+1 Ghost Boy

[schrodingersghost]

True to his usual luck, Danny makes his grand entrance to the Nexus by skidding across the plaza when his attempt to slow down after exiting the portal fails.

He was really starting to hate portals.

With a groan he rolls over and rises back up into the air, stopping to float a few feet above the plaza.

"Oh, great. I have no idea where I am. Again. Could this possibly get any worse?"

He stops and slaps himself on the forehead.

"And... I just jinxed myself. Awesome."

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[alittlehinky]

"Well, it could start snowin' again any time now," Cricket volunteers. He observed the tumble across the Plaza, and it was slightly less surprising than seeing the man floating now, but either way, the Nexus has seen weirder.

He's being followed by a Lillipup dressed in a fluffy lilac doggy coat and matching booties. Evidently this was their daily stroll.

"You got any warm clothes? You ain't exactly dressed for this weather."

[schrodingersghost]

"The cold doesn't really bother me." Not since he'd figured out how to use his ice powers, anyway.

And weird. Another guy that didn't seem to recognize him as a ghost.

[alittlehinky]

"Lucky fella, then," There's something of dry humor in Cricket's tone, and his little smirk is hard to miss, but he doesn't seem afraid or unfriendly.

"So, I guess you're here by accident. Probably won't be too hard to get you home unless you're dead, but if you need t'know where anything is, I don't mind helpin'. My name's Cricket."

[schrodingersghost]

There is a long awkward pause before Danny answers. "Um, being dead might be a problem. Why will it be harder to get home?"

"I'm Danny Phantom." He gestures at his own floating, glowing self. "Ghost, if you haven't figured it out."

[alittlehinky]

"Well..." Oh, dear. Cricket looks worried. "I mean, I ended up here after I died? Like as an afterlife, I reckon. And I can't go home on account of being dead and buried there. What was left of me, anyway."

He makes a face. "I noticed you was floating, but that don't have to mean 'ghost'. There are witches and gods and whatnot around here, too. Did you die back home?"

[schrodingersghost]

So apparently his ghost sense didn't cover dead people who weren't ghosts. It was a good thing to know, he guessed.

And also really weird that this was the second dead but not a ghost guy he'd met here.

"Well, that kind of sucks." He shrugs. "I've been a ghost for a while. I actually spend most of my time in the living world back home."