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[Action- Greased Lightning Garage ]

[Pete's at work, impatient ever since receiving his proton pack. He can't wait to take it over to Ray's so that he, Ray, and Egon can start discussing business. He figures if he makes one hard sell today on a used car, he can cut loose a little early. Maybe you're a coworker who's noticed him looking at the clock one too many times, or maybe you're looking to buy a car today...]

[Action- Around Town ]

[After work, Venkman picks up his proton pack from home and is heading for Ray's when he begins to wonder if the thing even works. He flips it on, pulls the wand out from its holster, and aims for a nearby tree. A bright beam is shot out, scorching the side of the tree and peppering the thing with small flames.]

...It's still in one piece? I'm good.


[Action- Ray's House/1127 Taylor Road ]

[He's knocking on the door rapidly.]

Let me in, Ray... before I'm arrested for arson!

Comments

[sosghosts.livejournal.com]

Thief mastery, huh?

[notalwystrthful.livejournal.com]

You could say that.

[sosghosts.livejournal.com]

Kids these days.

[notalwystrthful.livejournal.com]

You know what they say. Leave a girl to her own devices and she will eventually build something better.

[sosghosts.livejournal.com]

The children are our future.

[notalwystrthful.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, anyway - I'm Diana Ethelbert. Who might you be?

[sosghosts.livejournal.com]

Peter Venkman. Nice to meet you.

[notalwystrthful.livejournal.com]

A pleasure, Mr. Venkman.

[ When Diana decides she has enough, she decides to turn around to fully face him. ]

How long have you been here in Mayfield?

[sosghosts.livejournal.com]

Not quite a month... you?

[notalwystrthful.livejournal.com]

It'll be two months come the sixth.

[sosghosts.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that.

[notalwystrthful.livejournal.com]

Why?

[sosghosts.livejournal.com]

Surely you don't want to be here.

[notalwystrthful.livejournal.com]

I don't, but that doesn't mean I can't learn about the place I'm at and the people within it.

[sosghosts.livejournal.com]

Whatever makes you happy.

[notalwystrthful.livejournal.com]

Personally, I see it as a learning experience. You're effectively stripped away from your home and placed in a new surrounding that's going to make you survive in a whole new way. You may develop here differently than you would back home, you could learn about some sort of event that's in your foreseeable future and try to prevent or change it back home and more. You can learn about different cultures, different worlds or even different galaxies and take that knowledge home with you and use it to impact your own world.

You shouldn't think that this isn't something you can't learn from because you can. You just have to try and broaden your horizons, work with what you have and use it to either change yourself or make an impact to other people's lives just like that!

[ While she doesn't particularly like Mayfield, the people inside of the town help make it easier. Of course, she's still too early in her development to actually come out and say that, so of course she is going for the lengthy explanation route instead. After all, she doesn't have to tell all of her secrets, right? ]

[sosghosts.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing you're one of those "half glass full" kind of people.

[notalwystrthful.livejournal.com]

Realist, but good try.