posts from @triple-cubical-cassie tagged #microfiction

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(Valerie's Book Of Ghosts, Page 207)


  • Disclaimer: Exorcism is only necessary under special circumstances, as most ghosts don't harm the host under possession.
  • Mental composure majorly affects success of exorcism, with it becoming more difficult as the host's mental composure worsens.
  • Forcefully rendering the host unconscious forces the ghost to leave. However, it is not recommended as it necessitates inflicting harm upon the host.
  • Elements in opposing to the one the ghost is affiliated with can weaken their ties to the host, at the unfortunate expense of the risk of harming the host. Examples include darkness and light, and fire and ice.
  • Religious faith mostly works similarly to mental composure in its success of influence. Only notable things to be found is that this applies to anyone of any religion, and it works separately from mental composure.
  • Salt is the most influential tool in exorcism; applied on the body, it can dehydrate generated ectoplasm, severing the host's link to the ghost, at the unfortunate expense of hurting the latter.
  • Success is also contingent on amount of ghosts within the host; other ghosts are unaffected by the exorcism of one and can repossess the host if desired.

  • Good news: I think it's possible to exorcise myself after all.
  • Bad news: Too many ghosts have possessed me by now.


unreality
@unreality

Short/microfiction prompt idea: Write using the vibes/context/etc of any song, but your word count is limited to the song length. A song that is 3:28 would be limited to 328 words, and so on. A short example is this one here that I've done.


triple-cubical-cassie
@triple-cubical-cassie

You've been sick all day. So you turn on the TV, hoping to distract yourself.

Coughing? Wheezing? Nauseous? Anxious? Itchy eyes? Troubled breathing? Maybe even...hydrophobic?
(I know what that is!)
THAT'S HOUNDOOM SICKNESS! EVERYONE'S GOT THAT!
Shouldn't have turned on the stove today, buddy!
BUT DON'T WORRY! HELGABAK'S HERE!
Send that sickness BACK to hell, from whence it came!
COMING TO YOU RIGHT NOW!
Now that you've watched this ad!
SIT BACK AND RELAX!
Your breath's clearing up in no time!

WARNING: Side effects of Helgabak include numbness, tremors, metallic taste, bodily deformation, bodily excrescence, and mercury poisoning. Consult a doctor before-

Sick of the bizarre commercial, you turn off the TV again.

But after you blow your nose for the umpteenth time, you feel something metallic running off your nose.

Metallic? Oh come on, there's no way there's liquid metal running off your nose, right? Your nose would be incurably scorched if that's true.

But if that's so, then what the hell is that grey stuff on your tissues, then?

...

You blow your nose one more time, and there it is again! There's a grey, metallic-looking liquid coming out of your nose again!

You quickly rush to your sink, as you'd rather try to purge every ounce of mercury from your body regardless of whatever that stupid "medicine" commercial talked about. It's like the guys who made that don't know electric stoves (like yours) exist...

Wait. It said "Coming to you right now". This is how?

Great. Gotta consult a doctor, now.


Word Count: 253
Song Inspiration: (Everyone's Got That) Houndoom Sickness by FLDE



triple-cubical-cassie
@triple-cubical-cassie

Items in question refer to a set of polaroid photographs, of currently-unknown quantity. Each photograph depicts a random location, with the only consistent pattern present in the photographs being its photography style, the depicted picture always corresponding to an equivalent location in a small town, and the presence of a blonde, humanoid figure of indeterminate gender, wearing what appears to be an outfit bearing common resemblance to outfits worn by the main characters of magical girl shows, displayed in focus.

Each newly-discovered photograph comes with a number written in what appears to be a form of brushstroke; the number of the most recent instance of the item is "243". At the back of each item, is the following phrase written in the same style:

Tilt-shiftingly peculiar, aren't I?

Investigations of the photographs will continue due to continued manifestations of them.