St. Andrews By-the-Sea
The town of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, has always been a relatively small one. It’s main source of income is tourism, and its status as a Canadian historical site affords it steady business. Many residents are retirees or lifelong locals, but some visit over vacation or work at the local Marine Biology research station located on the edge of Passamaquoddy Bay. St. Andrews also offers ferry tours, whale-watching, visits to the various islands dotting Fundy Bay, and ghost tours throughout the “haunted” parts of the city, such as Algonquin Hotel. Overall, this small town has been relatively untouched by the superheroic turmoil happening in larger cities, and they would like to keep it that way.
Of course, nothing lasts forever. Recently, the city has been wracked with multiple ghostly sightings. Concerned citizens swear that they have glimpsed pale shapes in the night, roving the streets, or that they have come face to face with a transparent man holding an old colonial rifle. Local authorities aren’t sure whether to dismiss these sightings as a hoax, a tourism ploy, or a spectral incursion, and the local news team is on the spot looking for proof of these wild claims.
While no one has gone missing or died, a couple of residents claim that ghosts attacked them in their homes before disappearing, and have minor injuries to prove it. With no recent breakthroughs and an increasingly paranoid St. Andrews population, Mayor Naish is appealing to the only people really qualified to deal with a ghost outbreak: ~~Ghostbusters~~ Metahumans.
Why are there so many ghost sightings? Who or what is to blame? Why is the weather so unpredictable this time of year? Come one and all, and discover the secrets of the St. Andrews, a little provincial town with *absolutely* nothing to hide. ***
Hopefully, this turns out more like Scooby-Doo than The Exorcist (no promises).
If characters want to work together (either together or along the lines of “you search here, I search here, we meet up at noon”) or on their own, that’s fine. I will cross-reference stories as the thread continues, so if someone blows up Main Street, everyone is going to hear it, and if someone takes evidence from a murder victim, that evidence isn’t there anymore. This means situational character interaction. If you don’t want to waste time interacting with people, just let me know, I’ll treat it like you’re the only meta in St. Andrews.
So, who are you, what's your plan, and why are you at St. Andrews?
* You’re in it for the modest reward (and whatever you manage to acquire along the way)
* Being a Ghostbuster sounds fun!
* You’ve got connections to someone on the island (give a background or let me handle it)
* Something seems… off. You’d better investigate. (Magical characters only)
* Something seems… off. You’d better investigate. (Anyone who thinks ghosts are weird)
* Well, you were on vacation here anyway…
* [Your own choice of motive]