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Context: Your old home has come under a new owner, and you’ve been watching him for a while. But you’re pretty sure you’ve spooked him with your clumsiness: knocking things over and all that, so you decide to try and speak with him…
Tags: [Human Speaker] [Ghost Listener] [TW: Mentions of Death] [Wholesome] [Strangers to Friends] [Platonic]
Monetization: Feel free to record and monetize this script as long as I am prominently credited! You may change any pronouns or names as you see fit to fit your personal needs and/or preferences! Best recorded with sound effects!
Notes: Constructive criticism is always welcome! Something nice and comforting for the Halloween season!
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[nighttime ambience]
[door creaking]
“Wha– who’s there?”
[sound of the wind]
“Ugh… things falling over, doors opening and closing randomly, chills that come out of nowhere, shadows out of the corner of my eye… maybe I should move out…”
“But I don’t have anywhere else to go… and the rent is cheap here. Come to think of it, this was probably why…”
“(sigh), Alright Cameron… just… bear with it until you save up enough money… then you can get out of h–”
“GAH!”
[he falls to the ground]
“Wh-What the– a ghost! Th-there really is a ghost in this house!! Uh– wh-what do I do to defend myself from a gh-ghost?! H-Holy water?! A cross?!”
[pause]
“H-huh? Y-You can talk?”
[pause]
“Um… okay… you– you don’t want to hurt me? C-Calm down?”
“Okay… uh…”
“S-Sorry, I’ve just– I’ve never met a– a ghost before so I’m– a little scared…”
[pause]
“Right.. Right, deep breaths. D-Deep breaths…”
[he takes several deep breaths]
“Okay… okay.”
“Yeah… I feel a lot calmer now.”
[pause]
“N-No! You’re not– well I was scared at first… because you appeared out of nowhere, but… now that I look at you, you’re not too scary at all…”
[pause]
“So this is your first time trying to make yourself visible? W-Well I can see you just fine so… good job, I guess?”
[pause]
“You want to talk with me? Why? To you, aren’t I– the one who invaded your home… or something like that?”
[pause]
“Oh, so it concerns that… um… sh-should we sit down? Or well– I’d like to sit down somewhere that isn’t the floor…”
[pause]
“Yeah, I guess you would be used to floating… b-but I have… some food downstairs! W-Wait, ghosts can’t eat food, at least I don’t think they can…”
[pause]
“Say what?”
[pause]
“... So you’re saying. That if I burn the food, then you can… eat ‘ghost food’, essentially?”
[pause]
“Well, I guess it would be no different from making offerings… okay then. L-Let’s go downstairs, then? I’ll start up the fire, and then… we can have some snacks while we talk?”
[pause]
“Alright then!”
[stair noises and wind noises as the two of you go downstairs]
“Make yourself at home! Well, I guess this already *was* your home… so um, just sit down while I get some crackers and cheese or something… and get the fire started…”
[pause]
“You can start the fire?”
[pause]
“Oh right… I do remember the fireplace springing to life suddenly… It really scared me, you know.”
[pause]
“Really? You just… sneezed, and it started up?”
“That’s… kind of cool, actually.”
[pause]
“Ah, right! Snacks. I’ll get it. I uh… leave the fire to you!”
[it takes a couple tries, but the fire blazes to life. Cameron eventually returns with some snacks.]
“I was um… watching you start the fire. I’m sorry if you found it creepy…”
[pause]
“Really? You don’t know how you did it yourself?”
[pause]
“So you’re saying that you’ve been here for so long that your spirit has become one with the house? And you can’t leave because of it?”
[pause]
“Wow… so you’ve been stuck in this house for how long now?”
[pause]
“You don’t remember?”
[pause]
“I don’t know exactly when this house was built either. All I know is that the rent here was… suspiciously cheap. When my items started falling over and doors started to open and close, I figured out why…”
[pause]
“You’re sorry?”
[pause]
“Really? You were just clumsy and kept knocking things over? And the doors opening and closing were because you were just moving around?”
[pause]
“Couldn’t you have just… walked through them?”
[pause]
“Well yeah, I did notice the breeze that seems to follow you.”
[pause]
“Oh… So the doors really were because of the wind! Well, a wind connected to you, but wind nonetheless…”
[pause]
“No, it’s okay. Now that I know that you didn’t mean me any harm… I feel a lot more at ease. I’m not as scared of this place anymore.”
“If I can say one thing though, it would be nice if you just approached me instead of darting into the shadows when I try to catch you. I felt like I was going crazy, seeing shadows out of the corners of my eyes.”
[pause]
“Thank you.”
[pause]
“Anything I want to ask you?”
“Um…”
[pause]
“If… it’s not too much… can I ask how you died?”
[pause]
“I-I’m not trying to be rude! I just– well…”
“... I kind of… want to know what it feels like…”
[pause]
“You don’t remember?”
[pause]
“Yeah… I suppose it was a long time ago for you…”
[pause]
“What? No! I-I’m not going to call a priest or an exorcist or anything. You’ve been nice to me since you revealed yourself, and I don’t exactly blame you for the phenomena around here either.”
“If anything… It would be nice to have someone to talk to in this place.”
[pause]
“You feel the same way?”
[pause]
“... I’m glad.”
[pause]
“Oh, snacks! Right! Just point out the ones you want, and I’ll burn them for you.”
[longer pause as you pick out a couple snacks]
“These? Okay then. … I’m going to throw them into the fire now…”
[flame woosh as the snacks are quickly burned. You grab the remnants of them, and have a bite]
“Whoa… that’s so weird.”
[pause]
“I-It’s not bad or anything! I’ve just never seen it before!”
[pause]
“It’s good?”
[pause]
“Yeah, no problem. I can always burn some of my dinner or a snack or two to give to you– ah, oh no!”
[you’ve dropped one of the snacks]
“Oh, nonono, don’t cry! It’s okay! I’ll just burn another for you!”
[pause]
“Yeah, it’s alright. Don’t worry.”
[pause]
“Stories? You want to hear my stories?”
[pause]
“You have stories to share, but no one to share them with?”
“... Well, I’m here now.”
[pause]
“Yeah, I’d love to share stories with you.”
[pause]
“Me first? Ah… which one to tell…”
“Oh! Let me tell you about this crazy thing my friends and I did one Halloween…”
[END]
Thanks for reading!
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