°•☆ANDIE☆●°

probably got soooo mad that he couldnt wear his snazzy socks and shoes all the time after his death (after processing that he was. well. dead of course)

he has more outfits than this and ill probably draw them later idk. 90% of his wardrobe is typical 30s attire but he gets gifts from other people sometimes for one reason or another to add to his closet. one of his favorite lounge shirts is from gloria and its a slightly oversized white ringer tee with a classic 70s retro rainbow curving into the letter 'S' on the front. there are times where he simply doesnt feel like getting his regular casualwear after working so he just slaps that bad boy on. another t shirt he got was from the triplets but with them being the youngest and definitely most mature 14 year olds in the hotel the shirt they gave them was just this

beautiful, I know

Ghosts can warp their bodies to some extent, but their bodies undergo large amounts of stress doing so. Very energy-heavy and exhausting, very painful when used carelessly. This stress is caused by the ghosts being bound to the forms of their living bodies before death, and it does not react very well when something tampers with its original form. Doing this for prolonged periods and in huge amounts can quite literally shred a ghost from the inside out, probably one of the very few things that could inflict actual pain on ghosts. While this strain can't be eliminated, it can be exercised to be more tolerable of these changes, like stretching a rubber band bit by bit until it gets looser. Sometimes ghosts can exercise this power enough that they can change into something entirely detached from their original forms, but in more specific instances, ghosts can have quirks that. just. let them do certain things without this strain in relation to their death or their mortal lives. Wolfgeist for example always had the ability to stretch his arms to insane lengths without suffering from fatigue but he intentionally builds his strength and is an old spirit with enough condensed energy to level an entire floor within the hour so I suppose his arms are the least of everybody's concern LMFAO. though, there's few types of ghosts who can change their bodies freely with no strain because they aren't bound by an "original" body

^ steward over here barely trained his body but he did it enough just so he could feel alive again with his legs. He still has his tail though but it's like. a trick. to fool his body into thinking there's still some bit of his original ghost form left so it's like "hm ok the legs are a little weird but there's a tail like always so theres nothing to freak out about yet." kinda in the same vain as gators storing fat in their tails to go a long time without their bodies freaking out for food. helps a little more when hes around so many ghosts that theres extra energy around as well

possession is an entirely different thing though and it's why ghosts prefer possession over shapeshifting. they aren't technically shifting their forms but it's more like tethering themselves onto something/someone and using it as a vessel for them to control. yadda yadda larger vessels are harder to possess and control unless the ghost spends time to practice doing so. far less labor intensive for inanimate objects but living, strong bodies are notoriously tricky if theyre not fond of being possessed and fight back. best used where theres tons of items around, like in buildings, but shapeshifting is more convenient when theres not much around to possess

steward hardly ever has the time or energy to justify walking around like the good ol times, but every once in a while his anxiety and bottled anger from some miscellaneous mishap in the hotel will spiral into a push for him to pace around in frustration for a little while or tap his foot or stomp around or Something. he probably got the anger-fueled-shapeshifting idea from wolfgeist and uses it as an outlet

i mean, that or he dances. he can do a pretty mean charleston routine, even used to do super short lindy hop routines with hellen years ago to help him with his nerves and build up his strength before she closed herself off from the rest of the staff. he misses those days