Tag: *luka

l: she’s still out… been out the whole way home, i don’t… ricky, what if she doesn’t…
r: calm down, luka. she’ll be fine. she’ll wake up and be fine, okay?
l: if you say so… shit. i knew that was a bad idea, i knew it, i –
r: luka. you’re not helping.
l: … sorry.
r: i… [sigh] look, i know we’re both freaking out, but just… we have to think positive. or something. pep talks aren’t really my strong point.
l: yeah. alright. i-i’ll try.
r: her mom and dad are here, they’ll keep an eye on her for the rest of the night. we’ll… come up with something to tell them about what happened later. tomorrow. let’s go home for now.
l: but –
r: there’s nothing else we can do here right now, lu.
l: … yeah, you’re right. i’m just so worried.
r: i know. i am too.
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:// september 5th, 11:28pm

d: well. here we are. you guys ready?
r: as we’ll ever be, i guess.
l: you absolutely, positively sure about this, dae? like… there’s still time to bail. just say the word and we’re outta here.
d: i… no. let’s just… let’s do this. before i totally lose my nerve.
r: … okay. let’s go.

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l: so…
r: so.
l: we can’t do this, you guys. we don’t even know if it’s possible to be un-possessed by the Weird Things after the fact. what if whoever goes through with it ends up possessed forever?
r: i know, i know. i just –
l: ricky. rickster. saint rick. listen to me. this is a bad idea. the worst idea, in fact. we can’t do this.
r: i know, it’s just –
d: i’ll do it.
l & r: wh – what?!
r: daem, you can’t –
l: you can’t!
d: it was my idea from the start, right? so it’s only fair.
r: daem…
l: d, seriously. haven’t you ever heard that taking one for the team is a bad thing?
d: i know. but… look. i want to figure this out. plus, think about it, if we find a way to stop the Weird Things from showing up, we’ll save the town and everyone in it, right?
l: bad idea. bad, bad, bad idea.
r: … if you’re serious about this, then okay. i’ll go with you. 
l: ricky.
r: we can’t let her do this on her own, right, luka?
l: i… ugh. fine. but i want it on record that i said this was a bad idea. numerous times.
d: noted. thanks guys. 🙂

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w: nana and i spent the better part of a week taking notes on those things; everything we learned i wrote down in this book.

l: learned how exactly?

w: nana knows things. lots of things.

l: that’s not really –

r: not important. tell us what you two found out, will.

w: ah… well. basically. whatever those things are, they can be… spoken to. kinda like ghosts but they’re not ghosts. 

r: how do you know they’re not ghosts?

w: i… don’t, i guess. but ghosts don’t have the power to alter reality like the Disturbances do. or make people disappear entirely. that kinda power isn’t something you come by in your regular, garden variety ghost.

d: you said they can be spoken to. how, exactly?

w: ah, yeah. you can interact with them but you have to be attuned to do so. like nana is. 

l: we’re boned.

w: not quite. there’s another way, but… it’s risky. basically, you have to… strike a deal with the thing.

l: a deal? what is this, a game show or something?

w: i wish. instead of scoring a new car, you end up possessed.

r: wait, what?

l: you said it wasn’t a ghost!
w: it isn’t. but whatever it is, it can inhabit a living body. as far as nana and i can tell, it’s not like spirit possession. the thing can’t control you or override your personality. you just kind of… gain the ability to sense the things. see them.

d: so what you’re saying is… if we want to get to the bottom of this, one of us has to… be possessed by the thing.

w: long story short, yeah.
r: well… fuck.

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