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[secretmakesawoman]

Who: [Sharon and you? Open]
Where: [Any sleeping carriage]
When: [The Month of Horseshoe, after the Voidstorm]
What: [Sharon is getting around to chores! And also wants to see what she can discover in people's bedrooms.]
Warnings: [Snooping and maybe thievery? It is Vermouth, so trouble is plausible. Will update if need be.]

The dust may have metaphorically settled on the odd visions everyone saw, but there is still certainly a lot of mess around the train. Vermouth normally wouldn't bother with such things, given her status as an actress and the Boss's favorite. However, it occurred to her that going through with Orange Team's chores this time might offer some unique bonuses.

1. Helping out around the train might make the other passengers trust her more.

2. Cleaning bedrooms would be a rare chance to check for intel on said fellow passengers. Perhaps nothing blackmail worthy, but it'd be at least a start.

And so, random folks around the train will hear a knock on their sleeper door. If they bother to open it, they will find Sharon standing there, looking as attractive as ever (or as attractive as one can in an orange polo and hoodie)... but with a bucket of cleaning supplies.

"Hello there. Is this a good time?"

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Cabin 2C

[schrodingersghost]

Danny opens the door.

"Cleaning time, huh? Well,I guess you can come in. Everyone else is out right now."

And he steps back into the room. As he passes by his bunk, which had a laptop sitting on it, he scoops up a battered metal thermos and attaches it to his belt.

Cabin 2C

[secretmakesawoman]

Oh Danny, words could not describe how foolish it was to tell her that. ...Or at least, it wouldn't be, under normal circumstances. For the time being, Vermouth doesn't have the kit to knock him out without detection. Ah... shame.

She enters the room, smiling pleasantly. "Why, thank you. I hope it's not too much of an imposition."

Vermouth's gaze hits that laptop as she watches Danny. Her mind's already racing with ideas of how to get a moment alone with it. For now, she'll have to improvise.

In Danny's defense, standard knockout techniques *probably* wouldn't work

[schrodingersghost]

"Hey, no problem. I wasn't really doing anything anyway." He hops up on his bed long enough to stow the thermos in his storage cubby. "Anything I can do to help?"

It wasn't his team's turn to clean, but he wasn't exactly opposed to helping out a bit.

*Probably* means there's a slight chance she could still pull it off

[secretmakesawoman]

This seems like a prime opportunity to get some alone time in this room. Specifically with that laptop.

"You're too kind," she says pleasantly, putting down the supplies. After a beat, Sharon picks the bucket back up again and holds it out. "Actually, would you mind refilling this with water? It seems to have run low from earlier rooms."

Eh, half-ghost biology is weird. Theres always a chance she tries something that works

[schrodingersghost]

Danny sees nothing suspicious about this.

"Oh, sure. No problem!." He jumps off his bunk, landing unusually lightly on the floor, and picks up the bucket. "I'll be back in a minute," he calls as he leaves.

See, it'd be worth it! For science

[secretmakesawoman]

She smiles cheerfully and waves just slightly, her other hand reaching into the supplies. "Take your time!"

But once the door shuts, it's like a switch goes off. Vermouth quickly puts on latex gloves (how handy to have an excuse for them) and hurries to the laptop. Have to get as much out of this window as she can.

[schrodingersghost]

The computer has a basic password screen locking it.

[secretmakesawoman]

Ah, child's play.

Vermouth gives a cursory look at his belongings for potential hints, then starts trying a few likely possibilities.

[schrodingersghost]

In his defense, Danny had been sure that GhostBoy1 was a foolproof password that no one here could possible guess.

[secretmakesawoman]

Oh honey no.

If Vermouth knew more about him, she'd probably guess on her first try. As it is, she still makes quick work of the password, logging into the computer.

Since she hasn't gotten herself any data storage devices, she opts to skim over the contents instead. Let's see what this kid has.

[schrodingersghost]

Most of the contents are fairly typical. A word processor, web browsers, a flight simulator, a few games.

And hidden below all that a folder simply labeled "Ghost Files".

[secretmakesawoman]

...Okay.

With very little to glean from the desktop, she clicks on the folder.

[schrodingersghost]

The folder opens to show several subfolders. Friends, Enemies, Map.

[secretmakesawoman]

Mmm, friends and enemies? The typical drama of teens or something more...

Vermouth picks the enemies folder.

[schrodingersghost]

A very long list pops up.... with some very strange names.

*Skulker
*Technus
*Ember
*The Lunch Lady
*Vortex
*Undergrowth
*Pariah Dark
*Nocturne
*Walker
*Red Huntress
*Guys in White
*Amorpho
*Spectra

[secretmakesawoman]

...She's not sure what she expected, but this probably wasn't it.

Scanning over the odd names (Codenames?), Vermouth doesn't recognize any of them from the train. Curious, she clicks on the Guys in White.

[schrodingersghost]

Name: Guys in White

Goal: To bring me in for lots and lots of painful experiments. Because apparently thats legal. Also being a level 7 ghost running around without any kind of supervision annoys them. Note to self, find out what they mean when they call me a Level 7 ghost.

Strengths: Lots of funding. I don't know where they get their tech, but its super annoying. And their aim is getting better. Also they never seem to run out of agents.

Weaknesses: Kick the agents into the mud. They will immediately abandon pursuit to find a dry cleaner for their white suits. Apparently that's an actual regulation.

I have no icons that would match this thread

[secretmakesawoman]

What on earth.

Has he run into an alternative universe version of the Organization? The funding and tech would fit, but obviously the whole 'ghost' thing is strange. Is the boy an aspiring fiction writer?

Even with the oddness, the questions merited a little more looking. Returning to the folder, she clicks on Red Huntress.

lol, Vermouth needs one of those dot eyes reactions that everyone else gets

[schrodingersghost]

Name: Red Huntress

Goals: To eliminate all ghosts,especially me. Also pretty sure she broke up with me to save me from me, which is just super awkward.

Strengths: That new power armor she got from Technus is really annoying to deal with. I mean, anti-ghost guns, tasers, forcefields and a hoverboard that can keep up with me? Also she's super stubborn and never listens. Is that a strength or a weakness?

Weaknesses:
She doesn't know my real identity, so its still easy to throw her off my trail by transforming into my human self.

Notes:
*Still doing Vlad's dirty work, but doesn't seem to know his identity. I still don't get how anyone can look at that fruitloop and think he's a good guy.

*Still hates Danny Phantom, but agreed to help me save Danielle once I told her she was part human too.

*Note to self, don't get caught next time. Being electrocuted for information hurts.

The trouble with being the menacing type

[secretmakesawoman]

This is positively bizarre. His tone of writing certainly seems to fit a teenager writing notes about daily life, but the content sounds more like world-building for a geeky self insert character. Normally she would write it off as the later immediately, but if Conan was to be believed, stranger things were more... par for the course on this train.

While she recognizes Technus from the list, Vermouth things she can gather enough from that snippet. Rather, she goes back and scans the list for a 'Vlad.'

lol

[schrodingersghost]

The villain list doesn't have a Vlad. But it does have "Fruitloop".

Name: Vlad Masters
Other Names: Vlad Plasmius. Fruitloop. Cheeseheard. That jerk who really needs to find some better hobbies.

Goals:
1. To kill my Dad.
2. To marry, or at least date my Mom.
3. To buy the Green Bay Packers.
4. To have me as his perfect half-ghost son/evil apprentice.
5. Since I've made it very clear that's never happening, he's decided having a clone of me works just as well.
6. To ignore my sister.
7. Maybe to be king of the Ghost Zone? Idk, those things with Pariah and the infinite realms were just weird.

Strengths:
Ugh, where to even start. He's basically me with twenty more years of experience. And he just loves to rub that in.

Duplication. He likes to make a duplicate to sneak up on people and shoot them in the back. Watch out for that.

His tech. I don't know where he gets this stuff. But making a note to watch out for his next version of the Plasmius Maximus. Getting my powers shorted out hurts.

Weaknesses:
Idk, I've never beat him straight out. Blackmail usually works, if I can figure out an angle. Anti-ghost stuff works on him as well as it works on me.

Notes:
*Last I checked, Skulker was still working for him.

*He's still got Val completely fooled. She thinks she works for Vlad Masters. But at least I can say for certain now that she won'r work for Vlad Plasmius.

*Known residences. Castle in Wisconsin with secret lab underneath it. Hunting cabin in Colorado with secret cloning lab. What's left of it, anyway. His mansion in Amity Park. Again, confirmed secret lab underneath it.

[secretmakesawoman]

Hmm... Lots going on in this one...

While not quite sure what to make it all, she feels like she's gotten enough to flesh to out what this folder is about. Plus, there's been some juicy details here and there. Whether they'd be useful or just some fantasy to tease him about when he least expects it... well, only time would tell.

So she leaves this folder and decides to risk checking one last thing: the map. Perhaps it will help discern if the boy's just making all this up.

[schrodingersghost]

The map has been carefully drawn by an inexperienced hand, but is clear nonetheless. It is dominated by drawings of strange green whirls with such labels as "Vortex of DOOM" and "Inescapable Whirlpool". Islands, doors and buildings have been drawn in, many o them labeled with warnings.

Skulker's Island. Nightmare jungle. "AVOID".

Walker's Prison "AVOID"

The Far Frozen. "They're cool."

The Medieval Realm. "Check in to see how Dora's doing."

[secretmakesawoman]

...Alright. The map is definitely getting put down as nerdy teen fantasy stuff.

Not willing to risk questioning, Vermouth closes the file and logs off the laptop, gently closing the lid to its original position. Picking up the duster, she starts tackling corners of the room. Very diligent, very inconspicuous.

However, she's still wearing the latex gloves.

[schrodingersghost]

And right on time Danny comes back.

Well, actually he starts walking through the closed door, belatedly remembered that this sometimes freaked people out, backs up, and re-enters using the door like a human.

He kind of hoped no one noticed.