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[pkemeter]

"You have reached Dr. Egon Spengler. Please leave a message, preferably fifty words or less."

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[ghoststanning]

Hey F-fuck-

[Okay no he can't say that with a straight face, he lets out a snorting laugh and tries his hardest to regain his composure as he pats the poor Shuckle.

Luckily he stops laughing when Egon points out the Sandygast.]

Are they holding a knife?

[He also... sounds way too excited about this.

Okay that worries Annie a little. Yeah knives would hurt them!! :c He trainer Ray got hurt somehow and he wouldn't move for a week and she thought she lost him.

She was really sad.]

[neverstudied]

Why does it have a knife? [A beat.] Why do I feel like my Pokemon are responsible?

[Venkman has clearly gotten very used to having a troupe of troublemaking bastard Pokemon.

Sigourney floats over, excited.]

'🐦👽💀🔪💍🏖️🏰‼️'

... You tried to kill and marry a castle?

'🚫'

[He shakes his head, bemused, as he tries to parse this out.

The Sandygast approaches Egon curiously, knife out. It'll heed Annie's words- it doesn't make any attempt to hurt him. It's just standing there. Menacingly.]

[pkemeter]

[Fuckel continues to stare at Ray, though he eventually directs his attention to what's going on closer to land. Please don't drop him, human.

Egon is about a yard away from the sandcastle when he stops, staring into the "windows" of the Sandygast. He stands there for several moments in silence, his gaze unwavering.

Then, without turning to face his partners, he mutters, under his breath:]

...the modern Prometheus. [He kneels closer, offering a hand for the Sandygast to...uh...feel? Can't really shake hands with a sandcastle.] Greetings. Please do not stab me with the knife. It would hurt very badly.

[ghoststanning]

[Ray is now gently cuddling Fuckel, making sure that he doesn't drop the child.]

They look friendly! I'm sure Annie wouldn't want to associate with someone who went around stabbing people.

[Annie beams at her dad. Right! She's a good person who befriends non-stabby people! And that confirms that stabbing them would definitely hurt without hurting them!!]

[neverstudied]

[The Sandygast holds eye contact with Egon for an uncomfortably long time. Slowly, it shuffles forward to press one of its sand mounds against the palm of Egon's hand- like the iconic scene from HTTYD, but it's a fucking sand castle and not a dragon's face. It does not stab Egon with the knife, though it doesn't drop it, either.

Sigourney, meanwhile, sends over snippets of her own memories- of Kildarby "talking" with her(though Venkman can't understand what's being said), building the castle, the Sandygast coming to life- and Venkman jerks back, somewhat in shock.]

You brought sand to life?

'✔️'

[pkemeter]

[If Egon could, he would scoop this baby Sandygast into his arms right now. He allows the Sandygast to say in his hand for a few moments before gently moving his hand away. All the while, Egon maintains eye(?) contact with the mound.

After a few more moments of silence, he turns back to face Venkman and Ray, his eyes glinting with excitement. He looks just a tad unhinged, what with having been soaked to the bone, conked over the head with a Shuckle, and...you know, being approached by a literal ghost sand castle with a knife.]

We have to keep it for further study.

[That's not a request. That's a command.]