Chroma: Danny

[9mon]

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[gogoghostpowers]

Well I'm not a flesh puddle on the ground, so I think we can safely say they didn't steal any of my bones.

I wish I was a flesh puddle, though. [ groans and falls over to starfish on the floor ] I'm exhausted.

[9mon]

[He kneels down next to him.]

Umm...

[Pats his shoulder gently.]

I dunno if the floor's the best for resting.

[gogoghostpowers]

It's flat and it's not trying to eat my bones.

[9mon]

... Good point!

[gogoghostpowers]

[ looks up at kumon ] What about you? How'd your cleaning go?

[9mon]

There was this weird sticky stuff everywhere, but I dunno what it was? Nothing attacked us.

[gogoghostpowers]

Sticky stuff? What, like glue?

[9mon]

I don't think glue stays that sticky after it was left out?

[gogoghostpowers]

Huh. Well, what was it like? Other than just "sticky," I guess.

[9mon]

It kinda made it so we stuck to each other? I think it was called "ectoplasm".

[gogoghostpowers]

[ b l i n k s . ]

Oh. Was it green? Or glowing or anything?

[9mon]

Um... Maybe it was green once, but it didn't seem to have a color when I was looking at it? No glow though.

[gogoghostpowers]

Huh...weird.

Well, it should probably be fine. Ectoplasm is usually harmless.

[9mon]

Is ectoplasm a normal ghost thing?

[gogoghostpowers]

[ nods ] It's what they're made of, basically.

[9mon]

I didn't know ghosts were made of stuff!

Are they okay when they leave so much behind?

[gogoghostpowers]

Usually, yeah. They can generate it too, so it's not like you're cleaning up their guts, exactly.

Sometimes you're just cleaning up their...energy residue? I guess?

[9mon]

[He's wracking his brain to figure out if there's anything that's like this in real life and failing.

Wait?!]

... Like a snail?

[gogoghostpowers]

[ a pause.

then a snort, then danny just fully bursts out laughing ]

No, no! I mean, maybe, for a snail ghost? I mean like, energy beams! That they shoot out of their hands or something!

[9mon]

Oh!!!

[He starts laughing along with him, because the idea of a snail ghost is just so out there.]

I had no idea ghosts could do that kinda stuff!

[gogoghostpowers]

Most of 'em, yeah.

Ectoplasm is like--it can be a lot of stuff! It can be goop, it can be a ghost's body, it can be energy, it can be like fire or acid...but if you've already touched it and nothing happened other than getting sticky, you're probably alright.

[9mon]

Fire or acid?! Ghosts can do all kinds of things!

[gogoghostpowers]

Oh yeah. But it sounds like they didn't leave any of that behind, so, uh. That's good, for you.

[9mon]

Yeah. I'll make sure to wear gloves the whole time if I see it again.

Thanks for letting me know.

[gogoghostpowers]

Eh, you'll probably be okay without gloves. Seriously, if it doesn't hurt you when you touch it at first and you make sure you don't like swallow any, then you're fine.

...I mean, I think. I don't think anyone's actually done any like long-term studies on human-ectoplasm exposure, but. [ shrugs ] Everyone I know seems to be okay so far?