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[chenqing_player]

[There are dark circles under his eyes as he turns on the phone, looking like he is ready to punch something.]

Okay...so...I know we are all kind of getting used to the fact that we have these powers. And I admit I was kind of hoping I would be left out of getting too many of them.

[He sighs and pokes at a stuffed animal that has decided to jump up on the bed beside him. Yes...that teddy bear is moving by itself.]

Well...is there anyone out there that isn't afraid of ghosts and might be willing to be a chaperone while I make sure I don't summon a 100 foot marshmallow man?

[That teddy bear suddenly smacks the phone out of his hand and there is a black out for a moment and a small scuffle while he tosses the bear off the bed and reaches down to get the phone. His face comes back into view.]

Yeah, I'm definitely going to need some help before my whole apartment gets overrun by angry stuffed animals. So if there are any takers...let me know.

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[temptationaccomplished]

Why, my dear, are you inviting spirits to possess your toys? Might it not be better to summon them into something significantly less, ah, mobile?

[chenqing_player]

Well...to be honest I didn't think it was actually going to work. I thought maybe it would just talk or something. But it doesn't even do that. It just harasses me.

[temptationaccomplished]

Given all we've seen, I feel like you should approach any powers as if they're likely to work, more than not.

That said, it sounds like it's just a troublemaker, at least, but do be careful you don't summon something more sinister. And don't try it on a doll--you know the reputation those have.

[chenqing_player]

Yeah...I thought teddy bear was soft and cute and couldn't do any harm. I was very wrong. But I don't even know what better options there would be.

[temptationaccomplished]

You know, soft and cute things can be right bastards if we so desire, possessed or not.

But I think your best option is to come up with some, ah... counter measures. Perhaps you might talk to our resident Demon? I believe he had you set on a fetch quest for him that might also help your ...predicament? Not that I have any experience with possession, but just hazarding a guess.

Of course that's an awfully Christian solution to the problem. What might your ancestors have done to thwart evil spirits? Every culture seems to have some kind of ritual. An herb to burn and clear the air? Something to anoint with? A religious talisman to ward it off? Or a prayer of some kind?

[chenqing_player]

I should have sent the teddy bear on the mission. No one would suspect a teddy bear.

Well...I don't really know about my ancestors but in these memories I am the one that fights the ghosts and things...usually by using other ghosts.

[How convoluted is that?]

Or a sword...for awhile apparently I had a sword.

[temptationaccomplished]

Do you think he would obey you for it though?

...Sounds ...overly complicated. Oh, but a sword. That sounds fun.

[serpentinthegarden]

That is a thing...

Were you trying to create your own Chucky or did it just happen?

[chenqing_player]

Just thought I would give some of these powers a try. I figured it might talk...did not expect that it would start running around the apartment instead.

[serpentinthegarden]

Keep them away from the knife drawer.

Do... Do you know who is possessing it?

[chenqing_player]

Yeah...good idea. [He's going to be moving to the kitchen now to actually move the knives to a higher location.]

I don't actually know. It hasn't said anything. It just runs around driving me crazy.

[serpentinthegarden]

Driving you crazy like it wants to play or driving you crazy like it's tearing the flat up?

[chenqing_player]

Um...both? I don't think it necessarily wants me dead so that is a good thing. I mean...I did give it a body..kind of. But it also isn't really listening to me when I tell it to not do something. Not that a teddy bear can really do much damage...

[seawalled]

You know I said I'd help you if you needed it, Xian. Count me in ... though I don't know much about ghosts at all other than the stories we throw around at my batty step-aunt's house.

[chenqing_player]

I don't think you need to know much about them but it will help if you aren't scared of them. And at this point...maybe you can get this guy to settle down.

[Because clearly the bear isn't going to listen to him...]

[seawalled]

Well ... I've got two kids in this other life, I guess. And I've always been good with my mate's boy back in Wales. I can give it a shot. Where're you at?

[chenqing_player]

My apartment. I live next to Anthony. If you can convince this guy to settle enough for me to remove the spell then it will already be a huge help.

[seawalled]

How'd I not know you're right next door to us?! Goodness. Soon as I get out of work I'll pop right over.

[actionspam ok?]

[chenqing_player]

Because I'm a good respectful and quiet neighbor.

[He grins because he knows there is some truth to that...but perhaps not the quiet part.]

I'll see you soon! And thanks.

[go for it!]

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[scotch_egg]

What the hell is that? [he cringes at the sight of all that...running around] What the hell did you do? What the hell are you mucking about in? Aren't things bad enough without...Christ that is --

If you summon any kind of hundred foot ghost you're the first one whose going to get eaten, I'll make sure of it.

[chenqing_player]

I figured if I didn't find out how all these stupid powers worked then I'd be letting loose monsters in my sleep. I was trying to be proactive...I just didn't think it would actually end up like this.

[He ducks as something goes flying past his head. how does a teddy bear have any sort of arm strength??]

I have so many crazy necromancer powers right now I thought using one with a stuffed animal would be harmless. And it is...for everyone except me right now!

[scotch_egg]

Crazy-- Don't just use that shit! Especially if you don't know what you're doing! Christ, we could have an actual-- No I'm not going to think about it. [zombie apocalypses were still just fiction and it would stay there]

Maybe focus. Or stop focusing. Or get some sleep. I don't know.

[chenqing_player]

I definitely not sleeping while that thing is running around!

[he could literally start a zombie apocalypse and that is freaking him out.]

All I need to do is be able to catch it and then wipe the symbol off its back. That has to turn it off...except I can't catch the damn thing!

[scotch_egg]

Maybe set a trap? Get a net? [he didn't want to go over there but...] Do you need help?

[chenqing_player]

Do you really want to help wrestle a possessed teddy?

[He is going to search around his house now though.]

Not sure I have a net...or anything to make a trap.