text | un: rin

[offinventory]

I had a thankfully dull moment earlier today passing ways with a fictional ghost—the Headless Horseman. Nothing else happened. However, I am not accustomed to seeing fictional characters, even ghosts, walking around Trench.

1. How normal is this experience?


2. Have you seen any other ghosts—fictional? From home?


3. If you have an experience as the month goes on, I would appreciate knowing.

The Entertainment Feed is going to screen two movies related to The Headless Horseman tonight. It is thematic to the month and solid entertainment. It may also serve as education and preparation should you be unable to avoid a violent altercation.

The plan will be to do the same for any such ghosts people see that are in available media.

Comments

text un: tenskulls

[stayscared]

1. No. But for a dream, sure. It can be normal for a dream. That's "anything goes" territory.

2. Yes, and yes.

3. Weird that you need it clarified since you're technically me, but all right. Makes sense that I'd want to catalog these experiences in some way, even if none of it is real.

What's solid entertainment is sucker punching out some dude in a Michael Myers getup when he's trying to follow you back to your (fake) room and he can't make it into the building because of a bunch of pumpkins and paper ghosts.

3a. Fuck the Headless Horseman. Complete bullshit.

I'd very much like to avoid another violent altercation, and if I could just wake up from whatever this is, that would settle that.

text | un: rin

[offinventory]

What would it take to convince you this isn't a dream?

text un: tenskulls

[stayscared]

If you're me, go ahead and shoot. Whatever it is, you already know it, right?

[offinventory]

Failed logic.

If I convince you, I already knew. It's a dream.
If I don't convince you, then you still think it's a dream.

Try again. Or don't. We can see how many dumb decisions it takes you to reconsider.

text un: tenskulls

[stayscared]

[does that sound like something he'd say to himself? the answer isn't a no. does it sound like something the room would say? also not a complete no, but he's less sure, here.]

I guess I should start keeping count.

What's showing?

[that's a weird bonus. watching movies inside a dream. why not.]

text | un: rin

[offinventory]

What number are you at now?

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949). 0:34
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980). 1:44

text; un: Lothrat

[ezra_of_lothal]

Apparently there are stories about where I'm from, that are considered fiction, on some versions of Earth.

So it's entirely possible we're all fictional, to somewhere out there in the cosmos.

Ghosts...happen.

text | un: rin

[offinventory]

That's... awkward.

If it's not available here and you've seen a ghost where you're from, recording a version of the story (text or audio), would be appreciated.

text; un: lady

[dohaeris]

Perhaps he only looks like a character from a story. A lot of people have had their heads cut off, and I imagine very many of them rode horses.

Did you see his clothes at all, or if he carried a sword? Was he wearing leather armor?

text | un: rin

[offinventory]

Took a photo:

[dohaeris]

[sansa's father hadn't been wearing a cloak when he was killed, but he hadn't been riding a horse, either. could the horse and the cloak have been acquired post-mortem? could it be robb, perhaps before they sewed grey wind's head on? exactly what determines what a ghost wears or rides or retains from life, anyway???]

I'm afraid it's hard to tell very much about that ghost from that picture.

[offinventory]

The horse and rider match with high confidence from a film about the Headless Horseman.

However, I did not linger in its vicinity.

[dohaeris]

Many things in this place seem capable of taking ideas out of people's heads. It does seem a very common sort of ghost, though.

[perhaps if you were galloping very fast and hit a swinging metal beam...or even just a very sturdy branch...]

[offinventory]

When we can relive each other's memories via books, lifting stories isn't much different—another kind of memory.

Yes, ghost stories are common in general. This ghost particularly. There's a lot of media about it.

text un: tenskulls

[stayscared]

Starting from the beach, five. Give or take about five more.

[he can't remember. it's a number of decisions.]

Seen both of those. I'd watch them again.

text | un: rin

[offinventory]

Have you considered... not making dumb decisions? Just you know... for whimsy?

You can this week. Honestly anytime, but it'll be a group setting at the event. In a movie theater and all.

text; un: lookingforshinsengumi

[tealeafs]

i have seen ghosts that were not fictional
does that count

[ Since Chizuru isn't too sure whether the fictional part or the ghosts from home part is the most important thing.. So she figures she should at least offer up the information, even if said information may not be what it is looking for.

Besides, it's not the only thing she's here to say, since: ]

also are those movies scary

text | un: rin

[offinventory]

That counts. What ghosts did you see?

They are both based on a ghost story. The first is an animated feature made for children. It is less scary than the other one. However both have scary elements.

[stayscared]

I have considered it many times, in fact.

[and yet.]

A movie theater, huh? Good choice for showing a movie. Can you scare up a Dr. Pepper and a buttered popcorn? Junior Mints? Sno-Caps?

[he can ignore the rest of the crowd like he's been ignoring so much else. if this dream's going to trap him here for what feels like ...days, he may as well reap the benefits.]

[offinventory]

Why do you stay on the dumbassery?

Some refreshments are available. However, Dr. Pepper, Junior Mints, and Sno-Caps are brand items that I see in DeerNet records but not available in Trench.

[tealeafs]

[ Scary elements, huh... This is Chizuru doing some mental calculation as to whether or not she'll be able to handle these.. scary elements..

Maybe it's why she doesn't remark anything about that part right away. Gives her a little bit more time to think. ]

i saw ghostly versions of the men of the shinsengumi i knew back home
not this month but a while ago
they did not talk or anything though or even seemed to recognize me
they were only very aggressive which is unlike them

[ .. well, unlike them when it comes to her, anyway. They can be aggressive to others. ]

[offinventory]

Trench likely has ghosts, generally. However, I believe these ghosts are part of an event orchestrated by a Pthumerian. If a different Pthumerian is responsible for the Shinsengumi ghosts, that could cause a difference in ghostly behavior. Like they're from a different serial.

[tealeafs]

[ Give her a moment to think. And count on her fingers. ]

it was four months ago
i am not sure which pthumerian was mostly around during that month
i think it was the reckoning the month after that

[ Because the local townspeople talked about that one a lot, so Chizuru remembers.. But she didn't recall seeing any Pthumerian around while dealing with those ghosts. ]

i would say maybe it is a pthumerian that has something to do with memories
but a lot of them seem to be capable of showing people parts of their memories somehow

[stayscared]

It's a skill. And in my defense, I don't always know beforehand. Those moments of dumbassery are less preventable.

[the other kind, though...]

So what you're telling me is that they're out of stock, not carried at this branch of dream purgatory? That's just bullshit.

Guess I'll take whatever you've got.

[at least the beer nuts won't cost eight ...there doesn't seem to be money here. another point for 'not hell' but also for 'dream'.]

[offinventory]

We can figure out which Pthumerian that was. That's before I was here.

It's a common tactic, yes. What else happened with these ghostly Shinsengumi? What 'solved' the situation/problem? That might show more about the Pthumerian's intent, instead of simply tactic.