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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.

Comments

[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.

[chenqing_player]

Not likely...

Yeah, sword is cool. He stops using that after awhile though. Changes to a flute. Slightly less cool but definitely never thought about fighting with a musical instrument.

[temptationaccomplished]

And you use the flute to command ghosts? Or just to fight them?

[chenqing_player]

Control them to do the fighting, control them to leave. I haven't quite figured out how to play the flute otherwise I would use it on this guy.

[temptationaccomplished]

Oh, a ghostly pied piper.

I know Miss Imai is a musician, so you might ask her if she has anyone who could teach you the flute. Seems that may be easier to come by than the sword.

[chenqing_player]

That is true...

I have the flute here. I woke up one day and it was next to my bed. Kind of weirded me out since at that point I didn't know much about it.