Log:Seen a Ghost

2020/05/14 Titan Phantom 1

Titan had last been seen at the local high end bar with Artemis...so when he turns up again at the same place, the paparazzi are ready. He sighs a bit as he comes out of hte building through a small group of photographers.

Travis had started following local news organizations on social to try and track down this movie star guy he saw and was able to find out about him online through imdb and other sources. He feels it's only right to pass on the ...well, it wasn't a message. But he figures this Titan person may know something, or need to know.

So when he gets an alert on his phone about the Titan spotting, he quickly changes to Phantom and heads for the place, hoping to catch him in time. The photographers block him initially, along with their flashes, but he waves his hand over them. "Ah, Mister...Mister Vasilikos? I really need to talk to you about something...!" he tries to say over the photographers.

Titan is ready to ignore Phantom as well...until he sees that he's a meta. He stops and waves Phantom over, "Sure. Talk up on the roof to get away from the photogs?"

Phantom was about to call out something else to get his attention as he's ignored, but is surprised to find Titan acknowledging him. He tries to weave through the group. "Yeah, uh, sure! It may take me a while to get up there. I can't fly or anything like that. Which one do you want me to meet you on?"

Titan offers a hand, "I can do it. I'll fly us up."

Phantom rubs the back of his head, wondering how that may look. "Right. Totes," he finally convinces himself and reaches out to clasp Titan's wrist. All manly-like. Yup.

Titan flies upward...pulling Phantom along to one of the smaller buildings nearby. Certainly not Quinn Tower. He then sets down lightly on the rooftop, letting Phantom set down first before he lets go and lands himself. "What did you want to talk to me about?"

Phantom is relieved they aren't going too high. He can't see the heights, but he can feel them. When they land, he makes sure he has his feet under him and lets go. "I'm glad I was able to find you. I know this is going to sound crazy, but, like, me and my friends were checking out Harrisburg, and my friend was like, 'So this is Harrisburg', right? Then this kid came out and got shot, but he was okay, y'know. And then this ghost appeared by the shot kid, and it pointed towards the shooter, and then it turned into this whole thing with Next Gneration," he starts talking really fast.

Titan chuckles. "Umm...can we skip to the part that involves me?"

"Oh, right! No doubt! So this ghost followed the bad guys in the van, only none of us could see them, but I could sense their mind," Phantom gets more to the point, even if it doesn't sound like it. "Their mind felt like it had regressed, to like a much early mental age. Like kind of feral, sort of like some wild street kids. It was fractured, man. Underlying everything was, like, this traumatic shock. I've felt a lot of minds like that before, but this was extreme. And there was like...something else. Something odd. Like..." he snaps his fingers, thinking of a way to put it into words for the non-psychic. "Like a resonance of sacrifice to save a loved one. And that's when I got this mental image of -you- from the ghost."

Titan blinks as he takes that in. "A mind you could sense? Without a body?"

Phantom nods. "Yeah. No body, nothing you could see or feel. No one else could see them except that brief time they manifested partially to point out the shooter, but they were all ghostly and transparent. I tried to offer to help them, but then even the mind just vanished."

Titan nods. "Do you know what the person looked like? The image that showed up?"

Phantom tries to recall what he saw through the eyes of others, and describes what he saw when Felix pointed it out. It sort of sounds like Ghost.

Titan thinks about it. "My...girlfriend. I think. She...separated her soul...her mind...from her body while we were in another dimension. And her body is in basically a coma right now, int he Undermoon Embassy." He starts to pace a bit... "She appeared to me the other night. Her...spirit, I guess? I thought she was keying on me, and I tried to get her to go back to her body.

Phantom's white eyes widen in surprise. "Whoa...zoned. I, uh, I can separate my mind from my body, but...I dunno about soul. If she was able to find you and her body, why didn't she--oh. The fracturing..." he theorizes. He quietly thinks for a moment, staring off before looking to Titan. "What happened when you saw her?"

Titan shrugs, "It was...so brief. I was doing some reading of a screenplay early in the morning. I only need to sleep about an hour a day. So, I was keeping busy. And she appeared for...maybe ten seconds? She tried to speak, but didn't manage to say anything."

"So...how'd her soul get from another dimension to this one?" Phantom asks. "And where does she go when she disappears?"

Titan chuckles. "I don't know. And....I don't know." He sighs and then laughs, "I'm a meathead kind of hero. I...punch things. Well, and I'm charismatic. Magic and...the mind...are well outside of my realm of expertise."

Titan sighs again, "I've been hoping that if I hang out near her body, she'll key on me again, and hten rejoin her body when she's near it.

Phantom isn't sure how much else to reveal, but he also wants to help that Ghost. "I don't know about magic, but I know a little bit about the mind. More...practical stuff though. I think maybe she's too traumatized to really think straight. She has you in mind, but she's sorta...lost? She ran away when I offered help. I felt some surprise from her when she realized I could sense her."

Titan rubs his chin. "Um....thank you. I'll speak to the folks in Undermoon. They may be able to help, if her spirit is here in this dimension." He pauses, "I thnk you didn't give me your name yet." He goes to shake Phantom's hand. Gently. "Titan."

Phantom rubs the back of his head. "Maybe they were just looking in the wrong place. Or...she is?" He realizes he never introduced himself. "Oh! I go by Phantom," the teen shakes Titan's hand. He's fit, but he hasn't got super strength. And most certainly not Titan strength! "Wish it could be under better circumstances. Sorry about your girlfriend. Uh, what's her name, by the way? If I ever see or sense her again, maybe hearing her name may help. I'll keep my mind peeled for signs of her for ya."

Titan nods. "Nice to meet you, Phantom. She went by Ghost, but her name is Jillian Nariliin. If you come across her again, please...let me know." He then gets his PDA out to give Phantom his contact information.

Phantom tries not to gasp at the movie star giving him his contact info. He pulls out his smartphone and runs his thumb over the screen in a circle, searching and activating Airdrop to send and receive each other's contact info.

As Phantom's thumb traces over his screen, Titan can here in a quiet text-to-speech voice reading out the apps under his thumb. It's speaking at an accelerated rate. CameraPhotoContactsAirdrop. On Airdrop, Phantom stopped and tapped.

Titan transfers over the contact information. "Thanks. I appreciate it. I need to figure out how to get her spirit back into her body."

Phantom has to resist the urge to ask for a selfie with Titan. "Thanks, and totes. Not really sure how to help with that. Maybe she needs some more help to guide her back. This one time, my friends were real jerks and moved my body while I was astral surfing, and I had to go find it."

Titan blinks. "Astral surfing? That's...I think that's waht she called it? Astral something or other. So...that would explain why you can sense her, I think."

Phantom slips his phone away once he manages to resist that self-request urge. "You positive? Like...the Astral plane? Is that where she goes? I just always thought of my mind going there, not my spirit or whatever. Maybe it's all just the same thing?"

Titan nods. "I...am not sure? I think so? Remember...I punch things." He smiles slightly.

Phantom chuckles. "Right. Punching. Got it," he grins. "Maybe that's why she seems to disappear. Maybe she didn't disappear at all. Maybe she slipped back into the Astral plane," he rubs his chin in thought. "Shick. Well, if I do ever see her again and she vanishes, maybe I can follow her there. Or search around a bit. I s'pose I could start back in Harrisburg."

Titan nods. "I saw her Downtown, where my apartment is. So, not sure it's connected to the area of town.

"Hmm...so then she could be anywhere. But seems to still be located in the city, maybe?" Phantom ponders. "I'd have just as much luck randomly wandering," he sighs. "But maybe she'll come to me if she sees me there. It's not exactly crowded," he chuckles.

Titan nods. "I would just keep an eye out. Or...mental sensing? Whatever. It seems to be hard to predict where she'll appaer.

Titan smiles. "Well, I should help you back down and then get going. But...thanks again."

"I guess ...huh. I'll...keep my mind open?" Phantom shrugs as a solution to keeping an eye out. He says. "Though I'd appreciate if you keep my powers a secret. Vils may try and take me out first if they knew," he smiles. "Yeah, I'd totally appreciate a lift down. Sorry I couldn't be more help."

Titan nods. "Of course. I'll keep your secret." He smiles...and lifts Phantom back up...and flies down to set him on the ground again. "Don't apologize. You were a great help. Thank you again."

Phantom is at least happy he was able to be of some help. And also happy to be on the ground safely. "You're welcome, ah. Is it Mr. Titan, or just Titan...?"

Titan chuckles. "Titan is fine. Or Johnathan. Or if you want to be formal, Mr. Vasilikos. Or...Talos. But that requires more explanation than I have time for right now. But I'll answer to all four."

Phantom's mouth tries to catch up with all those names, trying to remember than all with half mouthing them as he decides what to call him. "Right, okay then, Titan. Take care, and I'll let you know if I sense your girlfriend anywhere."

Titan smiles. "Thanks again." He then gives a brief wave before he flies upward again, headed toward the Embassy.