perfectmatch | week two

... of course!

[ Sigh. Okay. Guess it's time to flex his acting chops ... This is always more tiring than dealing with garden variety hauntings, but let it never be said that the Enigma Syndrome isn't a consummate professional (when he has to be). ]

Lead the way then, Miss Ringo. But please do heed my warnings if I call out to you. I'm not certain how sharp your spiritual senses are, but it's always best to be safe.

Aye aye, captain! I'll def to you this time, then!

[Welcome to Being The Leader.

Onto the ship with them; they have to hand over the tickets they were given by the show at the entrance, which, well.

She stage whispers:]

Think the ghosts get a cut?

[ He has to lean down to put himself within whispering range for Ringo. ]

Hmm ... perhaps they're haunting the place because they aren't getting their deserved cut?

[ An equally easy-for-the-mics stage whisper back. Though Ringo might notice him fishing a hand through his pocket as they step through the ticket gate; there's a soft clicking noise as he toys with a pair of rocks in his palm as they start making their way down the dimly-lit hallway. ]

[She laughs at that, but only because:]

Yeah, that sounds like the sort of thing I'd get a job to deal with.

[She Gets It.

Regardless, into the ship and the dim hallway they go! It's... not as dim as it should be, because the underside of Ringo's hair glows neon green. You're welcome. She's ruining the ambiance.]

So what's first when ghost hunting, Mr. Pro?

[ A walking glowstick ... truly, Miss Ringo is a woman you can rely on! ]

What comes first -- would of course be research, when possible! [ A dramatic fingerpoint to better sell his point. ] The vast majority of spirits and hauntings are rooted in human emotion and tragedy, after all. Learning what might have caused spirits to fixates on this ship should help keep us safer.

[... That's so boring. Like, she gets it, because she does that too when she's hunting down demons, but. It's boring!!]

... How're we going to do that? It's not like we've got a convenient set of pamphlets about the history of this ship, or something.

[... One of the staff sheepishly hands over a convenient pamphlet about the history of the ship.

Ringo squints.]

Iiii stand corrected.

Aahh, but it's nice, isn't it? Usually when I have to do research, it means poring through old newspapers and historical documents ... Thank you.

[ That's to the staff as he accepts the pamphlet.

Don't mind him shuffling to walk a little closer to you so he can use your hair as a light source, Ringo. ]

Let's see ... "the site of a tragic accident where on its maiden voyage, a misplaced metal cable ripped across the deck, gruesomely bisecting every passenger present." Oh dear.

[She doesn't mind. At least it's useful.]

Whoa. Gnarly.

[Bisecting every passenger...]

... Hey, isn't that a little improbable? Surely some of them were too short. Or like, below deck?

But that's the nature of these legends, isn't it, Miss Ringo? After all, if the story went, 'a misplaced cable ripped across the deck, gruesomely bisecting every passenger present who happened to be standing in the right location and stood at over five feet tall,' it wouldn't roll off the tongue as nicely, would it?

[ Inside, he's sighing. Amateur hour ... stories this exaggerated are too ludicrous to be believable. This place is never going to make it big as a famous haunted spot. ]

I suppose we should head towards this deck in question, then, if we wish to see these ghosts.

Riiight, of course. What was I thinking?

[It's said in perfectly good humor, at least.]

Onward, to the ghosts!

[To the deck! This involves climbing a ~spooky~ ladder up from the belowdeck area they were first let into, but they can see a bit better once they're out. No longer is Ringo needed as a nightlight.]

[ Rest assured Ringo, if you're wearing a skirt when they have to climb a ladder, Rom will waits for you to fully finish climbing and step onto the deck above before he climbs it himself ... no risk of pantyshots here.

He does give a little whistle as he climbs up himself, though. ]

Oh? This is quite the view up here ...

[ Yes, he will let his voice trail off ambiguously just for you, Ringo. This is where he has to pretend all the ghosts are, after all. ]

[Uh huh.......

Ringo grins at Rom, and then she acts. Badly.]

Oh. Uh. Felt a chill just now. Very... uh. Spooky! Spooky scary!

[ ... you know what. That's so charming that he's going to roll with it. Rom blinks, then promptly gives a dramatic sweep of the arm. ]

Yes, incredible! As expected of a Devil Summoner, you already have a knack for sending the presence of spirits! [ Please give him points for his showmanship. ] Now, do be careful not to be overwhelmed as we draw closer to them.

[She's a really, really bad actress. Stilted, awkward, completely robotic sounding when she's usually so human-like, but.

Man, she's trying. Probably. She's probably trying.]

W... wow! I'll... try! I'm pretty scared though. You'll protect me, right, Rom?

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