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(tw for uh vague mentions of Vlad being threatened by loan sharks causing him to steal?)

warnings for morally dubious vlad (on topic of theft)

Vlad is most likely just another unfortunate guy with college debt who got admitted into a hospital for something not entirely his fault (he definitely violated lab safety protocols and that's on him but lab goggles still wouldn't protect him much) and probably racked up quite the number of hospital bills which he couldn't pay.

So when you're a penniless kid with piles of debt but you also have ghost powers? He probably robbed someone by accident the first time (knocked into someone, accidentally turns intangible, knocks the person's wallet out without them realizing it). He might want to return the wallet like any decent person but he has *debts* and maybe his needs are a bit more important than the wallet's owner (totally not biased here/sarcasm). With the wallet he managed to pay for his monthly rent with some cash left over which would hopefully tide him over until he gets a new job.

Unfortunately his new powers meant he never managed to hold a job for long. Accidental intangibility making him drop food plates, invisibility making things inconvenient, not to mention floating at the worst timing. Yeah he doesn't hold a job well.

Knight of Swords

Upright: assertive, direct, impatient, intellectual, daring, focused, perfectionist, ambitious

(might reorganize this later if I have more ideas to make it at least a one shot) very much not beta'd, I also haven't reread this yet

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when danny first fell out of the portal they were too busy being relived that he's still alive to question how he survived. then after that it was just a series of ghost attack and well, the present is always calling for their attention than something in the past that wasn't exactly broken.

by the time it started changing his appearance, they've chalked it up to the ectoplasm bleeding over to his human form. sam brought over the right colored contacts and that was it. eventually the color bled into his midmorph transformation. instead of the bluish white light that triggers his transformation, a tinge of electrifying green took over the blue. he felt stronger and it took him less time to finish up fights but he attributed that to his experience. his exponential growth in strength is attributed to the difference between half ghosts and full ghosts. the only other person they could ask is vlad, but the changes weren't severe enough to approach the old fruitloop. danny had always wondered why vlad's transformation rings were black but held back his question. whatever is going with him is on the right track then seeing as his rings are getting greener with each passing day.

his eyes, previously vibrant emerald now glows as if alighted with inner flame. strangely enough, his ghost form's eyes remain the same neon green with no playful green flames.

a year and a bit into this superhero gig, danny started to notice that the changes weren't just restricted to half ghosts. it took a while to notice that it's not the trick of the light but his friends started to have inner light within their eyes. sam's eyes glowed purple when she's happily surrounded by her two best friends while Tucker's glowed sunny yellow as he talks about this new coding project he started.

even jazz was not exempted despite not being part of most of their misadventures. the gentle blue flames were encapsulated within her turquoise eyes as she tries to calm her family down after another bout of mishaps with the ghosts.

i couldn't decide which version i liked most so here's the other one below the cut

The accident did something to him. Sure he's half ghost now but he never felt better before. the uncomfortable feeling of not-right is gone. Danny doesn't dwell on anything that would give him existential crisis.

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They had a near heart attack when Danny almost slipped away. But they were faster and most importantly they had ectoplasm. They had been toying with a certain theory ever since their college lab accident and it was the only one with the chance to save their son. So without much delay they tried it on their son. He lives. They would never call it an experiment but they continued to take notes on Danny's development throughout his life. There's were side effects (of course there would be with something like this) but they managed it to the best of their capabilities. Some food coloring and food grade glow to make their food look the same was just a minor part of ensuring their son will grow up strong and healthy. Without it the symptoms would return.