[accidental video]

[ultimateenemy]

[Greetings from Clockwork's tower again, community. Look at your resident evil ghost, now to the golden apple in his hand, now back to the ghost, now back at the golden apple. Sadly, he wasn't exactly paying attention to all the fuss on the community recently, but if he was, he probably could've avoided this.]

[He tosses the apple up and down a bit, then shrugs and munches down on it because he has nothing better to do.]

[There's a burst of static on the screen. When it clears, you're staring at - no, he hasn't joined the legion of cats, instead you've got a very confused looking young ghost boy.]

I- what? What? Where am I?

[He's glancing around, looking all the more bewildered by the second. In a moment, he'll notice the screen on, so the time is ripe to try messing with his head. Or, well, you guess you could be nice to him... but where's the fun in that?]

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[starblaze]

... Nobody warned you about the apple?

[same]

[ultimateenemy]

[Spasm of shock as he sees the screen, but still not nearly the weirdest thing he's encountered.]

Huh? What apple? [Another scan around the place, and this time he notices the golden thing lying at his feet. With a bite out of it.]

[He swipes it up.] ...this? What does an apple have to do with anything?

[He's beginning to get a sinking feeling.] ...I'm in the Ghost Zone, aren't I.

[starblaze]

[... would it be worth explaining everything to him in this state? man, Shooter's still exhausted even though her wounds had healed.]

It'll wear off eventually.

[ultimateenemy]

What's going to wear off? What are you talking about?

[You're freaking him out a bit, Shooter. He's suddenly through the Ghost Portal, there's a person he doesn't know talking to him over a screen, and talking about something that isn't making any sense on top of that. And he really doesn't remember anything. At all!]

[starblaze]

You ate an apple that apparently made you younger and left a hole in your memories.

[ultimateenemy]

But I don't remember anything like tha - [A pause.] Oh. Um.

Right. [He sheepishly rubs the back of his head.] Uh. Do you... know me then? Because I don't remember you either. Sorry.

[starblaze]

We met once before.

... You seem a lot more polite like this.

[ultimateenemy]

Ahaha. [Awkward laughter.] I apologize for... older... me's? Rudeness, then. Er.

Nice to meet you. ...again, I guess?

[HOW DO YOU ACT IN THESE SITUATIONS HE DOES NOT KNOW]

[starblaze]

It's fine.

Mm. I'm Shooter.

[ultimateenemy]

I'm Danny. Although... you probably already knew that.

Do you maybe know why I'm here? Because somehow, I can't picture myself going into the Ghost Zone and eating golden apples I find lying around. Not even future me.

[starblaze]

Ghost Zone... are you dead?

[ultimateenemy]

Uh. Uhm. Sort of? Not exactly?

[starblaze]

Are you supposed to be dead?

[ultimateenemy]

I... don't really know? It's kind of confusing.

I'm not "supposed to be dead" like a zombie, but...

[starblaze]

The older you told me you're a ghost.

The definition of that word apparently differs between our worlds.

[locked]

[ultimateenemy]

[He's kind of hesitant, but...oh hey there's a locking function] I'm half-ghost. It's complicated. But I can sort of switch between the two. Like thi -

[...]

...why can't I go human?

[...]

Oh no. Nononono. [Panic tiems!]

[locked]

[starblaze]

... It might just be another effect of the apple you ate.

[locked]

[ultimateenemy]

I hope so. This is really really bad.

[STILL PANICKING HERE]

[locked]

[starblaze]

Why?

[locked]

[ultimateenemy]

Because I like being alive? And I've got a family and friends and all of Amity Park to protect?

...I guess I could still do that even if I'm dead. But... that would still be really bad. [Especially with his parents being the way they are.]

[locked]

[starblaze]

Like I said, the effects of the apple should wear off eventually.

[locked]

[ultimateenemy]

O-okay. [Calm down, Danny. Calm down. Deep breaths.] I should... probably wait here for now. I have no idea what the ghosts are like if this is the future. Or. Uh. The present. But with me from the past? ...I should probably stop thinking about it.

...what is future me like, anyway? Did I finally hit my growth spurt?

[locked]

[starblaze]

Uh... he's kind of full of himself. Said he's the destroyer of civilizations and scourge of the Ghost Zone, I think.

[locked]

[ultimateenemy]

Ehe. [More sheepish rubbing of back of head. He's going to wear a hole in there eventually.] I think I was probably joking about that. It... just doesn't sound like something I'd say seriously.

[locked]

[starblaze]

[shrug] People change.