14th Adventure

[forever_cheery]

[Action: 7135 Brooks St. Aurora's excited to see two things in the mail for her today! One is a large, flat package about 3 feet high and two feet wide, wrapped in paper; the other is simply an envelope. Curious, she opens the bigger of the two there on the porch. Inside is a portrait painting, done in Aurora's colorful, loose style of a serious-looking young man. He has dark hair and glasses, and an expression that suggests that Aurora had to do a lot of coercing to get him to pose for her. Upon seeing this, she gasp, surprised, and delightedly exclaims:]

Li! Wow, I can't believe it! Of all the things they could send back...!

[Oh, right, there was still something else! Time to open that envelope. Inside is nothing but a card with a picture of a generic cartoon ghost on it. How odd. She's not sure what it could mean at first, and it takes her a bit till the idea dawns on her.

Oh. Being able to possess people is part of her repertoire, even if she doesn't like doing it. But is that what this means? There's only one way to be certain.]

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[Phone call, filtered from drones]

Say, um... Could I ask someone for a favor. It's kind of a big one! And, ummmm... you have to not be afraid of ghosts, okay? And I'm being serious here!

Comments

[donttellmetheodds]

That's fine. As long as nothing blows up.

[forever_cheery]

Why would something blow up? No, no, it's... It's the ability to possess people, I think...

[donttellmetheodds]

I don't like the idea of giving up control of my body.

[forever_cheery]

I don't think anyone does. A-And it's something I almost never do! It's rude. And the other person might get scared... But I was thinking, I don't know how to fight, or I don't have magic powers like some people have here. I might be able to use possession to protect myself or stop someone else from doing something dangerous sometime, you know?

[donttellmetheodds]

Can you hide in bodies or are you forced to take over them?

[forever_cheery]

I can hide, yes. I don't have to take them over. As a matter of fact, sometimes I can't, if they're strong willed enough, I guess you can say. Some people can even push you out, but that's never happened to me. It must be really difficult.

[donttellmetheodds]

Hm...well, I'm pretty sure I can keep you from taking over [though that might be his cockiness speaking] so I guess we can give it a try. Better with someone more willing either way.

[forever_cheery]

If you're really sure. I promise I won't take over or do anything bad!

[donttellmetheodds]

I'm sure, trust me.

[forever_cheery]

O-Okay. Oh, what's your name? Um, if you want, we can do this at my place? My name's Aurora. I'm at 7135 Brooks.

[donttellmetheodds]

Corran Horn. And yeah, I can meet you there.