Headless Ed * Rex, my boy! Headless Ed * What a delight, to see a familiar face in a place such as this! Rex * Headless Ed!? * You son of a bitch, what do you want!? Headless Ed * My my, I'm scarcely through my greetings and you've already impugned my mother's good name. * Must we bicker like this? After all we've been through? Rex * All we've been through!? * You killed me! Headless Ed * Ah ah, one of my minions killed you. * I don't see why we shouldn't let bygones be bygones! * Why, we were shelfmates, weren't we? I was in the orb two down and three to the right of you. Commanding a much higher price, of course... Rex * Don't play tricks with me, Eddy. * I know your unfinished business is about putting an end to my family line. * If you're so willing to bury the hatchet, you'd be fizzling away by now. Headless Ed * ...Hah. Nothing gets past you, does it? * Too clever by half. Rex * Don't gotta be a genius to see through that one. * Now cut the bull. * Why are you really here? Headless Ed * I shan't lie to you: I still am rather cross about your ancestor blasting my head off. * But I'm afraid I've found myself in quite a pickle regarding how to proceed. * You see, I rely a fair amount on the aid of the various spirits I debate to my side -- instrumental as they are in my plots and schemes -- but it seems they've all found their way into those little green orbs! Rex * Better than having 'em outside terrorising the innocent. * Don't tell me you're expecting me to help with this? * Why would I wanna bust 'em out just to put 'em right back into your filthy hands? Headless Ed * I suppose it's an appropriate enough fate. * Languishing forever in those baubles, doomed never to see their unfinished business resolved. Rex * Ngh... Headless Ed * What was it that you did? Talk to them? * Seems downright quaint now! Rex * "Quaint"!? Headless Ed * It pains me to say, my boy, but that goldilocked girl is a thousand times the exorcist you ever were. * Her methods make your little "debating" trick look like... Headless Ed * ...Well, like shit, I suppose! Rex * Orright, shut your mouth already. Headless Ed * I don't have a mouth, remember? * I lost it, what with the... Headless Ed * Oh, don't be such a bore, Rex. * That's another advantage this woman has over you -- a sense of humour! * She's really making you look bad. Rex * What do you know-- I make her look bad!! * She's an embarrassment to the craft! * No respect for the traditions, she's-- she's an artless bloody ghoul! Headless Ed * My, aren't you passionate? Rex * Course I am. This is my family bloody legacy. * And nobody's gonna take that from me. * Not you, not this other exorcist, not ANYONE. Headless Ed * Rousing a sentiment that may be, my boy, but this ship is leaving port already. * These women and their orbs are in the process of taking your legacy away, ghost by ghost. * Seems it won't be long before your daughter won't have any wayward spirits left to debate! Rex * What daughter? Headless Ed * My mistake-- your progeny. Little Jasper. * Don't you worry for the boy, Rex? Drawn into this world? * TAKEN from you, by these same women who DEFACED YOUR FAMILY NAME? Rex * I'm not about to take parenting advice from the bloke who's trying to kill the boy. Headless Ed * Come on. Don't be SHY. * It BURNS in your MIND, DOESN'T IT!? Headless Ed * These OUTSIDERS. No RESPECT for us DEAD. * Stomping about OUR TOWN. * Thieving OUR GHOSTS. * Making FOOLS of us BOTH. * SOMETHING. MUST. BE DONE. Rex * HAHAhahahaaa!! * We agree on one thing, at least. * But it's a moot point either way, mate, cause the both of us are dead as doornails. * And don't you tell me you're gonna take 'em on with your poltergeisting, cause I saw how much of a fight you put up last time that shopkeeper showed up. Headless Ed * I most regrettably agree, my boy. * If we wish to deal with these women... we're going to need a little help from the other side. Rex * The land of the living? * Most of 'em can't see or hear us, ya moron, and Jasper's gone AWOL. Headless Ed * I'm disappointed in you, Rex! I really had hoped you'd be smarter than this. * Even we spirits have means of making contact with the corporeal realm, especially those as powerful as you or I. * Jasper has his own minions, does he not? * Surely you can be resourceful here? Rex * ... Rex * One condition. * I'M in charge. * I make the plans, and you follow. Headless Ed * My, my. That's quite a request, my boy. Rex * It's that or nothing, Eddy. Make your choice. Headless Ed * ...Hah. Hahaha!! * WELL then! I suppose the END RESULT is the same!!! * I ACCEPT!! Headless Ed * LEAD THE WAY, MY BOY! * Let's see those gears turn!! AHAHAHAHAAAA!!! Rex * Yeah, yeah. * Follow me. I got ideas...

Lum says:
Hi everyone! Just dropping in to mention a good friend of mine is doing a kickstarter for her indie metroidvania! Check it out: I've been contributing some of my help on this game, a few bits and pieces here and there, so it'd mean a lot to me if you could go take a look. See if it's something you'd be interested in! Thank yoooou!