The Asylum

[Asmiley]

thought I'd stop in for a spot of tea but I'm really too tired so hugs and goodnight ^_^

[chrispenycate]

Chronic Phantom

You expect ghosts to be malevolent, excessive personalities. After all, there has to be a fairly serious reason why they’ve not moved on, right? Normally revenge, justice, a bequest – heavy, dark motivations.

So the revenant I met in the Asylum was not exactly what I was expecting.

“I wasn’t finished,” he – I’ll assume it was a ‘he’, although, as with the majority of chronics, there was no way of telling – he intoned. I was posting in ‘workshop’ when I felt a sudden, searing pain; massive embolism I suspect. Then, as it passed, I tried to finish my post, but my finger went through the keyboard. You know, that is even more frustrating than ‘Firefox cannot contact the site you are seeking; perhaps Brian is having problems with attackbots. Please try later.’?”

“Nothing is more frustrating than that, when you’ve prepared a long critique in ‘quote’, and not saved it anywhere. Certainly not death.” I’m as compulsive as any ghost.

“You could be right. Anyway, I couldn’t move on leaving that unfinished, could I? So here I was tied to the place I died, but not to where my body was, but where I really was, on the Chrons.”

“And very nice it is to have you here. We really need a resident ghost for the atmosphere, and you’re better adapted to the environment than some mediaeval shrieker.

“I suppose I ought to give you a chance to move on, though where you expect to go that's better than here, I don't know. In fact, if I die I'd like to join you here. Could you perhaps dictate your post to me, and I'll type it in for you?”

“I'm not sure I want to go either, but it's like an itch you can't get to to scratch. Well, I'd got this most splendid rhyme for…”

[The Ace]

The Hauptmann wanders in and beckons the new ghost to follow.

[HoopyFrood]

Originally Posted by The Ace

Being a vegetarian, she's already the only dragon ever to flame at both ends but if that's the way you feel.......

Er...what?

*Notices she's clutching a chilli. Flicks it away onto the carpet, then hops down, scrabbles up onto the kitchen counter and goes to rummages for some biscuits*

[The Ace]

Stands on the chilli, scoops up and bins whats left and then hops to the gents'.

"You're supposed to eat something that you aren't supposed to touch, never let the juice near your eyes and never swallow the seeds. I know I'm mad but the rest of the world seems to be catching up."

[HoopyFrood]

Rarely eat anything with chilli in. Can't recall ever preparing one. No fan of anything past rather mild hotness/spice.

[Werewoman]

Darn. I was gonna eat that! With gloves of course.

Howdy, all.

Septimus, a cup of hot green tea, please. No more coffee, all the caffeine is agravating my hot flushes.

Hey Ace, where'd Freda get off to in her tin hat?

[The Ace]

Emerges, "Yup, tastes like sh*t, evening Hoopy."

[HoopyFrood]

Didn't know gloves made a tasty side dish.


I am a big fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers, i shall add.

[The Ace]

Last I looked, she was getting Tangle out of a tree, again. They'll be in shortly.

[Frontierzone]

*Wanders in, as if lost*

[The Ace]

"HI FZ, grab a pew, just not the fireside rug." Indicates Freda and Tangle crashed out there.

[Frontierzone]

Hi. *Stands next to the nearest wall, due to poor circulation, and having sat too long. Sips his coffe, and daydreams.*

[Asmiley]

so what's going on tonight?

[HoopyFrood]

Wayhey.

Someone come keep me awake. I don't think I should sleep yet.

Anyone?