WHO: Fitz, Lukas, Sahren, Caspar & misc WHAT: Lots of things WHEN: Whenever WHERE: Lots of places NOTES: Open and closed starters for the month, feel free to DM or hit me up at awarewolf on plurk to plot!
Maybe they should have attempted to ease Fitz into this, but Ellis finds it's better to just unfurl all the questionable and dangerous events at once while they aren't all happening at once. Yes, the ghost will throw things. Yes, Wysteria will start small chemical fires. The house has survived thus far, so onwards and upwards.
"It's hard to say what will hold the ghost's interest, but it's best to assume it'll be coming along."
Though Ellis seems undecided as to where exactly they should head first. He spends a few seconds just idly shuffling papers on the table into some semblance of order before he points at the second door.
"We can start there. Second floor, then third if nothing's happened."
How many floors does Wysteria's house have? Unclear.
"Fantastic," he says, which sounds like the worst. It isn't patience that bears Fitz out for those few indecisive moments of shuffling papers around so much as a willingness to delay the inevitable. It's about to run out, all the same; Ellis points towards the door in the nick of time.
"If—"
The disbelief is too intense to verbalize, apparently, but the look he shoots Ellis gets it across nicely. Another clipped breath, eyes briefly closing in an effort to get centered. "Fine. But you first."
If anyone's getting ambushed by the ghost headed through a doorway, it's not going to be him.
It's not like Ellis doesn't fully understand the emotions Fitz is experiencing right now. That's partly why he isn't trying to soften the truth. It lessens the potential for surprise down the road. (Though in fairness, Wysteria and Tony will always find a way to surprise him, so what's the point?) Nevertheless, Ellis goes through the doorway first.
"Skip the third step. It squeaks, and I think the ghost resents the sound."
But somehow not what Wysteria gets up to in the kitchen?
"We're still cleaning it out. When she..." How did Wysteria get the house? Ellis still isn't clear. "When she inherited it, it was filled with more broken furniture than you can imagine. I kept aside what's interesting, but there's still more to go through."
Ellis glances over his shoulder meaningfully as they clear the landing. Welcome to that task, Fitz.
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"It's hard to say what will hold the ghost's interest, but it's best to assume it'll be coming along."
Though Ellis seems undecided as to where exactly they should head first. He spends a few seconds just idly shuffling papers on the table into some semblance of order before he points at the second door.
"We can start there. Second floor, then third if nothing's happened."
How many floors does Wysteria's house have? Unclear.
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"If—"
The disbelief is too intense to verbalize, apparently, but the look he shoots Ellis gets it across nicely. Another clipped breath, eyes briefly closing in an effort to get centered. "Fine. But you first."
If anyone's getting ambushed by the ghost headed through a doorway, it's not going to be him.
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"Skip the third step. It squeaks, and I think the ghost resents the sound."
But somehow not what Wysteria gets up to in the kitchen?
"We're still cleaning it out. When she..." How did Wysteria get the house? Ellis still isn't clear. "When she inherited it, it was filled with more broken furniture than you can imagine. I kept aside what's interesting, but there's still more to go through."
Ellis glances over his shoulder meaningfully as they clear the landing. Welcome to that task, Fitz.