melodiesoflife | Ghost Hunting

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Ghost Hunting

[Chiaki isn't all that interested in the Ghostbuster Job itself, but what she is interested in is doing sidequests. Especially the kind that get a reward as amazing as a free item from O'aka's shop. So even though she's planning on discarding the Job at the end of the month, she's gone ahead and switched Engineer out for it for the time being. All she has to do is capture one ghost, and then she can claim her reward.]

A. [It looks like Chiaki's found an easy target for her first ghost hunting job. She's stalking a Polterpup through the streets at a distance, sneaking along and doing her best to stay quiet. In fact, she's so focused on her quarry that she isn't paying attention to much else. The energetic little pup dashes around a street corner, and she does her best to follow it, but it's at that time that she slams straight into another Hero of Light - your Hero of Light, in fact - coming around the other way!]

Oof!

[Chiaki goes sprawling to the ground, and the noise of ghostly whining and yapping can be heard fast approaching! Think fast, there's a ghost doggy coming and he wants to play!]

B. [This time, Chiaki's after stronger prey, and she's sent out a message via Mognet a few hours ahead of time for some backup. Anyone coming to meet her in the park, however, will find the gamer girl conspicuously absent. What they will find after some looking, and if they follow the ghostly giggling echoing through the area, is a beautifully crafted porcelain doll sitting placidly beneath a tree. The smile on its face is just a little too wide, eyes shining too brightly to be simply a normal doll. And worst of all, it's holding another, smaller doll in its arms - one that will look very familiar to anyone who knows Chiaki.]

I made a new friend today! Will you play with us? My friend loves games.

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[Yuffie takes a small step back, her eyes looking over at the doll nervously.]

What game?

[She's going to regret asking that...]

[this is, undoubtedly, suspicious. But that doll… It may be their best lead. K'pandolu stares at it, tail flicking.]

What does it involve?

It's a dancing game!

[Emphasis on dancing, as when the doll enunciates that particular word, it transforms into a huge and hideous monstrosity. Easily several times taller than Yuffie and K'pandolu, there are thin puppet strings dangling from its limbs, which wave about of their own accord.]

Dance, puppets! Dance!

[And now those same strings are whipping toward the two at high speeds. They're entirely sharper than they seem, too - more like wires than strings - and they'll certainly pack quite a punch if they manage to hit.]

[That thing is pretty huge. She couldn't help but be a little amazed, however seeing the wires she knew to be wary and to jump back.]

I don't think this is a dancing game. It's a dangerous one if it is.

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[K'pandolu dodges the first string coming her way, ears twitching back in displeasure.]

Really.

[TIME FOR BUFFS assuming the doll lets her get them off. She starts with Haste, the better to have a chance of getting anything else off, keeping a wary eye on the strings all the while- staying safe is her first priority, after all.]

[K'pandolu will have enough time just for that as the doll's face continues to warp and twist into an expression of pure anger. Its eyes shift from glassy black to glowing red.]

YoU'rE nOt dAnCiNg!

[The Chiaki doll in the monster's arms glows for a moment, and the next attack is a barrage of glowing arrows reminiscent of the rhythm game the girl has programmed. Apparently the doll is using the gamer girl's powers through her.]

DaNcE! DaAaAaNcE!

[Yuffie is pissed.

During the waves of attacks she blinks out of sight. Using her time mage skills to appear behind to gross looking doll. Her gun finds it's way into her palms and she fires a beam at it's back. She hopes the ghostbusting skill is enough to weaken the doll. She also hopes it can't look behind and in front at the same time.

If the doll wants to dance.]

Bring it.

[Well, just as well she managed to get that Haste off- it gives her a little bit of a boost as she moves to avoid the arrows as best she can. Which is not ideal but if she can keep it distracted from aiming at the other two…]

Come on.

[she looks for a little bit of space, enough to try to cast Demi on the doll.]

[The Demi spell doesn't seem to have much of an effect, simply disappearing into the doll's body. But the particle beam definitely seems to be weakening it, an unearthly scream echoing through the air around the group as it tears away at its ghostly form.]

YoOoOoOoUuUuUuUu...!

[Writhin in pain within the beam, the doll lets out a huge burst of darkness in all directions, expanding outward from its body in a wave of pure unholy energy. Haste or not, this one will be difficult to get away from.]

[Well that's not very fun. Minako had decided to treat it like a dance and would move with a beat only she could hear, which helped when one had Ninja equipped. However when the next attack came, she found herself hit on the leg, causing her to flinch, but she kept going. This time she aimed her particle beam toward the doll.]

[Yuffie swallows a bitter taste as the energy hits her. Her arms and legs weakening but not enough to drop her gun and stop the beam that's currently digging into the doll.]

JERK!

[It's a very witty taunt on Yuffie's part.]

[As soon as she realised what was coming, K'pandolu moves to back off a little, to try and lessen the impact- but with this kind of attack, it doesn't seem to matter as much. She grits her teeth against the blow, reaching to unhook the beam and aiming it towards the Doll.]

Let go of her.

NoOoOoOoOo!

[The doll's voice is louder and more severe than ever. The beams are certainly having an effect, but it's not going to go down without a fight. Once again, the puppet strings come out, lashing at all three of them in a desperate attempt to wrest itself free. This is the last effort of a cornered beast.]

[Minako felt a little insulted at the use of the whip like strings. That was not how one used a whip. She knew how to use one better, but knew she had no way of proving that here.]

Hey! Bad use of a whip you know.

[As one hit her, she could feel the string, causing her to stop and pause for a moment before using her proton pack to fight back.]

Eat stream.

[Yuffie shifts her weight to avoid the strings and yet one manages to whip across her cheek leaving a thin line of red. She glared at the doll keeping her gun trained at the flailing monster.

Her eyes wander over the monster looking for the Chiaki shaped doll.]

[The more wild flailings of the strings makes them more difficult to avoid this time, and one manages to just catch K'pandolu's arm. She jerks back with a curse, and begins casting Slow, hoping it'll take.]

[The Slow spell hits home, the ghost becoming too weak to deflect or dodge those sorts of things by this point. Between time magic and triple proton beams, its counterattack has been reduced simply to harmless and easy to avoid flailing. A final scream echoes throughout the area as the ghost is pulled into the trap, the Chiaki doll popping out of its form just before it disappears inside. And within several moments, the doll shifts and grows as it transforms back into the girl, unconscious for the moment but still breathing.]

Chiaki-!

[K'pandolu drops everything else to dart forward to check on Chiaki. She looks all right, but after something like that…]

[It's slow, but she starts waking up.]

Nnnn... that wasn't a very fun game.

[Yuffie sits on the ground with a sign.]

No, it's not.

[She's so tired.]

[Minako sighed herself feeling a little worse for wear. She really wanted a bubble bath right now or something nice.]

But at least now it's over. That's what matters, right?

Right.

[she rises to her feet again, with one eye still on Chiaki, and claps her hands together.]

Good work, everyone. Shall we call it for the night?

[Yuffie nods and then sits on the ground with a tired sigh.]

Yeah. I'm so tired.

Thanks, guys.

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Ghost Hunting

Please someone help Yuffie?!

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More people the better, am I right?

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