1st Adventure

[forever_cheery]

[Action1 : 921 Bilko Blvd. Waking up is awfully strange, especially when you don't sleep. Aurora Belle sits up in the bed for a few moments, blinking in confusion. Everything around her was solid, as well. Was this some new fancy house in the Afterlife? They certainly never had pajamas before there. Or sleeping people.

Speaking of. Poke poke, sleeping man. There's a lovely new wife for you to wake up to.]

Hello! Hi. Um. I have a lot of questions for you, if you don't mind.

[After that, it's off to explore the house. She'll be gawking at the photos, poking the appliances, and generally touching anything and everything like it is all shiny, new and novel. This will lead to a phone call to everyone! There's a clattering sound as the receiver hits the ground.]

Oh no! Did I break it? What... How do these things work again? [Insert the sound of the receiver being fiddled with.]


[Later, Action 2: Aurora has taken to the streets to explore her surroundings. Despite any warnings she may have been given, she looks like she's having a grand old time. She looks positively giddy as she comes upon the park. She'll be stopping whoever passes by to share her joy with.]

Isn't. This. AMAZING? I had no idea that the sun felt like this! Or that the air smelled like this! [She breathes in and lets out a deep breath.] And that breathing is so easy! You don't even have to think about it or anything! Or blinking, either! Or a lot of things! Hey, do you think I can climb that tree?

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[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

Hmm. So they can turn me into a ghost again? Oh no, but that means people won't see me anymore!

[ooeeooahah]

Some of us might be able. [ Ilsa shrugs ] Don't know if you would be the same as the others I've met. My grandparents said it was hard for them to appear to people who weren't family.

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

Oh, so you can? That's really rare, you know! A lot of kids can, but they grow out of it, I think.

[ooeeooahah]

My grandparents died ten years before I was born, but I grew up with them being a part of the family. Maybe that's why I can see the ones that aren't hiding.

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

How fascinating! That they stayed on Earth like that for so long... Some ghosts choose that, though, if they're lucky enough to find their loved ones, I think.

[ooeeooahah]

There's a few that have been around for longer in the area around my hometown, but some are there because they are guardians, [ she smiles and wrinkles her nose, ] and some stick around just out of sheer meanness.

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

[She snickers.] I know some who are like that. One of my friends is always threatening to become a poltergeist or something, but he's too much of a scardy-cat for that.

[ooeeooahah]

Yeah, you have to not flinch to be that noisy.

[ She tilts her head. ]

Have you eaten yet today?

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, I haven't eaten at all yet. And I mean at all! Oh, oh, where can I get food in this town?

[ooeeooahah]

C'mon, we'll go over to the Achewood Bakery for a snack. It's quiet enough we can talk, and the pastries aren't too bad, just bland. Might be best for your first food in decades?

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

Pastries? That sounds great. Sure, then!

[ooeeooahah]

[ Ilsa leads Aurora to the cafe side of the bakery, and springs for snacks. ]

Now, take it slow, you might need to get used to food.

[ While she eats, Ilsa fills her in on the vagaries of Mayfield, expanding on the pamphlet, and marking the current healing spots on the map. ]

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

[She will thank Ilsa for the food, take a tentative taste, and her face lights up. Love at first bite.

As she listens, though, worry slowly takes over her expression.]

This all does sound pretty overwhelming... It's nice of you to help me out, though.

[ooeeooahah]

Just trying to help out. I'm one of the medical people that the town doesn't recognize.

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

Won't recognize? Are you a doctor?

[ooeeooahah]

I'm a psychiatrist, but because I'm female the town does not acknowledge that. It's not even historically accurate, but [ she shrugs ] I keep a trauma kit at the house, in case you can't make it to the church or the hospital.