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Live Thread: The Hauntedest Place

Summary:

JY: Okay! Here we go! According to my research this building is really haunted, all, you know, murders and terrible things. I'm going to spend the night there. Not alone, obviously!

He laughs.

JY: Obviously I'm not holding the camera. We're going in together, aren't we, er-gege?

Notes:

What? Back to the main series? Not another one-shot or entry in my new modern AU series? IT CAN HAPPEN. SORT OF.

Honestly this may be funny only to me. It hits an intersection of ridiculous future bullshit shenanigans and how much time I spend in reddit game threads for sporting events.

None of the usernames refer to real people. I didn't check whether any of them were already in use - some very well might be - and I made them all up as I went along.

Your reminder that the "ridiculous future bullshit" series tag means I make no pretensions that any part of this is defensible.

(See the end of the work for more notes and other works inspired by this one.)

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LIVESTREAM: THE HAUNTEDEST PLACE I DID FIND
jiangying
18M subscribers

checking out this building that's supposed to be super-haunted

livestreaming all night

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Jiang Ying standing outside a large, hulking structure. It is dark; he is lit only by a small light coming from the direction of the camera. He is smiling.

JY: Okay! Here we go! According to my research this building is really haunted, all, you know, murders and terrible things. I'm going to spend the night there. Not alone, obviously!

He laughs.

JY: Obviously I'm not holding the camera. We're going in together, aren't we, er-gege?

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Live Thread: Livestream: The Hauntedest Place I Did Find

jiangyingcanruinme
ergege is a braver man/woman/other than I'll ever be, I wouldn't go in there even for JY

supersonics2020pls
this thread is going to be 50% jy thirst, 25% "ugh ghosts aren't real" and 25% "I saw a ghost", calling it now

butterflyfish
new fan here. who is ergege?
> wheelhouse
> the cameraman. that's all we know
>> butterflyfish
>> but his name is ergege?
>>> bridgebridgesplashbridge
>>> no, that just means "second older brother". before you notice the flirting and think it's an incest thing, it's not, in yunmeng you call your friends brother and stuff. literally all we know is that ergege is a dude who has exactly one older brother of his own
>> galaxyrise
>> the only cryptid we're going to see in this video
>>> beardmansoverybad
>>> i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about ergege. u wouldnt say this shit to him at lan, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes.
>>>> ergegestan
>>>> petition the mods to ban all sports nerds

mountainbison
this seems like a terrible idea

takemenowergege
I don't know if I can watch this
I'm going to
but idk if I can

skyscraperbungee
ahhhh don't do it jy

rockymcrockface
he's opening the door
who's ready for a long night of nothing happening
> lichenitup
> honestly me, I'm just going to watch JY being all pretty

hippiescanhaveatlantaback
is it just me or is that gatehouse spooky
> plamtrees
> every room is spooky in the dark with a single spotlight

stephcurrywiththeshotboooiiiii
what could possibly go wrong with this flawless plan

mountainbison
"kinda dusty in here" no shit JY it's a disused prison, they don't have a cleaning staff, how the fuck did you even get in

snowcappedwaves
how is there graffiti in there?

tarandcement
I think I saw something move

paniconthestreetsofdisco
something definitely moved

kohlikohlikohlichameleon
did something move?

anyoneanyonebuick
something behind him moved

skyscraperbungee
SOMETHING MOVED

plamtrees
it was a camera artifact you people need to calm down

auroraboremyass
I'm gonna scream

lichenitup
going into a disused prison to look for ghosts
stand in a corridor flirting with the cameraman
#justjythings

wheelhouse
did you see the camera shake when JY said that thing about London? did ergege laugh?
> hexagonalrocks
> "dress like you're going to London" why is that funny, ergege

seesiderondayvoo
one day ergege will speak and we will all lose our fucking minds

bridgebridgesplashbridge
"moving past the gatehouse, nothing too bad ever happened here"
yeah
gotta make sure you go to the places where bad things happened

anyoneanyonebuick
just stop jy
go make out with ergege
livestream that instead
> jiangyingcanruinme
> I'm down for that even if it's pay per view

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rockthecatspa
just got home and turned it on, what have I missed?
> plamtrees
> JY flirting with ergege
> so nothing unusual
> skyscraperbungee
> opinion is split on whether there's things moving in the background or the camera's struggling with the darkness

galaxyrise
ghosts: don't exist
absolutely nothing: happens
some of you: *pikachuface*

hippiescanhaveatlantaback
are the nets shaking?

tarandcement
THE NETS ARE SHAKING

jyheartergegecock
ffffffffffff run

butterflyfish
nononono
jy get out of there

bridgebridgesplashbridge
THE NETS ARE FUCKING SHAKING DON'T GO IN A CELL

mountainbison
OH SHIT
SHIT
SHIT
SHIT

plamtrees
you people are ridiculous, ergege probably pulled the door closed for DRAMA
> tarandecement
> ergege is still standing ten feet away filming jy going in
>> plamtrees
>> then JY probably did it with string or something

auroraboremyass
ergege I get you had to put the camera down to get JY out, you could have pointed it in that direction when you did it

PM_ME_UR_ERGEGE
can we start a fundraiser to pay for him to just go surfing again

howscreamismyvalley
obviously this is fake but that face coming out of the wall is a pretty good effect
you just think you're looking at a wall and then suddenly you notice the face and you can't tell when it changed

paniconthestreetsofdisco
now I'm freaking out
JY get out get out
> lichenitup
> set that to music and go outside and username checks out

bitchesofmadisoncounty
I can't take this

fieldsofyeet
THE FACE JUST MOVED

plamtrees
people that's not a face
it's just a damp stain on the wall

seesiderondayvoo
"Well, that was annoying!"
yeah, I also find it annoying when haunted prison doors close on me in the dark, jy

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rockthecatspa
I'm impressed with his research
this is like a historical documentary
that's somehow proceeding completely calmly despite the batshit insanity going on around it

paniconthestreetsofdisco
I can't

lichenitup
sorry jy what was that about the construction fo the prison
I couldn't hear you over the screaming I'm doing

plamtrees
at this point there's no way this is live, they prerecorded this and put it up once they finished with all the cgi
it's fake
> fieldsofyeet
> still think that?
> tarandcement
> OWNED
> bridgebridgesplashbridge
> CALLED OUT
> wangarattaregatta
> come on guys be fair, maybe plamtrees is in on it
>> plamtrees
>> if only

rockymcrockface
I too stop so someone can show me their phone while demons are crawling out of the shadows behind me

galaxyrise
okay that was funny

anyoneanyonebuick
"How is plam trees going to call this fake, they can't even spell their username"
oh my god

starlightsonata
"so do your friends just call you plam"

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mountainbison
THERE IS BLOOD DRIPPING DOWN THE WALLS
DOES HE JUST
NOT SEE IT

galaxyrise
I thought maybe it was a digital overlay
even if it's live
maybe they're doing this in front of a greenscreen
but you can't, like
you can't rotoscope shit like this in real time, can you?
there's no green fringing even if you zoom in

howscreamismyvalley
oh good he's looking at ergege's phone again
no reason not to do that

butterflyfish
"what are they talking about? why would this be a green screen? It's a real prison"
jy you're killing me here

cliffhousemousemouse
he just showed the livethread scrolling
everyone who's posted in here is now in the video
recursive
and fucking terrifying

hippiescanhaveatlantaback
looks straight at the camera and grins and tells us if the comment threads are going to be this creative he's going to do more videos where nothing happens
with blood
dripping
down
the
WALLS

anyoneanyonebuick
jy if you're reading this
PLEASE GET THE FUCK OUT
GO FIND A RESTAURANT WITH A SPICY FOOD CHALLENGE PLEASE
> snowcappedwaves
> don't you hate the eating challenge videos, you always complain?
>> anyoneanyonebuick
>> YES I DO

auroraboremyass
is that ergege speaking
> tarandcement
> if we ever hear ergege speak I don't think he's going to be saying "you will burn all will burn" while jy is still talking

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galaxyrise
SHIT
FUCK
SHIT FUCK SHIT FUCK SHIT
I TAKE IT ALL BACK IT'S ALL FUCKING REAL ERGEGE PLEASE GET JIANG YING OUT OF TEHRE WE NEE DHIM

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bridgebridgesplashbridge
"well, I think that's the whole place"
"pretty boring really"
"if anyone's still watching, thanks for joining us!"
fuck you jy
just
fuck you

wangarattaregatta
why

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galaxyrise
I just ran the video back to show my roommate what happened
and
it's just jy walking around in the dark and talking, nothing weird at all
what the FUCK I think he replaced the video
> jiangyingcanruinme
> I was recording the stream, I'll upload
> edit: WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK THERE'S NOTHING ON MY RECORDING I RECORDED IT LIVE
>> plamtrees
>> maybe the reason we've never proven paranormal activity is that ghosts don't work on digital storage media
>>> tarandcement
>>> are you a believer now?
>>>> plamtrees
>>>> YES I FUCKING AM ANY QUESTIONS
>>>>> tarandcement
>>>>> honestly no
>>>>> valid

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wiistation360
guys this thread is hilarious
I missed the livestream but i watched it back
we should do "but what if there were ghosts" threads for all of his livestrreams, the historical tour of the prison was interesting but it was pretty dull
> galaxyrise
> shut the fuck up
> tarandcement
> stfu
> plamtrees
> fuck off
> mountainbison
> nobody wants to hear this, dude, trust me
> rockymcrockface
> no

Notes:

Lan Wangji didn't laugh at the London thing, it was Horny Camera Grip

Wei Wuxian found some spirits who just kind of wanted to have their feelings be heard and let them vent to his large audience before they cleared them out.