#v:ghost

@sorrythatwasmean cont.

Bruce fell off the couch, rolled and hit his head on the underside of the table. He crawled out from under it and stared at the woman in front of him. They hadn’t seen her in months.  “…Nat?”

For the one-hundred-fifty-third time, the spirit hefted his musket, barrel hot and burning in his hand. With the other flickering shapes on either side of him, he stepped off at the order to take the hill.

They moved through the trees, some real and some as spectral as themselves, inching their way up the steep wooded slope toward the muzzle flashes ahead through the leaves. Mechanically he loaded, tapped, and fired until just as the one-hundred-fifty-two times, a canon spat a roar of fire that lit up the entire hillside, revealing the carnage around.

Thirty lead balls almost the size of his boney fist flew down the range. They ripped apart the trees, exploding chunks of wood that joined the deadly missiles. Their force carried them along so that when they all met their target, there had been very little left of his solid body and his spectral one also dissolved, holes punched through that grew, expanded outwards and could no longer hold together.

Mist scattered. Ghostly splinters, canister, and body all vanished.

When the repeating battle ended, the mist tentatively slithered along and drifted together. He sat cross-legged on the grass in the shallow ditch their bodies still rested in. Nothing changed, the night kept on.

“….this is a rather lonely and boring existence,” the ghost said to himself as he watched the person flit about the house, they had a date or something. Lucky them. They aren’t trapped inside a house that they don’t recognize anymore.

relationship-ish questions

67. What is your idea of the perfect date?“Somewhere quiet. Maybe in the rain. I like rain.”

75. What’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever done for you?“B used to get me food when I studied for too long.”

74. What’s the most superficial characteristic you look for?“Hair.”

78. What’s your dirtiest secret?"Too broad. Narrow down.”

36. Have you ever liked one of your best friends?squints “Yes.”

38. Have you ever liked someone you didn’t expect to?“Yes.” squinting intensifies

39. Have you ever wanted someone you couldn’t have?“I wanted a puppy. Wammy didn’t allow pets. Does that count?”

52. Is there anyone you’ve given up on? Why?“Myself. I am pretty sure there is nothing I can do to help myself at this moment.”

61. What is the first thing you notice in someone?“Personality. Also hair. Nice hair is great.”

relationship-ish questions

10.Do you believe in love at first sight?“Nah. It’s physical attraction.”

22.Do you think someone is thinking about you right now?“Better be.”

26. Has anyone told you they don’t want to ever lose you?“In context it wasn’t romantic.”

31. Have you ever cried over a guy/girl?“Happened...”

relationship-ish questions

1. Are looks important in a relationship?“To a point. Not the most important, but certainly wouldn’t hurt.”

2. Are relationships ever worth it?“Nah. They all end eventually.”

3. Are you a virgin?“…no.”

4. Are you in a relationship?“I am dead.”