too salty to stay dead

[springlocking]

[The dead are supposed to stay dead. Someone dies and that's supposed to be it. Except in this neck of the woods, that's not how it works, is it? The kids didn't leave after dying, after all.

In hindsight, this should've been an expected consequence. Should've seen it coming.

Sad truth is, not everyone's savvy or psychic enough to predict that the serial killer they put down a while ago wouldn't be staying dead - or wouldn't be bound to the spring suit he died in. Never say that the protagonist card was kind, not with allowing the dirtbag's spirit to wander freely and who knew what else he was capable of now. (Nightmare on Elm Street is probably a documentary here...)

The worst time to learn this is when she's driving down a deserted road late at night, don't you think?]

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[springlocking]

[You mean him being there and being annoying and breaking a mug isn't "doing anything"? Shocked, I am shocked at this.]

I'll. Find. One.

[Yeah, she's never going to go near that table again, it's tainted now. She thinks about it, though. How to make a spook leave...pretend they're not there? Well, she's still not going near the kitchen table, though. And she's really not hungry anymore, so...hmm...what else to do?

There isn't really much of anything else to do. Maybe she'll go flip through one of those college course catalogs. It's something to keep her mind off of things, anyway. Something to do. After snagging one from the pile, she heads to the living room, sits in a chair, and proceeds to read the thing.

She has to ignore it.]

[twistedone]

[Of course it isn't! He is totally innocent in this.]

Well, good luck with that!

[Oh, she's walking off again. He thinks on it for a moment, then follows. Because of course he does. He peeks at the catalogue, and makes a thoughtful noise.]

...Definitely Mandarin.

[He's helping!]

[springlocking]

[PERSONAL SPACE YOU CREEPY BASTARD. Cue barely-restrained screech and scooting away because no.]

Why won't you just go away already? Don't you have somewhere else to haunt?!

[Like, oh, a half-constructed mall, far away from pretty much everyone. Just a thought. And he's not helping at all!]

[twistedone]

Well, if I did I'd be there, don't you think?

[He says it drily, gesturing with his hands in maybe the first display of exasperation she's seen from him since he appeared in her car. He didn't choose to appear there, but why shouldn't he have his fun while he's around? Especially with how it makes Charlie squirm.]

[springlocking]

[He needs to stop using sane person logic. It's super effective, and she has no retort to it. An annoyed exhale is all he gets in response for now. At least he's not killing anyone like this.

Still.

She grabs a pen that was lying around and scratches out the Mandarin class, just to spite him. It's petty, but right now it's all she has.]

[twistedone]

[Hey, he may be a socially awkward child-killing psychopath with personal space issues, but he has a brain! Twisted as it is. And hey, he won that argument! Neat.]

What did Mandarin ever do to you?

[He's back to smugly smirking again.]

[springlocking]

Nothing. You, though - you killed my brother and drove Dad to kill himself, in case you forgot.

[Is it really any wonder she wants nothing to do with this creep with that info in mind? And that's not even going into all the other murders. Yeesh.]

So get out, already.