[Jack's shoulders slump. DB What...where was this man FROM? Wherever it was, it was seriously under-haunted...or perhaps Coop had simply been a skeptic and never developed an interest in such things.]
Bloody Mary is mostly popular with younger folks-- it's a ritual that a spirit can answer but it usually doesn't take up their entire haunting time because it's so irregular.
A temp job, I suppose you could call it.
Anyhow. There are several different Bloody Mary stories-- some of a woman who was murdered, some where she killed her children or someone took her children from her. Suicides. The legend has spread through word of mouth so it's wide open to interpretation. The ritual is this--
You must go into a dark room with a mirror. It's normally a bathroom. Some versions call for candles or flashlights. Sometimes you must prick your finger and put a dot of your own blood at each corner of the mirror. It goes on and on. Ghosts usually aren't too choosey about these specifics.
[Jack pauses and runs all that back through his head. That sounded about right.]
Then, you must preform a chant. The chant is different depending on who you ask too. Sometimes it's, "Bloody Mary, I have your baby." or "Bloody Mary, are you there?" and there are some variations where you must simply chant her name a certain number of times while spinning about with your eyes shut.
The whole to-do is to get the spirit of this woman to appear in the mirror and either curse the summoner or reveal something about their future.
They don't answer every time, mind you, it's quite rare. It's not the only summoning haunting but it's the most popular I know of.
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Bloody Mary is mostly popular with younger folks-- it's a ritual that a spirit can answer but it usually doesn't take up their entire haunting time because it's so irregular.
A temp job, I suppose you could call it.
Anyhow. There are several different Bloody Mary stories-- some of a woman who was murdered, some where she killed her children or someone took her children from her. Suicides. The legend has spread through word of mouth so it's wide open to interpretation. The ritual is this--
You must go into a dark room with a mirror. It's normally a bathroom. Some versions call for candles or flashlights. Sometimes you must prick your finger and put a dot of your own blood at each corner of the mirror. It goes on and on. Ghosts usually aren't too choosey about these specifics.
[Jack pauses and runs all that back through his head. That sounded about right.]
Then, you must preform a chant. The chant is different depending on who you ask too. Sometimes it's, "Bloody Mary, I have your baby." or "Bloody Mary, are you there?" and there are some variations where you must simply chant her name a certain number of times while spinning about with your eyes shut.
The whole to-do is to get the spirit of this woman to appear in the mirror and either curse the summoner or reveal something about their future.
They don't answer every time, mind you, it's quite rare. It's not the only summoning haunting but it's the most popular I know of.