I think I had a little too much fun with this chapter, as it follows a radio broadcast. According to rules, "Chat/script format and keyboard dialogue based entries" are not allowed. This is a radio broadcast, not a chat format, a script, or a keyboard dialogue based entry. HA! LOOPHOLE!
Anyway, as always, please read and review. Thank you kindly.
Part Ten: Radio Caller
Hey guys, this is theSelphgirls on Destnews Radio, this is GhostWatch coming to you live from… well, my room I guess. Anyway, that's not important. What is important is that I've got some exciting news for you! Me and my friends are going to be doing a very important experiment tomorrow in order to prove or disprove the existence of the Little Spirit!
For those of you guys that don't know, the Little Spirit is a friendly little ghost that likes to walk behind people and follow them. The ghost is supposed to be the spirit of a boy named Sora Minami, who disappeared in a series of weird events and hasn't been seen since. He was taken by a childnapper and is supposed to be very lonely, hence why he follows people! Poor little guy!
But there's another part to the story that is even more interesting. If someone manages to catch him following them when they reach their location, he gives you a good luck charm in the form of a red hand print! They say that those hand prints can never be washed out but if you have one of those shirts, you'll get good luck for the rest of your life! Isn't that great?
He also has a second, more... mysterious gift that no one's ever been able to legitly confirm. It's supposed to be a ribbon that gives even better luck, but you have to force him to give it to someone you love. He's a bit of a romantic, don't you think? Anyway, a few of my friends and I will be trying the legend out tomorrow night!
Alright, I'll take your comments now. Hello, caller one, you're on the air.
"Yeah, this is Wakka here… Are you outta your mind?! This some kinda joke or somethin'?!"
No, Wakka, I'm being serious! Riku, me, and Kairi are all going to be walking from the elementary school to the ghost's house to test out the legend! It's totally safe, we have lots of people doing it with us!
"Alright, Selph, if you're sure about this… Can I come, too?"
No, we've got enough people already. I think Roxas, Xion, and some college student are all going to go with us. That's already six people. Anyone else listening, please don't go after us and try to stop the experiment, all details will be enclosed later on the Destnews website. Oh, Wakka, do you have any last comments?
"Promise me you'll be safe, a'ight? I ain't wanting to go save you from a ghost!"
I assure you, Wakka, I'll be fine. Alright, next caller, who is this please?
"Hey, Selph, this is Tidus. Since Wakka already read you the riot act, I might as well ask how you're even going to do this experiment. … So, what exactly are you guys going to do?"
Well, Tidus, I'm glad you asked! Since I'm a member of the Destnews Radio team, I asked them for permission to record what happens tomorrow and put it on the air! Isn't that exciting?!
"Uh… that's not what I asked. I asked how you guys are doing to do the experiment."
'No, I don't want to-!'
Uh… hello? Is someone there? You're on the air, Tidus, are you still there?
"… Selphie, I'm still here. What the hell was that?"
Isn't it coming from your end?
"Uh, no…"
Uh… Tidus, I'm going to ask you to call back in a little bit. I think we might be having technical difficulties with… the recorder or something. In the meantime, I'll explain what's going to happen. That good with you?
"Yeah, sure… but that… that was a girl's voice, wasn't it? Is someone there with you, Selph?"
No… I'm all alone in my room. My mom's in the other room though, maybe she has the TV on? Alright, sorry to cut you off, Tidus, but here are the rules for the experiment in case anyone else wanted to know.
We'll be walking half the length of Main Street on our own for exactly seven minutes, as this was the recorded time it took Riku to walk the distance between Destiny Elementary and Roxas' house, which is where the Little Spirit was going to when he disappeared. Riku's a pretty fast walker, since he's on the track team, but we made him slow down for this experiment! This is our control time; the subjects are probably going to run if they see the Little Spirit!
Anyway, we'll each have exactly one camera and one audio recorder wire on us to narrate our walk. The equipment was generously donated for our use by the Takamura store, which specializes in cameras. Thank you, guys! We'll try not to break them!
Ahem. So, anyway, we'll have a total of six participants for the –
'Don't…!'
… H… hello? Did… did I push the call button or something? ... I think we're picking up another radio signal from somewhere, who is this?
Oh, there actually is a caller! Alright, you're on the air, what's your name?
"… um… this is… Xion. …. I'm… I'm going to be in the experiment t-too."
Oh hey there! What's up?
"Just wanted to let you… and… um… your… listeners know that the test might be recorded live. Maybe. I'm not sure how this equipment works."
Wow, really?! That's great! I had no idea Riku's cameras could do that!
"… R…. Riku said that he was going to ask his uncle if he could borrow some... special cameras to do that. If not, he... he said he'd upload the videos after each person takes their walk onto his website right after they finish."
You heard her, folks! The videos are going to be uploaded on Riku's website before they're put on the air, so if you've got a computer, be sure and check them out by midnight tomorrow night! Anything else you want to tell our listeners, Xion?
"…. Um… please… support the experiment, it's… it's for a good… cause?"
And with that, Xion, you're going to be off the air! Try not to be so shy next time, alright?
'Stop… it…!'
Xion? You still there? I thought I hit the call-off button… yeah, I did, there's no light… man, this equipment is going nuts tonight! It keeps picking up another signal! I hope it doesn't do anything so freaky tomorrow!
Anyway, there's exactly one more rule for the experiment, and if you know the story of the Little Spirit, it's a biggie. If for whatever reason one of the subjects thinks they hear someone behind them - and it won't be one of the others, since Riku'll be calling each of us and telling us when we can start - they have to turn around and greet them. This starts up the legend and hopefully, one of us will get to talk to the Little Spirit! I'm so excited! I think one of the guys said that if we wanted to, we could try to accept the gift, but Riku said that wasn't necessary, as long as we just get a good shot of the ghost, we're golden!
Alright, with that, I'll have to get off of the air and give the attention to LadyDemoness, who's got more than a few scaaaaaaaawy stories for you, boys and girls, so be sure to tune in!
Til next time, this is theSelphgirls and this is GhostWatch!
