Case #29: Video

[19centconstable]

[It's an extreme close up of a Victorian constable! George has accidentally turned the camera on himself while picking up his communicator in an attempt to figure out what the strange device is. He looks a little older; a little stockier, because no one escapes the ravages of aging, and 1898 has been kind of a stressful year, what with all of the meth, and Draculas, and outwitting the American government. All of the brass on his uniform is also particularly shiny, and he's wearing a pair of white dress gloves and an expression of general confusion.

And then you can see it slowly dawn on him. And then there's a dizzying shot of the floor flying past as George hurries to make sure that...

Yes. The toilette remains.]

Oh my goodness I'm back.

[There's the sound of someone flopping back onto a bed, and a close up of a quilt. The quilt has the spotlight for a good few minutes, until George remembers the communicator is still running. Normal view!]

Could anybody tell me when it is here?

Comments

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Oh my, that's right. There was all of that terrible business in October wasn't there?

[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

Si, and there's people, who tend to be here the whole year around.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

...sorry?

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[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

My problems were slightly more... man made.

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

As in...but who would ever have something against you?

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[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

...I'm not at liberty to say.

But it wasn't quite personal.

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

That seems worse somehow.

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[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

In a way, it feels like it.

As much as it's nice to know nobody hates you that much.

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I'm terribly sorry to hear you went through that, either way.

I suppose it does at least prove that you aren't a ghost here.

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[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

I suppose it does.

...Although something interesting happened.

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

What was it?

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[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

The same thing happened again - I came back. Not like people normally do here, but I talked to Rex whilst I was officially... dead.

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

How interesting. What was it like?

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[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

It was...

Much the same as last time. It felt like being trapped.

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

So you could feel then?

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[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

Yes. Both in life and when it happened here.

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Were you in any pain?

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[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

No. Any... feeling was emotional, not physical. Spiritual, perhaps.

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

How were you able to, er, overcome it?

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[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

Here? I was returned to life.

Normally... I have not overcome it. I am still bound, in one sense or another, to the place where I died. It will be where I return.

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Were you sort of...sucked back into yourself?

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[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

I'm not entirely sure what you mean.

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Well, how did you go from being a ghost to being back inside of your body?

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[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

I... I can't really describe. It's almost like your consciousness changes location. You don't notice it slip from your body and you don't notice it slip back. You're just suddenly more aware of the sensations of a real body - the pains, the nausea, the... well, the toll, I do suppose.

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I see.

I'm sure we're all pleased to have you back, at the least. It was very thoughtful of you to offer your room to the injured, as you did.