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Test Drive
There’s something weird in your neighborhood. Who you gonna call?
New York isn’t the only place in the world facing severe ghost problems. It’s no surprise, then, that several ‘franchise’ businesses have opened across the globe…each paying royalty fees to the boys in the Big Apple, naturally. How does your character fit into this world? Are they destined for the jumpsuit, or are they more likely to be the one frantically dialing that number on the screen? Go nuts and have fun, try everything!
1. Forming a Partnership - One of you has the crazy idea of starting your own ghost hunting business. Whose house is getting mortgaged for this?
2. Setting Up Shop - The original Ghostbusters had a rundown fire station. But your own headquarters could wind up being anything. Does the pole still work?*immediately crashes through floor and emerges in China*
3. Recruiting - There are more spooks than you can handle! Time to put out a ‘help wanted’ ad. You might get the right person, but then again, you’re using Craigslist so. You know. Might get someone weirder than the ghosts you’re trying to bust.
4. First Bust - You’ve tested the equipment (RIGHT?) and now it’s time to bag your first spectre. Show those ghosts who’s boss! And then bill the client an exorbitant amount of money for your hard work.
5. Celebrating - You’ve just had your first success, or maybe it’s just the first night at HQ. Time to celebrate with takeout! Or maybe you just want a hot shower and a nap. Whatever suits your style, man.
6. Clients - One of you is an expert. The other has a swimming pool full of phantasms. Let’s work out a deal.
7. Complications - You ain’t afraid of no ghost. Except that last encounter shook you up pretty bad, so…you ain’t afraid of MOST ghosts. Maybe your buddy needs to pull you out, or you need to help your buddy. After all, it’s all about teamwork.
8. Whoops - The job was supposed to go without a hitch. But someone is getting slimed. Regroup and continue, or throw in the towel?
9. That’s a Big Twinkie - Busting ghosts? No problem. How about demigods? Ever tried to bust Cthulhu? Whatever the situation, you’re up against something you’re definitely not prepared to deal with. Suit up, the city’s counting on you, and there’s a fat paycheck to consider!
10. Close Encounters of the Friendly Kind - Some ghosts can be somewhat friendly and long for human contact, or perhaps they're having a tough time finding the eternal rest they need. Maybe the two of you can help each other out. #notallghosts
New York isn’t the only place in the world facing severe ghost problems. It’s no surprise, then, that several ‘franchise’ businesses have opened across the globe…each paying royalty fees to the boys in the Big Apple, naturally. How does your character fit into this world? Are they destined for the jumpsuit, or are they more likely to be the one frantically dialing that number on the screen? Go nuts and have fun, try everything!
1. Forming a Partnership - One of you has the crazy idea of starting your own ghost hunting business. Whose house is getting mortgaged for this?
2. Setting Up Shop - The original Ghostbusters had a rundown fire station. But your own headquarters could wind up being anything. Does the pole still work?
3. Recruiting - There are more spooks than you can handle! Time to put out a ‘help wanted’ ad. You might get the right person, but then again, you’re using Craigslist so. You know. Might get someone weirder than the ghosts you’re trying to bust.
4. First Bust - You’ve tested the equipment (RIGHT?) and now it’s time to bag your first spectre. Show those ghosts who’s boss! And then bill the client an exorbitant amount of money for your hard work.
5. Celebrating - You’ve just had your first success, or maybe it’s just the first night at HQ. Time to celebrate with takeout! Or maybe you just want a hot shower and a nap. Whatever suits your style, man.
6. Clients - One of you is an expert. The other has a swimming pool full of phantasms. Let’s work out a deal.
7. Complications - You ain’t afraid of no ghost. Except that last encounter shook you up pretty bad, so…you ain’t afraid of MOST ghosts. Maybe your buddy needs to pull you out, or you need to help your buddy. After all, it’s all about teamwork.
8. Whoops - The job was supposed to go without a hitch. But someone is getting slimed. Regroup and continue, or throw in the towel?
9. That’s a Big Twinkie - Busting ghosts? No problem. How about demigods? Ever tried to bust Cthulhu? Whatever the situation, you’re up against something you’re definitely not prepared to deal with. Suit up, the city’s counting on you, and there’s a fat paycheck to consider!
10. Close Encounters of the Friendly Kind - Some ghosts can be somewhat friendly and long for human contact, or perhaps they're having a tough time finding the eternal rest they need. Maybe the two of you can help each other out. #notallghosts
Vin | Mistborn
[Like a wise man once said: if there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe whatever you say.
That had certainly been the attitude of this particular girl when she'd walked into the HQ with a Help Wanted poster in hand. Her resume had been as nonexistent as her references and she hadn't shown any special knowledge or interest in the paranormal, but what's a new franchise to do? Especially with a call coming in of a troublesome ghoul causing a ruckus.
One look at the equipment and Vin had immediately selected the more compact, lighter, but weaker, proton pistol over a full pack. It might have seemed a wise choice considering the full pack was almost as large as she is... aaaand became an even better one on the job when the ghost had evaded capture and slimed its way through a wall.
Vin had immediately made a dash for the window, jumped out, used the fire escape as a springboard to the adjacent roof and hoisted herself up.]
It's heading West on Fifth! I'll keep it in my sights, follow me!
[Here voice crackles over the radio as she takes a running start and leaps the gap to the next building.
Yes, she is in pursuit of a ghost via parkour.]
3 - Let's Rewind That Last One
[The franchise is open, and the posters are hung up around the city: Help Wanted, and people... probably aren't exactly lining up around the block looking to take on this job. Maybe it's the possibility of slime? Maybe dragging around a nuclear accelerator? Whatever it is, people don't seem super interested and the time allotted for interviews is quiet indeed.
Until the door abruptly opens up admitting this girl. Twenty something, dark-haired and tiny as heck. All of five foot nothing and maybe ninety-eight pounds, and definitely not dressed up for the interview at all in her plain clothes and hoodie. Without any sort of preamble, she walks right up to the front desk and holds up one of those posters.]
I'm here for the job. I can start right away.
[She's hired, right?]
#3
Eh?
[With that intelligible greeting out of the way, he unfolds his arms from behind his head and drops his feet to the floor, leaning onto the desk with one elbow, chin in his hand. He looks her up and down, gauging her silently for a moment.]
You're not really dressed like a receptionist.
[It probably isn't hard to figure out his name. The jumpsuit, stained and hanging halfway off of a coat hook, clearly reads 'Akutabi' on the pocket. There's a potted plant in the window suffering from overexposure and not enough water, well on its way to becoming a ghost itself. The ceiling fan whirs overhead with a noticeable click. Clearly this place has seen better days, but it was cheap. Just like almost everything else in the office. Even the phone has a rotary dial and a mismatched cord knotted up in the middle. What trash heap did he dig that out of?]
no subject
Good. Because I'm not interested in being one and you don't want me answering your phones anyway.
[She certainly isn't much to look at at a glance. Small, skinny in plain clothes with short dark hair and eyes with only a simple bronze stud in one ear as any sort of accessory.
Taking another step forward she placed the flyer on the desk and pointed to the top "OPEN" position.]
I'm here to be a Ghostbuster.
no subject
But the receptionist job pays better.
[He points at it, as if to demonstrate.]
It's hourly, and full time. Comes with benefits. No ectoplasm to wash off at the end of the day. Ghostbusters get paid per job, which means unless there are a lot of spooks flyin' around, weeks could go by without us getting a single client. It's dirty, dangerous work. And I don't always charge if the client can't pay.
[His expression doesn't change, save for a faint hardness around the eyes. It's a test, Vin might be able to tell that much. But what he's testing, he doesn't outright say.]
You sure that's what you want?