Mary Kendall, A Ghost Story
@CravenLestat gifted me a ghost sim with a sad story. This is his story about how she became a ghost. The Mary Kendall Story :( Mary was a only child born to a poor family from the town o...
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Mary Kendall, A Ghost Story
The Best There's Ever Been
Jamie arrives at the address that Liam sent him. The mansion is located on one of the prime pieces of real estate in Hidden Springs. A corner lot that has easy access to Veronaville Sound. He imagines the water sports they must enjoy in the warmer weather. The lady of the house, Catarina Vanderburg greets him imperiously as he arrives. "Must you arrive on that noisy machine?"
Jamie recognizes a pillar of the community when he sees one. He turns on his respectable charm. "Yes ma'am!" he exclaims. "The bike allows me to get where I need to go for my job quickly and efficiently. I can also get places where another vehicle would have difficulty managing, especially in this winter climate. It is actually a very efficient machine."
Catarina looks down her nose at his smiling face. He asks her about the ghosts before she can make any more comments about his bike.
"I understand you have been plagued by poltergeists and other hunters have been unable to get rid of them."
"Yes, the previous hunters were extremely incompetent at their jobs. Liam spoke highly of you. I hope you are as skilled as he claims."
He smiles cheerfully at her showing off the dimple in his cheek. "I will do my best, ma'am. Now if you will excuse me, I will get started as there is one in the yard just behind you."
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Catarina shrieks and moves towards the house. She turns around as she hears the ghost hunter fire up his device and watches in dismay as a beam of light shoots out of the device. The poltergeist is directly in front of her.
"Ma'am perhaps you should leave for a few hours. I would hate having to exorcise one of these little buggers from you. They are going to hate me trying to capture them."
Catarina nods in agreement and shouts to Jamies as she hurries to her car. "I'll be at City Hall when you finish or give up like the others."
Jamie merely laughs. "Giving up is not in my vocabulary. I'm the best there's ever been!"
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Jamie spends the next couple of hours finding and capturing poltergeists inside and outside the house. He relishes his job and whistles happily as each poltergeist puts up a bit of a fight. Several are quite tricky and dodge his beam, jumping from one object to the next trying to elude him. He perseveres and the outcome is exactly as he predicted. Ghosts zero, Jamie 6. He runs by City Hall and informs Mrs. Vanderburg that all is clear and she and her family can move back in the home. She asks him to come to her home tomorrow. He agrees to meet her in the afternoon.
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Damien is up early feeling lighthearted and very optimistic. He prepares waffles for breakfast and sneaks a taste of the batter. He calls out, "Mary if you are up, please join me for breakfast."
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Mary has been up for a few hours trying to do some research. She floats down into the kitchen in front of Damien. "Good morning! It sure feels great not to have to hide anymore or sneak down when you are away to eat." She smiles shyly up at him. She is amazed at how comfortable she feels around Damien. Especially since most of her human interactions end up with the human passing out from fright.
"Aha, so that is how all the leftovers in the fridge disappeared." Damien teases her with a big grin on his face.
She laughs, her eyes sparkling as she tells Damien. "No, that was Betty and the other ghosts. I always cook my own breakfast and left food for them. They were used to swiping it out of the refrigerator. I did use a couple of your strawberries and an egg once." She giggles. "I still need to ask Emmaline to go to the store for me and replace them and get some other things."
"I will be glad to pick up things for you when I go shopping. Just add them to the list on the fridge. Please feel free to use what you want. This has been your home for a long time, and I want you to be comfortable even with all the renovations going on."
They keep up the light conversation during breakfast as Damien does not want to frighten or distress her. Damien asks about Emmaline, and she explains she is one of the few people in town that accept and are not frightened of ghosts. "She is a witch, you see. A very good witch and has been incredibly helpful to me. I met her many years ago and she shops for me and helps me sell gems that I discover so I will have money to spend."
"I recently learned that supernaturals really exist. My friend Jamie has known and believed for years, but I thought he was making it all up. I had to apologize for giving him such a hard time."
"Hidden Springs doesn't have a large population of occults. I didn't believe either until I became one. Other towns do have more according to Emmaline. She moved here from Dragon Valley wanting to experience a proper winter she said. They have mild winters in Dragon Valley. She fell in love with winters and the town and stayed. I'm happy she stayed."
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Mary helps Damien clean up the kitchen working together like they've been doing it for years. "Come sit down at my desk. I've got some time before my appointment." He places his arm around her waist and leads her into the other room. He moves one of the chairs in front of the desk, and his hand lingers on her waist as he politely helps her sit down. Mary loves the warmth she feels when Damien touches her. She is reluctant to have him let her go.
He takes Mary's file out of the safe. "I pretty much gave you the basics of what was in the file last night. If you want to read it, I will leave it here. If you think it will upset you I will lock it back up."
"No, I'd like to read it. I will try to read it clinically like I would any science or newspaper article. If there is anything I can add to it that will help with justice being served I would like to do that."
Damien shifts in his chair and opens his mouth and just as quickly shuts it. He picks up a pen and nervously plays with it shifting in his chair again. He looks down at the desk and back over at Mary. He fiddles with the file thumbing through the pages. She is watching him and looks puzzled and confused at his obvious nervousness. He clears his throat, puts the pen down, and looks her in the eyes. He dreads hearing the answer to his question. He feels he must ask it before he loses his heart any more to this brave woman sitting in front of him. "Look, here's the thing." He puts his hands through his hair as he tries to ask what is on his mind. "I don't want to upset you. Jamie tells me once unfinished business is finished a ghost can move on. I hope you don't mind me asking. Is that what you want? Do you want to move on?"
"Oh my, no! I don't want to move on at all. I want to live again! That is one of the reasons I was so troubled yesterday. I had been to see Dr. Liam O'Dourke, head of the science and research facility. He has a process that can bring ghosts back to life, resurrect them in other words. I heard about it on the radio when I came back this time. But I am not a candidate for his process because I am different from other ghosts. He is going to try to find a way to help me, but I fear he may not."
Damien feels a tremendous weight lift off his chest when she tells him she does not want to move on and wants to live again.
"What do you mean by 'came back this time' and how are you different from other ghosts?"
Mary explains to Damien how she is different. How she is pulled back to the netherworld the last day of winter and does not return until the following winter and has skipped many years as well.
"We should talk with Jamie about this. He might know something from his studies that he has done over the years. Perhaps we can get together with Dr. O'Dourke as well."
Mary was thrilled to hear his words. "You still want to help me? Even after getting the mystery solved?"
"Of course I want to help you, Mary! I'm very good at solving puzzles and mysteries. Jamie is the best hunter around because of his knowledge and he knows no fear which is scary, but that is Jamie. This doctor already has a way to resurrect ghosts so surely he can come up with an alternative for you with our help."
"I will gather up my research material, so you will have it available to you later today. Thank you so much, Damien! You've given me hope again."
Damien's phone begins ringing and Mary waves and floats up into her attic.
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While Damien is on the phone, Jamie comes down for breakfast. After finishing breakfast, Jamie cleans up his mess and Damien is finally off the phone.
"So tell me how things went last night!"
Damien tells Jamie all about it including the fire fiasco and Mary sitting and talking with him before she got upset and left. He leaves out the part about the skimpy nightwear. "She is beautiful Jamie, so beautiful." He tells him about their conversation this morning as well. "You just missed her."
"I'm glad you got to meet and talk to her even if it didn't go exactly as planned. I agree we should try to assist her. I met Dr. O'Dourke and talked with him about the resurrection treatment that he has. If he says it will not work for Mary then I have to believe him. He has multiple degrees and has them all over his office walls. He has done the treatment many times with 100% success. We can try meeting with him once he has her test results back. I will do some research on her only being present during winter. Very strange and I've not heard of any ghosts like this before."
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Damien heads out for his appointment. His interview is productive with the retired police officer. He admits he and the lead investigator were reminded of how well known Kerry's family was, not only in Hidden Springs but in the world. The death of Mary Kendall was deemed a horrible accident. They were advised not to compound it further by ruining the lives of four innocent girls who were traumatized by the death of their friend. The coroner called it an accidental death. The investigation did not proceed and was shut down and marked closed. He never even saw the lab reports that showed she did not have any alcohol in her system. The girls obviously lied about that so they must have lied about the circumstances. They both received bonuses for their timely closing of a very sad case. The bonus was paid by an outside source. Damien recorded the interview with his permission. The retired officer commented he was relieved to confess his own involvement in not fulfilling his duty to investigate the case thoroughly.
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The Best There's Ever Been
Jamie arrives at the address that Liam sent him. The mansion is located on one of the prime pieces of real estate in Hidden Springs. A corner lot that has easy access to Veronaville Sound. He imagines the water sports they must enjoy in the warmer weather. The lady of the house, Catarina Vanderburg greets him imperiously as he arrives. "Must you arrive on that noisy machine?"
Jamie recognizes a pillar of the community when he sees one. He turns on his respectable charm. "Yes ma'am!" he exclaims. "The bike allows me to get where I need to go for my job quickly and efficiently. I can also get places where another vehicle would have difficulty managing, especially in this winter climate. It is actually a very efficient machine."
Catarina looks down her nose at his smiling face. He asks her about the ghosts before she can make any more comments about his bike.
"I understand you have been plagued by poltergeists and other hunters have been unable to get rid of them."
"Yes, the previous hunters were extremely incompetent at their jobs. Liam spoke highly of you. I hope you are as skilled as he claims."
He smiles cheerfully at her showing off the dimple in his cheek. "I will do my best, ma'am. Now if you will excuse me, I will get started as there is one in the yard just behind you."
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Catarina shrieks and moves towards the house. She turns around as she hears the ghost hunter fire up his device and watches in dismay as a beam of light shoots out of the device. The poltergeist is directly in front of her.
"Ma'am perhaps you should leave for a few hours. I would hate having to exorcise one of these little buggers from you. They are going to hate me trying to capture them."
Catarina nods in agreement and shouts to Jamies as she hurries to her car. "I'll be at City Hall when you finish or give up like the others."
Jamie merely laughs. "Giving up is not in my vocabulary. I'm the best there's ever been!"
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Jamie spends the next couple of hours finding and capturing poltergeists inside and outside the house. He relishes his job and whistles happily as each poltergeist puts up a bit of a fight. Several are quite tricky and dodge his beam, jumping from one object to the next trying to elude him. He perseveres and the outcome is exactly as he predicted. Ghosts zero, Jamie 6. He runs by City Hall and informs Mrs. Vanderburg that all is clear and she and her family can move back in the home. She asks him to come to her home tomorrow. He agrees to meet her in the afternoon.
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Damien is up early feeling lighthearted and very optimistic. He prepares waffles for breakfast and sneaks a taste of the batter. He calls out, "Mary if you are up, please join me for breakfast."
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Mary has been up for a few hours trying to do some research. She floats down into the kitchen in front of Damien. "Good morning! It sure feels great not to have to hide anymore or sneak down when you are away to eat." She smiles shyly up at him. She is amazed at how comfortable she feels around Damien. Especially since most of her human interactions end up with the human passing out from fright.
"Aha, so that is how all the leftovers in the fridge disappeared." Damien teases her with a big grin on his face.
She laughs, her eyes sparkling as she tells Damien. "No, that was Betty and the other ghosts. I always cook my own breakfast and left food for them. They were used to swiping it out of the refrigerator. I did use a couple of your strawberries and an egg once." She giggles. "I still need to ask Emmaline to go to the store for me and replace them and get some other things."
"I will be glad to pick up things for you when I go shopping. Just add them to the list on the fridge. Please feel free to use what you want. This has been your home for a long time, and I want you to be comfortable even with all the renovations going on."
They keep up the light conversation during breakfast as Damien does not want to frighten or distress her. Damien asks about Emmaline, and she explains she is one of the few people in town that accept and are not frightened of ghosts. "She is a witch, you see. A very good witch and has been incredibly helpful to me. I met her many years ago and she shops for me and helps me sell gems that I discover so I will have money to spend."
"I recently learned that supernaturals really exist. My friend Jamie has known and believed for years, but I thought he was making it all up. I had to apologize for giving him such a hard time."
"Hidden Springs doesn't have a large population of occults. I didn't believe either until I became one. Other towns do have more according to Emmaline. She moved here from Dragon Valley wanting to experience a proper winter she said. They have mild winters in Dragon Valley. She fell in love with winters and the town and stayed. I'm happy she stayed."
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Mary helps Damien clean up the kitchen working together like they've been doing it for years. "Come sit down at my desk. I've got some time before my appointment." He places his arm around her waist and leads her into the other room. He moves one of the chairs in front of the desk, and his hand lingers on her waist as he politely helps her sit down. Mary loves the warmth she feels when Damien touches her. She is reluctant to have him let her go.
He takes Mary's file out of the safe. "I pretty much gave you the basics of what was in the file last night. If you want to read it, I will leave it here. If you think it will upset you I will lock it back up."
"No, I'd like to read it. I will try to read it clinically like I would any science or newspaper article. If there is anything I can add to it that will help with justice being served I would like to do that."
Damien shifts in his chair and opens his mouth and just as quickly shuts it. He picks up a pen and nervously plays with it shifting in his chair again. He looks down at the desk and back over at Mary. He fiddles with the file thumbing through the pages. She is watching him and looks puzzled and confused at his obvious nervousness. He clears his throat, puts the pen down, and looks her in the eyes. He dreads hearing the answer to his question. He feels he must ask it before he loses his heart any more to this brave woman sitting in front of him. "Look, here's the thing." He puts his hands through his hair as he tries to ask what is on his mind. "I don't want to upset you. Jamie tells me once unfinished business is finished a ghost can move on. I hope you don't mind me asking. Is that what you want? Do you want to move on?"
"Oh my, no! I don't want to move on at all. I want to live again! That is one of the reasons I was so troubled yesterday. I had been to see Dr. Liam O'Dourke, head of the science and research facility. He has a process that can bring ghosts back to life, resurrect them in other words. I heard about it on the radio when I came back this time. But I am not a candidate for his process because I am different from other ghosts. He is going to try to find a way to help me, but I fear he may not."
Damien feels a tremendous weight lift off his chest when she tells him she does not want to move on and wants to live again.
"What do you mean by 'came back this time' and how are you different from other ghosts?"
Mary explains to Damien how she is different. How she is pulled back to the netherworld the last day of winter and does not return until the following winter and has skipped many years as well.
"We should talk with Jamie about this. He might know something from his studies that he has done over the years. Perhaps we can get together with Dr. O'Dourke as well."
Mary was thrilled to hear his words. "You still want to help me? Even after getting the mystery solved?"
"Of course I want to help you, Mary! I'm very good at solving puzzles and mysteries. Jamie is the best hunter around because of his knowledge and he knows no fear which is scary, but that is Jamie. This doctor already has a way to resurrect ghosts so surely he can come up with an alternative for you with our help."
"I will gather up my research material, so you will have it available to you later today. Thank you so much, Damien! You've given me hope again."
Damien's phone begins ringing and Mary waves and floats up into her attic.
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While Damien is on the phone, Jamie comes down for breakfast. After finishing breakfast, Jamie cleans up his mess and Damien is finally off the phone.
"So tell me how things went last night!"
Damien tells Jamie all about it including the fire fiasco and Mary sitting and talking with him before she got upset and left. He leaves out the part about the skimpy nightwear. "She is beautiful Jamie, so beautiful." He tells him about their conversation this morning as well. "You just missed her."
"I'm glad you got to meet and talk to her even if it didn't go exactly as planned. I agree we should try to assist her. I met Dr. O'Dourke and talked with him about the resurrection treatment that he has. If he says it will not work for Mary then I have to believe him. He has multiple degrees and has them all over his office walls. He has done the treatment many times with 100% success. We can try meeting with him once he has her test results back. I will do some research on her only being present during winter. Very strange and I've not heard of any ghosts like this before."
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Damien heads out for his appointment. His interview is productive with the retired police officer. He admits he and the lead investigator were reminded of how well known Kerry's family was, not only in Hidden Springs but in the world. The death of Mary Kendall was deemed a horrible accident. They were advised not to compound it further by ruining the lives of four innocent girls who were traumatized by the death of their friend. The coroner called it an accidental death. The investigation did not proceed and was shut down and marked closed. He never even saw the lab reports that showed she did not have any alcohol in her system. The girls obviously lied about that so they must have lied about the circumstances. They both received bonuses for their timely closing of a very sad case. The bonus was paid by an outside source. Damien recorded the interview with his permission. The retired officer commented he was relieved to confess his own involvement in not fulfilling his duty to investigate the case thoroughly.
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