[ if dan goes looking, he will eventually find zuriel in the garden by the church. quite literally? they are sitting in the dirt and eventually look up as they hear footsteps. ]
Anything else you'd like to throw at me? [ but they still seem casual about that. ]
Because as much as you hate to be here, it'd be worse if you were cut off from the network and connecting with everyone else completely. And because the entire point of you being here is redemption. So, it's like redeeming yourself from yesterday by me trusting you not to throw this one.
I like being outside. [ simple answer. ] The beach is nice, but there's something more peaceful about this for me. I come out here a lot. Besides, dirt doesn't hurt anything, and enough of you have found your way here anyway.
Don't scoff. I wanted to be sure you weren't a demon or something else and I classified you incorrectly. [ damn, excuse them. ] Were your powers from before you were a ghost? Or was that a side-effect?
Uh huh. [ yeah, this is really in the tone of "okay edgelord." ] So what kind of powers did the demon-in-a-ghost-suit have before? What were you doing before?
[ you're doing this just to make me, lisa, wither into dust while i look up every goddamn ghost power ]
Flight, intangibility, invisibility, strength, nigh-invulnerability, manipulation of the body and shapeshifting, ectoplasmic blasts and constructs, possession, ability to sense other ghosts, telekinesis, duplication, and my personal favorite: something I like to call my Ghostly Wail.
zuriel listens to this, and they consider it for a moment before there's a little huff. ]
So the minimum for ghosts. I see. I suppose it would feel jarring to suddenly be reduced to the status of mere mortals. [ this is giving such "teenage boy trying to flex" energy and they are so used to that (unfortunately) that this is how they're choosing to have this conversation. ]
But you weren't always a ghost. Do you remember the before?
No, not the minimum. Half of those are unusual--and in combination, only I could do all of it. [ because of course this loser has to correct ppl about his power levels ]
...but yes, I do remember being human before that.
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Anything else you'd like to throw at me? [ but they still seem casual about that. ]
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I do have a new phone for you, by the way. If you want it.
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But if you don't want it, that's fine.
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Uh huh. It's not my judgment you're under, I'm just giving that out for free. [ at least they are honest. but after a moment... ]
Wanna sit down, or are you walking?
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What are you even doing down here anyway?
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I like being outside. [ simple answer. ] The beach is nice, but there's something more peaceful about this for me. I come out here a lot. Besides, dirt doesn't hurt anything, and enough of you have found your way here anyway.
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It's just a patch of dirt.
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[ a gesture around them. there are plants and flowers along the path. granted they would also just sit in the dirt but whatever. ]
Some people are fussy about that kind of thing.
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Does it actually make you feel better to destroy things that can't fight back, or is it overcompensation?
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...it's all I can do. It's all I have left.
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What were you, before? Just a ghost? [ that doesn't entirely sound right to them, but they are giving this some thought. ]
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But yes. I was.
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[ okay edgelord. ]
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Flight, intangibility, invisibility, strength, nigh-invulnerability, manipulation of the body and shapeshifting, ectoplasmic blasts and constructs, possession, ability to sense other ghosts, telekinesis, duplication, and my personal favorite: something I like to call my Ghostly Wail.
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zuriel listens to this, and they consider it for a moment before there's a little huff. ]
So the minimum for ghosts. I see. I suppose it would feel jarring to suddenly be reduced to the status of mere mortals. [ this is giving such "teenage boy trying to flex" energy and they are so used to that (unfortunately) that this is how they're choosing to have this conversation. ]
But you weren't always a ghost. Do you remember the before?
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...but yes, I do remember being human before that.
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[ but he can correct them, and they move on from there. ]
How different were you then?
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