“The influencer left his crystal. I’m keeping it. It matches my brooch.”

“He called me a ‘type.’ I’m a Revolutionary War hero, not a Pokémon.”

He lights a candle. The ghosts, bored, sit in a circle around him.

🕯️👻🕯️👻🕯️

“Okay, chat, maybe this place is clean. I’ll do a closing séance.”

Sam waves frantically for them to back off.

GhostHawk5000 (real name: Kevin) sets up night-vision cameras in the library. He’s wearing a headlamp and a “Ghosts Are Real” hoodie.

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