Panda 2024/11/12(Tue)02:36 No. 1099652 ID: 5c76ef
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This is obviously a ghost, you're sure of that fact. After months you've finally found what you were looking for and in the moment you're a little lost for what to ask. You have so many questions and asking them in rhyme is even harder.

"Dude come on you have to rhyme it, why are you fighting this so hard?"
You raise your voice.
"Ignore this guy he's really lame,
He doesn't want to play your game,
But really what I want the most
Can you to prove that you're a ghost?
Do you know whose arm this is
and... uh..."

While you think up a rhyme Nathan picks up a rock and throws it to settle the debate.
"Get the hell out of here, asshole. Final warning before I break out the cuffs."
There's a second of silence before it strikes the skull with a loud, hollow thock.

Panda 2024/11/12(Tue)02:36 No. 1099653 ID: 5c76ef
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On reflex you scream in Nathan's face. It was meant sounds more imposing but it came out as more of an annoying squeal. "What is your fucking problem? You always do stuff like this, you're the worst."

"Me? You're the one ruining crime scenes and fucking around with shitty pranks. Are you trying to get me fired? Some of us have responsibilities Riley. Do you know what that is? Responsibility?"

"Do you?" You throw it back at him. "I feel like I'm the only one trying to figure out what happened to Penny. You're too busy playing officer asshole to--"

"Shut. The fuck. Up." His voice is less angry but still talks over you. He speaks at you with authority. "I'm so tired of hearing you talk about this shit. [/i]Everybody[i] in town is tired of hearing you talk about this shit. Just let her die already. Is this some weird guilt trip or something?"

"I saw her dude!! She's alive or a ghost or something and what if we can help? Wouldn't you want to help her?"

He doesn't have an answer.


The ghost ignores your argument and picks up the rock to inspects it. Unimpressed it drops the stone to the floor and turns back to you.
"My time now is thin with the light's return
A complaint new friends, my requests you spurn
An answer I'll give to a question you please
But give me food, for now you tease."

Food, huh?
...is there somewhere nearby we can get some food that isn't attached to a person?

Do we still have the sticky bun we can feed it with?

Oh yeah we have the sticky buns. Give the ghost some buns in exchange for information.

>>1099653
Buns i have and i shall share
Because our lives you chose to spare
Our question we shall surely make
As you feast upon my cake
I must assure i talk of food
And nothing even slightly lewd
I am a young lady of class
These are baked goods, theyre not my ass.

Someone think of a question quick, i burned out my thinky parts rhyming

Toss ‘em the bunbag and ignore Riley.

Apologies and buns for you,
In trade for answer straight and true.
To cut it quick, a simple tell,
What’s going on here, what the hell?

Or if you want a ghost to find someone Spirited away, replace the last two with:

Snack on those, there should be many,
Now please tell, how to find Penny?

Panda 2025/01/12(Sun)11:31 No. 1102209 ID: 5c76ef
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Oh my goooood, yes you doooo totally have a whole bag full of food! Wow this is like the perfect opportunity to use it. What wonderful foresight you have.

"Where were you keeping those?" Nathan has comments. "Were you planning to eat what... ten pastries for dinner? Where did you even get those?" It's probably best to not share that story, he doesn't need to know you stole them.

If you can help it you don't want to get any closer to the ghost. With how much gusto are you 'tossing' this bag?

A lot of gusto. Make the ghost turn around to go get the food, that way you can both run away. Oh, make sure to throw the food THROUGH the ghost so the jackass idiot cop sees that it is in fact a ghost.

Hey weren't you supposed to take a picture of a ghost or something? Should probably do that now.

Medium gusto, you don’t want to paste the pastries.

Make sure the bag is shut tight, don't want any to spill out when you toss it.

Agreed.
Medium gusto.
Show enthusiasm but not aggression.
Follow up with fingerguns and a wink.
Saying "kerchow" only if you need bonus points for being the life and soul of cedar ridge.

Throw it at Nathan
tell the monster he has them
as they target Nathan, use that distraction to run!

Only throw one at a time! You don't want to throw all of it at once and then be empty-handed if it comes back.

Shout rhymes at it with each one.

>Run away run away, very hasty!
>Spirit go and grab this pastry!
>
>Take this bun with sticky icing!
>Fuck off with your spooky geist-ing!

And so on.

>If you can help it you don't want to get any closer to the ghost.
I mean... you COULD certainly get close, it'd very much verify the Spooks. Also probably a good way to seem a bit more respectful/avoid a ghost's shitlist?

But more importantly, it ensures THE GOODS remain intact and unsquished, which is VITAL.

(Also be sure to ask if it has any potential ghost allergens and/or poisons by chance.)

Panda 2025/01/21(Tue)18:55 No. 1102679 ID: 5c76ef
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Ah! Oh no! You don't have a camera. Here's a perfect ghost opportunity you're squandering.

Next time you see Avery you'll have to let her know about this, but proof would have been way better!

Panda 2025/01/21(Tue)18:56 No. 1102680 ID: 5c76ef
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Restraining yourself from throwing the bag at Nathan you give it a good 'hup'.
The bag sails into the darkness an unknowable distance (maybe ten feet) and landing. The clap of pastry hitting concrete echoes down the street.

"Ho fuck? What delight!" Giving up on the rhyming scheme the beast happily picks a smashed bun from the ground. Its bony fingers disappearing each into its cape before it picks at another.

"If it's not a costume, what isit?" Nathan sounds angry, but when doesn't he.

"It's a--"

It's one of them Wendigglers!

its above your pay grade. Get to a phone and call for backup.

It's a merry lewd or some shit. They're welsh, the name is spelled stupid.

>>1102680
Mari Lwyd. Now let's get away from it.

...actually it might be more of a Wendigo.

>>1102680
We think its a mari lywd.
Like most cryptids and mythological species of wales it was named in the early days of their language and like most words was struck heavily by the great vowel famine.

Mary Lewd? Never heard of her. That's some forest-ghost-creature with what looks like a cow skull, right? You think you remember someone telling you a ghost story about those when you were younger. Beefula, wasn't it? The Moon Milker?

It's just Shane in disguise

Panda 2025/01/23(Thu)02:49 No. 1102717 ID: 5c76ef
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You're having a difficult time remembering its name.
"It's a uh, Wendiggler. Obviously. Come on you should know that." You try to sound confident to make the lie more believable and scribble it in your journal with your permanent marker.

"Yeah whatever. You just made that up on the spot."

+100 EXP for finding and naming the creature.

"The dark is over, my time has arrived."
The Wendiggler, as it will be forever named from now on, turns to you.
"As thanks for the treats we will share with you what we know, a single question is yours to ask."
It feels like it's given up on the rhyming now that it has your food.

Where is the owner of that severed arm?

>a single question is yours to ask.
Is there a particular place it lives/hangs out at? Is it open to visits maybe? (Especially if we bring snacks)

How do you beat the Gingerbread Man in Shrek: Fairy Tale FreakDown?

>>1102717
Nnhh.
Urge to be an irreverent smartass and show off in front of people
Fighting
With
Genuine need for information!

The arm.
We need to know who it came from and who severed it.
If we ask "whos is it?" This cheeky bun muncher will answer "yours" or "no bodies" or some other tricky answer.

>>1102726
OHHH GOOD IDEA smart idea support

Can I introduce you to my friend, Dr. Avery?

WHY was there a severed arm back there. did YOU do that?

Panda 2025/03/19(Wed)04:04 No. 1105087 ID: 5c76ef
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You jump at the opportunity. "How do you beat the Gingerb-"

Nathan is already barking over you with a question of his own:
"Where is the person the arm belongs to?"

"Aw man that's a way better question."

In response the creature points a bony finger to the hills northeast of town.

"For many moons the forests have emptied, one by one voices go quiet. Tonight the chorus grows."

"Weird and cryptic. Not super helpful." Nathan poops on the party."I liked it better when you rhymed, at least that was fun."

Panda 2025/03/19(Wed)04:05 No. 1105088 ID: 5c76ef
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I'm sorry Riley, she's dead.

>>1105088
...I don't think we want to investigate that while it's still dark. We should go.

Respond with a NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

"...Can you put her soul in my boob?"

>>1105088
Dont let that hit you just yet riley.
You need to hyperfocus for just one moment.

Need to remember exactly where you are standing.
Everything around you so you can get back to this exact spot in daylight.
Then all we have to do is remember:
"Two small one tall"
Its like a rifle sight aimed right at that flash of light.
Thats a direction.
A compass would give us a reading to follow in the trees and we'd need...
Oh god.
Shes dead.

Home sounds good right now. Home. Lights on. Lots of blankets.

>>1105099
Time to stress/comfort eat when we get home as we lost all our pastries

>>1105087
This is awesome. You can tell all your bandmates about it. Hopefully you aren't too late for practice.

Panda 2025/04/03(Thu)23:11 No. 1105771 ID: 5c76ef
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NoooOOoooOOoo
You are **so** late for band practice.

>>1105771
On the plus side, you have the BEST excuse ever.

Panda 2025/04/03(Thu)23:14 No. 1105774 ID: 5c76ef
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You try to leave, maybe they're still waiting for you, but Nathan holds you back with his sweaty hand.
You smack it away before he can grab you again.

"I'll let you and your friend go, if you promise me you didn't touch anything." He's still mad about the arm as if there isn't a ghost hanging out over here. "I'm serious Riley."
All things considered it's a kind offer from a guy whose nuts you kicked.

Bright car lights sting your eyes, looks like company's on the way. Better to get out of here before more losers show up.

>>1105774
Yeah you totally promise you didn't poke the arm.

>>1105774
Promiseeedidntthankyoubyenow

Then abscond before whoever that is in the car has your features etched into their memory.

Pinky promise! Wait, do you have pinkies?

>>1105774
Of course you didn't. Maybe some bird came down and took something off it, but that makes you in possession of stolen goods at most, and you can't be held liable for the behavior of some animal, even if it talks.

>>1105774
Is that a racoon person to the side of you in a dumpster spying on you?

>>1105771
Do you have a cousin named rigby?

Panda 2025/09/20(Sat)23:08 No. 1114098 ID: 440577
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"Promiseeedidntthankyoubyenow." Eager to get the heck out of here you stumble over your words.

"Here-" Nathan thrusts the flashlight into your hands before you can scurry away into the dark. "In case your friends in the costume show up again." He says it sarcastically, he thinks you're stupid.

Going home in the dark would suck, even with your good vision. Look at how blue things are, you can't see shit.

He turns away from you to wave to the oncoming car, when it stops the sound of its old hand break echoes in the street. You're already getting the heck out of there.

+1 Flashlight

Panda 2025/09/20(Sat)23:08 No. 1114099 ID: 440577
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The fuzz get here but they're too late to catch you. Sherrif Murphey swaggers up to the scene like he owns the place.
"Photo guys are right behind, did we miss something?"

Nathan considers the question.
"No."

Panda 2025/09/20(Sat)23:10 No. 1114100 ID: 440577
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The walk back home is short and in that time your adrenaline has worn off. It's cold without your jacket.

NoooOOoooOOoo
You are so late for band practice. You don't have a key, but you're not sleeping in the grass again so you'll need to find a way inside.

There's probably a spare key around here somewhere...

You don’t need no stupid key, just throw another rock at your window to break it and get in. If anyone says anything, tell them you’ve heard people’s windows were getting broken, as it happened at the trailer park too

Check under the mat and above the doorframe. Look for any fake rocks a key could be hidden in, or maybe even check the lawn ornaments.

under the mat is too obvious
but what about taped to the bottom of the mat?

>>1114100
look for open window first or just knock beacuse the lights are on

Check with the Suspiciously Menacing Flamingo first, maybe he's got you covered?

Try not to consider the fact that, in the darkness like this, it's a little (LOT) more menacing than the spooky ghost lady.


At least that one didnt have eyes to STARE AT YOU in the way only a Horrible (Plastic) Bird can...

>>1114107
Inside that horrors mouth or under his platform would be a great place to hide a spare key.

Lights are on, is anyone home?

You don't need to hunt for keys or break windows. Do you hear music? Are they practicing without you? Just bang on the door. Someone's in there. If there's no one to hear you beating on the door there's no reason to go in there anyway.

Panda 2025/10/15(Wed)00:05 No. 1115071 ID: 12b6d2
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You've always hated that flamingo. It's ominous, like it's judging you.

Panda 2025/10/15(Wed)00:06 No. 1115072 ID: 12b6d2
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Suspiciously menacing.

Panda 2025/10/15(Wed)00:06 No. 1115073 ID: 12b6d2
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You take out your frustrations on something that can't fight back, squeezing the life out of its weird staring eyes.

Panda 2025/10/15(Wed)00:07 No. 1115074 ID: 12b6d2
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A key tumbles out of it and hits you on the toe. Jackpot.

+1 HOUSE KEY

Panda 2025/10/15(Wed)00:08 No. 1115075 ID: 12b6d2
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You're so glad to be back in a panel that isn't blue.

There's no music, and the only light still on is in the kitchen. As far as you can tell you're home alone.

Your body's telling you it's time for sleep. Best to finish this day sooner than later.

Before that, your stomach grumbles. You haven't eaten all day and are s t a r v i n g. If you don't eat now tomorrow's going to suck.

Where's the food?

>You haven't eaten all day

yeah you did: https://questden.org/kusaba/quest/res/1044452.html#1070235

take a handful of whatever is left in your pet's food dish.

>>1115075
Damn, bitch, you live like this?

Uh.
I mean, yeah.
Food.
Late night snacks.
Something simple, yet a match for you refined taste and elegant manners.
Cereal.
From the box.
Boner ape tits.

Munch that raw instant ramen. You know you have some, and that you can't be bothered to do any cooking.

Dig in your house full of wood shavings to see if you can find any food pellets that scattered from your dish. Then lick repeatedly at your giant hamster bottle to wash it down.

>>1115122
Id done the "damn bitch" comment cause at first i thought it was a junk strewn room.

Eventually twigged it was a perspective of her pet hamster or whatever rodent she keeps, but had already pressed enter so... eh.
Its probably a messy floor anyway.

How dead is your hamster?

Bummer. Missed band practice entirely, huh? ...Assuming those drums aren't going to leer dramatically out of the shadows and assault you.

Panda 2025/12/16(Tue)01:10 No. 1119119 ID: 5c76ef
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You can't hear anyone, that's a pretty good sign you're alone. Shane is not a quiet person. Looks like you're too late. It's not even your fault!

This isn't a hamster, they're rats. And they're the food: the actual pet is in this one.

Grant has a cool snake.
Well it's pretty cool. It doesn't know any tricks or anything. Actually it's a little boring. Snakes spend a lot more time sleeping than you expected, but you got to feed it once!

Grant doesn't let you touch it.

Panda 2025/12/16(Tue)01:11 No. 1119120 ID: 5c76ef
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There's proably something in the kitchen!

Cereal is a good idea, there's always cereal! It's better than wood shavings.
You keep a box of the super-sugary stuff in the cupboard.
There's also some good stuff in the top of the fridge but Grant doesn't let you touch that.

The kitchen is cold and quiet, the hum of the fridge is all the company you have. The rude word art you left on the fridge this morning has been meddled with to hold up a note.

>>1119120
read note

note!

hug note, read tom

Read note!

>>1119120
Consume cereal.
Read note.
Up your rude art game by instead shaping the magnets into a penis.
If theres enough, go for a full dong collage.

Oh no, more blue panels! D8

>>1119120
Read note then we can gorge our self and grow rotound and happy

Panda 2026/02/26(Thu)22:57 No. 1122664 ID: 436332
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The note is in Grant's handwriting.

"Drop off @ Bend
if ur not paying rent do chores
fill the fridge"

That's it.

Oh fuck, there's $20 on the back!

+20 dollars

That means you have uh... um... $27 and 75 cents. Largely in change.

Looks like band practice isn't happening after all, but you came out of this way richer. This is the richest you've been in months! Money helps distract from the sadness.

New quest:
Fill the fridge

Panda 2026/02/26(Thu)22:58 No. 1122665 ID: 436332
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Ah, Bunther's Booty. This cereal is banned in three states, which only makes it more alluring. Knowing you're breaking some rule somewhere makes it taste better. But that's probably all the sugar.

Your mom has a thing for Bunther; it's probably the uniform. You don't see it personally, but your dad won't allow it in the house because of it.

Panda 2026/02/26(Thu)23:00 No. 1122667 ID: 436332
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You have a bad habit of eating only the marhmallow bits. Digging your hand in your rustle about to and find any but unfortunately they're all gone. Leaving you with a box of dry, grain cereal.

This is barely food. There's probably more nutrition in the carboard box.

Whatever. It's something at least. You'll make yourself a bowl.


Going to end the night after this. If there's anything you want to do before then say your piece before we move to day 2.

Those letters on the fridge are in perfect position to spell a obviously fun word

arrange it to say "BUST" and then take the extra T with you. You never know when a "T" will come in handy later

After cereal is done, put the box of Bunther's Booty (part of this complete breakfast) in the fridge to finish the fill fridge quest and then go to bed.

You have a friend outside the window. Wave back.

>>1122667
You need to eat all of it so you can buy more for the marshmallows, its less food by food so you need to eat more of it, you know you can do it, if you like pour sugar on it or Melt butter ontop.
Perhaps boiling it into a porrage with a small bit butter, whipped cream, milk and a pinch of Artificial Vanilla sugar boiling it up then getting it stay warm on the lower two heat settings while sitting for 4 minutes as the grain soaks it up.
Its about exactly one and a half amount of grain by volume that is the added fluid

>>1122688
Stirring not sitting stir always when Heating so this should take in total 6 minutes

>>1122667
Dig deep.
There could be a booty themed prize.

Ensure you arrange the fridge magnets in the rudest phrase available. Butts seems like a low hanging fruit though.

Need to think about how to make those 17 bucks stretch to fill a fridge.
What?
Fifteen percent service charge is fair. And you aint spending your own hard earned cash, are you?

Cost effective foods:
Rice, beans, maybe milk (by volume per dollar), raw ingredients like sugar or flour, raw vegetables

>>1122695
Means we can make out own bread and pastry dough the two food groups also beans surprisingly Good on toast

I don't see baking turning out well. Better to get food that's simple to cook.

Rice and beans are cheap yeah, but don't forget store bought bread and pasta. Eggs tend to be affordable (even in this fucked up economy) and sometimes groceries have short-lived sales to get rid of food that's about to expire; you can take advantage of that. Might even be possible to find someone selling bruised or unattractive produce at a steep discount.

Panda 2026/06/24(Wed)03:47 No. 1128519 ID: 00d6ee
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> Fill the fridge with cereal

That's a fantastic idea. Kill two birds with one stone: get rid of your shitty cereal and earn $20.

You fill the fridge with BUNTHER'S BOOTY. Easy. Quest complete.
+2 EXP for a job "well done."

Panda 2026/06/24(Wed)03:48 No. 1128520 ID: 00d6ee
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The concrete floor isn't very comfortable but you've had rougher nights, after all that running aroung sleep comes hard and fast and before you know it, it's morning.

Day 2.

It's raining heavily, you can hear it beating off the garage walls. Along with the sounds of your stomach, you're HUNGRY and a little bitch about it.
Today is another day of GHOST HUNTING. You have a few places you can visit but before you decide where to go you should get dressed and find some food.

There's a pile of clothes around here somewhere... what's good for rainy weather?

A raincoat, if you have one. The one available is whatever color you'd find most embarrassing, though.
Maybe jeans. Boots. Maybe an umbrella, though that takes a hand.

Uh... are your boobs smaller?

Swipe some clothes from Grant’s dresser. It’s about time you wear something not so itchy and smelly, and avoid another day of doing laundry. Be sure to get clothes from the bottom of the pile too, so he doesn’t notice it missing right away.

>>1128532
Yep yep.
Its the considerate thing to do cause he would put his least favorite at the bottom.

Check hand bite.
Need to make sure its not infected.