ghostling:

H O R R O R . P R O M P T S

• “I just got back from the cemetery.”
• “I swear I just saw someone… or something looking in my window.”
• “I know I closed the damn closet door, but it keeps opening! Please tell me this is just some kind of joke you keep pulling.”
• “What’s behind you in these pictures…?”
• “Apparently like 20 years ago, some girl slaughtered her family in the basement.”
• “I think there’s something about this house that you’re not telling me.”
  
• “I keep hearing noises coming from the attic…”
• “I know what I saw, and whatever is in the basement… it’s not human!”
  
• “I didn’t have time to see what it was! I just got the hell out of there!”
• “Whose grave were you bringing flowers to…?”
• “The electricity guy said there was absolutely nothing wrong – and yet, the lights always flicker on at 2am. Explain that to me?”
• “Why don’t you spend the night in that house ‘alone’, then try to convince me that you don’t believe in ghosts.”
• “Y-you don’t understand, he didn’t have a face!”
• “I had a dream that I killed you.”
• “Ah, yes… the room you’re staying in. It’s a paranormal hot spot, apparently.”
  
• “I keep hearing whispers at night… I-I can’t sleep!”
• “There was something else in there with me, I’m not going back to that house.”
• “Come on, it’s just an urban legend…”
• “Are you trying to tell me I’ve been sleeping in a dead girl’s room!?”
  
• “I keep getting the feeling that someone is following me.”
• “Don’t panic… but I think there’s someone else in the house.”
• “I can still feel her/his ghost, and it’s killing me…”
• “There’s something growling in the basement… could you, uh… check it out for me?”
• “Can you just… can you please check the closet?”
• “P-please… put the knife down.”
  
• “I bought this haunted ring on eBay!”
• “No, no, no – run!”
  
• "I didn’t forward one of those freaky chain letters and now I keep hearing the laughter of children coming from my hallways at night.”
• “The dead are all around us…”
• “She’s dead! She’s dead and yet I keep seeing her, everywhere!”
• “There’s something breathing under the bed…”
• "You can’t tell me you don’t believe in ghosts after all we’ve been through.”
• “I saw something I wasn’t supposed to see, something… that wasn’t supposed to be here.”
  
• “Maybe an exorcism is in order…?”
• “I woke up, and it was j-just… staring at me.”
  
• “He was there, then like a second later he literally vanished! I saw it happen!”
• “I like the ghosts here… they keep me company.”
• "You can’t honestly tell me you’re in love with a dead girl.”
• “Wasn’t someone murdered in this house? Why are we here?”
• “If dying means being with him/her, kill me. I’d be happier that way.”
• “Ghosts aren’t real. You need help.”
• “…what do you mean we didn’t talk last night? You came over, you were here.”
• “You saw something you weren’t supposed to see. And now… now you know what has to be done.”
  
• “I’m pretty sure my toaster’s haunted.”
• "What’s wrong with you? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.”
• “Don’t! Don’t you dare open that door!”
• “I visited his/her grave for the first time today…”
• “Something terrible happened here, didn’t it?”
  
• “Wh-why do you have a knife…?”
• "You’re all bloody, what happened!?”
• “You know that book from The Evil Dead? Yeah, well… I’m pretty sure we found something pretty damn similar to it.”
• “You’re bleeding…”
  
• “How can you not see it…? I’m dead! I’ve been dead for years!”
• “I’ve always wanted to see you choking on your own blood.”
  
• “I’m sorry, I’m busy Friday with the… funeral and all.”
• “I’ll never forget the sound of his screaming.”
• “From the looks of it, the afterlife is a lot more fun than this.”
• "Legend has it that you can still hear her crying for her lover in the dead of night.”
• “I want to be dead, too.”
• “Well don’t you look lovely, all covered in blood.”
• "Whoa – wait! Please don’t go down there… let’s just get out of here, please?”
• “You played with a Ouija board!?”
• “Me and some friends played with a Ouija board the other night… and things have been a little strange since then.”
  
• “There’s so much negative energy in this house… do you know if someone died here?”
• “You’re always hanging out in cemeteries… and yeah, it’s kinda creepy.”
• "They just don’t believe like they used to…”
• “I will haunt you until the end of time.”

_{@laidre.     ˢ ᵗ ᵃ ʳ ᵗ ᵉ ʳ}

_{he doesn’t  HOLD  GRUDGES.  not anymore.  not now.  not in hell.  with  DECAYED  HUMANITY  on the verge of self-decimation, the few unscathed need to rely on  SOLIDARITY.  self-defence is as relevant a tool as ever;  perhaps  MORE,  even.     muddy fingers dab at the burning temple from where her  BLOW  STRUCK,  free hand held up in silent  SURRENDER.  the modern version of a white flag.          ❛   ––––––––––i preferred the dead when they were…   ACTUALLY  DEAD.  you know?   ❜}

_{@byersbcy.     ˢ ᵗ ᵃ ʳ ᵗ ᵉ ʳ}

_{❛  kid,  if you have a  STRONG  STOMACH  &  would like to make a dollar…   ❜          they’ve never needed  OUTSIDE  ASSISTANCE.  jack crawford always sees to that.  but special occurrences require he  MAKES  AN  EXCEPTION  &  goes behind jack’s back.  details matter.  they do tho him, at least.          ❛   ––––––––––i’d like to  BORROW  you  &  your camera.  it won’t be long. ––––– for a  CRIME  SCENE.   ❜}

_{@ofmanifest.     ˢ ᵗ ᵃ ʳ ᵗ ᵉ ʳ}

_{❛   for the sake of this  INVESTIGATION…   ❜          uncharacteristic show of  PATIENCE  for the case at hand  &  the witnesses he’s been assigned with  PROVING  INNOCENT  OR  GUILTY.  perhaps it is due to the special interest he’s  DEVOTING  to the gruesomeness of the murder;  or perhaps to the curious fascination he  DIRECTS  the suspects.  either way, it’s refreshing.          ❛   ––––––––––let’s start over  FROM  THE  BEGINNING,  shall we?     september seventh.  four pm.  what were you doing  &  where,  mister wallace?   ❜}

_{@immiineo.     ˢ ᵗ ᵃ ʳ ᵗ ᵉ ʳ}

_{❛   this is a lecture on  PSYCHOANALYSIS.   ❜          eye-contact avoided  AT  ALL  COSTS   when he opens his briefcase, folders of  CURRENT  CASE  spread methodically on his desk.     not the students’ regular type of forensic class, but even kids’ insight might  PROVE  USEFUL,  with the chesapeake ripper.          ❛   ––––––––––are you sure you’re in the  RIGHT  CLASSROOM?   ❜}

_{@etrefaux.     ˢ ᵗ ᵃ ʳ ᵗ ᵉ ʳ}

_{❛   how long have you  &  doctor lecter  KNOWN  EACH  OTHER?   ❜          gentle, soft tone of his voice echoes in the  SMALL  SHOP,  genuine interest pronounced in his  QUESTIONING.  the fascination for one he considers  FRIEND  remains as strong as ever;     if not stronger.          ❛   ––––––––––he speaks very  HIGHLY  of you.  &  of your bakery.   ❜}

_{@astrosci.     ˢ ᵗ ᵃ ʳ ᵗ ᵉ ʳ}

_{❛   have you ever experienced it?   ❜          heavy sigh escapes  PARTED  LIPS,  as if to unburden his body from the  VISIONS  he carries with him everywhere, all the time.          ❛   the  GNAWING  FEELING  that your mind is dissociating from reality?   the  HELPLESS  REALIZATION  that you’re losing touch on your surroundings?   ❜          it’s an odd confession.  &  an odder  HOPE  even.          ❛   ––––––––––the desperate wish to  WAKE  UP  when you’re not dreaming…   ❜}

_{@boozelegger.     ˢ ᵗ ᵃ ʳ ᵗ ᵉ ʳ}

_{❛   business??   ❜          the chuckle’s  LOW;  choked, almost, but be it the  DRINK  HELD  BY  GRACEFUL  DIGITS  or the lingering state of bitterness he doesn’t seem to  EVER  SHY  AWAY  FROM,  the irony of the situation calls for a drop of  DARK  HUMOR.          ❛   i’m in a…   very special  KIND  OF  BUSINESS.   ❜          will graham doesn’t  DRINK.  nothing but coffee.  or water.  let this occurrence be a  ONE - TIME - ONLY  DEAL.          ❛   ––––––––––i’m in the  SERIAL  KILLER  business.   ❜}

_{@reactoring.     ˢ ᵗ ᵃ ʳ ᵗ ᵉ ʳ}

_{❛   oh, it doesn’t matter  WHO  YOU  ARE…   ❜          fists tucked  SAFELY  inside jacket pocket, his head will jerk to the side.          ❛   obstruction of criminal investigations will get you that  BAD  PUBLICITY  you’re trying to avoid.  we’ll keep this as  DISCREET  as possible ––––– trust me, that’s in everyone’s best interest ––––– but i’m going to need  UNLIMITED  ACCESS  to stark industries’ surveillance feed from september ninth.   ❜}