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Moved!

//This blog has been fully made into an archive! I'm going to leave it active as there are far too many wonderful memories over here for me to just delete it, but Ray will now be active over on @heartoftheteam!

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Moving

//I mentioned this a but ago, but this blog is going to be moving! Same blog name (once i've got things set up) so feel free to give Ray a follow over there!

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"I've seen a good amount of it, or at least as far as I could get before they found me down there," It was a library! He knew to be careful with older, more delicate pieces and artifacts! What was the point in preserving all of that information if they weren't going to actually allow it to be studied?! "I think I've got a lead on someone who might be able to get us in to really get a look at things though."

He hoped so anyway. He had a feeling pretty soon they were going to ban him from the premises.

"Why?" He asked through a bite of his bagel. "Was there something you had in mind?"

"I'm working on our backlog of cases. I'd like to keep everything documented..." It had been difficult with the increase of cases. Thankfully he remembered the most important details that needed to be written down-- depiction of the entity, it's behavior, notable quirks or signs of intelligence, how it was trapped, valences, and any clues about it's tie to their current plane of existence. It still wasn't a conclusive list but some information was better than an empty file. Other than an invoice, that is.

"Yes, I suspect there's more there than what they're telling us," he was surprised Ray managed that far. He wasn't going to ask if he paid his overdue fines.

"How much of their... "collection" have you seen?"

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//I'M ALIVE!

I know this blog has been pretty touch and go for the last few years, but following seeing Frozen Empire (SO AMAZING!!), I finally feel like I may be able to take Ray up again.

That being said, I'm going to be moving this blog over to a side blog connected to the hub blog I've created for my other rp blogs. As sad as I am to move everything, it really helps me to have things all in one place. I'll keep the same blog name and will post when it's ready, but be on the lookout for that!

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"The library again," He said, taking off his coat. "I still think we should try to talk them into letting us do a search of the place after close. I know the valences we took last time we went weren't too off and that the student we interviewed wasn't all...there...but I still think it could lead to something!"

He sat down in a chair across from the other man, taking his own bagel out of a brown paper bag.

"What are you working on?"

A coffee and bagel are placed on Egon’s desk, along with a crunch bar.

“You looked like you could use this.”

He had been engrossed in his work cataloguing his finds. Normally, he wasn't so easily distracted but the smell of coffee pulled his attention away quickly. The sight of the bagel and chocolate bar even more so.

"Thank you, Ray," he said quickly before biting into the bagel. He hadn't eaten yet that day. Maybe. He wasn't sure of the time of day it was to make that claim.

"Where've you been?"

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P0rn bots said this poor fucker needs puss

//I guess so! Good lord. The dream ghost did a better job at appealing to him though. Do better, bots.

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//Out of all my freaking blogs why is it Ray's that the porn bots chose to message. w h y.

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happy ghostbusters day gays !!!

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"There are a couple different methods for it, but a lot of it can depend on the type of entity you're interacting with," Ray said, trying to keep this as basic and as scientifically focused as possible. He really didn't want to know what sorts of things the younger man did in his free time, and likewise, he really didn't want Eduardo knowing anything specific about his own past experiences. "First and foremost though is just basic communication. Making sure that you're setting clear boundaries and not budging on them."

Ray genuinely hoped and trusted Eduardo enough to believe that the younger man would be smart when it came to his relationships, even if they were brief or one-time connections. He didn't peg Eduardo as being the type of person to tolerate a partner treating him poorly. But he also knew that sometimes, especially when someone was as young as Eduardo was, interactions were sometimes more frequently just one night affairs, and that didn't lead to much opportunities for deeper conversations.

"There are plenty of different metals and materials though that you can keep on your person to help protect yourself, though," He said. "Iron, Silver, Onyx, are a few basic materials to use. If you know specifically what you're up against, you can narrow it down a bit more. It's also not a bad idea to take a salt bath afterwards if you can manage it."

Ray's eyes lit up, an idea coming to mind.

"You let me take care of getting you something to use to protect yourself, okay? I'll make sure it's discrete and won't be a bother for you or any partners."

“Th… thank you?”

Eduardo felt stiff as his heart raced. Was this how he would die? His boss giving him The Talk in the supernatural sense from his own experience? He wished he was about anywhere else right now instead of being on the precipice of being caught screwing a guy who was on the Ghostbuster’s radar.

He also didn’t think his secret would be… feeding off him. He had to admit Ray’s concern had merit and sucker punched him in his fear. And since there wasn’t anything he could do now to defend himself against the accusation, he was just going to avoid giving any details.

“So what about, uh… protection?”

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Drew this last night and I still like it with fresh eyes, so I'm posting it! Ghostbusters has fully consumed by brain like the mood slime consumed the art museum. Also obsessed with drawing Egon (new comfort character unlocked :P)

Kinda loving the flannel over the coveralls look tho tbh 👀

Tools used: Mechanical Pencil & Micron Pens

Reblogs > Likes!

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"...I wouldn't recommend it... and I don't want to think about it. I've seen a few of them around before, but like I said, I thought they were Pete's so...if they've been going missing, you'll have to ask him."

"I thought they were going missing."

"..."

"I don't believe I should want them back... Correct?"

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"I wasn't trying to antagonize you, honest! I was just... surprised. I thought Peter was the one bringing those into the apartment."

"I don't antagonize you for your preferred selection of... literature," he folds his issue of Playboy closed while keeping his place, "Do you mind?"

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take my hand, wreck my plans

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manicpanicaddict​:

Eduardo had been expecting some sort of criticism or feedback on his work performance. Instead, as Ray spoke he could feel the blood drain from his face. “Uh, I– um,” He stammered. He didn’t understand any of the equipment they had back there. He didn’t know what to say. There wasn’t any good way to cover his tracks when he already lied about so many other things. How much did he know? “What- what do you mean side effects?” Hell, he didn’t even know the full extent of what he was getting into. He just knew it felt good. He always made sure to get tested regularly but he never thought his sensitivity to the Otherside would cause… what? “You’re- you’re sure it wasn’t something else weird?”

“I’m pretty sure,” He answered. He felt just as uncomfortable talking about about this as the younger man did. But more so, he felt guilty. He hadn’t meant to scare him. “The spike registered right around when you had come into the shop and went back down once you left.”

He ran a hand through his hair, trying to think through just how to address this. Truthfully, he didn’t want to scare or upset the younger man, that had never been his intention. He also realized that it was possible Eduardo wasn’t even aware that he had been involved with a supernatural entity before this conversation.

Though the multiple instances of spikes and Ray’s awareness to how sensitive the younger man was made that unlikely.

“...possession can happen slowly, it doesn’t always happen like some big flashy show like you’ve seen us deal with before. Sometimes, you don’t even know it’s happened until it’s too late,” Ray explained slowly. “And even if it isn’t possession, sometimes entities will leach off of their living victims. Energy, pieces of a soul, some research implies blood and tissue as well, though we haven’t found evidence of that yet.”

He finally looked up, concern etched on his face.

“Eduardo, like I said, your business is your business. I’m not about to judge or stick my nose into it... But I care about you, I don’t want to see anything happen to you.”

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“Uhhhhh, yeah, sure. What’s up?”

“Look...I don’t... I trust you. I know you’re smarter than you give yourself credit for, and I know you know more about our paranormal work and different phenomena than you claim to or that Kylie seems to think. I have full confidence in you to make smart and careful decisions... but...”

He took a deep breath and let it out. Facts. Stick to the facts of this.

“Some of the instruments we have set up in the back monitor regularly frequencies and spectral disturbances. All of us have base line levels that have already been off set so as to not disrupt the readings. It’s a safety thing, you know? With so many different artifacts coming in, well, you yourself know how sometimes more than just what we ordered can come through the door. I don’t want any of us to get caught off guard again.”

He was babbling. Stalling? Maybe.

“I don’t, aw geez,” He rubbed at his neck. “I don’t wanna pry on your business and I’m not trying to judge you, gods know I don’t have right to talk... but I noticed the other day when you came in, your levels were extremely high... and consequently, it was the same day you had a few hickeys on your neck. Like I said, I’m not going to pry and I’m not trying to judge you... but I want you to know that if you ever want... resources outside of what most of the books in the shop mention when it comes to staying safe and avoiding possession or any other sort of supernatural side effects from that kind of an encounter... I’m happy to offer them to you, no questions asked.”

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“Hey Eduardo?... If you don’t mind, I wanna take advantage of the opportunity while Kylie’s out for a bit... I need to talk to you about something.”

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Egon’s shoulders tensed and slowly relaxed at Ray’s touch. His touch was never an unpleasant feeling compared to so many others. It was soft. It was what he imagined normal was supposed to be. “…I don’t think there’s a way to make this right.” The confession felt foreign to him. No matter the odds he always had a plan. There was never a time he wasn’t fighting the current against him. Despite the hurdles he had faced to get so far in this life, this stumped him. He couldn’t shake the feeling that he shouldn’t be here.

“What’s going on, Egie?” He asked softly.

So often, it was Egon who was the rock between them. Emotions tended to hit Ray strong and hard, and through each storm, Egon was there for him. And while he was more than glad to return the favor and be there for him through whatever this was, Ray knew that whatever it was had to be extremely serious in order to upset Egon like this.

“Talk to me, if you can?” A question, not a demand. He knew well enough sometimes words were too difficult. “If it can’t be made right, I want to at least help make it better.”