Probably Perpetually Homeless | Canon is Paranatural

[insolentchildren]

...I'm inside a brain.

What.

I haven't been through medical school. I haven't even been all the way through middle school. I don't think I'm old enough to be inside a brain.

Oh no oh gosh first ghosts now this -

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[cheese_for_everyone]

It just gets stranger from here lad!

[insolentchildren]

That is not the thing I was hoping to hear.

[cheese_for_everyone]

The truth is rarely what we hope to hear.

[insolentchildren]

Please tell me you're not about to launch into a long, dramatic speech about how lucky I am to be inside of this brain.

[cheese_for_everyone]

No, it's probably worse unless you were in some sort of unending torment.

[insolentchildren]

Does middle school with the addition of unspeakable spiritual horrors haunting my footsteps count as unending torment?

Because if so, yes.

[cheese_for_everyone]

Well then it depends on what kind of person your mun is. They could make things worse or better than your home life.

You will however never get the experience of a "normal" child.

[insolentchildren]

Funny enough, my history teacher told me something just like that. Right before I was engulfed by a swirling vortex of haunted paper from a little girl's possessed book.

BEST WEBCOMIC YOU GET A STAR *SMACK*

[lookspainful]

Oh, it's not really that bad...

D-did you say ghosts...?

[Because it's totally not like this guy has an extremely creepy ghost woman hanging off him or anything. What do you mean, possessed? You're seeing things, Max. Of course, seeing things is par for the course, but that's beside the point.]

STARCHMAN STAR ALL MY DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE

[insolentchildren]

No, it really is that bad. On a scale of one to Lovecraft, it's Stephen King.

[ He sees the ghost woman. His eyes bug out for about half a second, and then he quickly looks away. Play it cool Max. Top notch cool guy. Yeah. ]

I swear to god if Johnny wasn't impossible to replicate I'd already have an account...

[lookspainful]

[Oh good, they're not going to talk about ghosts. Ghosts are scary! Zappa looks slightly relieved. Yeah he's totally clueless.]

Well, my mun's been pretty nice! And I've met a lot of interesting people... even if some of them aren't too nice, and I still black out a lot... but really, it could be worse!

[Fortunately for Max, S-ko doesn't have much against kids. She's still giving him a creepy, wary stare over Zappa's shoulder, though.]

Zack has a certain brand of wit that is hard to replicate period I think haha

[insolentchildren]

Blacking out?

I-is that a thing that happens in brains?

Oh definitely. I might be able to pull off Isaac though, hmmm...

[lookspainful]

Oh, n-no no no, that's just... a thing that happens to me. Quite, um, frequently, really.

[He gives a sheepish grin. S-ko gives a freakish one.]

I'm looking for a doctor for it, actually. You wouldn't happen to know of anyone, would you? In case I can't find Doctor Faust.

ISAAC MAN LIGHTNING POWERS WHAT A BADASS

[insolentchildren]

Doctor who?

Doctor?

We have doctopi but they're slimy and basically useless.

[normancy]

That sounds... complicated.

[insolentchildren]

My life has turned into an endless downward spiral of complications.

[normancy]

... Is it because of the ghosts?

[insolentchildren]

Well they sure aren't making things any less complicated, so yeah, seems probable.

[normancy]

Maybe they just don't know they're making things worse?

1/2

[ghostboy]

If you're not old enough to be in someone's brain, then you're definitely not old enough for what's coming next.

2/2

[ghostboy]

... By the way. 'Ghosts'?

[insolentchildren]

Don't give me that skeptical look. They're everywhere, and I should know, because they keep trying to kill me.

1/3, because iconspam is fun

[ghostboy]

They keep trying to kill you? Join the club.

2/2 (assume he stays human unless stated otherwise)

[ghostboy]

So why you? I mean--somehow I doubt you go around wearing 'industrial-ecto-attracto' cologne or something. ?

[insolentchildren]

The kid with the pointy hair says joining the club doesn't help, so I'd just as soon not, thanks.

I think they keep trying to kill me...because they can?

No, literally.

Pretty sure they pass right through normal people. Lucky me, I'm not normal people!

I can see ghosts!

I can be killed...by ghosts!

[ He's grinning a little too hard to be real, and there's a noticeable eyetwitch to go with it. ]

[ghostboy]

So they're trying to kill you... just because? Like bullies?

Well that answers that problem. All you need to do now is to learn to defend yourself.

Or how to run. Running works too.

[insolentchildren]

[ He holds up his fantastically useless magnetic bat and gives it a withering look. ]

Running works best, I figure, on account of magnet powers being APPARENTLY USELESS against spirits.

[ghostboy]

They are? ... Um. What if you went and threw things around that affected ghosts? *Geeze Max it's so simple.*

[insolentchildren]

Gotta be made of metal AND ghost...magic...stuff. So unless you've got robots with ghost powers hiding around here somewhere, I bet it won't work.

[ghostboy]

... Stick around. I'm sure you'll find, uh, something like that around here, sooner or later.

[insolentchildren]

Considering how much other weird stuff has been happening to me lately, I wouldn't be surprised.

[ghostboy]

Me neither.

I'm Danny, by the way.

[insolentchildren]

...Max.

[ He hesitates and then awkwardly holds up a fist for bumping. If Danny doesn't know how to fist bump he's 300% done. ]

[ghostboy]

*Step one: lift a fist. Step two: bump knuckles. He's a pro.*

*Casts his eyes around, and they fall quickly on the other boy's metal bat.*

You like baseball?