Game Log "ghosts p1"

Week 2 – Day 3

As the group sat around together at lunchtime they talked about what project they should pursue next for the Occult club. The subject of ghosts came up and they determined to look into the club flies that afternoon once school was done.

The case that seemed most interesting was the near constant reports of ghost sightings from the near by no-habitation zone. Aside from the few main media stories; which included blurry photos and video of ghosts in the ruins, there were dozens of reports and over one hundred rumors about strange things. The club had quite a file on it all, including the investigation report from club members a few years ago who went into the ruins looking for ghosts. They had found a few, but were unable to deal with them in any meaningful way. “The ghosts at first seemed scary, but when we did not run, it was they who did.”

After some talk about how to proceed, it is decided to go visit Dr Watt and borrow a few radiation suits and rad-counters. The outer area of the no-habitation zone was known to be safe enough, but towards the middle there were dangerous levels of radiation.

So it was late afternoon, about an hour before dark, when the group entered the zone. They put on their protective suits, a lengthy task because no one had any real experience with such equipment, then they started walking towards the center.

In the outer area of the zone, things had been scavenged over the years. Some homeless lived there. Deeper in there was the yellow “caution radiation” line, beyond which it was hazardous in a long term kind of way. Those scavengers who were desperate or well equipped often crossed that line. About 250m beyond that were the red “extreme danger” signs. This was there area that looked so very spooky because it had been untouched for almost 20 years. Most things were just as they had been on the day the bomb exploded.   

It was here that the group met a few ghosts, about 10 of them. They screamed and howled; trying to frighten off the intruders. But the group held fast, hiding within a magic circle of protection. One of the ghosts, who seemed to be the leader, spoke briefly with Sainen. Then the rocks began to fly.

The group was in real trouble. Terra had passed out, Kimi and Shine were alternating between being frozen with fear and wanting to run away, and Aoki had very little strength left to spend on her spells. The rocks of course were not deadly on their own, but each had a chance of ripping the radiation suits.

Fortunately Aoki cast a spell to scatter the spirits, temporarily forcing them to ‘go home’. Of course she fell unconscious as this was done with the last of her fatigue. So the group made its hasty exit from the zone, with Sainen carrying Terra and Anya carrying Aoki.

When they were safe and Terra regained consciousness, she called Professor Snape to make her report. “There is an army of ghosts in the ruins.”