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[ghostlighter]

[The Griever appears on the Plane, sitting in the air and looking annoyed — physically, his build and features are exactly like Chris's, but his hair is blond and his eyes glow red. His outfit is also darker than he might usually wear. However! Danny Phantom says ghosts are totally anonymous and you wouldn't be able to tell the Griever as Chris without prior knowledge of them being the same person.]

This is getting completely ridiculous. When you're put in the Ghost Zone, you're supposed to stay there!

[... he seems to be talking to himself.]

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[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Because. [Thinks of Lucy and gets a little bit of a morale boost. The look she gives him is stuck somewhere in the confusing territory between nervous and defiant.] You don't like what I can do.

[ghostlighter]

[And now Chris is just confused.] ... What?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[A... little more confident.] I tried to eliminate a threat. [And then bugged] The Doctor stopped me.

[ghostlighter]

What threat? ... The 'Doctor'?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

The boy with the scarred face who yelled a lot.

Yes. He's just called the Doctor.

[ghostlighter]

... What? That kid? How was he a threat? [He seemed like kind of an idiot to Chris.]

That's... his name.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

He was. He could fight. He attempted to control me.

He said he renamed himself.

[ghostlighter]

Control you? [Concerned little frown.]

... Oh. Weird name to pick, in that case.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

He gave me orders and demanded that I obey.

[ghostlighter]

... You could have just ignored him.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

He was a threat.

[ghostlighter]

So were you, when you first got here.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Then you should have eliminated me. [Looking down and sounding sullen]

[ghostlighter]

No. Just because you were a threat didn't mean you needed to be killed for it.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Yes. [TALKING BACK? WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?] A threat needs to be destroyed at the earliest possible opportunity.

[ghostlighter]

[A scoff.] If I'd done that with someone back when I was alive, I'd probably have died a heck of a lot sooner, and screwed things up even worse. If I had killed you, you wouldn't be here now... and we wouldn't be friends. It turned out alright.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[UGGGHHH. She presses her hands against her face.] You have to kill friends sometimes. What happens after... That's for the cleanup people.

[ghostlighter]

Sometimes you do. [He's kind of concerned about her knowing that, however...] But that wasn't one of those times.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[D-defiant look] It could have been.

[ghostlighter]

It could have. And if it was, I would have dealt with it then.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

It could have been too late then.

[ghostlighter]

Everything could always turn out too late. That shouldn't stop you from trying, though.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

It's better to eliminate the possibility.

[ghostlighter]

Why?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

It makes more sense!