#👻— valerie

[ghostoffuturespast]

So It Goes

24 March 2022 - 13 April 2024

Status: Complete

Read in its entirety on AO3

(Shave a thousand off for the last chapter though, it's stuff that was too long for the notes.)

Welp, I finally did it. Finally got that little green check mark. I finished my fic. My ode to my tinfoil hat is complete. It is goddamn fucking done! I still need to go back to fix some things and polish this up, but that's easy money. The hard part is over, kids.

This is the first fan fic I ever wrote/writed/writtended and I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started this story. But at two years and nearly half a million words later, it was far more than I anticipated and ever thought I was capable of. To say this fic took on a life of its own is an understatement. Not only did this thing Frankenstein its way out of my head, but it also took over my life. So if you've taken the time to read this fic, dropped a kudos, or a bookmark, or a comment. Thank you, truly.

Writing this was a hell of a lot of work (blood, sweat, tears, and lots of overthinking), it wasn't always easy, and often felt impossible at times. Trying to juggle irl life, writing, navigating the fandom experience, and tempering my expectations of my friends and peers... Let's just say it's been a learning experience.

But I did it. We made it. We're here.

So I'm gonna take a victory lap, take a breather, possibly a nap, and after that, Grandpa V and Old Man River will be back at some point. Idk when yet.

Because, of course, I'm an idiot and there's a part II to this fucking thing.

It only took me 33 chapters to get to the punchline of this joke...

[ghstfacr]

☀ - Valerie thinks her friend is so pretty :)

send me ☀ if your muse finds mine attractive .

⸺  ❝  𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏  ,  𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘  ?  𝐈  𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊  𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄   super   pretty   too   ,   val   .   you   could   fully   вє   ιη   мσνιєѕ   !   ❞

[faeriekit]

So, in the spirit of causing problems on purpose, I wanted to share a new idea with you that I just had:

Young/“warm” ghosts have very large cores. As they get more settled into their Obsession, their core condenses. The smaller the core, the older the ghost, etc.

One day, Danny gets really hurt, and he runs off to heal. Pick your favorite headache victim to find him, and boom! Suddenly they have a goddamn ostrich egg to watch over!

Got that? Great!

Now imagine all of Danny’s frenemies turning the world upside down, trying to find a fucking marble.

This reminds me of the flour bag episode ouhdsfohsdoih poor Valerie 😂

Just—

Sam and Tuck find the baby sling they used for their flour bag assignment and reluctantly put themselves on BabyWatch, babysitting a giant pearlescent-blue glass blob of a bestie, who weighs a ton when he's asleep by the way. They look absolutely bizarre doing it ("Hasn't that assignment been over? ...Since, like, Freshman year?") but they're reallyreallyreally hoping no one's paying too much attention at, uh, how cold the room gets, his weird spherical shape, the emf readings from the classroom ghost sensors...

Meanwhile. Val, who poofed him, is losing her shit. Where the fuck is he?!?!! Research says he should be like the size of her thumbnail but he can't be that small that she can't find him?? Hello?? Did she— Did she lose him in the grass??? Cut to a montage of Red Huntress furiously tidying up the grassy knoll she had just been fighting Phantom in because he has to be somewhere!! Right?!

Meanwhile:

Vlad hears that Valerie has his little Badger poofed, and is old enough to have no idea how large a warm newdead ghost would be— Wait, he should be able to find the boy first and keep him captive! Obviously now is the time to get a jump on the boy— Why can't he find Phantom, this shouldn't be so hard—

And the vultures hear it from Vlad, and hey! If they find that little marble, free lunch! Now all they have to do is find the thing...why can't they find the little sucker...

And Skulker hears it from the vultures. It would be so easy to skin the half-ghost. As soon as he finds it.

...Where is it.

Skulker leaks the news to Ember who gossips with Kitty who reports to Johnny, and suddenly there's a hunt for a baby-blue glass bead both in the Infinite Realms and in the human world (because not everyone got all of the memo, exactly.) And someone should have found it by now. Someone ought to have found Phantom by now.

Is he...is he actually gone?

Meanwhile, Sam and Tucker are incorporating the equivalent of Danny's comatose body into their art project so that they can have him on them at all times at school without anyone thinking of it. Or. Well. Have anyone thinking too much of it. He makes a very pretty centerpiece. They might even get a B on it! High five!

👻*time skip* 👻

Danny wakes up two weeks later dazed, confused, nauseous, and covered in hot glue and craft stickers.

[retroiso]

red huntress 👻

[id: digital art of valerie gray from danny phantom in her red huntress outfit without the mask. she is drawn from the torso up and takes up most of the frame. the lighting is a soft red and the background a dark red. the art is lineless. end id]

[this-is-z-art-blog]

[ID: digital drawing of Sam Manson, Tucker Foley, Danny Fenton, Danielle also in her human form, and Valerie gray sitting in mismatched wooden chairs around a table. Sam, Tucker, and Danny are sitting in a tight cluster on one side of the table, Valerie on the side across, and Danielle at the head of the table, standing up on her chair. Each teen is holding a mismatched plastic cup full of soda in a toast, with varying levels of enthusiasm.

Sam is wearing a purple t-shirt and a black star of david choker necklace, smiling moderately. Tucker is wearing his cap and a yellow sweater over a lighter collared shirt, one arm around Sam and the other holding his cup high in the air, grinning. Danny has one elbow on the table, propping up his head, and is holding his cup by his face, looking pained. Danielle is wearing a blue and white tee with a planet emblem with her red shorts, dotted with green bandaids, smiling triumphantly down toward Valerie. Valerie is in an orange skirt and yellow blouse with flowing sleeves, eyes closed, face partly hidden in her free hand. All of the teens are calling out a toast, "To goop!"

In the background is a whiteboard with a schedule in green marker, and a small doodle of a ghost, and a tall filing cabinet.]

Art for chapter one of @jus-a-lil-mouse's amazing @invisobang fic, the truest thing I've ever known. This has been such a treasure to work on and a joy to read, and the prologue and ch1 are out now! More art coming soon, check out my partner's delightful animation here, and be on the lookout well as the rest of the story 👻💚

[ofmdrecaps]

10/02-03/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Samba Schutte; Kristian Nairn; Rachel House; Vico Ortiz; Anapela Polatavaio & David Fane; Lindsey Cantrell; Dominic Burgess; OFMD Rewind/Lube As a Crew; Fan Spotlight: Never Left Podcast; Gay Pirate News Hour; Love Notes;

Hey crew! It's gonna be another day of catching up because wow- lots happened, and lots of life has happened to! Will do my best to get 10/04 up with catch up stuff as well tonight!

== David Jenkins ==

David is promoting Kristian's book! Simone is helping!

Source: David's Instagram

== Rhys Darby ==

Although these are from last year, they were just posted by Gabe Ross, so here they are!

Source: Gabeross42 instagram

More pics to come from the Largo Los Angeles "Rhys Darby Saying Funny Things Society" show that happened on the 10/01! You can actually see some extra stuff from the show on Rhys' Substack!

Source: Largo Los Angelos Instagram

== Taika Waititi ==

Wanna see a video of Taika participating in the Haka World Record? Check it out over on tiktok!

Source: Cristalmkt on Tiktok

Taika posted the new trailer for the latest season of WWDITS!

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Source: Taika's Instagram

== Kristian Nairn ==

Kristian was out at Forbidden Planet doing signings! Did you get a chance to go?

Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram

== Samba Schutte ==

Samba is going to be joining the team of Legend of Vox Machina for season 3!

Source: Samba's Instagram Oh and remember Best Life? It won 3 Awards of Merit from the Best Shorts Competition!

Source: Valerie Chaney's Instagram

Heyy! Good news, Advanced Chemistry is coming out on 10/8 on digital!

Source: Samba's Instagram Stories

== Anapela Polataivao & David Fane ==

Anapela's new movie Tina premiered in Hawai'i on 10/03/2024! Lots of pics of the cast at the premier!

Source: Tina The Film Instagram / David Fane's Instagram Stories

== Vico Ortiz ==

Vico participated in the ActNOW's September Scene Study class (Justice for my Sister Fellowship) and helped the next generation of folks learn about "inclusive and trauma informed filmmaking for radical, authentic storytelling"!

Source: Instagram

Vico's voiced a new Audio book thats available now! Jasmine is Haunted is available at your local library and anywhere Audiobooks are sold!

"Jasmine Garza has a problem... and it’s not just the ghost that’s been haunting her for years! 👻 Perfect for any young listener who loves Ghostbusters, this queer, #LatinX paranormal fantasy is a fun and thrilling ghost hunting adventure perfect for spooky season. Available now everywhere #audiobooks are sold and at your local library with @hoopla.digital and @libbyapp! ✨🎧"

Source: Dreamscape Media Instagram

== Dominic Burgess ==

Dominic knows all too well how to get my attention. More Cat content.

Source: Dominic Burgess Twitter

== Rachel House ==

Rachel's film Te Maunga (The Mountain) was awarded the CIFEJ Award at the Schlingel Film Festival! Oh - and Correction, The Mountain movie was available 10/02/24 on digital in AoNZ and AUS. It's not available yet int the US. Sorry about the confusion!

Source: Rachel's Instagram

Another shot of Rachel at Tiff!

Source: birdrunningh2o Instagram

== Lindsey Cantrell ==

Our dear Set Designer Linds Cantrell shared some shots of a bakery in Auckland. Now-- is she clearing out her phone, or is there more to it? You decide :)

Source: Linds Cantrell Instagram

== OFMD Rewind ==

Our friends over at @adoptourcrew and @astroglideofficial kept the OFMD Rewind Watch Party going on the 3rd, and got it trending! Wanna see the tweet thread and have access to twitter? Visit them here! If you don't have access to twitter and want to see it, visit the Renewal Repo!

Source: Adopt Our Crew Twitter

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Never Left Podcast =

Some fun news from the Never Left Podcast team! They interviewed Etana Jacobson & Alec Moore, Director & Writer of Advanced Chemistry! Keep an eye out for it on October 8th!

Source: Never Left Podcast Instagram

= Gay Pirate News Hour =

Another episode of Gay Pirate News Hour is back Oct 5, 2024 1pm Pacific, 4PM Eastern on Youtube! Hosted by Our Flag Means Fanfiction, and joining are @ringasunn and IreneAdler. So excited for the next episode! (One of these days my life will calm down and I might get to join them). Check it out on OFMFF Youtube!

Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction

== Love Notes ==

Happy Friday Lovelies! I realize this recap is for weds and thursday but I'm gonna roll with it! I hope the rest of the week was kinder to you than the previous parts of the week. Please know we're thinking of you crew, it's okay if you're keeping low on the radar of fandom at the moment. It's also great if you're out honking your nose off! Whatever you're doing is what you need to do, and don't let anyone tell you any different. I know sometimes it seems like things just keep getting worse, lovelies, the world is a chaotic place, and it's okay to sit with your feelings and feel that. Just remember you're loved and it can and will get better one day. There will always be high points and low points in this life, that's just how it goes, but how you cope with those points changes for the better each and every time they pass. Remember you are wonderful, and you are strong, and you're gonna get through whatever you're dealing with, okay? Sending love and hugs, and all the good vibes into your weekend <3

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[vestaclinicpod]

Audio Drama Sunday - 21st April ✨

Here are the shows which got me through a particularly heavy set of night shifts! 😌

👻 @tellnotalespod (S2E78) The music in this episode was so sad 😭. Of COURSE Frank hadn’t considered the emotional nature of the tether in his research. Jesus 🙄. Leo needs to start running this show ASAP.

🌲 @hellofromthehallowoods (148) I’m absolutely obsessed with Buck’s glow up. Honestly, goals. What an interesting cast of characters we have aboard this ship, I can’t wait to spend more time with them. Dashiell reporting to have never met Valerie snuffs out one of my early theories … unless he’s lying! I’m so scared for Shelby and Clem! The action writing has always been amazing in this show but the TENSION this season. I can’t cope. Also, that body at the end! A reference to the circle of fifths?? I’m gonna get emotionally wrecked by the murderer reveal, I can already tell.

🧳 Travelling Light @monstrousproductions (18) oh these Augurians are so lovely and mystical but I was hit by a wave of sadness thinking about one old soul whose aviary is down to one single bird companion and then getting the prophecy of when it will die 🥺 But my sad thoughts were soon drowned out by the 🚨HOLDING HANDS ALARM🚨. Good grief, they’re bloody adorable.

🎙️WTNV (246) I’m so glad we actually got to hear this story!! I couldn’t agree more, Abby, it is not incomprehensible that two living people could haunt each other. I’m reminded of a fave Everything Everything lyric ‘if he’s dead, he’s not a deadbeat dad’…. you feel me?

🏛 @the-mistholme-museum (ERASED) oh, boy, I sure hope this episode title is just a fun word which begins with E and not a reference to what’s happened with HoResearch! Anyone down to make a petition for one more season where the guide just talks to itself? It’s so cute!!

🖥️ The Magnus Protocol (12) oh god, I bloody hate mascots/clowns and this is not helping at all….

🍎 @notquitedeadpod (XXXVI) I don’t like listening to Alfie cry 😭 forgive me, but I’m mentally not ready to give up on the idea of Cas coming back. I believe that Haley believes in what she’s telling Alfie but I’m also like… babes, you maybe want to ask your consultant about that? I need to relisten with a notepad or something to get this new biology lore down because it’s so interesting!!

I’m thinking about starting Hi Nay or Small Victories this week, I’ve heard such good things about both of them! If you have a particular fave or if there’s a show you think I’d prefer more - let me know!!

[kitsune024]

Crossovers

Puss in Boots

DC

MCU

Is Yourself by FriendlyFrat_Boy I Chapters: 11/? I Ghost King Danny Fenton, Dark Danny Fenton, The Ultimate Enemy..kind of Echoes by @phantomtwitch I Chapters 23/30 I No One Knows AU, hazmat au, Overpowered Danny Fenton, Eldritch Danny Fenton Mini-Bang: Crawling In My Skin by @skarlettskwrl I Chapters: 1/1 I One shot BAMF Danny Fenton, Eldritch Danny, No One Knows AU, Hurt No Comfort, Dark Harvest by @wastefulreverie I Chapters: 2/2 I Completed 👻 Halloween fic, Ghost Hunger Days of Future Past by Acidwing I Chapters: 12/12 I Completed Dan Fic, Danny & Dan, Canon Divergence, Dark, The Ultimate Enemy The Consequences of Amnesty Forest by princessFanona I Chapters 2/2 I Completed Eldritch Danny, Ghost Hunger Terrarium by @ventisettestars I Chapters 5/5 I Completed Undergrowth, Plant Danny Watching the Horizon by SQ_Scrawls I Chapters 6/6 I Completed Danny dies for real this time, Grief, Angst, Full Ghost Danny, Space Obsession Danny, one sided Danny Fenton/Sam Manson Deranged Senses by @scarletsaphire I Chapters 5/5 I Completed POV Multiple, Loss of Control, Descent into Madness Cannibalism Gore Identity Reveal Feral Danny Fenton Curbed Hunger by @torscrawls I Chapter 1/1 I one shot ghost hunger, loss of control, Danny having a bad time

Bookmark Series

Something’s Wrong With Danny Fenton by @ghostly-cabbage I Part 1 - 2 I No One Knows AU, Horror Danny, Creepy Danny Everything Was White by @lexosaurus I Part 1 - 2 I GIW, Identity Reveal, Torture, Aftermath Torture, Hurt Danny The Gravity Of Time by @punchspeedchunk I Part 1- 3 I Ghost King Danny Fenton, Identity Reveal, Badass Danny Fenton Rites of Kingship by @maskedemerald I Part 1 - 2 I Ghost Portal!Danny AU The Ultimate Saga by Firefury_Amahira I Part 1 - 5 I Completed Dan Fic, Dan/Valerie, The Ultimate Enemy, hate!ship ------ Series by @haikujitsu FFN Part 1. Phantom of Truth I Chapters 22/22 I Hurt/Comfort & Suspense, Danny, Maddie. Part 2. Shadow of a Doubt I Chapters 65/65 I Drama & Family, Danny, Maddie, Valerie, OC -------

[moonsbijou]

~danny 💚👻 x valerie 🌹🔫~

[amethyst0cean]

Reign Storm (Part 2) is my favourite episode of Season 2 currently. It honestly feels like a Season Finale-type episode and it checks off a lot of boxes that make it so good.

Danny using his ghost powers to his benefit on people he doesn't like, and later learning that it wasn't the way he wanted to use them. Helping others is what he always loved doing and I enjoy seeing him actively continuing to do so 😊

Seeing him and Valerie get closer is so refreshing from seeing how they were constantly fighting in the past. Danny being there for Valerie as well as being concerned for her safety is just so touching too 🥹

There's still a bit of bad blood between Valerie, Sam, and Tucker but at the end of the day they're all there for Danny throughout the whole Ghost King takeover and I'm hoping there will be a better friendship between the three of them going forward 💜

Vlad definitely stole the Ecto-Skeleton suit at the end and made it look like he saved Danny's life while also getting back in Maddie's good graces. He almost destroyed Amity Park just to get his way and it was all planned what a neat twist the ending was and it really showed he's smarter than he's given credit for.

Danny defeating ghosts as well as The Ghost King while wearing the Ecto-Skeleton was my favourite part of the entire episode it was so insanely cool to watch. He put himself at great risk wearing it to save everyone but his heroism is admirable and I love seeing his continued character growth as the show goes on.

Danny Phantom is an amazing protagonist and no one can tell me otherwise 👻

[pransesdp]

*wheezes & faints* Boiiiii, I did NOT mean to take so long drawing out both of these gals, my bad ghlkjhk T-T. With how long they've been around as two of my older next gen OCs in-general, I wanted to ensure both sisters stood well both on their own & as a family duo...

*claps* Soooo, without further ado, introducing the OG Fenton girlies, Morgan & Lilith~ 👻✨

For those of yall new to my page/DP-verse/just Morgan & Lilith in particular; they're basically meant to be the far-future daughters of local Amity Park hero, Danny Phantom. While Lilith was born with a good amount of her dad's Halfa abilities for crime fighting, Morgan in-comparison was actually born a regular, non-powered human (the only noticeable hint to her ghostly genes being her snow-white hair).

Spending a good period of her younger years awkward and unsure how to stand next to her dad and sister, Morgan would soon take up an apprenticeship under renown ghost huntress, Valerie. While she spent the next couple years developing her own strength & sleek huntress persona ("Ultra-Violet", or just "U.V." for short)... Lilith (under her own heroic title of "Lil-O-Wisp") continues to protect their hometown dutifully & earnestly.

Even with all their own differences, and Lilith's own occasional embarrassing "big sis" moments while tag-teaming with Morgan... when it all comes down to it, the Fenton's will always have eachother's backs, no matter what~ 🙏 All the while their dear mom & dad watch on with a smile, bringing them back to their own past as young, fledgling heroes~... 💚💜

[ghstfacr]

:📏 4 ft 10 inches

send me 📏 ( ruler ) + your muses height and i'll compare them to mine !

[winterflwers]

BTS as Danny Phantom characters (part 2) 👻💜

Here's my continuation of the first part

Park Jimin as Valerie Gray

Kim Taehyung as Paulina Sanchez

Jeon Jungkook as Ember Mcclain

[thedanishsim]

ℌ𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔞𝔱 𝔒'𝔑𝔢𝔦𝔩 𝔈𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔫

ft. Magnolia's Valerie 🧡

Magnolia's Valerie posing for the Halloween Decoration Contest at O'Neil Equestrian. 🎃👻🤭 Mia had lots of fun decorating - not all horses were as excited (not mentioning any names, *cough Ballerine*), but Valerie was very curious about what the heck all the fuzz was about. I bet you could throw a blanket over her head and dress her up as a Ghost and she would just follow you blindly around🤭🧡

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

Day 20, Nasty Burger👻🍔

    Imagine if Nasty Burger decided to get in on the Phantom hype and made a special Phantom theme burger! Danny would be so happy!

👻🍔👻🍔👻🍔👻🍔👻🍔👻🍔👻🍔👻🍔👻🍔👻💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

Meanwhile Valerie’s slowly dying on the inside from each Phantom burger she makes.

[wingedflight]

It’s Invisobang time!! And I am so excited to share with you the Hamlet AU I have been working on all summer, illustrated by the amazing @pricklenettle!!

Something Rotten

Or: The Tragedy of the Prince of Ghosts, in Four Acts

Danny’s life has not been the same since his father died under mysterious circumstances. His sister has moved away to college, his coronation as Ghost King is rapidly approaching, and his nemesis has started dating his mom! On top of everything else, Jack’s ghost has begun showing up to demand retribution for his murder.

Now, Danny’s diving deep into the intrigues of his family and friends, while trying to keep up his nightly patrols as local hero Phantom and get a decent grade in English. But the deeper Danny digs, the more it becomes clear:

Something is rotten in Amity Park.

👻👻👻👻

Relationships: Danny & Valerie, Danny & Tucker & Sam, Maddie/Vlad

Tags: Hamlet AU, Ghost King AU, Ghost Prince Danny, Identity Reveal

Content Warnings: Character Death, Ectoplasmic Gore

👻👻👻👻

Excerpt:

Kwan is shivering by the time he makes it up onto the school roof. It is an achingly cold night, the wind sharp with the promise of snow. He hadn’t thought to wear anything warmer than his letterman’s jacket--certainly hadn’t bothered with hat or gloves--and already fiercely regrets this decision. But it is too late to turn back; according to his watch, it’s already five past midnight, and therefore five minutes past the time he’d agreed to meet.

As expected, the rooftop is empty aside from a single figure silhouetted against the night sky. As Kwan steps off the metal ladder, she cries out, “Who’s there?”

“Who’s there yourself,” retorts Kwan. “You been up here long, Star?”

“Not long,” she replies, though her voice is strained from the cold. “I think it’s going to snow tonight.”

Kwan rubs his hands together, trying to warm the palms. His entire body feels like it’s made of ice. “Have you seen anything yet?”

“Any snow?”

“Any ghosts.”

She laughs nervously. “Oh. No, the sky’s been clear. Not even any battles in the distance.”

“And no…?”

The wind gusts, sounding briefly like a eerie moan. Star jumps and glances nervously over her shoulder, but Kwan can’t see any ghosts behind her. He gives her a reassuring smile. She tugs at her woolen hat with a hint of embarrassment, pulling it lower over her ears. “Not yet. It’s barely hit midnight. We’ve got a while to wait, still.”

She gestures behind her, where a blanket has been laid out over the cement bricks. Kwan joins her, pulling from his backpack a collection of chocolate bars and snack-sized chip bags. He wishes again that he’d realized how cold the weather was going to be; he would have brought a thermos of hot chocolate to share. Yet, despite the chill and the moaning wind, the midnight picnic is pleasant enough that Kwan almost forgets the real reason they’ve come up to the roof in the first place.

That is, until a new voice addresses them from the edge of the roof: “Any of that chocolate for me?”

Star squeaks in alarm. Kwan nearly drops his chips. Then he gets a closer look at the newcomer: a woman in red armour poised atop a humming hoverboard. This is the Red Huntress, one of Amity Park’s ghost-hunter vigilantes.

“You got our message,” Kwan says with relief. Seeing as none of Amity Park’s heroes advertise their phone numbers (if they even have phones), he’d submitted the request to a couple of vigilante watch sites and crossed his fingers it would reach the right person. Apparently, his gambit paid off.

“‘Dear Huntress,’” recites the hero in question. “‘Please meet us at Casper High tonight to help us with a weird, ghostly problem.’ No names, no explanations, and no incentive. You’re really bad at this.”

Timidly, Star holds out one of the unwrapped chocolate bars. The Huntress ignores it. The wind gusts again, nearly a shriek this time, and the Huntress ignores that too.

“We do need your help,” Kwan says. “There’s a weird ghost or something that’s been hanging around up here lately. Star first saw it last week from her bedroom window.”

“Paulina says I’m imagining things,” adds Star, “but Kwan’s seen it, too.”

Slowly, the Huntress drifts closer. “Is it causing trouble?”

“I don’t think so,” says Star. “But it looks lost. And… and it looks like…”

Kwan interrupts. “I mean, we’ve been watching from a distance, so it might not be.”

“Might not be what?” asks the Huntress. When the others hesitate, she scoffs, “Don’t worry about it. I’m sure I’ll see soon enough.”

Kwan immediately feels more at ease, not having to actually say the most improbable bit of the whole situation. He’s been a little afraid the Huntress would decide the matter is not worth her attention. She’s a big-time vigilante, surely too important to waste her energy on non-threatening ghosts. Kwan hadn’t entirely expected her to even show up. But here she is, dropping into a crouch on her hoverboard to settle in for the wait.

“You saw it from your window?” she asks Star. “So from… uh, sorry, where is that?”

Star begins a gesture and then freezes, her eyes wide. That’s when Kwan realizes that, sometime during their conversation, the wind has died down.

The moaning has not.

A shiver crawls down Kwan’s back.

Something is floating at the edge of the school’s roof. Something like a green smudge in the air, if that smudge managed to take a human form while somehow still looking very inhuman. What exactly it is that looks wrong, Kwan can not quite identify--is the head too large, the limbs too long, the eyes too fever-bright? And yet, the being still has enough shape and form that it is easily, horribly, identifiable.

“Oh,” breaths the Huntress, her hoverboard sinking down to rest on the rooftop tiles. “I see.”

Kwan sighs in relief, and then shivers as the ghost’s next moan seems to mimic him. “You do? You see why we called you?”

“Yeah.” The Huntress rises from her crouch but her posture is no longer as confident as before. Her hands are clenched in fists but she rests all her weight on her back foot, her whole body screaming her bewilderment. “That’s Jack Fenton, alright.”

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