Scares Offered

[betel_geuse]

Betelgeuse turned on his video device, sending a general broadcast out. He made sure he was showing onscreen, then grinned.

"Hey there. How's it hangin'? In case we haven't met, I'm called BJ, because I'm not allowed to say my own name. If you're magic and think you might be able to help with that, let me know, would ya?

Actually, I'm not here to ask for help. I'm offering it, instead. Seems people are expected to have jobs around here, even us dead folk, which, hey, fine, fair enough, don't want to be a drain on your society! Thing is, though, I'm a ghost, a poltergeist. What I do is scare people. Generally, I work as a bio-exorcist. I scare living people out of ghost's houses, see what I mean? Don't give me any grief over it, either! We were here first. Usually.

Anyways, if you got any work for me, just give me a ring on this thing, okay? Okay.

Comments

[murph]

Huh, so there really are two sides to every story. Seen your kind from the other side but never really thought of it as a job before.

So, what are your ghostly skill sets?

[betel_geuse]

Was everyone going to question his credentials? Betelgeuse shrugged.

"You say what you want done and I'll find a way to do it, babes. I can be plenty scary, when I need to be. Skills? The usual ghost stuff: possession, voice-throwing, matter transformation, mimicry, animating inanimate objects. I can transform myself, like into a snake and stuff like that. That good enough?"

[murph]

"Ok, to be upfront I'm trying to look after people here so I'd appreciate it if you weren't stirring up too much trouble for people that don't deserve it."


Look, she was being nice, she's grown as a person.

[betel_geuse]

Betelgeuse took an already lit cigarette from his pocket and began puffing on it, smiling. He shrugged.

"Define 'don't deserve it.' 'Cause, no offense, I think you living types do deserve it, when you try to drive ghosts from their homes, exorcising them and that shit. It's not like we take up much room, know what I mean?"

[murph]

"And if they weren't trying to scare people most of them go by without even being noticed."

Ha! She has a friend who's a wizard, they've actually discussed this sort of thing before.

"So it almost seems like the living impaired there are starting things. But I could see that being an issue if it was the other way around."

[betel_geuse]

"HA! You keep telling yourself that! It's not our fault the living scare so Freaking EASILY. I mean, COME ON! All a ghost has to do is peek out of a mirror, make something move, or appear where someone doesn't expect and most of ya freak out. Hell, the reason most living types don't see ghosts is you can't handle it. Most ghosts are just trying to get on with their afterlife! You do realize ghosts have to haunt someplace on Earth for 125 years, right? It's not like they got a CHOICE in the matter."

Betelgeuse fired this entire rant off rapidly, gripping the videofeed tightly.