grimjeaper: (whyyyyyyy would you say that)
Sildar Hallwinter | Barry "Barold" Bluejeans ([personal profile] grimjeaper) wrote in [community profile] synopsychic2018-11-25 11:31 pm

[Walkabout] Do you like your spirits scrambled or fried?

[Within an hour of the sounds of murder subsiding, there's a careful voice on the network.]

Sooooo, uh. Quick-- quick little update on the whole thing we're dealing with right now?

Because I said there was, like- a necromantic lich thing, before? Some updates there. Wish it was good news, but... yeah. Rarely ever is with this type of thing.

So, first off. The dead dude upstairs? Previous host. I got a good look at the scene, had a poke around, and there're signs of a pretty bad struggle before our dude just out and died. Someone was beating it up pretty bad, probably with some kind of holy magic just judging by the burn marks alone. They would've won, probably, except then I think the other lich exploded and fuckin' just-- ran like the wind.

S-- so, uh. Bad news - there's a life energy-eating spirit on the loose. But, uh, goooood news? [Debatably] Seems like it needs a host, so. It can't go far. Especially with that barrier up.

Uh, second thing. I managed to get a couple 'f answers out of the corpse itself. Poor schmuck just - really did not know what hit him; ol' Lichy'd been possessing him for a few weeks, minimum, before he got here and got murdered to the Nine Hells and back. But, I did get two leads out of him, maybe. The guy's employer, whoever that is, and some Hunter he said was following him for pretty much the entire time - and, honestly, knowing ghost bounty hunters, was probably the murderer.

That's, uh. That's all I got.
reallymean: (looks like rain)

[personal profile] reallymean 2018-11-25 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Did he have a description of either the hunter or his employer?
reallymean: (bwuh?)

[personal profile] reallymean 2018-11-29 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Does he? I haven't seen any ghosts.
reallymean: (resolved)

[personal profile] reallymean 2018-11-29 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
No.

It isn't that unusual. The last time we visited a world that had ghosts, most living people weren't even aware until things started going very, very wrong.
reallymean: (resolved)

[personal profile] reallymean 2018-11-29 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
She must have been someone very important to him.

[She sounds a little sad. Poor man. Poor child.]

If he really is hunting supernatural creatures - or even if he might be - we should be careful not to draw too much of his attention. We're probably on the same side, but I doubt he'd see it that way if he knew even a fraction of what we all are.
scarsolderthanyou: (thinking)

[personal profile] scarsolderthanyou 2018-11-26 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Explains why the guy was so nervous last night when I told him to stop pacing so I could sleep.

Let me come up there and get a sniff around. I should be able to work out who the hunter person is if anything matches anyone I've talked to so far.
scarsolderthanyou: (curious)

[personal profile] scarsolderthanyou 2018-11-29 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I have some true sight shit from the last Jaunt, too, and I was the Oracle of Age way back on my first Jaunt, maybe I can do something with that.

But I'm better with my sense of smell.
helborn: (Default)

[personal profile] helborn 2018-11-26 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
.... You said you got some answers... I might be able to help a little more with that. I can get a look at what he saw before he died. If we can figure out who the hunter is, we might be able to get an alliance going.
thezerothlaw: (concerned)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2018-11-28 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
... The being in question feeds on life energy, yes. It told me as much. I did not realise it was occupying a host body. I... may have miscalculated, but also I'm not certain what else I could have done with this information in the short span of time before this happened.

But I believe this being identifies me as being something... like it. It is very wrong, of course, but I believe it tried to feed off me and found me... unpalatable. If this creature is free, and seeking another host, I may be able to offer myself as a shield against it. I don't believe it can harm me.
seestheworld: (Sailor V Chop)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2018-11-28 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
The Sift I did on the room suggested that he was killed from within, so I don't think the Hunter killed him, but I woulnd't be surprised if he was the reason the lich did. Which I guess means that the next thing we need to figure out is where the lich is now, or rather who.
Edited 2018-11-28 12:12 (UTC)
seestheworld: (Sailor V Kick)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2018-11-29 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that too.

[Minako admittedly had been concentrating more on the Sift than the actual murder site, because that was A Lot and she is not Min or Aisha, neither of whom would have blinked an eye at that.]

Something tells me they're probably not going to show up on a Control Panel. Not that it's a good idea to be using one of those where anyone can see them in a place like this anyway, but still.

[She's not sure they'd show up in her Eagle Vision, either, although given how vulnerable that makes her when she's using it, it might not be a good idea for her to use it anyway.]
Edited 2018-11-29 03:37 (UTC)
seestheworld: (Kinmoku Fusion Tempest)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2018-11-29 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
It'd be nice if it did.

[They're probably not that lucky though, are they?]

Magic doesn't pick them up at all?
seestheworld: (Venus Ten Billion Volt Rock 'N' Rouge)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2018-11-29 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that's not good.

[Between the lot of them, they've got to have something that works... don't they?]
seestheworld: (Mars Snake Fire)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2018-11-29 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Hopefully something will work...

[There's a short pause.]

Of course, there's also the possibility of one of us ending up as a host.

[Honestly, she'll be stunned if that doesn't end up happening at some point.]
seestheworld: (Sailor V Chop)

[personal profile] seestheworld 2018-11-30 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe.

[Although if they figure out how to use their host's skills - especially their network skills - that might not be all that foolproof.]

Hopefully there's a way to get them out of their host before they do something like what they did to Tobi.

modernliterature: (pronouncement)

[personal profile] modernliterature 2018-11-29 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose it would be too much to hope for to have any tips on, ah, not being the next host?
modernliterature: (Default)

[personal profile] modernliterature 2018-11-29 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Wunderbar.

So, what is the best plan, then? We find the hunter and... beat him up for his secrets? Pay for his help?
modernliterature: (melancholy)

[personal profile] modernliterature 2018-11-29 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a little simpler, ja.