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[neverstudied]

[art is by wolfnoir]

"This is Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbuster. Or ex-Ghostbuster, I guess, but that depends on how ya look at things. Not like we've been short on ghosts to bust in this place. Leave a message."

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[mrsnesbitt]

[he wants to say that's the benefit of not being a person and also being kind of socially awkward but... hm. something tells him bad idea!]

She's fine.

[it's a bit of a quick answer. his typing bubble pops up again.]

I mean,
I don't know, actually. She keeps trying to fight everything, so I've been busy making up stuff for her to throw down with that won't hurt her.
Like balloons filled with cornstarch. Just so she can get the screaming and punching out her system.
I think it's something like what affected us.
She's usually pretty good at at least vaguely indicating what's upset her, if it's something tangible.
I can feel it through the string, too. It doesn't seem to have a target.

[man. he's worried. he's rambling, because he's worried. this is him trying to keep back as much as he can.]

[neverstudied]

[In hindsight, Venkman wonders if some of his anger at Buzz was due to Jessie's emotions transferring through the string; probably not, though. He's always got a temper. Which means he generally knows how to handle someone who's fucking furious.]

is there anything you normally do to distract her when she's angry, keep her mind off of things? have you tried and of that and has any of it worked, at least temporarily? or are you just throwing things at her to punch into pulp

because that would probably work to get some of the anger out of her system if she was just temporarily upset by something grounded in reality but if its like the stuff we had/have, then its probably supernatural/magical in origin

so she may NOT calm down for real unless you find a way to make her calm down thats not "encouraging her to enact more violence against balloons"

which is basically just taking her to the gym so she can really clock your head off your shoulders when she eventually turns her anger on you

[Can toys even train and get stronger? It's not like they can build muscle mass, right? God, he needs to stop thinking too hard about this.]

[mrsnesbitt]

It is most definitely a temporary solution. I think she kind of needed it after the last two months regardless?
Usually, we talk if there's a problem. If it's supernatural then there IS no real problem.
I am entirely out of my depth here.
I'm not worried about her turning it on me so much as I am her turning it on someone who would have no problem harming her in turn.

...But at the same time, it would be insulting to want to practically hold her hand every second of the day.

[...]

I mean annoying handholding. Not nice handholding.

[neverstudied]

i mean hey if holding her hand calms her down thats something to try

but i get what you mean

what about that uhh

little magic deer blanket she has

have you tried just. throwing that on her and seeing if that helps

[He's trying.]

[mrsnesbitt]

I'm trying to be vigilant about spotting the difference between what I think would work and what I want to work.
I want that work, but I think I want that for me more than her.
That's the kind of thinking that'll only make this worse.

[he does really want to hold her hand though...... :( he always does.]

I haven't yet, but that's a good idea. I'll let you know if it works.
Thank you for the input. I really appreciate it, and I'm glad she has such thoughtful friends.

[neverstudied]

hey no problem

i dont want her to suffer yknow

also because of the strings her temper might wind up making mine a whole lot worse than usual; and i think you can already guess that that's not exactly great

so the less she wants to punch things the better. symbiosis

[mrsnesbitt]

Do you want me to make you some balloons to beat up? They're pretty sturdy.





I'm kind of proud of them.

[neverstudied]

[... Honestly, he doesn't need them, but he can't really say no to that. Especially when he still feels a little guilty.]

sure

if nothing else i can use them as standins for slimer the next time i wanna knock his lights out and my fist phases right through him

[mrsnesbitt]

Who's Slimer?
I can draw him on the balloon. It's not like I have anything better to do.

[neverstudied]

[There's a pause while Venkman scrolls through his Fluidphone's gallery to see if he has any pictures of the disgusting little monster- he does not, it turns out. Unsurprising. He then shouts for Slimer to come into the room, but he sounds just annoyed enough that Slimer makes the (fair) assumption that Venkman's mad at him again, and he remains hidden.

What follows is approximately five minutes of Venkman searching the house for the ghost, growing increasingly frustrated, eventually culminating in him discovering Slimer chilling in a dresser drawer, coating all the clothes within it in a thick layer of slime. Particularly infuriating, since finally having clean clothes again was one of the many things that nearly brought Venkman to tears of joy upon returning from Rapture. Another several minutes pass while Venkman chases down a wad of sentient ectoplasm through their house, threatening to blast the little bastard into a puddle.

Eventually, Buzz receives a photo attachment of Slimer, his hands clasped together, smiling innocently at the camera.]

this is slimer

rays pet ghost. bane of my fucking existence

[mrsnesbitt]

[buzz is blissfully unaware of all the trouble he's caused with a simple question. while he waits for venkman to reply he just... does whatever it is he was doing before he worked himself up to even contact the guy. building himself a little crossbow? sure, why not. he's just about done with the frame when his phone pings again.

that is

not what he expected.]

It's



cute?

[neverstudied]

dont do this to me man

dont let him fool you

he is not cute hes a disgusting little spud who drips slime all over the place and smells like something that crawled into a dumpster and died there

[While Venkman types this message, Slimer floats off to go raid the newly-restocked fridge.]

[mrsnesbitt]

Okay, yeah, I will admit that when I saw him I became nostalgic for ten seconds ago when I didn't know he existed.