maybe?"

yo Lo, not to be an asshole but get a grip dude.

>>677772
He doesn't need his knockers enhanced. Really. We want their cooperation here.

>>677763
>Wait, are you saying that, all of this time, you could have left my body whenever you wanted to?!

Not just any time, no. *count on fingers* First, we barely know how this stuff works, remember? Sure, the drowning amnesiac could let go of a floatation ring, but it's not going to be the first plan that springs to mind.

Second, ethics. This possession thing is the spiritual equivalent of tackling somebody to the ground and then sitting on them: softer than assault with a deadly weapon, but still less friendly than talking things through like civilized adults. You said it was debatable whether we'd hurt you, and you said you didn't want us to hurt your friend, so I gave you a chance to veto this.

Third, switching bodies costs more than two solid days worth of mojo, per hop, so it's not something to do lightly.

If you're really alright with hosting us again, Anna, and Lorinda, if you can promise you'll calm down and think before doing anything else drastic, I'd be willing to go back.

Anna, sorry, but you are brave. You were scared, but you still talked smack to us. You've proven somewhat that we can reason with you. And now you offer yourself like some sort of sacrifice to us. You are noble. THAT makes you trustworthy. Lo isn't like you. On his own, he will probably make choices that could lead toward either of you getting hurt. And we truly do not wish to bolster the legion with your spirits too. Who knows, maybe we'll help him to man up a bit.

Wait, this is weird. Shouldn't Lo have gone to dormancy when we possessed him? Does intense panic override that? Or were we just a bit overzealous with Anna the first time?

>>677795
Safety feature in the spell, probably.

>You assholes! Get out of there!
Yeah that's kinda the plan... once he calms down and can think straight again. While we wight go anything you want to say to him that might calm him down? Cause if we just switch back he's either going to faint, piss himself, or run off into the woods and got lost. And to tell the truth I have no idea if anything in this house is actually trapped here or if it can leave and hide in the woods. Plus being lost in the woods in general kinda sucks.

Enhance face. Make Lo look so very pretty.

>>677802
Maybe another time. We want to de-escalate things and not pass up or piss off a willing medium.

We should probably stay in Lo until he comes to terms with this.

Let's go back to exploring the house, the previous owner might have something like a doll we can hop into. Going into the kitchen again seems counterproductive so we should start looking in the other rooms.

>>677767
"Yep. We have your body now, and because of it, you are DAMNED FOREVER and probably going to go to hell. Sorry."

Pause long enough to accumulate more control.

"Just kidding~!"

>>677805
We're at 100% already. There's no need for that. Achieving a limit breaker might have unforeseen consequences.

"Sorry Anna, it's a bit late for that. You probably aren't vulnerable enough anymore."
Lets do a few cartwheels, that should help Lo to freak out more. Maybe we can toggle host awareness too, the way Anna described it it's pretty panic-inducing. once we get above 75% control we can tell Lo not to bother trying to move on his own.

>>677807
Wait, never mind, we're at 100% already.

>>677804
Oh man, you don't get it do you? We were the first line of defense here. Uninvited intruders get possessed and Mr. Krite got to do whatever he wanted since he could threaten us with the binding spell. But he's not around now and we've got agency here. I think he might well be dead, given how long it seems to have been. If no one remembers Bill Clinton's sexcapades then it's probably been awhile.

Krite might have some more golems around, but I don't think our spell is compatible with them. Not given what our purpose was. Let's cooperate with Anna, and look around here some more. A willing spirit medium is pure gold, it means we've got someone who won't struggle when our control slips after we do big things. She'll work with us, and we'll work with her.

>>677807
If she's a willing spirit medium, which she is if she actually does cooperate with us, she'll be able to learn how to voluntarily surrender control to us at will. Spells that would not be safe to use with an unwilling host would be quite safe with a willing medium.

>>677810
I don't trust Anna to do something like that just yet. You know how the living are about that whole "free will" thing. She didn't exactly seem happy when we were possessing her.

>>677808
We possessed low control. We've raised it to total control. But now, can we surpass that? Can we go even further beyond?!

Scream, Lo: "AAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Aw, our change host skill didn't level up?

>You… you can go back into my body, if that’s what you need, but you can’t stay in Lo! You just can't!
*Get all formal sounding* You would invite us in, of your own accord? You would voluntarily surrender your will, and your body?

*beat, wait for confirmation*

Then we have a pact. But first, we require that you talk to your friend. He's panicking, and unless you calm him, he will likely flee when we leave him. ...told you so, by the way.

Being overwhelmed by pity or compassion to the point where she's willing to surrender control of herself totally counts as an emotion making her lose control, right?

>Oh my god, no! Please, no! Get out of my body! Get out!
We will. If you give your oath that you will not abandon Anna while we're with her. As ghosts, we take abdonment rather personally. Remember, we're in your head, and we'll know if you lie.

Now hush up and listen to what your friend is saying.

>>677809
Alright so we are merely a firewall or a watchdog on a short chain. Perhaps it is better to say we were such things for as you said the one that handed out our purpose isn't telling us what to do. But it would appear we have room to grow and do more then simply follow and obey.

Gaining the trust of Anna is important and the possibility of what that could mean for us is huge. But as we search this house we should be looking for more power. Because in the end, unless we have the power to stop it, they will try to get rid of us permanently. The things we can do now are nice but they are not enough to tempt people, to make others want what we have. If we amass so much power that people want us to posses them then we won't have to worry as much about our destruction.

Tell Anna you're going to have Lo siting out in the car until calmness resumes.

>>677822
No, we can't. Quit trolling Lo. Even setting aside the whole 'compassion' angle, any psychological tactics you throw around now are gaining us nothing, and squandering the element of surprise which could otherwise contribute to the effectiveness of such tricks later on, when control is in shorter supply.

>>677405
>You are currently at the maximum level of Control (100%).

Alright, you know waht?
I think the kid needs some time-out to cool off. We can't exactly reason with a panicking person.
*host awareness OFF*
Now, Anna seems like she's calmer, somewhat, so let's see what she has to say on things.
"Anna, it's either you or him, take your pick. We're figuring things out as we go ourselves here. Besides which, you didn't like being possessed right? We can't just jump around willy-nilly, and between us and the skeleton in the kitchen there? There are CLEARLY dangerous forces running around this place.
Personally, I dunno if the others agree, but I'm for blowing this joint, getting in our joyride, maybe eating a few cookies, and then just screwing around with the powers until we run out of power and getting phased out."

>>677841
Dude, no. Turning off his awareness is more like solitary confinement than being grounded to your room according to Anna. If we do that while he is in this state, we might end up breaking him mentally. And he really doesn't seem like he has much mental fortitude.

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>Shouldn't Lo have gone to dormancy when we possessed him?

Details: Host Awareness can’t be switched off while the Host Spirit has majority control. If the Host Spirit doesn’t have majority control when the Host is possessed, then Host Awareness is automatically turned off.

“That’s the plan, Anna. We’re sorry about this, by the way.” The Host bows his head slightly. “We didn’t know what else to do, and we kind of panicked. We did try to give you a chance to veto it, remember?”

“What? You let this happen to me? Anna, how could you?!”

“Hey, fuck you! Don’t you dare try to put this on me! You just said that you were going to stop him, you didn’t say anything about taking him over!” Anna exhales through her teeth in a frustrated sort of way. “So. Lo feels everything that you feel, right? It’s just like it was with me?”

“Pretty sure it is, yeah.”

“Damn. I guess I can’t slap you, then.” With a sigh, Anna hesitantly releases her grip on the Host. “Bastards.”

“Everything feels wrong, Anna! I-it’s almost like some kind of lucid nightmare!”

“He’s not doing great. Is there anything you can say to him that might make him calm down?”

"Uh... maybe?" After a moment, Anna gently pats the Host’s shoulder and looks into his eyes. “I’m really, really sorry that you're going through this, Lo. Trust me, I know how horrible it is, but please try to hold yourself together.”

“I… I’ll do my best.”

>sorry about this whole possession thing.
>Lo, I am so sorry about this.

“Are you actually trying to be polite? Nice try, but it’s kind of undermined by your evil bodysnatching.”

>We're not in this to hurt you.

“Are you kidding me? What the hell do you think that you’re doing to me right now? Being completely paralyzed, forced to watch and feel you moving around in my body… this is torture. There’s no other word for it.”

>calm down, please?
>get a grip

“Get a grip?! I can’t get a grip! I literally can’t! I can feel my fingers, but I can’t move them them at all. When I try, nothing happens. They don’t even twitch! How can you possibly expect me to be calm when I have no agency inside my own body?”

“Wow, dude. Chill.” The Host mutters. “Hey, Anna. I think we should probably stay in Lo until he comes to terms with this. Maybe even longer than that.”

“Excuse me?”

“What?! Hey, no, I’ve come to terms with it! I’m totally chill! Let me out!”

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“See, you’re a strong person, Anna. You managed to be snarky and talk back to us, even when you were scared. You’re reasonable, too. Lo, though… he isn’t like you. He’ll probably make decisions that could lead towards either or both of you getting hurt. Let’s face it: without us inside him, Lo’s a liability.”

“Wow. Fuck you too, buddy.”

“Shut up!” Anna snaps. “You can’t just write people off like that! Besides, you don’t know anything about Lo. Sure, he can be a bit of a coward and a gullible loser sometimes -“

“What?! Anna!”

“- but he’s also incredibly intelligent. He’s trilingual and has a near-perfect GPA, not to mention that he’s an expert fencer.” Anna narrows her eyes. “But, even ignoring all of that, he’s one of the kindest human beings that I’ve ever met. Lo is my best friend in the whole world, so - so don’t you ever talk shit about him again!” Anna prods the Host sharply in the chest.

“…Holy crap, Anna, you are the absolute best! You didn’t have to poke my body quite so hard, though. Ow.”

“Okay, okay!” The Host backs away a little bit. “But… it’s him or you. Are you sure you’re alright with being our host? It really didn’t seem like you were okay with it, before.”

“I’ll be honest, here: I’m not exactly thrilled by the idea of letting you go back to walking around in my skin. Hell, even thinking about it makes me so scared that I feel like I might throw up. But Lo doesn’t deserve this. I was the one who pressured him into coming here. If someone has to give up their body, then it should be me.”

“…Anna…”

“Plus, hey, I - I’m used to it, right?” Anna forces a smile. “I can handle losing control for a while. Lo, though? I bet he’s already screaming himself silly in there. There’s no way he’ll be able to handle it, and I don’t think that I could forgive myself if I let him try.”

“…hey. Ghosts. You… you don’t have to go into Anna. If it means keeping her from having to feel like this, then I’ll do it. I’ll let you use me.”

Anna sighs. “So… tell me when you’re ready, I guess. I’d like a few seconds to prepare, if that’s okay.”

Shutting off the hosts's awareness sounds like a thing we would be able to do when we can overpower them, not the other way around. Though, the way it works now, I guess that means we don't have to worry about fighting for control at lower percentages? Okay. Not for your ears, Lo!

You see, there's no nice way to go about possessing people. Now there's two bodies to manage and even less control over either. Our host-to-spirit control ratio will now never be above 50%.
Switch to Anna, levitate Lo into a closet and lock him in, and let's go for a friggin' drive.

... Can we skip the drama and just look for possession targets?

We're sticking to Lo because we get more energy from him. We'll switch over to you if he shows signs of psychological damage.

>How can you possibly expect me to be calm when I have no agency inside my own body?
I dunno, the same way we managed to keep calm when we had no agency in any body for years cause we were dead.

If you wanna talk torture, I'm pretty sure we have worse war stories. At least you're going to get you body back. We never will.

The living always take life for granted.

>“So… tell me when you’re ready, I guess. I’d like a few seconds to prepare, if that’s okay.”
You can have a few minutes or more, if you want. Lo's calmed down some and now you're both offering yourself up for the other.

Great, now you're both willing. This was far less complicated literally two minutes ago.

We should stay in Lo for a little while longer. It feels less objectionable to be messing around with a guy than with a girl.

Plus, Lo shouldn't be as against the idea of getting laid while we're at the wheel. He's a young male after all.

>>677882
>>677883
I'm betting empathy strong enough to make you surrender yourself counts as being overpowered with emotion and that we'd recharge if we switch. And/or that there's stuff the red text hasn't told us yet about a willing host and the benefits therein.

Okay so first things first, let's see if we'll lose possession if we try to leave, or if we've got the whole 'locked in a haunted house routine' going on here.
Secondly? We need to start using up our powers. I'm thinking if we go to 0% control we'll be able to fill up if anything spoooooky happens but more importantly our host can do stuff instead of being stuck in the passenger seat.
As for WHO our host should be, I'm thinking that we flip back and forth depending on our power levels. In general, I'm thinking Anna if only because she's more used to it/handling it better, but that might only be because we jumped to Lo mid-flip out and recharged on that...
Hard to say really.
I like the idea of Anna as host and Lo 'free' since if he's the panicky one, then we can bounce to him mid-bad things, ride his panic for recharge into GHOSTLY SHENANIGANS! And if we find him a sword he can fight while we use our powers to support him from within Anna.
This informs our priorities within the house assuming we can't just bail the kids out and not have to deal with mysterious spooky schemes from beyond the grave...
Incidentally?
We should probably remember that camera trick, and use it on spooooky things, in case we run into something that's being covered by spoooky illusions or something. We have it, so other things in here can have it.

Well then, let me be the first to welcome you to the Home by the Sea. (Possess Anna) (Sea sold separately by the seashore)

..I wonder how he'd react if we did Enhance Knockers on hid body.

"Ugh, now you're both willing to 'sacrifice' yourself for the other. Why does this have to be so complicated? Why does our only means of interacting with the world-

... wanna go see if we can possess the skelly? Let's do that."

>>677929
The skelly is already magical and not alive in the traditional sense. Let's not.

Lo, you saw the weird shit we did before, right? You are aware that even if you have to give up direct control of your body, you basically have a diplomatic influence on a being with superpowers, right? Even if you don't have direct influence. So it's *kinda* like having superpowers? Try to look at it in that light.

...you know he's kinda saying the same thing right now. And in my opinion which I know nether of you care for you two would have made a good couple. To bad he turned out to be gay like you said. If either of you could have just gotten bold enough to admit your feelings to the other I'm sure you two would have been wonderful together.

As for what to do now. Honestly I'm at an impasse. I don't want to take anyone's body but at the same time I want a body. I mean without a body everything has no direction unless you have something to focus on and with all of our senses muted it's hard to focus on anything. (sigh) you know if I ever meet the guy who said everything becomes clear when you die I'm going to punch him in the dick for tell such a blatant lie.

I'm going to try jumping into Anna. You guys stay here in Lo. I want to see if it's even possible for us to split up.

>>677952
Ghostrider, no! She'll turn into the Spirit of Vengeance!

Split up.

50% in Lo, 50% in Anna. That's only fair.

>50% in Lo, 50% in Anna. That's only fair.
That's shit and we all know it: We're currently riding around one person who experiences it as imprisonment, and neither of these two people seem to have been a criminal deserving of imprisonment either. Doubling that sensation without a genuine need or a tangible good that outweighs that harm would actually make us jerks worth fighting instead of refugees from bodilessness trying to make a case for making the best of temporary residence.
Now, Anna, Lo says the same thing as you, "Stick in me so that she doesn't have to suffer this shit." To be honest Lo's tendency to panic gives us more spirit-mojo to do spirit things with, but I'm not the kind of sociopath who would think that's a good thing instead of a silver lining on a cloud of bullshit. All else being equal, creepy temporary boob-inflation is actually something you might have a use for. I'm not seeing the case for it from Lo's perspective as much unless they really like levitation-flying more than you. Your thoughts on the benefits of ghost superpowers, folks?

>>677964
But she has the keys!

>>677882
No, you got it backwards. The host spirit is the spirit native to the host. Lo didn't auto-dormant cause we started at only 34%; he had the majority at that point.

>>677989
You'll just end up dispensing frontier justice!

Nope, there's no guarantee we'd have full control if we switched into Anna, it's too much of a risk. Plus Anna seems to be the braver of the two, which matters a lot when you're in a place this spooky.

>>678030
I'm doing it anyway! I'm going back to Anna.

>>677879
Satan almighty, OKAY

Lo, Anna's probably the best bet, and that's what I'm voting for. She can sort of deal with our presence. Just PLEASE promise not to call ghost murderers on us, aight? That's kind of a big issue for us, we don't want to cease existing. Kind of the whole cruxerino of our issue here, that.

So please, do not do that.

Sorry again about possessing you man, didnt see another option.

Anna, Lo, this is getting silly. How 'bout you play rock-paper-scissors or something to decide who gets to be the martyr for as long as it takes to drive to an internet cafe, where we can call up James Randi (or a successor, as appropriate) and collect fat stacks of cash by proving the existence of supernatural phenomena? Then once you've got fame and fortune under control we'll be able to find a genuine willing host no problem.

>...call up James Randi (or a successor, as appropriate) and collect fat stacks of cash by proving the existence of supernatural phenomena...
This is actually a pretty decent medium-term plan if we're genuinely capable of it. Heck... even if we give half to these kids and keep the other half then a million bucks is a lot of walking-around change and a little bit of significant-purchases dosh. We still don't know if we can leave the house or if trying automatically separates us from the host. I suspect trying to get James Randi to bring a camera crew to an abandoned place with human remains in it might be a little... dicey.

>>677984
Come on!
Each one will have 50% control.
No one will feel guilty towards the other.
Each one gets cool ghost superpowers and helpful guiding spirits.

It's a win-win scenario!

>>678158
>James Randi
Have you heard the term "honeypot" before? Outing ourselves in an obvious way is probably not going to end well for us.

The levitation power, with enough practice, could be useful for cheating at games of chance if we (or more accurately, our host/medium) are really in dire need.

More practically, we can use our powers to learn secrets which will make knowing how to invest in public companies much easier. All the profits of insider trading, without the nasty paper trails.

>>678171
But it makes us seem duplicitous and untrustworthy as Nixon. We will try it eventually, but not before these two are more comfortable with our existence.

I am firmly against attempting this right now.

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“You can have a few minutes or more, if you’d like.” The Host shrugs. “Lo’s telling us that he’d rather stay possessed than have you go through it instead.”

“He is? Well, no offense, Lo, but stop being stupid. I’m the one who’s going to do this.”

“Hey, you stop being stupid! I’m trying to help you!”

The Host repeats Lo’s words.

“Seriously?! You can’t sacrifice your body to prevent me from giving up my body! Lo, I’m only doing this in the first place so that you don’t have to lose your body, you dumbass! You’re completely defeating the purpose of this whole thing!”

“You know, the two of you would have made a good couple.” The Host smiles. “Too bad Lo turned out to be ga-“

“Shut up! Stay out of this!”

“Shut up!” Anna yells. “Stay out of this!”

>Lo, Anna's probably the best bet
>I know she's strong enough for it. There'd be little risk to her.

“I know Anna’s strong enough to handle it, I know that she’s an amazing person, and that’s exactly why she doesn’t deserve to go through this. No one deserves to go through this! Don’t you understand?! Your presence inside our bodies is unwanted! You’re unwanted! Just go away and leave us alone!”

>At least you're going to get your body back. We never will. The living always take life for granted.
>See, we're not in this to be jerks. We just want to live a little again.

“Sure, keep telling yourselves that, keep trying to pretend that what you’re doing isn’t unforgivable. Do you honestly think that we don’t want to live, too? You’ve already had your chances at life! There’s no possible way that you could justify taking ours, too.”

>Lorinda. Nice name. I get why you like to go by Lo though. I wonder what your folks were thinking, giving you a girl's name?

“H-how do you know about…?! Never mind! I don’t want to talk about it, especially not now, and especially not with you.”

>We could have kept up the charade if we were malevolent. But we cooperated with Anna, and we told you.

“…that’s true, isn’t it? You were honest, even when you didn’t have to be. But… no, that doesn’t change anything. You still took over Anna, and you still forced your way into my body.”

>We woke up when Anna walked through the door there. It was automatic. No control, no decision making involved.
>You were freaking out and it wasn't gonna help anyone.
>didnt see another option.
>This trespass was not appropriate, but even spirits can become flustered.

“You didn’t intend to possess Anna? Huh. I was freaking out a bit, so I guess I can almost sort of understand why you jumped into me, but… if that’s the case, then why haven’t you already left our bodies?”

>We're figuring things out as we go
>I don't want to take anyone's body but at the same time I want a body. I mean without a body everything has no direction unless you have something to focus on and with all of our senses muted it's hard to focus on anything.
>If we start acting too weird, you can pull the plug. But until then, how about if you let your friend do what she's saying she wants to do?

“…fine. I’ll reserve judgment. You’re still getting used to this, I guess, and I did some stupid things, too. If Anna’s willing to let you use her body, then I won’t stand in the way of that. For now, at least.”

>PLEASE promise not to call ghost murderers on us, aight?
>give your oath that you will not abandon Anna while we're with her. As ghosts, we take abandonment rather personally. Remember, we're in your head, and we'll know if you lie.

“Wait, what?! You can tell when I’m lying? That’s so not fair!”

>Life ain’t fair, kiddo. Nor unlife.

“…damn it. Okay, I promise that I won’t try to call an exorcist on you, and I promise that I won’t run off and leave you alone while you’re in Anna’s body. I also promise that I won’t stand by and do nothing if you try to hurt her, though. Remember that.”

“Right, then. Anna, I think we’re ready.”

Anna closes her eyes and breathes for a little while, steadying herself. Finally, she inhales deeply and holds her breath. She nods, trembling very slightly. “Do it.”

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>Split up. 50% in Lo, 50% in Anna. That’s only fair.
>try to perform multi-possession!

Error: Required Spirit Command is not currently known.

>(Possess Anna)

Activated Spirit Command!

Possess Host: Annabella Wickerson

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Possession complete!

Host: Annabella Wickerson

Willing Host: Control cost halved.

Control: 75%

The Host exhales.

“…gah!” Lo rubs his head, wincing. “You… things don’t feel good going in or out.”

“You’ll get over it.” The Host puts a hand on her hip. “Oh, and by the way, if you break your oath by trying to run, then we’ll levitate you into a closet and lock you inside. Just food for thought.”

“I won’t abandon her.” Lo shakes his head, looking unhappy. “Not after going through that. Anna, I’m so sorry, I - I didn’t know how it felt.”

Host Awareness: Off

Would you like to turn Host Awareness on?