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[ghostharasser]

[The video feed opens up to a ...very clearly staged backdrop with Dipper sitting at a desk with several things laid out around him. There's a few lit candles, a few notebooks. Pens, an ink pot with a quill that he is definitely not using but has it near by for visual interest.]

[He is very clearly hoping to be taken seriously here, so as usual, he is trying too hard. He clears his throat.]



So, hey, Trench, let's talk about ghosts for a second. While it's not super surprising this place might be crazy haunted, based on aesthetic alone, I started noticing an uptick in paranormal activity all around the city about a week ago.

[Dipper holds up a journal where he has drawn out a very nice graph of the raising ghost activity.

Behind Dipper, one of the books on his shelf starts to wiggle free. ]

I wasn't sure what it was at first, because it's not the kind of ghost activity I'm used to dealing with, but the city had apparitions wandering the streets. They weren't very solid and vanished when I touched one, leaving me super cold but otherwise unscathed.

My family couldn't see them, but they were definitely there. Anyway, it's October and I'm sure things will escalate eventually, so I wanted to share with you guys a banishing ritual I've been working on with my uncle. I'll attach it to this post.

I've also been working on-- [That book that's been easing out of the bookcase now just flings itself across the room, crashing into something off screen.]

[Dipper shrieks and whips around.]

[Waits.]

[And then sighs.]

Hey! I'm not talking about banishing you! I'm talking about in the off chance we get vengeful murder ghosts. You know that's a possibility, dude.

[The second book that was on it's way to being pulled out of the shelf stops and then eases its way back into the book shelf. Nothing to see here.]

[Dipper turns back around and continues like nothing weird happened.]

I've also been working on a public record for rituals and spells. A city spell book, of sorts that we can all use. It's only got some of mine in it for right now, but like, feel free to use it. We're still learning a lot about this place so sharing what we learn can only help us all, right?

Also, if anyone needs help with a nasty spirit, hit me up. I've got experience busting ghosts and was kind of the town expert back in Gravity Falls. Stay safe out there, guys.

[Attached to the post is a link to Dipper's Ghost Banishing ritual, as well as how to make the Silver Mirror it calls for. At the bottom there is a link to something called the Sleeper Grimoire which is a public use digital spellbook that the Sleepers have access to add to.]

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[payingfordeliverance]

[Break uses video on this thing primarily because he does not know how to turn it off, or even that he can. This being the case, the frame Dipper gets is mostly his kitchen from the perspective of the countertop, and most of what he sees of Break himself is his elbow as he does the washing up from his latest bout of teatime.

This is important to note because sooner or later Dipper is definitely going to see a disembodied hand scuttling around in the background somewhere.]

Hey, hey, pardon me -- will your banishing ritual work on horrid cackling things that live in basements? Most of the nonsense in my house is rather tame, but my kids tell me they found a padlocked door behind a brick wall when they went down to look into the noise, so I'm thinking whatever that thing is has got to go.

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[ghostharasser]

[Dipper wonders if he got accidentally buttdialed. He watches the feed for a moment before jolting when the hand scuttles by.]

Uh-

[And then of course the person talks and what he says is extremely interesting. He thinks on it for a moment.]

If it's ghostly in nature, it should! Unless you've got something living down there. I haven't exactly tested it on demons, either. Have you tried communicating with it, yet?

[payingfordeliverance]

So far it seems disinclined to do much more than laugh like a loon. Surely it's a ghost, if it's only just become noticeable along with the others? Or would it be expected to have a stray demon here in there in all this "October this, October that" business?

[Break is a paranoid creature and has been told October in particular is worth being paranoid about, so he'd believe it if he was told he had a random demon problem just for funzies on top of everything else, frankly.]

[ghostharasser]

Fascinating.

[Dipper gives it some thought. Then, he frowns.]

Honestly? Who's to say. If this were last October I'd say without a shadow of a doubt, Yeah. But ...things so far have been a lot less um. Menacing.

[He starts to click his pen. Fidgety and thoughtful.]

Whatever it is, I can still come and check it out for you if you want.

[payingfordeliverance]

You're awfully young, yes? Is this one of those situations where your world is full of kids who are already experts in dangerous --

[Hang on.]

-- what on earth is that noise, is that you?

[At last, Break leans over enough that Dipper can get a decent look at him, but Break doesn't actually bother looking at his omni. He tilts his head toward it instead, trying to isolate the horrible clicking he's suddenly hearing. After a moment of this his omen pops his head above the countertop, white eyes peering at Dipper. "Mrph?" asks the omen.

"No, Scrabbles is back there somewhere," Break answers. The hand scrabbles by in the background again. Ah.]

[ghostharasser]

Not exactly. I'm kind of a special case. Also I'm fourteen, thanks.

[And then he freezes up as his incessant clicking is caught.]

Oh, uh. Must have been a ghost. Definitely! There's like six in my house, so lets just move along from that and forget about it! You need a possible ghost busting, right? Where do you live?

[This guy is awfully weird! But, so is like ...everyone in Trench. It will be funny for him later when he realizes this is Oz's house when Oz had also told him about his house ghosts.]

[payingfordeliverance]

...of course you're fourteen.

[Break grumbles this. He and his sad, sorry, useless single remaining eyeball can already see where this is going.]

I don't know, somewhere between the graveyard and the Darcmouth area. We've a lantern in the foyer, which is likely the safest route in. If this is truly something you're comfortable with and you can't pick the lantern out yourself, I can come and fetch you.

[He is not about to let some brat go tromping around in the woods outside his house, trying to get to his place unsupervised. The lantern is connected to the giant web of them for anyone to find, so being paranoid is useless and they may as well accept strangers using it too.]

[ghostharasser]

[Dipper would be offended, but he's pretty sure in spite of that comment, he's scored his first job, so he lets it slide.]

Oh, well, that should be pretty easy to find. There's not a lot of inhabited houses around the graveyard. My place is on the edge of Gaze, right where it meets the graveyard, too, so we might not live that far apart!

[So, he's pretty sure he can figure out which lantern is the right one. If not, whoops, that'll be awkward to explain should he teleport in some randos house.]

I'll get some equipment together and let you know when I can head over.

[payingfordeliverance]

[Possibly Dipper will understand this comment better when he arrives and realizes Break is the oldest person in his household by about 25 years.

Technically the Alices have been around for a century but given the utter lack of any kind of parenting or true socialization Break does not think that actually counts.]

When you do, I'll round my kids up. The more the merrier for something like this, right?

[On the plus side, this will not be another Northwest Mansion incident, where Dipper was called in to do the dirty work and left to it. No, this time he gets a whole team whether he wants one or not.]