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[ Late in the evening, a piece of black paper is slid under Vance's door. There's no words or signature on it, but there is a crude drawing of a gallows and several blanks in a row: ]
[ Perhaps it's time to play a game. ]
[ Perhaps it's time to play a game. ]
Edited (FINE EVERYONE POINT AND LAUGH AT THE HANGMAN GHOST) 2022-10-11 17:49 (UTC)
The fuck?
[ He looks at the paper with some confusion. He does like games, but this is a word game. Ugh. Truly the worst kind. You're basically learning while you play.
But Vance won't turn a challenge down.
He writes on the paper and passes it back. ]
[ I ]
[ He looks at the paper with some confusion. He does like games, but this is a word game. Ugh. Truly the worst kind. You're basically learning while you play.
But Vance won't turn a challenge down.
He writes on the paper and passes it back. ]
[ I ]
[ Challenge accepted! ...And failed, apparently. The paper returns with a circle under the gallows. ]
yes, you win!
congratulations.
would you like a prize? i don't have much to offer.
congratulations.
would you like a prize? i don't have much to offer.
Sure, why not.
[ A pause. Something's a little off, but also a little familiar. Maybe it's why he hasn't opened the door. Ghosts don't always like to communicate in the same ways that people do, and if this one wants to pass notes under the door, that's fine. ]
Are you a ghost?
[ A pause. Something's a little off, but also a little familiar. Maybe it's why he hasn't opened the door. Ghosts don't always like to communicate in the same ways that people do, and if this one wants to pass notes under the door, that's fine. ]
Are you a ghost?
i am.
i don't want to be one, but i am for now.
i don't want to be one, but i am for now.
it feels really lonely.
at least here i know other ghosts.
there were times when i was the only one who knew the truth.
at least here i know other ghosts.
there were times when i was the only one who knew the truth.
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