Ghost Huntin'

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(text-colour:#f03e3e)[//Scared Sheetless Co.™ — Totally Legit Terms & Conditions //] Welcome, brave soul! By accepting your position as a Night Scout at //Scared Sheetless Co.™//, you agree to the following completely serious and definitely legally binding terms: * Your duties include investigating the area for any paranormal entities, recording said entities, and reporting them back to your manager. And doing your best not to perish on the clock. * You will be provided with the most advanced and modern ghost hunting equipment; An Ouija Board A ~~1999~~ //MODERN// Surelyfire Flashlight A Ghoul-A-Roid Camera Paranormal Dictionary And an EMF (electromagnetic field) Reader (text-colour:#868e96)[//Scared Sheetless Co.™ does (text-style:"underline")[not] guarantee any safety from the paranormal and is not responsible for any spiritual attachments, possessions, unimaginably excruciating death by ghostly hands, and/or lost items.//] Do you accept these terms and conditions? [[Yes]] [[No]]

(text-colour:#d0ebff)[Hello, Night Scout!] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Welcome to your first night on the job as a Night Scout for the 100% most reliable ghost hunting company //Scared Sheetless™//. Your first investigation is at (text-colour:#fa5252)[666 Don't-Go-In-There Avenue], a house that has been said by neighbors to be haunted. They have reported seeing a tall, see-through apparition of a woman lurking past the house's dirty windows (and occasionally flipping them the bird). Because it's apparently "morally unethical" to send you alone into a house where twelve people were viciously murdered with an axe back in 1972, you have been assigned a remote co-worker watching you through a GoPro strapped to your forehead (me, the person talking to you in your earpiece right now!) who will aid you in the investigation. My name is Casper (yes, that is my legal name and not some pun). As you read in the totally serious and legally binding terms and conditions, you have been provided multiple tools to hunt this spirit. I'll be with you every step of the way.] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Shall we begin our investigation?] [[Enter the disturbing home]] [[Hell no, get me outta here!]]

(text-colour:#d0ebff)[No? Damn, that's a shame. You could've hunted a really cool ghost! Oh, well. See ya!] Try again? (click-goto:"Try again","Hello!")

(text-colour:#868e96)[//The door slowly opens with a shrieking creak, desperately in need of some WD-40. The inside is dim, barely illuminated by the moonlight peeking through broken windows and some rotting wood in the wall.//] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Alright, partner, this house has four rooms we can investigate: the bathroom, the master bedroom, the living room, and the basement. Where would you like to go first?] [[Bathroom]] [[Master Bedroom]] [[Living Room]] [[Basement]]

(text-colour:#d0ebff)[What?! Man, I didn't take you to be a whimp! Why'd you apply for the job anyway? Didn't you read the fine print?! Fine. Your loss!] Try again? (click-goto:"Try again","Hello!")

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You and Casper enter the bathroom and are immediately greeted with a foul, moldy odor. Years of neglect and a dripping water faucet have perfumed this place something awful... With your handy-dandy flashlight, you scan across the small bathroom. There's a shower stall with a moldy curtain, a toilet with very murky water, and a dusty vanity.//] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Okay, partner. Let's go ahead and open your backpack and take out a piece of equipment. What would you like to use?] [[Ouija Board]] [[EMF Reader]] [[Ghoul-A-Roid Camera]] Or Go back (click-goto:"Go back","Enter the disturbing home")

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You and Casper enter the master bedroom. A bedframe with a grossly stained mattress, an empty Victorian dresser with every drawer missing, and a doll. //] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[I wouldn't wanna sleep here every night, this place is too creepy at night... Let's go ahead and open your backpack and take out a piece of equipment. What would you like to use first?] [[- Ouija Board]] [[- EMF Reader]] [[- Ghoul-A-Roid Camera]] Or Go back (click-goto:"Go back","Enter the disturbing home")

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You and Casper enter the living room and feel a coldness you didn't feel upon entering the home. With your handy-dandy flashlight, you scan across the living room, seeing a dirty red rocking chair, a retro television, and a peculiar-looking painting.//] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Well, it'd be pretty ironic if the ghost was in the //living room//, wouldn't it? Let's go ahead and open your backpack and take out a piece of equipment.] [[* Oujia Board]] [[* EMF Reader]] [[* Ghoul-A-Roid Camera]] Or Go back (click-goto:"Go back","Enter the disturbing home")

(text-colour:#868e96)[//All roads have led to the basement (unless the basement was your first choice, in which case, congrats for choosing the correct route right off the bat!) The steps creak and tremble as you walk down them, as if they're afraid for you. The room is dim and thick with an unholy presence... //] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Well, partner... Looks like we've found the spot where our ghost friend resides.] (text-colour:#868e96)[//Even Casper sounds nervous, and he's just watching you through his laptop in the comfort of his bedroom! //] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Well, as we've been seeing, it looks like the best way to communicate with the spirit is through the Ouija Board. How about we ask them some questions?] [[Place down the Ouija Board]] [[You've had enough of this. Bolt out of that house and never turn back!]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You set the Oujia Board on the dirty tile floor, placing the planchet on top of the board.//] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[To speak to a spirit using an Ouija Board, we need to... Well... Ask it something! It's a general good rule of thumb not to be rude to the spirit you're talking to. They don't really enjoy that.] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[What would you like to ask the spirit?] [["What is your name?"]] [["How old are you?"]] [[ "Why do you haunt these grounds, you audacious freak?"]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You take out your EMF Reader.//] What do you point it at? [[Moldy Shower]] [[Murky Toilet]] [[Dusty Vanity]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You take out your Ghoul-A-Roid camera.//] What do you take a picture of? [[Moldy shower]] [[Murky toilet]] [[Dusty vanity]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You set the Oujia Board on the rotting wooden floor, placing the planchet on top of the board.//] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[To speak to a spirit using an Ouija Board, we need to... Well... Ask it something! It's a general good rule of thumb not to be rude to the spirit you're talking to. They don't really enjoy that. What would you like to ask the spirit?] [["What is your name?"]] [["How old are you?"]] [[ "Why do you haunt these grounds, you audacious freak?"]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You take out your EMF Reader.//] What do you point it at? [[Dirty bed]] [[Empty dresser]] [[Creepy doll]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You take out your Ghoul-A-Roid Camera.//] What do you want to take a picture of? [[Dirty Bed]] [[Empty Dresser]] [[Creepy Doll]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//Your fingers move with the planchet, watching the spirit spell out something on the board...//] (text-colour:#ffa8a8)[ "M-A-R-Y"] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Wow, the most generic female name ever. Awesome. This really helps us.] Go back (click-goto:"Go back","Ouija Board")

Hmm... Kind of rude to ask someone their age, but I guess it'll slide. (text-colour:#868e96)[//Your fingers move with the planchet, watching the spirit spell out something on the board...//] (text-colour:#ffa8a8)["2-2-6"] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[ Wow. They've been around a while.] Go back (click-goto:"Go back","Ouija Board")

(text-colour:#d0ebff)[//WOAH//! What the hell, dude?! I explicitly said (text-style:"underline")[don't] be rude! You're gonna get possessed for sure!] //(text-colour:#868e96)[Luckily, the spirit is gracious, and in lieu of choking you out, starts to move the planchet.]// (text-colour:#ffa8a8)["T-R-A-P-P-E-D"] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Whew... You got lucky. It sounds like this spirit is trapped in the house and can't leave. Try asking where they're trapped. Maybe we can go investigate that room.] [["Where are you trapped?"]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//Your fingers move with the planchet, watching the spirit spell out something on the board...//] (text-colour:#ffa8a8)["B-A-S-E-M-E-N-T"] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Fantastic. The creepiest room in the house. How fitting.] Make your way to the [[Basement]].

//(text-colour:#868e96)[You press down on the camera button. After a bright flash that fills the entire room and a large "(text-colour:#ffec99)[click!]", a photo prints out...]// (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Hmm... Nothing interesting here. Just some disgusting black mold. But that won't do anything for us.] Go back (click-goto:"Go back","Ghoul-A-Roid Camera")

//(text-colour:#868e96)[You press down on the camera button. After a bright flash that fills the entire room and a large "(text-colour:#ffec99)[click!]", a photo prints out...]// (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Hmm... Nothing interesting here. Just a gnarly-looking toilet. If I look at that water any longer, I think I'll gag... This photo won't do anything for us.] Go back (click-goto:"Go back","Ghoul-A-Roid Camera")

//(text-colour:#868e96)[You press down on the camera button. After a bright flash that fills the entire room and a large "(text-colour:#ffec99)[click!]", a photo prints out...]// (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Oh, wow! Do you see that? There's a suspiciously woman-shaped figure in the mirror's reflection! This helps us a lot! Let's keep using our equipment and see what else we can find!] [[Ouija Board]] [[EMF Reader]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You point the EMF reader at the shower, but get no response..//] Go back(click-goto:"Go back","EMF Reader")

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You point the EMF reader at the toilet, but get no response..//] Go back(click-goto:"Go back","EMF Reader")

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You point the EMF reader at the vanity and it immedietly shoots to an (text-colour:#ff6b6b)[EMF 5].//] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Whoa, cool! This thing definitely has some energy to it. Let's keep using our equipment and see what else we can find!] [[Ouija Board]] [[Ghoul-A-Roid Camera]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You set the Oujia Board on the dirty wooden floor, placing the planchet on top of the board.//] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[To speak to a spirit using an Ouija Board, we need to... Well... Ask it something! It's a general good rule of thumb not to be rude to the spirit you're talking to. They don't really enjoy that.] What would you like to ask the spirit? [["What is your name?"]] [["How old are you?"]] [[ "Why do you haunt these grounds, you audacious freak?"]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You take out your EMF Reader.//] What do you point at? [[Red rocking chair]] [[Retro tv]] [[Peculiar painting]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You take out your Ghoul-A-Roid Camera.//] What do you want to take a picture of? [[Red Rocking Chair]] [[Retro TV]] [[Peculiar Painting]]

//(text-colour:#868e96)[You press down on the camera button. After a bright flash that fills the entire room and a large "(text-colour:#ffec99)[click!]", a photo prints out...]// (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Hmm... Nothing interesting here. Just a dirty bed with more amplified stains on it. That won't do anything for us.] Go back (click-goto:"Go back","- Ghoul-A-Roid Camera")

//(text-colour:#868e96)[You press down on the camera button. After a bright flash that fills the entire room and a large "(text-colour:#ffec99)[click!]", a photo prints out...]// (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Hmm... Nothing interesting here. Just an empty dresser in which a few cockroaches have made a home in. That won't do anything for us.] Go back (click-goto:"Go back","- Ghoul-A-Roid Camera")

//(text-colour:#868e96)[You press down on the camera button. After a bright flash that fills the entire room and a large "(text-colour:#ffec99)[click!]", a photo prints out...]// (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Wow! Do you see that? It looks like there's a glowing (text-colour:#74c0fc)[blue aura] around the doll! This helps us a lot! Let's keep using our equipment and see what else we can find!] [[- Ouija Board]] [[- EMF Reader]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You point the EMF reader at the bed, but get no response..//] Go back(click-goto:"Go back","- EMF Reader")

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You point the EMF reader at the dresser, but get no response..//] Go back(click-goto:"Go back","- EMF Reader")

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You point the EMF reader at the doll and it immedietly shoots to an (text-colour:#ff6b6b)[EMF 5].//] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Whoa, cool! This thing definitely has some energy to it. Let's keep using our equipment and see what else we can find!] [[- Ouija Board]] [[- Ghoul-A-Roid Camera]]

//(text-colour:#868e96)[You press down on the camera button. After a bright flash that fills the entire room and a large "(text-colour:#ffec99)[click!]", a photo prints out...]// (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Hmm... Nothing interesting here. Just a red velvety chair. That won't do anything for us.] Go back (click-goto:"Go back","* Ghoul-A-Roid Camera")

//(text-colour:#868e96)[You press down on the camera button. After a bright flash that fills the entire room and a large "(text-colour:#ffec99)[click!]", a photo prints out...]// (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Hmm... Nothing interesting here. Just a plain TV. I was half expecting a girl with long, greasy hair to crawl out. I'm glad she didn't! Unfortunately, this photo won't do anything for us.] Go back (click-goto:"Go back","* Ghoul-A-Roid Camera")

//(text-colour:#868e96)[You press down on the camera button. After a bright flash that fills the entire room and a large "(text-colour:#ffec99)[click!]", a photo prints out...]// (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Jeepers! Do you see that? It looks like the expression on the painting turned from a neutral stare to a devilish grin! That can't be good! Still, this helps us a lot! Let's keep using our equipment and see what else we can find!] [[Ouija Board]] [[* EMF Reader]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You point the EMF reader at the rocking chair, but get no response..//] Go back(click-goto:"Go back","* EMF Reader")

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You point the EMF reader at the television, but get no response..//] Go back(click-goto:"Go back","* EMF Reader")

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You point the EMF reader at the painting and it immedietly shoots to an (text-colour:#ff6b6b)[EMF 5].//] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Whoa, cool! This thing definitely has some energy to it. Let's keep using our equipment and see what else we can find!] [[- Ouija Board]] [[- Ghoul-A-Roid Camera]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You place down the Ouija Board on the cold cement floor.//] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Alright, remember what I said: DON'T. BE. RUDE. We are in a very dangerous spot right now, and you cannot afford to piss off the spirit now... Go ahead, and ask them a RESPECTFUL question...] [["Why are you trapped?"]] [["If we go on a hot date, will you stop terrorizing this place?]] [["GET OUT OF HERE! NO ONE WANTS YOU HERE, YOU DAFT GHOUL!"]]

(text-colour:#868e96)[//You drop your backpack and sprint up the stairs, your footsteps thudding against the wood.//] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Hey, what are you doing?! Don't leave! We're so close! I need this money!!!] (text-colour:#868e96)[//Casper's words are muffled in your ears. You tear the GoPro off and bolt out of the house. The night air is brisk as you bust the front door down; freedom has never felt so relieving. You run past the company van that brought you to the cursed house, the driver of the van shaking his head. He's seen this plenty of times before.//] (text-colour:#868e96)[//You eventually made it home safe, free from any spiritual attachments or possessions. However, the next morning, you received a letter in the mail from Scared Sheetless Co.™, firmly and quite vulgarly expressing their disappointment in your "fleeing of the scene" and will not be compensating you for any time and emotional stress caused by your investigation.//] [[Game Over]]

(text-colour:#eebefa)[Hey, author here. Thank you for playing, even if you went the cowardly route! Hey, I don't blame you. I wouldn't have even gone in the first place. But maybe you wanna try and finish the honorable route? Or at least complete the game the "right" way? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯] Try again? (click-goto:"Try again?","Hello!")

//(text-colour:#868e96)[You watch as the planchet slowly moves its way around the board, spelling out to you:]// (text-colour:#ffa8a8)["L-O-N-E-L-I-N-E-S-S"] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[Damn... That's so sad. Usually, we just assume that any angry ghost is just a demon or a bitter old dude who nobody cares about, but she's just a lonely lady! Maybe you can try asking her how you can help her?] [["Is there anything I can do to help you?"]]

(text-colour:#d0ebff)[WHAT? Why would you ask that?! Do you seriously think that's going to-] //(text-colour:#868e96)[To your surprise, the planchet slowly moves to yes. You blink, feeling the air grow lighter. You look up in front of you and see the ghostly apparition of a woman. She's smiling at you, and it makes your heart flutter.]// (text-colour:#ffa8a8)["All I ever sought after was love. Loneliness is what has kept me trapped and miserable here. You have saved me from a cruel eternity. Thank you."] (text-colour:#868e96)[//Casper is stunned. You can only hear his heavy breathing.//] [[Date dat ghost!]]

(text-colour:#d0ebff)[You may actually be the dumbest person who has applied to this job. I'm not even going to be mad when this ghost rips you to shreds.] //(text-colour:#adb5bd)[The basement begins to violently shake, objects clattering to the floor. Amidst the chaos, an apparition of a woman appears. She looks pissed...]// (text-colour:#f03e3e)["How dare you speak to me with such insolence?!"] //(text-colour:#adb5bd)[Her voice booms and echoes across the room. The room shakes harder, knocking you to your knees.]// (text-colour:#d0ebff)["You're just like all the rest. To think I offered you grace by not slamming you into the wall the moment you walked in here... You will die here with me, and I will never let another investigator know peace ever again!"] //(text-colour:#adb5bd)[The last thing you feel is your head twist. You don't hear the sharp snap that follows. You don't feel your body hit the floor. You don't hear Casper's heavy sigh and "not again..."]// [[You are dead]]

(text-colour:#eebefa)[Hey, author here. Wow. Just wow. I'm surprised you got here. Did you do all that for the love of the game? Free will? I put in some really stupid, silly options for you to choose, and you chose to be a jerk? I had an option where you could date her. //DATE HER!// Isn't that what everyone wants?! Dating sims are all the rage now, and you chose //THAT//. Man... That's unique. Not only did you get yourself killed, but you also ruined every other life of potential investigators who would be much kinder than you and help poor Mary! Nice going...] <img src=https://i.pinimg.com/736x/77/bf/b8/77bfb8502259d9860a63174566adb572.jpg> (text-colour:#eebefa)[ Wanna try again and be a DECENT PERSON this time?] Try again? (click-goto:"Try again?","Hello!")

//(text-colour:#868e96)[Somehow, you manage to set up a romantic (or at least, as romantic as you can make it) setting at the coffee table in the living room. Her ghostly figure sits across from you, and somehow, despite being cold and gone for centuries, color is in her cheeks. ]// //(text-colour:#868e96)[You two share a nice "dinner" of half of a granola bar you had stuffed in your pocket. You caught her up on everything she missed the past hundred years, and she told you tales of olden times, while Casper had to awkwardly third-wheel. ]// //(text-colour:#868e96)[As you could imagine, a paranormal investigation has never ended this way before. You were paid handsomely by Scared Sheetless Co.™ and by various news stations that covered you and Mary's story. You retired at age 25, and now you and Mary are living a very lavish life in Kokomo. ]// [[The End!]]

(text-colour:#eebefa)[Hey, author here. What a great ending, huh? Thanks, I wrote it myself at two in the morning. ☺︎ I hope you enjoyed playing, and I applaud you for getting this sweet ending with Mary. It is exactly what I would've done. Want to play again? You won't find an ending as nearly good as this one, but it may be fun for you to see the others!] Try again?(click-goto:"Try again?","Hello!")

//(text-colour:#868e96)[You watch as the planchet slowly moves its way around the board, spelling out to you:]// (text-colour:#ffa8a8)["C-O-M-P-A-N-I-O-N"] (text-colour:#d0ebff)[A companion, huh? Well... I don't know how we can help with that.] //(text-colour:#868e96)[An idea comes to you. You always wore a necklace that carried the ashes of your beloved pet frog, Mary Jane, who was appropriately named after your love of... Spider-Man characters... You figured, if it would work, you could sprinkle some of Mary Jane's ashes and leave her as a companion for her.]// //(text-colour:#868e96)[You take the necklace off, unscrewing the lid, and sprinkle some of the ashes in front of you. Suddenly, a ghostly woman reveals herself to you, and in her hand, you see your beloved pet frog, Mary Jane. The woman is smiling down at Mary Jane, and Mary Jane, although lacking human expression, seems to be smiling back at her.]// (text-colour:#ffa8a8)["All I ever sought after was love. Loneliness is what has kept me trapped and miserable here. You have saved me from a cruel eternity. I can move on now. Thank you."] [[Watch her go]]

//(text-colour:#868e96)[The woman nuzzles her cheek against Mary-Jane's froggy face and slowly rises up from the ground. She looks to you and gives you one last grateful smile before disappearing.]// (text-colour:#d0ebff)[What. The. Hell. //What// was that? //Why// was that? I need a new job.] //(text-colour:#868e96)[With Mary now moved on, you and Casper consider this investigation solved. The next morning, you receive a check in the mail for a whopping $50.]// //(text-colour:#868e96)[666-Don't-Go-In-There Avenue is renamed to 666 Mary Jane Avenue, and now exists as a sanctuary for frogs, because that happens in real life.]// [[The end]]

(text-colour:#eebefa)[Hey, author here. You got the good ending! Congrats! I hope you enjoyed playing this. I had a great time making it. Just for fun, for being kind to Mary, I have a trophy of sorts for you!] [[Claim your trophy]]

<img src=https://caysspot.neocities.org/988832F4-687B-4F61-90EB-7B4B48C9EC12.png height="300px" width="auto"> (text-colour:#eebefa)[Great job, Night Scout. Thank you for playing!] Play again?(click-goto:"Play again?","Hello!")