#mouthwashing ghost adventures AU

[itsallmouthwashing]

Ghost Adventures AU- Survivor!Curly (Part 1)

Alright fellas, I got stupid high last night and rubbed this out with some editing while I'm at work. Please enjoy and feel free to write your own interpretations of this AU!! I don't really want to claim 'ownership' or whatever (if that's even a thing with AUs? Listen I haven't been in fandom for a while before Mouthwashing. It hath risen me from the soil like a necromancer and I am it's silly little skeleton minion) I just want to see what everyone else thinks may be going on

Anyways, please enjoy part one (out of Only God Knows) of the Ghost Adventures AU!

“Are we ready? Cameras are rolling? Yeah? Alright… We’re here at the site of the historic Tulpar Massacre-”

God, I thought I could handle this. He’s not even said anything but Tulpar. Fuck, I need to tune it out. The images are already flying through my mind. I’m reliving it all at lightspeed and it keeps fucking repeating. Every second I’m seeing it all-

“Behind us is a long-haul freighter that belonged to a company known as Pony Express. This corporation was known for cheap and speedy deliveries, along with being one of the last few companies to rely on human employees in an age of automation.”

I hope they know. We’re all heroes today.

“However, while Pony Express may have provided jobs to hundreds of people, the abuse these employees suffered is the real root of this tragedy.” Zac puts his hand up and turns his head to me. “Would you like to say a few words?”

“Huh, oh- No, I trust you.”

He nods, short and with a small smile like he’s seeing it all happening behind my eyes. Maybe he knows I'm not listening. Trying to, anyway.

“Employees aboard Tulpar were only allotted a mere FIVE hours for rest. This does not include recreational activities, which they were not allowed to do in the other nineteen hours in their day. NINETEEN hours, non-stop working around Tulpar.”

His eyes are on me. He wants to know if I’ve changed my mind.

“That’s not the worst part, oh no, friends,” He says when he realizes I won’t, “For a company that claimed to care deeply for its employees, they made it hell to file complaints or go to upper management for help. While on this year long trek-”

My stomach is in hell. I cover my mouth, pretend I’m stifling a cough, and swallow the vomit before it floods their headquarters. Think about something else. 

Anything, Anya. Anything.

“Joining us for our lock-in tonight is the sole survivor of this tragedy, Captain Grant Curly.” He opens his arms to welcome me into the frame. “We’re happy to have you here, Captain.” He says, shaking my hand.

“Happy to be here with you, fellas,” I lied. 

We aren’t even to the door and I already see the inside. We’re simply standing in a residential space travel unit, on the landing pad, which connects to the main door. To the lounge, my quarters. The cockpit, the medical bay. The lounge. Utility. The Pod.

“Captain, off the record,” He nods for his partner to turn off the camera,” In all seriousness, I want to express my appreciation. Please know that at any point you can bow out. Or if you don’t want to be in the episode at all. You just let us know if you need a break or leave all together.” 

I smile. I have to or else I may break. 

“Of course. I think more people need to be aware just how awful Pony Express was to us. It’s great that you guys are covering this.” 

They’re all waiting for me at the door. Swansea and Jimmy cross their arms and grumble something about dying to get started. Two grouches on the ship could be difficult. But Anya and Daisuke are chatting about expectations. She’s stitching the air, mimicking the motions shown in a textbook on her lap. Daisuke copies her and she rolls her eyes playful, remarking that she’s glad he’s not her intern. Swansea tells her to not give him ideas.

“Captain, where’d you go-”

“Besides, who is a captain without his crew?”

“You really loved them, didnt you?”

“Yes,” I say.

They were my responsibility, I don’t. 

Zac smiles back at me before stepping back and observing the map of the ship. He mumbles something to his crew, all of two other people, and they go separate ways to gather equipment. Zac marks something with what looks like a bingo blotter around the blown-up image of my ship. 

“Zac?”

My face looks back at me in question. I’m in my uniform, bent over the blueprints of my ship. My belt buckle, a gift from the company when I was promoted to Captain, shines in the harsh light of the ship. 

“Yes, Captain?” I ask. 

“Uh,” I start, running a hand over the dim and rusted buckle of my own, “Why do…” I have that look. The one like he sees it all before it all comes back to the front of my mind. Zac blinks and leans forward.

“What’s up, Cap?” He asks. 

“Can you read minds… or something?” 

“Ha!” He laughs, hearty and true. “No, nothing like that Mr. Curly.” He wipes moisture from his eyes. “I’ve been told I’m something of an empath."

“Ah, no wonder you’re so kind.”

Zac starts to say something, but his crew is back and dropping equipment on the floor with heavy grunts and sighs. 

“Guys! You need to be careful-” Zac rushes over, but I’m still standing at the table.

[evieelyzabethh]

Can I request modern au viktor dating headcanons (perhaps streamer au where viktor is dating streamer reader) 👉👈

streamerau!Viktor whose girlfriend starts out as a relatively small creator. Your streams don't get a lot of reach, but it's never bothered you much anyway. You did it more for the passion of gaming rather than making serious money off it. Your set up had been customized and built prior to the idea of even getting a twitch account, you already had countless hours logged into your Minecraft and Sims 4 worlds, as well as having a pretty lengthy collection of games all on your own

streamerau!Viktor who is the reason you even start. One day, he jokingly teased that with how many hours and how much money you had put into your hobby, you might as well try and make some money off it. He's very aware of what it takes to go viral, a pretty face, and you have the prettiest one he's ever seen. He is also quite confident in your skills to go viral. You have the personality, you have the skills, you have the knowledge. He's not even a gamer himself and he still enjoys watching you play and hearing all the interesting fun facts and history that you know about.

streamerau!Viktor who is such a visual opposite to his girlfriend. Part of the differences are played up for the camera, the comically pink and purple set up, the light-up headphones, even the type of content you create, spending less time in COD lobbies and more on cheap cozy games on Steam. He hardly ever steps into your recording office, fearing his tall, lanky, and dark demeanor may come off as some creepy ghost in the corner of your pastel-led room.

This isn't to say you only play those games, but that is simply what gets the views and is the least hostile space. When you do venture out of the typical cozy game aesthetic, it typically adventure puzzle games, like Tomb Raider or Uncharted, or maybe a story-based horror game like Mouthwashing or Until Dawn. In the very early days of your streaming adventure, you and Viktor would play vintage games from your collection, like Mario Kart or Mortal Kombat on your N64 or Sonic on your Sega Genesis. Once you start getting traction, he asks for them to be deleted. He's doesn't want his face all over the internet nor his reactions.

streamerau!Viktor who is quite aggressive when he plays games. He is the first to get loud, the first to blame the controller, the first to claim his screen was lagging and that's why he lost. He is a bit of a sore loser. He also just isn't a fan of games that don't require some sort of skill or technique. He hates luck-based games, or games that depend heavily on rng. Y'all played the first FNAF game ONCE and he lost it because Chica hung around the door so he couldn't open it to alleviate his battery usage and was incredibly pissed when he lost because of that.

streamerau!Viktor who is more into more card games (my personal headcanon is that he is a great Spades partner) but still tunes into every single one of your streams. He thinks it's funny to leave very obvious 'pro-tips' like "don't mine at night with nothing but a wood sword" or "maybe try killing the creepers" or "next time, you should do a back flip off the ledge". Though he doesn't play with you, he does get alluded to in passing, typically by Grim rather than his actual name. The nickname came from one of your Sims streams where you laughed about how much your boyfriend looked like the Grim Reaper and then everyone started calling him that until it eventually got shortened to just Grim. At some point, someone dug through the archives to try and find him. The old streams were long gone at this point, but Viktor had somehow snuck into the corner of a few videos.

Speaking of which, Shadow Man Viktor definitely became a meme on the internet after he was spotted, specifically to that one Berleezy audio (IT IS HOT AS HELL IN THIS FUNKY ASS, HOT ASS ROOM IM IN...IS THAT THE GRIM REAPER???). He doesn't find out about it until you tell him. Viktor is thoroughly not a social media guy; he often gets confused when you make internet references on the stream and asks about what they mean later. That or he quietly texts you "I'm employed, what does that mean?" He never moved over to shorter form content when Vine and TikTok got really popular, and he definitely brags about having a longer attention span because of it. He would be more annoyed with the whole ordeal if his face wasn't obscured, but you can't tell who he is by the low-quality stills. This being said, your followers anxiously await the heavily teased boyfriend reveal.

[epitaffia]

# 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐀.     an  exploration  in  running  from  the  ghosts  of  past , the  rippling  effects  of  a  childhood  that  never  was ,  &  of  self - acceptance  &  recovery.  

this is an independent writing blog for the  𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍  𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓  from  jojo’s  bizarre  adventure  part  5 ;  vento  aureo.   private  &  selective  .  canon divergent ,  headcanon heavy  ,  duplicate , oc  & crossover friendly. please read  the rules before following due to triggering themes present.   20+ following only .  personal blogs DNI . revamped march 2024. AU verses available for : stardew valley , pokemon , scarlet hollow , mouthwashing , yakuza , & general fandomless ( i'm still writing some of these up sorry ! )

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below the cut is a doodle i did of the pink system ! this is to better show my depiction of them, but also because i really wanted to draw them all together.

for those who aren't familiar, from left to right : king crimson, doppio, madre, diavolo, solido, & 's'.

[itsallmouthwashing]

Part 1 is posted!

Ghost Adventures AU- Survivor!Curly

Listen to me I CANNOT stop thinking about this so here are some bullet points ENJOY MUAH

The bodies and site itself is cleaned up while still preserving the incident. 

Ofc Curly still sees them all

It’s all the same to him. Zac (yes Zac Baggins. His great-great-great-grandson maybe but it’s just Zac Baggins) points out where bodies ‘used to be’ and Curly gets really confused and starts questioning his interactions with the ghosts

He also sees them where he knows they died and can usually talk to them there

Jimmy is confined to the utility room by everyone's collective ghost powers (ghost willpower ig)

Jimmy is the first ghost Curly interacts with and that kinda causes a breakdown

He kinds sees wisps of Jimmy around utility and the cockpit and they eventually lead him to utility (he thinks he hallucinating the whole time)

While Curly is super questioning his talk with Jimmy, Zac and crew come in and confirm crazy ghost activity. He goes through his routine checklist to ground himself. (meds, slept nine hours, ate at least twice, etc?) I feel he would have a very strict schedule that he sticks to and uses to ground himself in reality and his current actions and efforts rather than spiral hard into guilt and anxiety 

At one point the crew use an Ouija board in medical. Curly watches Anya move the planchet and she just stares back at him. She talks through the Oujia board only (He gets really fucking confused when she straight up talks to him later)

Daisuke has periods where he forgets that he’s dead. He more often forgets how

Swansea continues to guard utility most times. He has the ability to go in, just like everyone else, but chooses not to. Jimmy will annoy him by banging on the door and wailing

He tries not to be around Daisuke when he forgets. It’s too painful for him to see again

Anya usually roams the halls. She can't stand being in one place for a long time. If she does she starts to feel sick

The ghosts still have game night! They can all interact with the environment just fine 

Maybe in this AU Curly ends up living at the site or frequenting it way too often. So there’s potential for nice moments and not just traumatrumatraumatraumtraumatrauma yk?

PLEASE add on to this I am begging I would love to hear your ideas :)

[itsallmouthwashing]

Ghost Adventures AU- Survivor!Curly (Part 2 of Chapter 1)

“Did you hear me?” Zac asks.

“What?”

“I asked if you want to be part of the walk-through. We’re gonna go through the history of the rooms and give the viewers a better picture of the events.”

You know I don’t need to be there for that. “Oh, uh… I’ll let you handle that.”

I stare back at me, smiling before disappearing behind the corner and beckoning my crew to follow. Daisuke and Swansea pick up the equipment in the room. Daisuke wraps a cord around his shoulder and lifts metal boxes in each hand. He beams up at Swansea. 

“I’m excited to get started! I’ve never been on a ship like this, let alone something as historic as the Tulpar!”

“I get that you’re excited, kid,” Swansea says, lowering his voice so I can't hear,” But tell me all about it without its Captain right there. You can't say you’re excited to see the site of a tragedy when it’s only survivor is standing right there-”

“Uh, guys?”

They both turn to me, surprised that I was even paying attention, I think. “It's…” 

My eyes begin to sting. Thorns and bile in my throat. My two best engineers, unscarred, unharmed. Not yet collided with the asteroid that is Captain Curly. 

“It’s alright, really. I used to get excited when I visited wargrounds when I was younger. I was really into history back then. I got really into Range Wars- Ah, anyway. I guess it’s different when you’re a big part of that history. I… used to feel guilty about getting excited to learn about what happened. See the sites. But please, don’t feel guilty for being excited. It was a big deal when I thawed out.” I laugh. “I guess it’s still a big deal.”

Maybe I should feel guilty. How would I feel if I knew the worst portion of my life was their favorite tragedy?

How should I feel now?

“Captain, I-” Daisuke starts.

“Please, Dai, it’s alright.”

“Erm, my name is Lois?”

Swansea elbows him in the side. “Do not be condescending right now, Lo.” He turns to me. “Please forgive them. They’re still learning the ropes and honing their people skills.” 

“It’s alright, it was my mistake. Pleased to meet you, Lois.” I extend my hand for a shake. They look at it like a child looks at broccoli. I notice the equipment wrapped around their shoulders and the boxes in their hands. For such a small one, they sure do know how to carry the weight. “Ah, right. We can do proper introductions later, after you’ve set up.” 

Lois takes a deep breath, smiles with their teeth and says, “Sure thing, Curly.”

I see them now. Much shorter with dyed pink and purple hair. The left side of their head shaved down but still dyed with a string of black and white that look like stars. Colorful blots that look like planets or galaxies. Muscular like I was back in my hay-day. 

“I think, maybe a pink? Or purple?” I hear.

“Pink is so unprofessional, Daisuke.”

“Swans, you need to get with the times! No one cares about dyed hair anymore, old timer.”

Swansea smirks and rolls his eyes as he sips his water. He waves a packet of electrolytes between his fingers and tears it open. “You kids these days don’t know how to respect your elders.”

“See, even you know it, Swansea! Should I call you the grand elder from now on? Or is there a title better suited for you?”

“Ha! Our dear Captain is closer in my age than yours.” His plastic spoon clinks against the mug.  “I think he’s the grand one here.”

Daisuke bows to me deeply. “Grand Curly. Please know I have the utmost respect for you,” he says, giggling. 

“Oh-ho, is that supposed to be a play on my name, or-?”

Swansea tosses me a packet of my own.

“Hell yeah! You got it!” Daisuke jumps onto the counter and swings his feet, careful not to hit the cabinets again. “See, Swans? Cap’s got it alright. What’s your-” 

“ -Problem?”

The word comes from somewhere outside of me. 

“Huh?” I say, looking over my shoulder and around the room for the distant voice. 

“I didn’t bring him here, and I really dont think doing so was a good idea!”

It’s around the corner, I realize. It’s not Daisuke’s. 

“So you get pissy with him like it’s his fault?” Not Swansea’s. 

“No! I’m pissy-” The hydraulic whir of the main doors opening cut Lois off. Was it a bad idea to come here? Am I not ready?

No, I’m ready. I’ve talked with Mary about this. She thinks I’m ready. She did mention exposure therapy… If she says it’s okay, then I’m okay. 

I’m okay.

I’m okay.

I’m okay.

I’m okay.

I’m-

Standing at the doors. The button on the right is a steady, bright red, bouncing off the walls and hitting me directly in the eye, flushing my vision into crimson on mahogany.. This must be what hell looks like. I blink and it’s all flashing. Bright, bright red attacking me. A siren blares in my ears and rattles my brain in its skull. EMERGENCY flashes across my retinas. WARNING across my skin. EMERGENCY across my bones. WARNING across my hands. 

Something else. I need to think of something else. Anything else.

Anything, Anya. Anything. 

Daisuke did talk about wanting to dye his hair when he returned from the trip. Pink or purple, but he leaned more towards pink. “It’s my favorite color,” he confided one day. 

They live on through the pieces of other people I can't unsee. Every passer-by looks like you. Every bright-eyed and bushy-tailed youngin gets to live the life you could have had. And you live on through each one of them. 

My poor Daisuke. 

I don’t care to wipe the tears before my hand meets the button. Everything is green and the hissing around me is real. Safe and familiar. It’s real when it punctures my eardrum and drills deep into my cartilage. The doors open so agonizingly slow, revealing my battered ship one piece of loose debris at a time. 

Yet in just a single moment I see it all for the first time. Shiny, brand new, built just for me and my little crew. Not including our unexpected addition. 

Or the other.

“Captain! We’re just about to do the walkthrough. You change your mind?” 

In the deep green light they wait for me. Zac, Lois, and Momo, chords wrapped around their necks and shoulders, cameras and tripods set up by the set of doors that lead to my doom.

“Yes, actually,” I say. “Yes, I have.”

[itsallmouthwashing]

Mouthwashing AUs that I think about only sometimes

- Polo Team AU

- Ice Cream shop AU

- tattoo parlor/flower/coffee shop AU (I need a tatted Curly) (for research purposes...... yeah)

- Ghost Adventures AU (and crew comes in and explores the site of the tragic Tulpar crash. Tulpar crew are the ghosts and the paranormal team is separate. Not sure who would be on the investigation) (OO CURLY COULD BE THERE)

- Creature AU (like Jimmys a werewolf, Swansea is an old school vampire, Anya could be a Jakalope (I really like the rabbit/deer imagery for her. Its said that Jackalope milk is a cure-all), Curly could be... a Pegasus :) or centaur! Daisuke could be a Tanuki!)

To be added but I might do more on the creature au. Leave your thoughs or feel free to build more onto them! Tag me so I can see I love it all!!!

[itsallmouthwashing]

Ghost Adventures AU- Survivor!Curly

Listen to me I CANNOT stop thinking about this so here are some bullet points ENJOY MUAH

The bodies and site itself is cleaned up while still preserving the incident. 

Ofc Curly still sees them all

It’s all the same to him. Zac (yes Zac Baggins. His great-great-great-grandson maybe but it’s just Zac Baggins) points out where bodies ‘used to be’ and Curly gets really confused and starts questioning his interactions with the ghosts

He also sees them where he knows they died and can usually talk to them there

Jimmy is confined to the utility room by everyone's collective ghost powers (ghost willpower ig)

Jimmy is the first ghost Curly interacts with and that kinda causes a breakdown

He kinds sees wisps of Jimmy around utility and the cockpit and they eventually lead him to utility (he thinks he hallucinating the whole time)

While Curly is super questioning his talk with Jimmy, Zac and crew come in and confirm crazy ghost activity. He goes through his routine checklist to ground himself. (meds, slept nine hours, ate at least twice, etc?) I feel he would have a very strict schedule that he sticks to and uses to ground himself in reality and his current actions and efforts rather than spiral hard into guilt and anxiety 

At one point the crew use an Ouija board in medical. Curly watches Anya move the planchet and she just stares back at him. She talks through the Oujia board only (He gets really fucking confused when she straight up talks to him later)

Daisuke has periods where he forgets that he’s dead. He more often forgets how

Swansea continues to guard utility most times. He has the ability to go in, just like everyone else, but chooses not to. Jimmy will annoy him by banging on the door and wailing

He tries not to be around Daisuke when he forgets. It’s too painful for him to see again

Anya usually roams the halls. She can't stand being in one place for a long time. If she does she starts to feel sick

The ghosts still have game night! They can all interact with the environment just fine 

Maybe in this AU Curly ends up living at the site or frequenting it way too often. So there’s potential for nice moments and not just traumatrumatraumatraumtraumatrauma yk?

PLEASE add on to this I am begging I would love to hear your ideas :)