ximilia | Video; UN: Wei Wuxian || Text; UN: jtd

[Even before the feed flickers into life, anyone literally anywhere in the sunlight room is probably aware that there is something going on thanks to one very shrill scream immediately followed by several minutes of panicked shouting. When the feed does flicker on, the view is oddly…tall? It's at height with the tops of the trees in the sunlight room which is because Wei Wuxian is making this post from the top of one of those trees.

The reason why becomes immediately obvious when he pans down to the familiar form of Jake barking up at him from the base of the tree. Jake's expression is partially obscured through the foliage, though a close study will find more fear in Jake's face than threat. Whatever he thinks he's looking at, it isn't Wei Wuxian.

Finally, the view shifts to Wei Wuxian who is wide eyed and panicked, his face completely bloodless as he holds onto the tree with one arm and gestures at Jake below with the other.]

Why? [He squeaks out in a desperate whisper, eyes darting back to Jake again before he lets out a soft whimper and returns his attention to the feed.]

Why is there a dog?

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[ Jake's post comes through almost simultaneously, text somehow communicating volume as much as his urgency. ]

I FOUND THE GHOST. I REPEAT, I FOUND THE GHOST. GOT IT UP A TREE IN THE SUNLIGHT ROOM. PLEASE ADVISE ON NEXT STEPS AND/OR EXORCISM.

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Very funny, guys. How long have you been planning this one?

[ Uncharacteristically, Finn remembers to switch to private for this message…he didn’t want to ruin the joke for the rest of the crew. ]

Jake, isn't it mean to be shouting up at a fellow crewmate? I think you're scaring him. Pretty badly.

crewmate?? kiddo this is a ghost, i've been seeing them around for WEEKS. they keep showing up in the corner of my eye, then wailing and disappearing into thin air!

that's GHOST behavior

seriously dude, you guys are geniuses; i can’t believe you didn’t let me in on this!

[ Does he feel a little earnestly left out of Jake’s first prank on the crew? Yes. ]

[Uncharacteristically of him, Wei Wuxian doesn't even bother with a private filter, far too distracted by the dog. He barely even registers Finn's words, only whimpering softly and closing his eyes.]

Planning...what? [What even are words anyway?]

To Wei Wuxian

Because he has a regret and he made a bargain? But at least he's retaining a fixed form.

To Jake

That sort of thing is my specialty, actually. But that isn't a ghost.

Jake, has anyone ever run from you screaming in fear before?

Because that's how I sound and look when I'm running away from something that scares me, and I'm not a ghost. Am I?

[Ryunosuke winces and blinks confusedly, the simultaneous arrival of both messages giving him a slight headache. What the HECK is happening here?

The video is more baffling, so he decides to go tackle that first:]

You mean Jake? I understand the stretching is more than a little bit alarming to experience at first, but you really don't have anything to fear from him.

[...Then again. He does have the man cornered up a tree.]

...At least, I don't think you do. I'd suggest messaging Finn.

[At Sabriel's words, he pales even more. Is she suggesting that the dog is an ORBER?]

IT'S A DOG!

[ Much like Wei Wuxian, Jake is simply feeling too ~~terrified~~ brave to keep up the filter. ]

what. are. you. TALKING ABOUT.

[ Oh, okay, we’re committing to the bit. ]

Oh, right, uh… [ Continuing, louder, as if for an audience, despite it being on the network ] I don’t know WHERE that dog came from, Wei Wuxian. You should be careful not to let it bite you!

[Literally every single word Ryunosuke just said is disconcerting. Every single one. He isn't going to ask about the stretching. He isn't. Fuck the stretching.]

but why is it HEREE?????

IT IS A GHOST!

[For one long moment, Wei Wuxian stares at Finn in horror. Then the moment passes and he turns his face into the tree, wraps both arms around it, and begins to cry.]

[ Don’t worry, bro, he’s in on it, he’s not going to blow your cover. ]

you mean to say that NO ONE told you about the station ghost???

[ Well that is all well and good, Ciri, but he's not looking for a life lesson on tolerance at this point in time! He is LOOKING for an EXORCIST. ]

i'm sure all sorts of bad bananas can look scared, kiddo, doesn't mean they won't suck your SOUL through your FACE HOLES, chew it UP, and then SPIT IT back into you!

[ Yes, he's still barking. It's a fear reaction, okay?? ]

Or shaped like one, at least. Don't worry, he doesn't bite! I'll just get a leash and... lead him away so you can get down.

I'm a necromancer and Wei Wuxian is my friend- I'd KNOW if he was a ghost. Besides, you thought I was a vampire, and I'm clearly not.

He's... Here for the same reason the rest of us are, I assume?

[Very pointedly correcting the pronoun, and then realizing he doesn't actually have an answer to that question.]

You could ask him? You do realize he can speak, right?

[ OUR MOTHER SHOULD'VE LEFT YOU IN THE WOODS, MERTENS ]

dude, why didn't YOU tell me?? how did you miss THAT when you told me about EVERY OTHER chucklehead who's ever broken wind in this ship??

IT CULTIVATED SENTIENCE?

[You tried, Ryunosuke.]

Hold on, I'VE never heard of a station ghost! Why is this the first I'm hearing about a station ghost!?!

im sorry, bro, i guess it slipped my mind… you should be careful though; i heard if you let it touch you it feels like you whole body got dipped in ice cold jello and it can suck you soul out in a SECOND

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