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quickattackjack) wrote2011-07-30 04:51 am
quickattackjack) wrote2011-07-30 04:51 am
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31 days till Halloween [Action/ Video]
Have you ever seen such a big city?
[A winded Jack points his 'gear at the entrance to Goldenrod in all its glory. The camera is unsteady and the little Houndour puppy in the shot looks anxious. His trainer's been wobbling for a while.]
Halloween Town was big, but this place is amazing! Hooh, it was...it was a hike, I'll say that much. My memory's a little off right now, but whoever said that forest was a maze, you were right. It's no Union Cave but...
Who can tell me anything about this place? How is everyone?
[Jack starts walking and gravitates towards a bench which he then flops down on and films the street traffic from. One the Houndour chases some Pidgies away from a nearby statue.]
[A winded Jack points his 'gear at the entrance to Goldenrod in all its glory. The camera is unsteady and the little Houndour puppy in the shot looks anxious. His trainer's been wobbling for a while.]
Halloween Town was big, but this place is amazing! Hooh, it was...it was a hike, I'll say that much. My memory's a little off right now, but whoever said that forest was a maze, you were right. It's no Union Cave but...
Who can tell me anything about this place? How is everyone?
[Jack starts walking and gravitates towards a bench which he then flops down on and films the street traffic from. One the Houndour chases some Pidgies away from a nearby statue.]
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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.
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[But ooh. Hm. Cooper stops eating in favour of listening, leaning forward slightly.]
It has appeal. [He grins.] Sounds about right for people wanting to play around with the unknown.
So can you curse them or reveal their future?
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And psychology too! You've got to understand the way people work before you can frighten them.
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So, are there any spirits where you're from?
[He wasn't sure if he asked before, but Jack tended to get carried away in BLA BLA land and not actually listen to what the other person was saying.]
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Some think so, yes. I'm not too sure what I think myself.
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[Even Christmas had ghosts...]
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