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Crime, Love, and Ghosts. (And others, Probably)

Chapter 11: Two Truths And A Lie

Summary:

Our lovely heroes play a game more often found at sleepovers.

Notes:

Sorry I'm late!
Life is weird right now in my house.
weirder than normal for this year, I mean.

anyway, to make up for being late, you guys get a SUPER long chapter! By my usual standards, anyway.

Username directory:
Ghost Boy - Danny
Mouse Bug -Marinette
The_Blood_Son - Damian
Chaos - Sam
Friar Tuck - Tucker
Zombie_Bird - Jason
SPITEandCAFFEINE - Tim
DickieBird - Dick
PurpleWaffles - Steph
MyPalVal - Valerie
Notactuallyanerd - Jon
Ghost Girl - Ellie
My Little Robot - Max.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Mouse Bug

Well that was an interesting conversation to read through

 

The_Blood_Son

Certainly.

@Ghost Boy I assume this is what you meant when you said your second sister was not technically considered part of the family?

 

Ghost Boy

Yeah

Never thought she’d tell you guys though

Good on her

 

Mouse Bug

Why wouldn’t she tell us?

Other than the obvious

I mean

 

Ghost Girl

I have trust issues lol

 

Mouse Bug

Ah ok

 

Notactuallyanerd

All this is making me so curious as to your tragic backstory

 

Ghost Girl

Very tragic yes

My first father figure tried to murder me

 

Mouse Bug

Oh no

 

Notactuallyanerd

Are you ok??

 

Ghost Boy

Make them even more confused and concerned would you

 

Ghost Girl

It would be my pleasure~

 

Ghost Boy

Ellie NO

 

Ghost Girl

Ugh fine

 

The_Blood_Son

This sounds like quite the story.

 

Ghost Boy

And one of the most terrifying experiences of my life

 

Mouse Bug

And your life is starting to sound more and more interesting

Sometimes it sounds so mundane

And other times it sounds like one heck of a wild ride.

 

Ghost Boy

And apt description!

 

The_Blood_Son

More details would be very welcome

 

Ghost Boy

At this point it looks like Ellie is more likely to give them to you than I am

Just enjoy the slow release of tidbits as they paint a horrifying picture

 

Notactuallyanerd

I’m concerned

 

Ghost Girl

You probably should be

Anyway isn’t the battle about to start?

 

Ghost Boy

Oh crud I gotta go rescue Tuck!

 

The_Blood_Son

Good luck

 

Mouse Bug

Have fun!

 

The_Blood_Son

@My Little Robot are you ready for your grand entrance?

 

My Little Robot

I am ready

 

The_Blood_Son

Excellent.

 

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GROUPCHAT - WarMeeting

 

Ghost Boy

5v6

Our numbers are growing

 

Chaos

No duh

 

<Ghost Boy added My Little Robot to the chat>

 

My Little Robot

Hello

 

Zombie_Bird

Does anyone recognize them?

 

PurpleWaffles

Nope

 

MyPalVal

No I don’t

 

Chaos

Who is this???

 

The_Blood_Son

A technologically gifted friend of our teacher’s.

 

Ghost Boy

You no longer have a hacker monopoly!!!

 

Friar Tuck

WHAT

NO

 

SPITEandCAFFEINE

So THAT’S who made all your new security

 

The_Blood_Son

Indeed

He truly is talented

 

My Little Robot

Thank you

 

Ghost Girl

Heck yeah!

He’s also good at the game so watch out!

 

MyPalVal

I noticed when he killed me for the THIRD TIME

 

Ghost Girl

You’re not innocent either!

You killed me AT LEAST 4 times!

 

Ghost Boy

I only died twice!

Total!

 

Chaos

Proud much?

 

Ghost Boy

Yeah

I was expecting to die so many more times

 

Friar Tuck

I’m over here with my 17 total deaths…

I really need to meet your teacher.

 

My Little Robot

They are laughing at your messages

They are telling you to win the war first

 

Zombie_Bird

They’re here??

How?

 

Chaos

Seriously??

 

My Little Robot

They are at my house

Reading over my shoulder

 

PurpleWaffles

Oh so they’re IRL friends

 

My Little Robot

IRL?

 

Ghost Boy

In Real Life

Outside the game

 

My Little Robot

Thank you

 

Chaos

???

 

Zombie_Bird

What?

 

Friar Tuck

You didn’t know what IRL means?

Aren’t you a gamer?

 

My Little Robot

I’m not fluent in english

Or it’s slang

 

Zombie_Bird

So the teacher isn’t american hmmmm?

 

The_Blood_Son

That’s all of the hints you get

No more.

 

Zombie_Bird

Ok ok

Sheesh

 

SPITEandCAFFEINE

Uhh we gotta go

 

The_Blood_Son

It seems we do.

 

Zombie_Bird

What?

Oh

Never mind I know what’s going on

 

Chaos

We don’t

 

Zombie_Bird

And you won’t

Bye

 

Chaos

Well ok then.

 

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GROUPCHAT - Mouse Sensei And Students

 

Ghost Girl

Goodbye california

I’ve moved on

Any suggestions of where I should go next?

 

Notactuallyanerd

Are you just traveling around?

On your own?

 

Ghost Girl

Yah

 

Mouse Bug

That doesn’t sound safe

 

Ghost Girl

Not really no

But I can handle almost anything at this point

 

Mouse Bug

How old are you?

 

Ghost Girl

That’s subjective.

 

Mouse Bug

Your age is subjective??

How does that work?

 

Notactuallyanerd

Well actually my brother’s age is subjective

But I doubt it’s for the same reason

Maybe

 

Ghost Girl

Really???

Man I kinda hope he’s like me

I don’t know anyone who is right now

Oooh I’ll tell you this:

My bio mom has no idea I exist

 

Notactuallyanerd

Yeah it might be the same reason

 

Ghost Girl

Where do you live I want to meet you guys

Heyy that answers my original question of where I should go next too!

 

Notactuallyanerd

We live in metropolis

 

Ghost Girl

Well I've got a long road trip ahead of me

 

Ghost Boy

Is it really a road trip if you can’t drive?

 

Ghost Girl

Who says I can’t drive?

 

Ghost Boy

Well first of all you need to legally exist to get a license

Second of all even though your age is subjective you can’t justify yourself being 16 or older

 

Ghost Girl

Well maybe I’ll hitchhike

 

Ghost Boy

Be careful

 

Ghost Girl

Always am <3

 

Ghost Boy

No you’re not <3

 

Mouse Bug

I’m getting even more worried about you guys now

I also have about a million more questions

 

Notactuallyanerd

Some of mine may have actually been answered

Though the ones that have been answered leave more in their place

Those ones are just ones you may have not thought to ask just yet

 

Mouse Bug

Yeah that works

So we know what city Notactuallyanerd lives in

I feel like it’s fair that we all share?

If you want to I mean

 

Ghost Girl

Well we all know I’m homeless.

 

Ghost Boy

So blunt

 

Ghost Girl

Oh yeah

 

Mouse Bug

So anyway I live in Paris

 

Ghost Girl

Paris!!!!!!!

I want to go there so bad!!!!!!

 

Mouse Bug

It certainly is magical

Maybe a little too magical at times.

 

Ghost Boy

I live in a city called Amity Park

 

Notactuallyanerd

I have never heard of it.

 

Ghost Boy

Didn’t expect you to

All the townspeople are weirdly secretive about EVERYTHING

Not to each other

But to the rest of the world

 

Ghost Girl

It’s a miracle you met as many Amityites as you did lol

They’re so elusive

 

Notactuallyanerd

I’ll have to look it up

 

Ghost Boy

Good luck finding much

 

The_Blood_Son

I have returned

To a very interesting conversation.

I have actually heard of Amity Park before

With the wisdom to Never Visit.

 

Notactuallyanerd

Where did you hear that?

 

The_Blood_Son

I heard Z talking about it with father.

 

Notactuallyanerd

Oh.

 

Ghost Boy

Sounds like solid advice

 

Ghost Girl

Lol yeah

So where do you hail from?

@The_Blood_Son ?

 

The_Blood_Son

I live in Gotham

Though I was not born here.

 

Mouse Bug

Gotham huh

I know someone who came from there.

 

The_Blood_Son

Do you now?

 

Mouse Bug

Yeah

He tells me I’m never visiting without him

 

Ghost Boy

Such polar opposites

The City Of Crime

And

The City Of Love

 

Ghost Girl

What’s Amity then?

 

Ghost Boy

The City Of Death

 

Mouse Bug

Oh wow

 

Ghost Girl

That’s a bit harsh

Try again

 

Ghost Boy

The City Of Ghosts

 

Ghost Girl

Fantastic.

 

Notactuallyanerd

What about metropolis?

 

Ghost Boy

The City Of Superman

 

Notactuallyanerd

That scans yeah

 

Mouse Bug

So we have

The City Of Crime

The City Of Love

The City Of Ghosts

And

The City Of Superman

 

Notactuallyanerd

What’s with the ghosts thing anyway?

 

Ghost Boy

Amity Park is recorded as the most haunted city in america

And less than third of the ghost sightings are actually reported because of the weird secrecy thing

In Amity Park

You’re weird if you DON’T belive in ghosts

 

The_Blood_Son

That’s number 7.

 

Ghost Boy

DARN

 

Notactuallyanerd

Also what?

Is that true?

The ghosts thing?

 

Ghost Girl

Look it up

It won’t say the thing about the unrecorded ones but the stats show…

 

Notactuallyanerd

Oh my gosh it does

Amity Park really is the most haunted city in america

Huh

 

Mouse Bug

So that’s where your names come from?

 

Ghost Girl

Yeah kinda

 

Notactuallyanerd

Only “kinda”?

 

Ghost Boy

:)

 

Ghost Girl

:)

 

Notactuallyanerd

What the... 

 

The_Blood_Son

It seems I have some research to do regarding your city.

 

Ghost Boy

Research away

 

Ghost Girl

So you guys know a bunch of MY vague secrets

What about you??

 

Mouse Bug

It really is only you we know a lot about huh

Even Ghost Boy sounds like a normal kid

But he can’t be if you’re his sister

 

Ghost Boy

That is true.

 

Ghost Girl

I HAVE AN IDEA!!!

Two truths and a lie.

Extremely weird stuff edition.

 

Ghost Boy

Seconded

 

Notactuallyanerd

It could be fun

 

Mouse Bug

I’ve never played before

How does it work?

 

Ghost Girl

What you do is say three things about yourself in the chat

One of the three things is a lie

We have to guess which one

 

Mouse Bug

Hmmmm I do love discovering lies

 

My Little Robot

Lol

 

Ghost Boy

This sounds like an inside joke

 

Mouse Bug

It is

Kinda

 

Ghost Girl

Who goes first?

I nominate @The_Blood_Son

Because he’s been quiet

 

The_Blood_Son

I never agreed to this game.

 

Ghost Boy

That’s why she chose you

Probably

 

Notactuallyanerd

Please??

It’ll be fun!

Plus it’s still totally anonymous

 

The_Blood_Son

Fine.

  1. I have three brothers
  2. I have one sister
  3. I have a butler

Notactuallayanerd is not allowed to guess.

 

Ghost Girl

Not the most extreme but still hard

 

Ghost Boy

I know he has a bunch of siblings

But last time I asked exactly how many he just said “Too many”

 

Mouse Bug

In that case I say #2

 

Ghost Girl

We’re not going to talk about the butler?

 

Ghost Boy

I think that one is true

He talks like a rich person

 

Ghost Girl

Truuue

I say #1

 

Ghost Boy

Why?

 

Ghost Girl

To be different from Mouse Sensei

 

Ghost Boy

In that case I’ll join her in saying #2

@My Little Robot

Got a guess?

 

My Little Robot

#3

To be different

 

Ghost Girl

Ah yes

So who wins?

 

The_Blood_Son

Ellie wins.

I have more than three brothers.

 

Ghost Boy

Darn.

Do we get an actual number?

 

The_Blood_Son

No.

 

Mouse Bug

Can I go next?

 

Ghost Girl

Sure!

 

Mouse Bug

  1. I’m terrified of purple butterflies
  2. I’ve been to space
  3. I was raised by four parents

 

Ghost Girl

See!

This is the crazy I was talking about!

 

Notactuallyanerd

What the heck are these options?

 

Mouse Bug

Forgot to mention

Robot can’t answer

 

Ghost Boy

The first one is SO weird and specific it’s either completely true

Or slightly different than the real thing

Like she’s afraid of blue butterflies or something

 

Notactuallyanerd

A good point

 

The_Blood_Son

Having been to space isn’t nearly as rare these days as it was a few decades ago.

I say that one is true.

I vote #3.

 

Ghost Boy

I say #1

 

Ghost Girl

I agree with Bloodson

 

Notactuallyanerd

Just to be different

I say #2

 

Ghost Girl

Who won?

 

Mouse Bug

Well the lie was #3

So if you voted that you won.

 

Ghost Girl

SECOND WINNN

 

Ghost Boy

You’ve been to space?

Jealous.

 

Ghost Girl

You’ve been to space too.

 

Ghost Boy

For like an hour!

Doesn’t count.

 

Notactuallyanerd

For the record I’ve also been to space

So has Bloodson

@My Little Robot have you been to space?

 

My Little Robot

I was with Mouse when she went

 

Ghost Girl

I’m the only one here who hasn’t been to space???

Do I get any of the stories of you guys going to space or…?

 

My Little Robot

You don’t get ours

 

Notactuallyanerd

Not ours either

Sorry

 

Ghost Boy

Isn’t online great?

You can say you’ve been to space

And then not be obligated to tell how.

Because anything is a valid excuse not to tell

Literally anything

 

Ghost Girl

As I have discovered

 

Notactuallyanerd

Yeah same

 

Ghost Girl

Ghost Boy you’re next

 

Ghost Boy

Oh really?

  1. I once ate a pair of old underwear
  2. I once had to clean up invisible dog poop
  3. My favorite food is chili peppers and whipped cream

Oh and Ellie can’t vote

 

Ghost Girl

Why not?

I only know one of these!

 

Ghost Boy

Well then maybe

 

Ghost Girl

I’ll vote last.

 

Notactuallyanerd

Again, what are these options??

 

The_Blood_Son

Seconded.

 

Mouse Bug

Thirded

Is that a word?

 

Ghost Boy

I think so

 

Notactuallyanerd

I’m not sure which one I want to be the lie

They’re all bad

 

Ghost Boy

Guess then.

 

My Little Robot

I am guessing #1

 

Mouse Bug

Uhhh I guess #2

 

Notactuallyanerd

That leaves me with #3

You two have to double up one of us

 

The_Blood_Son

I vote #2.

 

Ghost Girl

OK SO

Ummmm

I vote #3

Because making you eat underwear seems in character for that one bully of yours

 

Ghost Boy

Lol yeah

Ellie wins again

Also Notactuallyanerd

 

Notactuallyanerd

Yeah!

Wait, do we get the story of the invisible poop?

 

Mouse Bug

I really thought that was it

And you just said it for the most crazy factor you could get

 

Ghost Girl

Lol no

That was the one I knew was true

Because I've done it too

 

Notactuallyanerd

???

 

Ghost Boy

It was a ghost dog

I don’t know why he pooped

Dead things don’t normally poop

But he did

 

The_Blood_Son

Your city seems fake to be honest.

But it does exist

So I don’t know if you’re lying or not.

 

Ghost Boy

You could go against that solid advice you heard and visit

We would love to have you

 

The_Blood_Son

That will be the last resort if I can’t find anything else.

 

Ghost Boy

Fair enough. who’s next?

 

Notactuallyanerd

I’ll go

And just for the heck of it

I’m going to be as mundane as possible

 

Ghost Girl

But the crazy stuff…

 

Notactuallyanerd

  1. My dad grew up on a farm
  2. I need glasses
  3. I only met my best friend because our dads were friends

Bloodson isn’t allowed to vote

 

Ghost Girl

Wow that is mundane

I’m going for 4 in a row

#2

Because no one has done #2 as the answer yet!

 

Ghost Boy

Solid logic

I agree #2

 

Mouse Bug

#2 as well

 

My Little Robot

#1

To be different

 

Notactuallyanerd

Yeah it was #2

 

Ghost Girl

YES

4 IN A ROW

Robot it’s your turn

 

My Little Robot

Should I do crazy things?

Or normal?

 

Mouse Bug

Go normal

 

Ghost Girl

Boring

 

My Little Robot

Alright

  1. I have 2 siblings
  2. I need glasses
  3. I built a fully functioning AI

 

Ghost Girl

That last one is NOT BORING

WOAH

I think it’s true too

I vote #1

Full count win here we goooo

 

Mouse Bug

I can’t vote.

 

The_Blood_Son

I vote #1 as well.

 

Ghost Boy

I’m going with #2

Because that would be a cool strategy

 

Notactuallyanerd

Umm

#3

To be different

 

My Little Robot

#1 was the lie

 

Ghost Girl

I’M SO GOOD AT THIS GAME WHAT

 

Ghost Boy

ELLIE HOW

 

Mouse Bug

When she sid #1 I almost did a spit take

Because she was right

 

Ghost Boy

I don’t recall you having long distance mind reading powers

 

Ghost Girl

I don’t

I just got realllly lucky

 

Ghost Boy

Can I borrow your luck??

 

Ghost Girl

ANYWAY

It’s my turn

 

Mouse Bug

Oh no

 

Notactuallyanerd

You said it

 

Ghost Girl

  1. I can fly
  2. I can become invisible
  3. I am dead

 

Ghost Boy

Wow

VERY free with the info ok

 

Notactuallyanerd

?????

You’re meta???

 

Ghost Girl

Ye

 

The_Blood_Son

I have no normal friends

And I never want to

 

Ghost Boy

Isn’t that the truth

 

Mouse Bug

I figured it was going to be something like this

 

My Little Robot

I guess #3

Because I hope it’s the lie

 

Notactuallyanerd

Same

I vote #3

 

Mouse Bug  

I’m jumping on this bandwagon

#3

Please don’t be dead Ellie

 

The_Blood_Son

#3

 

Ghost Boy

I can’t vote :(

 

Ghost Girl

You all won lol

 

Mouse Bug

Oh thank goodness

 

Notactuallyanerd

^^^

 

The_Blood_Son

If the other team knew what we were talking about…

 

Ghost Girl

We keep all knowledge of my tragic past away from them

Those that don’t already know, anyway.

 

Mouse Bug

So the other three on the other team know?

 

Ghost Girl

Ye

They’re some of the only ones who do

The total now includes you guys

 

Notactuallyanerd

Except that we don’t actually have anything close to the full story

 

Ghost Girl

Nope!

 

Mouse Bug

Oh frick I gtg

Robot mind coming with me?

 

My Little Robot

Not at all

 

Ghost Boy

Bye

 

Ghost Girl

Bye

 

Notactuallyanerd

Bye

 

The_Blood_Son

Goodbye

 

Ghost Boy

Such formality!

 

Ghost Girl

lol

Notes:

hooo boy

after writing this chapter I seriously considered scrapping the whole thing and trying something else but my Beta loved it...

Really not sure about this one. um. yeah. but on the other hand, I was super excited to post it, so there's that?

Also, I LOVE writing characters playing games (I did it again with the other team later) so I would love some suggestions of games you might want to see them play?

HUGE thank you to all of my commenters, I love you all so much you have no idea!
you give me joy.