Room 037 [VIDEO]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[It's night time. The feed opens on the face of a very frightened man. His eyes are baggy, he hasn't shaved, he is...possibly under his covers? He's under his covers. Okay.]}

It's official. Our house is haunted.

I used to know what to do for ghosts but I've said every prayer I know and I've lit candles. I've been finding the cabinets open. I've been hearing bare footsteps and creepy giggling in the middle of the night. I know it isn't anyone in the house and it's none of the Pokemon. I looked in on them when I heard it and they were all asleep.

_{[He pauses. He listens.]}

Something in this house is making toast. And I know for a fact that it is none of the Pokemon. I placed every single Pokemon in this house in front of the toaster with the necessary tools and none of them could do it.

I need your help. Anyone. Please.

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[Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[OKAY SO LIKE SHE'S BEEN TRYING HER BEST NOT TO BE AN ASSHOLE TO HENRY.]

[LIKE. SHE REALLY HAS.]

[She kind of owes him that much.]

[But when her feed clicks on, she is ALREADY visibly trying not to laugh.]</sub>

Uh oh.

Henry.

Do you know what this means?

_{[She bites her lip, and leans in.]}

You have... a toast ghost.

[Video]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Heather, congratulations, here comes a Camping Trip From Hell-worthy stinkface.]}

Heather, this is serious!

[Video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[SORRY HENRY. YOU. YOU DON'T EXACTLY HAVE A GREAT TRACK RECORD.]

[So now she's snickering. She can't help it.]</sub>

Henry. In all seriousness, come on.

Ghost Pokemon are a thing here, and I'm pretty sure there's services you can call to get rid of a Gastly in your walls or whatever.

[Video]

[no_ufo_ending]

IT isn't a Pokemon leaving smudged human hand prints too small to belong to anyone in the house all over things.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Oh, come on.

You KNOW ghost-types can do all kinds of shit.

That sounds like something Slightly would do without even thinking about it. And his hands are tiny and stupid.

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[a_sin_for_him]

....what are you talking about?

I haven't noticed any of that.

[That can't be contributed to anyone in the house, at least. Lust has no idea that Henry doesn't even know Wrath is there.]

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[no_ufo_ending]

You've been asleep.

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[a_sin_for_him]

So it only happens with the rest of the house is asleep?

[no_ufo_ending]

No, sometimes it happens when I'm home alone during the day.

[a_sin_for_him]

But it never happens when anyone else can see or hear it? Ever?

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

[Envy was tempted to just ignore whatever the hell Al had called him about and go back to sleep just on principle, but he can't help being curious. What is he supposed to deal with?]




[oh.]

[They'd forgotten something after all. They'd forgotten to tell Henry about the goblin.]

[He could just explain that there's a kid sometimes living at the house now, and that he's one of them. But now he's just kind of embarrassed. And still annoyed and not entirely awake. DAMN YOU, ALPHONSE.]

Oh...really? Are you sure it's a ghost?

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

Without a fraction of a shadow of a doubt.

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

Then...

[Hang on a second.]

Wait, did you say you came in and watched us while we were asleep?

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

I had to make absolutely sure.

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

Is a ghost type making toast really worth this much trouble?

I mean...they're pains in the ass, yeah, but how long did it take you to test every pokemon for how well they could work the toaster?

[Henry's already unhappy, Envy's not sure...how to bring up the actual source of the toast...]

[video]

[solas_ion]

What, so ghosts can't make breakfast?

[lancer leave the poor guy alone]

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

It might start out with toast. Next thing you know they'll drop the toaster into the sink.

[video]

[solas_ion]

Maybe it just wants somethin' to eat. Give the poor thing a break.

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

Ghosts don't eat, ghosts shove their hands into your chest and sap out every ounce of your strength.

FAMILY MEETING

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry is slow to come-to. He's been propped up on the sofa after a well-aimed Sing finally got the wily photographer to calm his respective tits. He groans and lolls his head from one side to the other before slowly opening an eye.]

[Everyone is there save Al who has been sent to fetch The Goblin.]

[Henry opens his mouth and closes it a few times, his eyes sluggishly passing over the familiar faces.]</sub>

We...died. Didn't we. Al's the only one left. He'll avenge us.

[exeggutorhead]

[It hadn't taken very much discussion to decide that Henry needs to know about Wrath as soon as he wakes up.]

[This can't wait until morning, lest Henry continue right on with smoking up the house and waving frying pans when he wakes up.]

[When Henry comes to, Envy's sitting in one of the chairs and halfway sunk down into it with his arms crossed, trying to avoid the Looks he's getting from Lust.]

No, we're not dead. We're going to talk about the ghost.

[a_sin_for_him]

[Lust is in no mood for this kind of crisis. Between the noise and Henry's blatant disregard for the one area in which she has actual authority, by the time she realizes that Henry hasn't been told about Wrath, she's done. She's standing, arms folded, switching her gaze between Henry and shooting irritated daggers at Envy.]

There is no ghost, this house is simply full of idiots.

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry is suddenly awake enough to feel insulted. He didn't think he was an idiot. A little spacey sometimes, sure, but he had GHOST STORIES, MAN. GHOST STORIES.]}

What do you mean?

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[ifwishesweremustangs]

Maybe you found some kind of new pokemon that likes toast and has small child hands.

[Roy's pretty sure it's just someone messing with the guy, given who he seems to k now, but it could happen.

Either way he's found his entertainment for the day.]

[no_ufo_ending]

I wish it were. I would take a hundred terrible ghost-type pokemon, but I feel like this is the ghost of a human. Which is the worst kind.