#ecto infodumps

[gomagopowerrangers]

ok now its York's turn. once again adding a read more

yall should totally ask abt everyone elses relationship w/ the fucker (affectionate) i love writin these

York is the general dad friend (the other is North) and acted so with Arizona even before he was revealed to be a teenager. If anything, York just became a bit more strict and like an actual dad to Zone. as mentioned b4, Zone was shyer, which meant he was NOT immune to teasing by everyone, and this includes York. a common phrase used by York was “he’s not a lover, he’s a biter” followed by Zone making biting noises.

during the time after CT died and while Zone wasnt interacting, he would attempt to talk to Zone, but eventually just ended up sitting by him. Zone would eventually lean on him whenever he came in.

the first time Arizona saw York’s ghost was just before he jumped into the water to try and save Maine. York tried to get him to not jump in, scaring and making Zone pause on the count of holy fucking shit my dad is dead, but he went in anyway. when he was dragged out by the UNSC and put under hypothermia watch, he was chewed out by York. Zone says nothing until York is done, only saying a very quiet: “i’m sorry.” 

Grabbing his armor and getting out of the UNSC medic tent, Zone stared making his way back to Valhalla, York guiding him back. Zone was more violent upon him getting out of the UNSC camp, killing damn near everyone there out of pure anger, as well as MANY other emotions.

from Zone’s toyhouse: York was pretty quick to welcome Arizona when he first arrived and ended up reining Zone in when he was being a bit too chaotic. Zone and York didn't go on too many missions together, but when they did, they were super effective. When Zone found out that he was dead, he was devastated, going into a similar state to when C.T. died, but more violent -as it was Wyoming who killed him- and felt like a failure for not killing Wyoming before when he had the chance.

[theglamorousferal]

Liminal Amity Park

Danny is being crowned Ghost King soon. The entire town, as they are protected members of his Haunt, is invited. Danny has told his parents about him being Phantom, they set up a press conference for Phantom to tell the town they were invited.

This is an Amity that has come to terms with the fact the dead float along the streets. An Amity that realized around the time the town was pulled into another dimension that their lives were never going to be normal again. The Fenton's build a portal large enough for a tractor trailer to drive through in the center of the city that lets out in a newly formed town in what previously was the wasteland in front of Pariah's Keep. It's the new capital of the Ghost Zone and Phantom's Keep.

The newly formed ghost town and Amity essentially evolve together until they're essentially the same town but half of it is in another dimension. The human residents start to notice they're a bit more durable. Their eyes glow and teeth sharpen when angry. The realize they're ecto-contaminated.

So, to keep it from happening elsewhere, the Fenton's put a giant shield that filters out ectoplasm so it doesn't contaminate the air, water or ground outside of the bubble. They have a giant wall built around the city and distribution centers set up just outside of town so shipments can still be received so they don't run out of supplies.

There are shops in the newly dubbed Ghastburg that sell things thought lost to time. Dishes that people have only ever read about are available at little mom and pop shops run by ghosts whose obsession is cooking. Ghosts whose obsessions were collecting rare plants had seeds that they now could grow in Amity because the Ghost Zone didn't have proper sunlight. Fiber arts and blacksmithing techniques that died out now have new people learning them. A ghost with a similar obsession to Skulker but instead basically ran a zoo now has people they can infodump on about the rare or extinct species they have collected throughout the centuries.

Just, humans and ghosts thriving together and building a community and accepting that they are just a bit different and that's okay.

[furiarossa]

I really want to write a Danny Phantom dissection/vivisection fic (and the characters will decide if it's a vivisection or a dissection inside the story), as an excuse for ecto-biological exploration, in which we really learn everything about ghosts, and it's more about science than about the angst or whatever, and it has like, no ending, just infodumping about ghost anatomy, and anyone there will be like "is Danny dead?!" XD (But I don't have time, booooooo 😒 )

[whereonceiwasfire]

Landing Zone

Figured it was about time I finally did one of these, so hey, hi, hello, I'm Rees (a.k.a. WhereOnceIWasFire). You can find some general info about me, and a masterlist of fics in this post!

GENERAL

Any pronouns

I write fic (masterlist below the cut)

My brain has been chemically altered by: Danny Phantom and DBZ (though I typically keep Dragonball posts to my sideblog)

My DMs/inbox are open! Send me things, I'm friendly, I swear!

I'm always open to prompt requests (though I don't do crossovers). Feel free to leave me something in my ask box, and I'll get to it when I have a chance/if it sparks an idea!

FICS

(tags can be found on ao3)

Finished Fics:

Overshadowed - Long ass (140K) College AU, No One Knows, heavy angst, mystery w/ horror elements, mostly happy ending, but I also left it a bit open/ambiguous. I MIGHT write a sequel one day. Everything's Fine (And the Boss is Totally Not a Cryptid) - Outsider POV, intern gets hired at Vlad Co., shenanigans ensue. Oh so many Dracula references. H(a)unted - Weird, angsty little Ghost Hunter Danny AU. Separate Danny and Phantom. ALT ending. I have some ideas percolating to continue off the alternate ending. The Hazards of Being Hot High AF - Shippy Popular Psychology (Jazz/Dash) oneshot I found in my fics folder. Jazz visits Dash in the hospital after a football injury. Elementary, My Dear Fenton - Ecto-Implosion fic. A goofy comedy-mystery where Danny and the trio try to track down who left an anonymous gift in his locker. They get WAY too into it.

WIPs:

Not So Bitter Reunions - AU, canon divergence, badger cereal. The college reunion goes decidedly less off the rails than in canon, leading to some nefarious consequences. I'm just kind of vibing with this one. High School's a Beach - **AGIT SPOILERS** Dan's in high school. This one is so very unserious, but I think I've got a few more chapters left in me. Needs Must (When the Devil Drives) - Canon divergence. AU. Vlad and Harriet reconnect at the college reunion, but since Vlad's technically an evil spirit, he's adversely impacted by things like salt, windchimes, running water, etc. Bad News (Vlad/Harriet) shipfic. I just...I think they're neat. Bearer of Bad News - Post Phantom Planet (not AGIT compliant). Bad News fic because I have an illness and these two live in my head rent free. The GIW enlist Harriet's help in preventing Ghost King Danny from destroying the earth.

Drabbles/Ficlets:

DannyMay 2022 - I don't remember any of these being particularly good, but they do exist. I very much did not last the entire month. Drabble Dump from Tumblr asks - this is just what it sounds like. Though, in general, I'll probably start trying to post oneshots and/or collect the separate, individual Tumblr ask ficlets on this post now instead of just clumping them in a drabble dump on ao3. Monsters Don't Exist - horror vibes. AU. Vlad didn't peace out after the accident and he's keeping his enemies (Maddie and Jack) close. Jazz suspects their babysitter, Uncle Vlad, is more dangerous than everyone else in the family seems to think. Cheese Melt ficlet - Outsider POV. Dani has a parent-teacher interview. Cheese Melt ficlet #2 - Dani doesn't like the toy she got at Nasty Burger. Vlad gets her a new one. Badger cereal ficlet - No one knows AU. Danny works as a cashier and Vlad accidentally outs his supervillain indetity by infodumping to him when Danny makes idle customer-servicey smalltalk.

Unwritten/Unposted:

I'm not going to list out all my filenames and ideas, don't worry lol. But I do have a couple (*cough* couple hundred *cough*) ideas percolating or half written in my fics folder, so that is a thing. I want to jump on WIP Wednesday and such, but like. IDK. Feel free to ask/harass me about my unposted WIPs too, I am motivated by peer pressure.

[skelekins]

False - He/Him

Honestly not sure how much to infodump about him.

Quickies

Artificial soul that looks like a poloroid. Tether that clips soul to body is physical part of body. Soul can live without body but body will dust unless certain precautions taken.

Photography based abilities. Shown - Snapshot. Fingergun with left hand and snaps with right hand to create a "-graph" of something. Different graphs do different things.

Reverse eye lights -> usually fills socket with a ball of light with a variable pupil. Only has "normal" lights when terrified.

Bites his tongue when happy/excited/etc.

Trapped in the void for an extended period of time pictured lower right corner. Unable to summon chest-cavity flesh so took to holding self to feel more secure.

Usually summons ecto-flesh in chest cavity as a way to protect and keep soul from wiggling around. Fun fact: it goes away when unconscious but will come and go while dreaming.

Magic is meant to be grey w/ hints of blue/green. Sparkles/shimmers.

Fluff in coat is feathers / down feathers.

Has a bandana as a way to accessorize. Much of his fancier clothing here is gifted to him by his future SO. While doodling these I realized itd be fun if his bandana changed designed based on his emotions/feelings like Coffee (blackggggum). The standard is just bones (though he has a collection of different ones).

Thats all for now. :P Just wanted to finally share this little nerd.

[mossy-covered-bones]

Getting back into writing danny phantom fic again and. Let me tell you. It is SO fun to come up w lil bullshit explanations for how the fentons’ inventions work. I love talking abt ectophobic materials and ectosignatures and ambient ectoradiation. Theres so many red squiggles on my fic docs bc theres so many words that i just. Slapped ecto in front of. Catch me infodumping abt made up science JUST like i do my made up magic and economic systems

[gentlemarshymallow]

Someone in my family: *mentions or makes a reference to Ghostbusters*

me: *IMMEDIATELY INFODUMPS ALL THE RANDOM KNOWLEDGE I HAVE OF GHOSTBUSTERS*

[vrnicky]

Masterlist 3.

** = suggestive

***thing***= probably something not everyone would like.

Bitties information.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

One-shots.

He hasn't forgot tw: vent.

Letters.

Friendly letter with Ciro

Love letter with Garo

Lyrics of songs:

Love from Finding hope

Your text from Sun dial

Just the way you are from Bruno Mars

Can't help falling in love from Elvis Presley

Oc's/Au's/Self inserts.

Cinar reacts at booty being slapped*

Main boys react at booty being slapped*

More reactions at getting slapped (all grillby's by now)*

They relax after a long busy week

•Mafiaswapfell crystal

S/O being gremblin short (ut, us, uf)

•Babybones AU

Deal breakers and things they admire (mains)

S/O is really smart but at the same time really dumb (ut, uf)

Worldbuilding:

Plushies information 1 2 3 4

They show blush

What they smell like

Backstory(?) Explanation of the reaperbros

Ecto how it feels like

Reapertale.

Booty slap*

Kiss on the cheek

Someone fell asleep in top of them

Farm boys.

Booty slap*

Them being cuddle bois

Some fluff from them

Flower crown!

Touch his tum tum

Kabedon them(?)

Steal shirt**

Cute fluff headcanons

Nicte fluff headcanons

Garo suggestive headcanons**

****yandere boys falling for a yandere s/o****

Babybones:

Outerfarm bros getting a flower crown

They like getting carried around?

Underswap:

Blue horn dog stuff**

Underfell:

Would they listen to infodump hyperfixation of their S/o?

Matchups.

Rainbow matchup (Garo)

Rowan matchup (Allen)

[gomagopowerrangers]

heyyy could you infodump a bit about your oc (arizona)? mostly abt arizona and CT's relationship but anything abt Arizona's personality is good too :3

U. i gotchu bro :P

this is goin under a read more bc im not gonna fill any1’s dash lmao

SO. Agent Connecticut! his mom (he considers her to be like his mom)! design wise, completely unintentional that they both style their hair to cover the right side of their face, but hey it works out :D

when it was revealed Zone was, in fact, NOT an adult, it was frequently brought up that he looked similar to two Freelancers, York and CT. it made things somewhat awkward between Zone and CT. during PFL (esp b4 the break in) Zone was more shy and stuck with Maine, but still very much a little shithead fucks around and finds out. CT

CT goes on missions with Zone to get her rank up on the leaderboard, but does warm up to him after a bit, and they eventually do form some kind of mother-son bond (even if CT is 5’4 and Zone is 5’8 and she has to look up at him a bit). CT and Zone get closer, and Zone eventually tells her that he doesnt trust the Director, even after hes given him his position as an Agent, and tells her that he sees ghosts in the places he’s been. this makes CT go “oh shit”. CT vaguely mentions what will eventually happen in S10 EP2 (her defecting), but doesnt tell him a lot because he’s still pretty close with a good chunk of Freelancers that would absolutely rat her out.

CT defects to the Insurrection. Zone is in denial because, well yes he was somewhat warned, he didnt expect it- plus his mom just fucking left without a hint**.

during the planning of the shipyard mission, he was interrogated by the Director and Counselor to see if CT has told him anything (she hadnt). he wasnt allowed to go on the shipyard mission due to the fact that he would have either joined CT or would let her and the Insurrection Leader to escape.

Zone finds out that Connecticut died. he does not interact with anyone other than Maine and Sigma and blames the Director fully for CT’s death. break-in comes, and Sigma requests Arizona to stay with him and Maine until he successfully gets ahold of Iota and Eta.

(quick note AZ hasnt aged much bc he fucked-around-and-found-out with Wyoming after taking on the Variagrade title, going after Gamma. he got smacked and Wyoming used his damaged-from-an-ambush time distortion and got him stuck as a teenager. he hates it.)

CT’s ghost eventually finds Zone, who reacts with a multitude of emotions, mainly anger and sadness. he was mad she hasnt found him any time before he was the Variagrade, sad that she hadn’t found him until now, yet happy that she had found him. he lets her stay around him, but is a bit resentful, and tries not to show it.

fun bonus fact: CT used to help cut Zone’s hair during PFL . it got longer after she died and during his time with the Meta. Donut, another ghost-seer, currently helps him with tips from CT.

from Zone's toyhouse: C.T. was wary of Arizona at first, but eventually started warming up to him after they began going on missions with each other. C.T. and Zone formed a mother-son relationship, and ended up sharing the idea of bad the Director was. Zone was in denial when she defected, then when C.T. dies, he doesn't interact with anyone other than Maine and Sigma, fully blaming the Director for Connecticut's death.

*AZ, Wash, Donut, and a few other characters can see ghosts. wash spec bc he seems like he doesnt believe in ghosts >:)

**CT knew Maine and other Agents that Arizona was close to would most likely come to hunt them down twice as much, especially with Zone’s enhancements and his status as the resident homicidal teen

PERSONALITY TIME. k. so Agent Arizona B here is a bit emotionally underdeveloped. he doesnt remember anything before the Labyrinth Archives- he lived there for a couple of years at least, which only had worker robots and the occasional hostile pest- and had to relearn some things. he’s introverted, shy (he was WAY more shy during PFL, but slowly gained confidence), and aggressive, especially after the Meta. he was often compared to the (then MIA, but announced KIA) former Agent Arizona by the Director and a few other Freelancers.

he’s self-destructive, stubborn, and a perfectionist. he’s also willing to change, as he joins the Red Team on Chorus and sees himself relaxing more before joining the Rebels. he can go from calmly reading to racing someone if he feels up for it. he’s sarcastic, sassy, and kind of an asshole, but he means well. he’s fairly vengeful, and gets quiet when he’s super mad. on some Freelancer missions where he was particlarly pissed so he said fuck it we ball and managed to get shot but complete the missions (still got points deducted for recklessness; he calls it blind courage)

plz feel free to ask abt other characters relationships with him or anythin else

OR abt the ghost thing bc that plays into his personality a bit

hes a little fucker (affectionate)

[tired-chaos]

Tim has been sitting on the couch for half an hour, seemingly processing that bit of knowledge.

“What-“ Danny’s eyes snap to his Beloved from where he had returned to the kitchen. Tim was watching him wearily.

His Beloved shouldn’t be looking at him like that. He failed. He’s failing his Beloved.

“What happened? The full story.” Danny sighs, nodding.

“I’ll tell you while you eat. You’re probably starving.” As if on cue, Tim’s stomach growls like Cujo being held from his toy.

Danny brings over a large plate of food, one he reserves for when he’s especially exhausted.

“

I’ll start with what I am: a halfa. I don’t think they exist here, in this dimension, but I guess they do now.” A bitter laugh pushes its way past his lips. Tim is vaguely aware of a displeased humming and the urge to fix it.

“A halfa is the term for half ghost-half human. In theory, they could be non-human, but I haven’t heard of it happening. You are now a part of this tiny group. As in I can count the entire group on one hand, tiny.”

Tim doesn’t respond verbally, but Danny knows he’s anxious; his core is practically shaking.

“I didn’t want this to happen. I- I shouldn’t have gotten attached. I never meant to. And then you strutted into my fuckin’ life like a ball of stardust, and I couldn’t help myself. I got attached, and on a patrol as Phantom, I saw you.

I didn’t know it was you, truly. You felt familiar and when you were bleeding out, I figured I should check before you fully died. At least for closure. And then it was you.

I don’t know if I would have saved anyone else like how I saved you. I practically punted Red Hood away from you when he was trying to interrogate me. All I knew was that my Beloved was hurt, and that he was a potential threat.

I’m sorry. It’s understandable if you never want to see me. I get it if you need me to turn myself into Batman. I get it. Just make your judgement and express it.”

He doesn’t look at Tim. He can’t look at his Beloved and risk his disgust; can’t risk his hatred. Technically, Beloveds can be dropped, but they’re painful. They burn, and since part of Danny will be part of Tim, it’ll likely hurt more.

Nothing is heard except for chewing and cores humming. It takes all of Danny’s self-control to not leave the room or ask questions.

“You-“ Danny jolts at the faint hints of softness in the hesitancy. “You mentioned ghosts. Mind explaining more?”

There’s a couple types of ghosts: the neverborns, the soulborns, and the imprints.

Danny nods. He can talk about those. He can do that for his Beloved.

“Ghosts are made from ectoplasm. The best comparison I have for it is carbon; humans are made of carbon, but they also need it to survive. That’s how it is with ghosts, we need it to survive but it also is what we’re made of.

Neverborns are what it says on the tin; they weren’t alive. They’re made from concepts like time, nature, Halloween, that kind of thing.

Soulborns were once alive, and are what most people are familiar with. They can remember who they were, but most choose not to. That’s most of why you never ask about how we died; it’s basically asking about their biggest and most painful trauma.

Imprints are the ones who have the lowest ecto-levels. They don’t have sentience further than what you picture an animal to have.

Soulborns also have Obsessions. They are basically the reason you’re around and they can vary from being known to protection to keeping a school’s lunch menu the same. It usually ties with who you were or your death. That also makes it sensitive to ask about.

You probably have an Obsession or will soon. Your core will basically make you for a bit while you’re getting used to it. Uh, cores are basically the only true organ of ghosts. Think a soul, but everything else can regenerate except said soul.”

Danny’s infodump was definitely fueled by years of being in a house with the Drs Fenton.

Tim takes a breath, the clink of the fork being rested on his plate breaking the tentative silence.

“First, thank you.” Danny’s head snaps up to meet Tim’s eyes. There’s a small smile resting on his Beloved’s face. That’s better. He’s doing good!

“Thank you for saving me, and thank you for taking care of me afterward. You took the time to care for me and explain the basics of what’s to come. Thank you. Second, I don’t want you to leave, and not only because you have information. I like you. I want to be around you. I would like if we spent more time together, maybe even as boyfriends.”

A trill pushes out of Danny, his core audibly humming in joy. The trill causes Tim’s own chirp to fall out, catching him off guard.

“You- you mean it? You don’t hate me?” Tim snorts.

“I don’t think I could. Also, what’s up with Beloved?” Danny freezes, a red coating his face and dusting the tips of his ears.

“Uh- it’s basically a ghost version of a mate? Like, you would have known that I was ‘courting’ you if you had been a ghost, but since you weren’t, it was just odd and only possible because I’m a halfa. You can deny it, but it’s pretty…uncomfortable.”

Tim’s raised eyebrow proves that he knows it’d be more than just ‘uncomfortable’. Danny vaguely gestures to the area next to Tim on the couch, silently asking to cuddle.

Tim nods, an adoring smile on his face.

—

Across the city, Red Hood teams with Batman to find Red Robin. Batman has Phantom recategorized as a threat.

DP x DC prompt/story where, after falling through a portal in the Ghost Zone, Danny winds up in the heart of Gotham.

Danny knows right away that he’s in a different universe. The air feels… different. There’s some ectoplasm, but it feels foreign and wrong. Like hearing your voice through a recording.

Danny quickly tries to figure out how different this universe is to his own. He finds a newspaper and the articles he reads make his brows furrow together in puzzlement. Apparently superheroes and vigilantes are commonplace in this world. This city. He’s not sure how to feel about that.

He learns the city is called Gotham– and quickly realizes just how dangerous it is. Danny has been in the city for less than thirty minutes when a man tries to mug him. He manages to slip away uninjured, but Danny is exhausted from exploring the GZ earlier that day. He finds an abandoned building to hunker down in for the night. 

It’s not until the next day when Danny’s predicament really settles in. He is lost in a dangerous city– in a different universe– and he has no idea how to get home… or if he even can.

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[benryplush]

Bro. Please infodump about your au! I wanna know everything

if i infodump abt Everything ill have nothing to answer questions about so im Trying to limit myself but ouugggguhgh. youve opened the floodgates

(but PLEASE feel free to ask me individual questions or whatnot bc i have so much im not putting here even if i havent connected it all in a linear fashion quite yet)

gordon becomes a half-ghost in the equivalent to the resonance cascade, except he’s most likely alone so that nobody knows at first. he has an electric core, and his natural ectoplasm colour is orange though when using electric-based powers it’ll turn green. (he/him)

benry is a full ghost, a shapeshifter-type ghost (like amorpho). if you ask how they died, he changes the story every time. he works at black mesa as a security guard, somehow. it’s very chaotic, but tommy tends to reign him in most of the time. benry’s ectoplasm colour is pink, i’m thinking (he/they/it)

coomer is pretty human, he’s a ghosthunter. he Was fully human, but eventually black mesa gives them the powerlimbs to make him a better ghosthunter, so he has some ectoplasm in those to power them (think valerie’s suit upgrade) (he/any)

bubby is an artificial half-ghost, likely with no second form. he was created by black mesa probably trying to reverse-engineer a ghost (without yknow, death), but they had to rely on human dna and thus creating a Ghost didn’t really work out. so he’s an unstable “halfa”; his core is fire and his ecto colour is probably his signature blue (think danielle) (he/them/bub)

tommy and gman are mostly human, i haen’t quite figured out why they’re not just Human tho. tommy befriends ghosts, is best friends with benry and knows he’s a ghost. he “fixes” a lot of the tech in black mesa so it doesn’t pick up benry’s ectosignature. (t- he/she/they) (g- he/it)

forzen is completely human. he works for the guys in white, who funds black mesa. his dp “equivalent” is gregor/elliot, but there’s like, lore stuff here. he used to be friends with benry (without knowing he was a ghost), but they had a friend-breakup once forz started working for the giw. (he/she)

darnold is also completely human, probably works with ectoplasm in some way. sorry i don’t have much here i’ve spent more time thinking about gordon and the science team;;;; (they/he)

naturally, xen is the ghost zone. thats like, obvious. i don’t know how else to go off about xen aha

[sporesgalaxy]

it is 1am i am thinking about silence and vlad

I havent talked about the time WHILE they actually worked together pre-timeskip at all because it’s all very nebulous in my head but I don’t like that. Silence is VERY enthusiastic abt the concept of a halfa. Even if Vlad doesn’t want to go into detail at first about “how he died” *, Silence is JUST as interested in what his powers are and their apparent ability to change over time. Vlad instinctively likes the positive reinforcement, especially as a direct mirror and counter to his experiences being picked apart and scrutinized constantly in a stressful way because of his ecto-acne.

*which, I’m not even sure if he wouldn’t? It’s difficult to tell because we don’t really see him have any personal interactions with non-Fentons. Does he monologue at the Fentons because he thinks THEY specifically ought to know, or is he just a habitual infodumper to anyone who will listen? I honestly feel like it’s a mix, but it’s difficult to pin down how much of which, and when. It would REALLY help if I had the patience to rewatch more than a few episode at a time.

If Silence DOES need to talk Vlad into sharing details about his life and Ghostly Fixation(tm), she does so by explaining to him that it could be the key to better understanding and therefore better utilizing his powers, and he’ll never be able to navigate her heinous volumes of reference material in a timely enough fashion to figure it out himself. I made up most of this paragraph as I went along and this is such a good positive-relationship-development shaped slot that I think this, or at least a similar teamwork situation, HAS to work. I have some emotion-driven ghost power mechanics to define the logistics of I guess.

[laiosynth]

ok, so yeah. stephanie is a little suspicious of fenton now. it's freaky everything fenton had access to.

so, what better idea than to invite the guy over to wayne manor so they could work together there? (tim and bruce would be able to get a good face scan, maybe some dna, or even more scans than that)

danny seems amenable to the idea, happily agreeing when she asks him.

when the day comes, bruce and tim are ready in the cave, all the instruments of scanning are set up imperceptibly in the manor.

danny arrives... on foot.

this guy walked here, all the way up to the top of bristol, and he didn't look too tired at all.

steph welcomes the guy at the door (after he walks all the way up the ridiculously long driveway) and danny looks genuinely happy to see her.

they quickly get to work on the assignment. danny isn't the best technical writer, but he has a lot of good ideas and concepts.

he also, apparently, has a lot of feelings about ghosts.

steph listens as the guys rambles on about the unfair treatment ghosts receive, the misconceptions of their nature, the misunderstanding of their biology and how it affects their behavior. steph has no idea how this guy knows so much- at this point it feels like he's venting as much as he is infodumping.

and then danny hits her with the sucker punch (metaphorically).

he tells her about the "anti-ecto acts".

every word he says makes the shock and chill sink into her bones.

as she processes everything he's saying, he rambles on, "and nobody even cares, it's crazy- just because ghosts aren't human doesn't mean they don't deserve the same treatment!"

"danny," steph interrupts, horror showing clearly on her face, "tell me you're lying. tell me that's not true. tell me you are making this up."

danny looks at her baffled, "no?? it's easy information to find, what are you talking about? the anti-ecto act was signed into law in 1999, when i was 9. it's not relevant anywhere without a portal or super high levels of ambecto, but it's still there."

"danny, i tried to look up ghosts and i almost got on a watchlist."

danny gives steph the most confused look before his eyes narrow. "you're fucking with me. this is some sort of prank." danny's face shifts into something hurt and disappointed. he stands up from the couch while stephanie continues to try and comprehend what's going on here.

"i really thought you were cool, stephanie. im... a bit sad you aren't who i thought you were."

"wait! danny," steph says, jumping into action. "danny, i swear on my life i'm not trying to prank you. i genuinely don't know what you're talking about!"

danny sighs. "stephanie, i've been through this a million times before. the bully gaslights me, makes me think i'm crazy, i'm going crazy, i'm stupid and gullible. i'm not going to let you get through your whole prank." danny turns fully to steph now, and the look on his face is... tired. exhausted. sad. "i just want to know why. why do you want to do this? what about me makes me a good victim this time? am i lame? cringe? weird? have people discovered my parents? am i skinny, feminine? what is it this time, stephanie?"

steph... doesn't know how to respond to that.

"i'm not lying danny. i swear. i think you're a really cool guy- i'm surprised to hear that you wanted to be my friend. i want to be your friend too, but I genuinely am not lying when i say that i don't know about the anti-ecto acts. i can bring in people who have never known you to corroborate my story."

danny stares at her, an unreadable look on his face.

"okay, stephanie. you get one chance."

Short DPXDC Prompts #825

Stephanie Brown is partnered with her classmate, Danny Fenton, on a research paper for her English Gen Ed. This single assignment lead to a spiral of circumstances that she never would have dreamed of.

[gomagopowerrangers]

tags directory\/

#ecto's art -my art

#ecto infodumps -infodumping, usually about ocs

#ecto's haunts -me talkin

#ecto has polls -poll tag

#ecto's scratches -writing tag

#float like a moth/sting like a wasp -agent arizona b related

#boxelder bullet -boxelder related

#kickback -kickstand related

#vintage vaporwave -vintage related

#snake in the shade -táo "goma" related

#timeless blackblood -ecto/maiz upstep related

#envy's wrath -rampera/duality ghoul related

#arrowhead -bowie related

#golden ruby -goldenstrike/redscales related

#sound of the sky -soundshock/sky related