Anniversary special spin-off

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5/22

FilthyCassual:

Fuck yeah guys. Post-ritual breakdown incoming. Short version: yes, it works. I am a certified witch. I’d include a pic, but Willliam isn’t actually visible so it would just be my wall. We get enough trolls in here without bait like that.

Vrynn:

k... but like, where's the proof it DID work?

FilthyCassual:

STFU. Even if it was incarnated it would just be a cat pic.

Sylph:

I’d take a cat pic. Had a bad day. You were going for a ghost tho, right?

FilthyCassual:

Behold. Off topic cat pics.

https://www.pexels.com/search/cat/

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5/23

FilthyCassual:

I don’t know if it would have worked if it hadn’t been a FAMOUS place of ****. I live sorta near an old civil war battlefield. Good thing I attracted a union soldier. Even if he was a cool guy on the wrong side, can you imagine having a confederate soldier ghost as a familiar? So awkward.

Anyway, William can feed on blood but it’s not great. I feel hella woozy after I let him do that. What do I do?

DEFINITELYAWIZARD420:

You touch grass and accept that magic isn’t real.

SpectralSelkie:

You don’t bind a ghost to your soul without a plan for one thing. Yeesh. Like, is there a reason you didn’t go for a natural spirit instead? They are way easier to work with if you play to their nature.

CyrusTheGreat:

First, get his full name. You need to figure out anything you can about him. Ghosts can gain strength from being remembered. If you can identify the specific guy and maybe get a picture of him, you’ll be golden. Spend at least an hour a day looking into his life, really looking, and that’ll cover his dietary needs.

You might still need to feed him blood if you want to use him as a power source, but don’t do it more than once a day. Also don’t feed him a lot or you’ll hurt yourself. It’s the act of sacrifice that feeds him, a drop or two will do.

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5/26

FilthyCassual:

I am so fucking glad I’m not going to need to take an hour long train ride to work anymore. Metro fare keeps getting more expensive; I was hardly making any money.

SillyBilly:

For the thousandth time, stop stalking him. Seriously, gender flip this and you’d have a restraining order on your ass. Please stop.

FilthyCassual:

https://imgur.com/a/Xk9bwrA

Curtis could physically lift my entire body and throw me across the room. This is both hot, and nixes your gender flip logic. I’ll talk to him. I’m just waiting for the right time.

SillyBilly:

For four years? Also, where did you get that picture?

FilthyCassual:

Facenook. Anyway. I’m putting in for a transfer, but maybe I can get a better job closer to home? Anyone have any ideas?

SillyBilly:

All I know is that you’re a self declared witch and you’re stalking some guy. I don’t know any jobs that would take those qualifications to get in.

CyrusTheGreat:

They exist, but FC is just an amateur at both. A filthy casual, you could say.

FilthyCassual:

Cyrus. Please stop being cryptic.

CyrusTheGreat:

I’m allowed. Perk from being a mod.

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6/1

FilthyCassual:

Sooo is there any problem that’s likely to come from using **** charged energy to power a ritual? I’m crashing a party and I don’t want to risk ducking things up with bad vibes.

SillyBilly:

Love potions are ****. William, if you can read this, don’t help her.

FilthyCassual:

It’s just a good luck spell! I read Harry Potter! I’m not touching emotional magic!

CyrusTheGreat:

From your familiar? DM me the ritual and the context. It’s probably fine but mixing incompatible essences can backfire. Hard.

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6/3

FilthyCassual:

https://i.imgur.com/nN8wIID.jpg

Luck spell worked, nobody checked me at the door. Then again, maybe I’m just looking that hot. I’m gonna see if I can find him. I’m looking fab, tonight’s the night.

Sylph:

Go for it! You look great!

SpectralSelkie:

Way too goth. You will stand out so much next to sorority girls.

CyrusTheGreat:

Are you posting from GWU campus? FC do not use magic there. We posted the heat map for a reason.

RespectableStool:

2016 called and wants its eyebrows back

Vrynn:

Would

CyrusTheGreat:

FC? How’d it go? You there?

Vrynn:

She’s probably doing the dirty with that guy. Or kidnapped by demons or whatever. Idk. Whatever the heat map is supposed to warn about.

DEFINITELYAWIZARD422:

Yeah you definitely have to avoid the spoooooky upscale neighborhoods lol.

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6/3

FilthyCassual:

Vampires are real. Vampires are FUCKING REAL.

Sylph:

Fuck. What happened, girl?

DEFINITELYAWIZARD442:

Yeah and they killed Jefferson Goldstein.

FilthyCassual:

I was waiting for the perfect moment but I didn’t want to interrupt Curtis. He was mingling and stuff. Plus he seemed like he might be a little drunk. So anyway, this blonde guy started talking to him. They seemed to be hitting it off, so I thought he might have been from Curtis’s frat.

The two of them went off alone together, which seemed kinda weird. Curtis is pretty much 100% straight. It seemed weird but like. Curtis is a big guy, and he’s smart, and he’s nice. No one would want to hurt him. Right? They were probably running off so that the other guy could try to sell him a timeshare or something, but I didn’t want to lose track of Curtis so I asked William to keep an eye on him. Maybe if he was trapped in an awkward conversation I could step in and boom. I’m the cool girl who saved him from a sales pitch. Brilliant plan, me.

But then William came back and told me Curtis was being attacked by a demon? Like, getting actual words out of William is hard so I take him seriously when he talks. Well anyway, I walked into the side room and I found Curtis passed out on the floor with blonde guy gnawing on his neck. Wtf.

The rest of it is a blur. It’s like he teleported or something. Suddenly blonde guy was right up in my face and the door was locked behind me. William was screaming in my ear. Like. In a ghost way. So blondey told me that I found Curtis here sleeping off a hangover, I never saw anyone else in the room, and I should call an ambulance.

I went with it. The ambulance part at least seemed like it was worth doing. I forgot about the blonde guy until just now when I started writing and William started poking me. But like. Curtis barely had a pulse, even though the bites on his neck just vanished . So. Uh. I might have tried to heal him with magic. He did start breathing again.

MorosBot:

What did you do? Lives may be at stake. Give a complete answer, the mods have been notified and this thread has been moved to private.

FilthyCassual:

I did a basic evocation to call his soul and tried to put it back into his body. I know him super well, and it was the only thing I could think of that might work! I don’t know a healing ritual. Why don’t I know a healing ritual? A good person would learn a healing ritual before good luck.

He started breathing again, but he still seemed super out of it when the ambulance took him away. I told them I was his girlfriend so they’d let me stay with him. I’m in the waiting room right now.

CyrusTheGreat:

For what it’s worth you might have saved his life. The bad part is that you are not qualified to be pulling anything like this shit and you both might be in danger. Are you at the hospital on campus?

FilthyCassual:

Yes.

CyrusTheGreat:

Stay in public. Do not let ANYONE know you saw the blonde guy, and keep William quiet. You’re more useful to the vamps alive than dead right now, since you’re providing the cover story. Get a ride home with people you trust when you can. Can you think of ANY reason they might want Curtis dead on purpose?

Best case scenario it was a stupid accident while feeding and they’ll want to sweep the whole thing under the rug. If you’re very very lucky, even if they find out you used magic they’ll just be happy that they don’t need to cover up a **** at one of their mixers. If you aren’t lucky, they think you’re a bigger fish than you really are. This is why we tell sleepwalkers to stay out of DC.

FilthyCassual:

Can you help? Come look at him? You know about this stuff. I’m scared.

CyrusTheGreat:

There are so many reasons not to come within 100 miles of DC. I’m sorry. You can slip under the radar. I’d be risking my life. I’ll do what I can from here, but this is your mess. Just stay away from hot zones and people being targeted, and you should be fine. You should probably just go home and hope.

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6/4

FilthyCassual:

I know a lot of you guys told me to go home but I couldn’t get a ride and the metro shut down. Fml. I doubt I could have slept anyway.

So. Good news. Curtis is awake and he recognizes me. That’s good. He seems kinda out of it though. He keeps staring at the walls, and he looked confused when his parents got here.

His bitch girlfriend totally threw him under the bus, btw. She said he was drinking a ton; he had like… one glass. I think she maaay have thought he was cheating on her since the doctor said his girlfriend was staying with him.

Parents were cool; I said I claimed to be his girlfriend so I could stay with him. They didn’t chase me off after that, so maybe I have mom and dad approval?

SillyBilly:

Just got caught up. Now excuse me, but are you telling me you’re in a room with a big dude that might be fucking possessed? Would William be able to beat the devil out of him if shit goes down?

DEFINITELYAWIZARD452:

GHOST FIGHT! GHOST FIGHT!

CyrusTheGreat:

Don’t try it, especially not after a heavy magic day. Ffs I told you to get out of there, not play house.

FilthyCassual:

I think I saw him looking at William. Like. Directly at him. I barely know where William is half the time. Should I be worried?

SpectralSelkie:

CyrusTheGreat:

The good news is that it doesn’t rule out any of the more favorable options. A lot of people crack their third eye after a near **** experience. Fuck, just knowing for certain that magic is real can do that.

Unfortunately, just about all of the options where he’s possessed would also let him sense ghosts at least a little. Keep an eye on him, try not to let him know you suspect anything.

FilthyCassual:

You’re right. This is my mess and I’ll be the one to fix it. If it needs fixing.

SillyBilly:

If you are doing this because you still want in his pants SO HELP ME I WILL DRIVE TO DC AND THROTTLE YOU.

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This is the start of a fun little side story I intend to update in batches when I have an arc ready to go, not unlike my Testing the Skyblock story. Don’t expect frequent updates, but I intend to do at least one continuation in the next few weeks. I might also move it to the core story.