Ghostbusters: The Video Game Cinematic and Level Transcript by Mrmichaelt Version 1.1 (9/1/2012) (Nintendo Wii / PlayStation 2) EXTENSIVE GAME INFO CAN BE FOUND AT http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/wiki/ Ghostbusters:_The_Video_Game_(Stylized_Versions) #################### THIS TRANSCRIPT CONTAINS SPOILERS #################### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- I. Transcript 1. Cinematic One 2. Level 1 On The Job Training Dialogue 3. Level 2 Welcome To Slime Square Dialogue 4. Cinematic Two (Between Level 2 and Level 3) 5. Level 3 Checking Out The Library Dialogue 6. Cinematic Three (Between Level 3 and Level 4) 7. Level 4 Museum of (Super)Natural History Dialogue 8. Cinematic Four (Between Level 4 and Level 5) 9. Level 5 Return to the Sedgewick Dialogue 10. Level 6 Lost Island Rising Dialogue 11. Cinematic Five (Between Level 6 and Level 7) 12. Level 7 Central Park Cemetery Dialogue 13. Cinematic Six (After Level 7) II. Contacting Me / Document Usage III. Copyright Notice & Disclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Cinematic One ================ Ray Stantz "Are you troubled by strange noises in the night?" Egon shines a flashlight under his chin like he's telling a scary campfire tale. Egon Spengler "Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic?" Peter Venkman "Have you or your family actually seen a spook, spectre or ghost?" All three are in frame. Ray Stantz "If the answer is yes, then don't wait another minute!" The point of view pans out to reveal a security guard watching television. A Ghostbusters commercial is playing. Peter Venkman "Just pick up the phone and call the professionals!" Egon Spengler "Call the..." All "Ghostbusters!" Egon Spengler "Serving all your supernatural elimination needs 24 hours a day." All "Ghostbusters! We're ready to believe you!" Peter Venkman "Franchises available soon! Call for details." Suddenly something zooms on one of the camera feeds and then all the feeds go to static Security Guard "Woah! Russell! Hey, man... you near the east wing?" Russell (on radio) "Yeah." Security Guard "B-b-by the new Gozer exhibit?" Russell (on radio) "Yeah. Why?" Security Guard "There's something headed your way!" Russell "If you're dressed as Atilla the Hun again, I'm going to smack you. Wait. I hear something. I'm gonna take a look." Security Guard (on radio) "Wanna hear something really creepy? I was reading about Shandor, you know the guy who donated most of the Gozer stuff? He was into the occult...you know, the supernatural. Weird dude." Russell looks around near the Gozer Exhibit. He shines his light on the Tyrannosaurus Rex exhibit and is startled. Russell "Ah! Uhhh...Why don't we talk about it some other time? Any other time." A woman's screams can be heard. A woman with books bolts past Russell. Russell "Aaaarragghhh! Hey! You can't be in here! Stop!" Ghostbusters theme starts playing as something closes in on Russell. Russell holds his hand out. Russell "Aaaarragghhh!" The Firehouse. Ecto-1 is parked in the garage area. Janine answers a call. Janine Melnitz "Ghostbusters. Is your haunting an apparition, poltergeist, phantasm, wraith, banshee, demon, specter, tortured soul or...What? No, we do not summon dead family members then catch them so you can ask the combination to the safe..." Slimer is held captive in a containment tank made of telephone booths. Janine Melnitz "Yeah, well, same to you, pal. Another exciting night, huh?" Janine is now talking to the Rookie. Janine Melnitz "Oh, and you get refrigerator privileges, but listen: if you didn't put it in there, you don't want to eat it. Especially if it looks like cottage cheese. Ick." Rookie heads upstairs to the Ghostbusters' lab and research area to report to Ray. As the Rookie scales the stairs, Egon can be heard from inside. Egon Spengler "This might be a little dangerous." Ray Stantz "Great. Danger is our life." Egon fits a helmet on Ray. Egon Spengler "We'll start at fifty-percent capacity. That should keep any burning or tissue damage to a minimum." Peter Venkman "Hey. If you're gonna burn any tissues, do it to the new kid. You can't use Ray. Our mortgage is in his name." Ray Stantz "I guess he's right. What's your name again, kid?" Peter Venkman "No names, Ray. I don't want to get too attached to this kid. You know just in case. Remember what happened to the last guy? Hey, how come this mump gets all the new stuff?" Egon Spengler "He's our new Experimental Equipment Technician." Peter Venkman "He gets cool title, too?" Ray Stantz "It means he gets to carry around a bunch of untested, extremely dangerous hardware that if not handled correctly could blow him somewhere into New Jersey." Peter Venkman "Oh, this knucklehead lugs around our very dangerous prototype hardware that could potentially blow us into New Jersey? Thanks! Keep the title, Kid. It'll work hard for you." The Firehouse rumbles. Egon Spengler "Was that us?" Ray Stantz "Had to be some sort of Psi energy pulse. Substantial! A significant collected and centralized necromantic convulsion level seven or more." Janine walks into the lab. Janine Melnitz "I know the answer, but I'm gonna ask anyway...is a level seven, uh, whatever...bad? Or very bad?" Egon Spengler "On a scale of 1 to ten. I would say..." Peter Venkman "Let me guess. It's a seven." Ray Stantz "Let's just say we're about to get real busy." Peter Venkman "And that is not the fun kind of getting busy - is it, Ray?" Everyone walks down to Janine's desk downstairs. Rookie takes the pole down. Slimer busts loose. Ray Stantz "Look out. Slimer's escaped again!" Slimer laughs ,waves goodbye, and leaves the Firehouse. Peter Venkman "No, wait. Come back." Egon Spengler "Where to Ray?" Ray Stantz "The Sedgewick Hotel. It's the first place that little spud will go." Egon, Ray, Peter, and Rookie board Ecto-1 and take off. 2. Level 1 On The Job Training Dialogue ======================================= Peter Venkman "Nothing to worry about, folks. There's absolutely no reason to panic. We are highly paid, trained professionals. Alright, stand behind me. Try to look highly trained." Hotel Manager "That disgusting green blob is up on the 12th floor again, wreaking havoc! I demand a refund right now!" Peter Venkman "Sir, if you check the fine print on our invoice," Ray Stantz "Invoices." Peter Venkman "Right, invoices...you'll see that your warranty on re-haunting expired some time ago. You should've taken the extended service agreement." Egon Spengler "I'm getting some interesting P.K.E. spikes here. Disturbances don't seem to be exclusive to the 12th floor. I'd like the chance to look around the building a little more." Ray Stantz "Good. Dig up what you can. That little greenie shouldn't cause us too much trouble." Egon goes to the elevators. Rookie follows Ray and Peter through the lobby. Peter Venkman "Part of our new contract with the city, Proton Packs remain off in heavily populated public areas." Ray Stantz "And in close quarters. It minimizes the city's liabilities and satisfies the restraining order the maid here had put on us." Peter Venkman "The world we live in today. You shoot a Proton Stream of highly charged particles at someone...they get a sue happy! We didn't even burn her! I mean, there was redness! There was some redness!" Rookie calls the elevator. A door opens up revealing the woman from the museum. Peter Venkman "Well, hello. You're perfectly safe now, Miss. The Ghostbusters are here." Ilyssa "Never gonna happen." The trio files into the elevator. Ilyssa "Cab please. To Times Square." Ray Stantz "Alright ace, get ready." The elevator door opens. Peter Venkman "Dr. Stantz, if you'd do the honors?" Ray Stantz "Proud to, Dr. Venkman." They see Slimer in a hallway eating off a cart. Ray Stantz "Alright...showtime. We wear him out, then we capture him. That's what your proton stream is for." They open fire on Slimer. Ray Stantz "Full release! Now, Cadet! You've got him on the run! C'mon, let's go! Peter!" Peter Venkman "Nah. I've seen this one already. Know how it ends. You two have fun though. I'll cover the elevators and escort any ladies safely to their rooms." Ray Stantz "I've got a solid signal! Get over here and look at your P.K.E. Meter! Alright. Dig it. Your P.K.E. Meter is the cornerstone of any supernatural investigation. Works like a divining rod, point it at psychokinetic energy, it measures electromagnetic fluctuations and heats up. Point it away, it goes cold. Hot is better. Just follow the signal to your target. And this signal looks just like your elusive little targeted entity." Rookie and Ray run into Peter. Peter Venkman "Stop staring at me! You're creepier than that ghost. Go down with Ray!" Rookie enters a room, Slimer slimes him and flies outside. Rookie and Ray follow him into another room. Slimer hides in a table. Rookie blasts it and Slimer leaves again. Ray Stantz "Phew! Whoa! He's definitely been here. Looks like he cleaned out all the snacks." Peter Venkman (on radio) "Ray! I don't feel good!" Ray Stantz "He's been slimed! Again! Hustle over here and help him up, will ya? Uh-oh. Man down! We've got a man down! Go, go, go!" Peter Venkman "That mutant stromboli snuck up on me. Gah...functified again." Egon Spengler (on radio) "You guys need to get down here immediately. Our live-in science experiment is tearing apart the lobby, and he's not alone." Ray Stantz "More ghosts? We gave this hotel a clean bill of health five years ago." Egon Spengler (on radio) "New people die everyday." Ray Stantz "Call the elevator, Junior." Slimer messes with the elevator. Ray Stantz "Alright, Slimer! You've had your fun! The elevator's off-limits!" Slimer chases people around in the lobby. Peter Venkman "Can we please call Winston and tell him his night off has officially ended?" Ray Stantz "Way ahead of you, Peter. Janine is paging him now." Hotel Manager "Who's going to pay for all this?!" Ray Stantz "No need to worry, sir. As you know, the Mayor rode to office on a strictly pro-Ghostbusters platform and we now invoice the city directly for all captures and eliminations. An unhaunted New York is a tourist friendly New York." Egon Spengler "Did Ray show you how to use the P.K.E. Meter? Using the signals for tracking is helpful but you can also perform a full target ident-scan on a variety of paranormal entities. Try it on any one of those ghosts. Just line up your target, hold the scanning button, and wait for confirmation. Right. You lost the scan signal. Remember, it's an advanced and sensitive instrument but you're going to have to meet it halfway. Make sure you keep the P.K.E. sweep trained on your subject until the scan is complete. Nice work. A completed scan initiates a cross-referenced query to all digitally available material and instantly updates the entry in your onboard Tobin's Spirit Guide. This provides an active and useful data search." Peter Venkman "Ohh! Am I glad I stayed home that year. Alright, enough already with the education. The only one being paid to learn on the job is this poor sap cadet." They open fire on the ghosts. Ray Stantz "They've split up!" Egon Spengler "Ray, follow me! The others are floating back upstairs. Venkman, you two pull our friend Slimer into a trap as fast as you can. There's a massive bulge in these spikes indicating this isn't just some routine clearing job." Peter Venkman "He gets so bossy when he hasn't had is nap. Hey now...is that honey-glazed ham...and prime rib? There. The Alhambra Ballroom. No way he could pass that up." Hotel Manager "Absolutely not! You can't go in, the Rodriguez Bar Mitzvah is set to start in half an hour!" Peter Venkman "I bet the beef brisket is today's special." Hotel Manager "...and you've done quite enough already. I'm sure the...thing...will just go away..." A crash is heard inside. Hotel Manager "I...I'm...willing to risk it" Peter steps forward. Hotel Manager "You're not going in there!" Peter Venkman "That's all we needed to hear. Alright, we're out! Coffee time, everyone! Service has been declined beyond this point." They walk away. Peter Venkman "You bring your apron? We're gonna take a little shortcut through the kitchen." Egon Spengler (on radio) "Be careful, Peter. Remember the Ellis island incident." Peter and Rookie sneak off to the kitchen entrance. Peter Venkman "The Alhambra should be right through...here." Peter kicks the door open. Peter Venkman "Okay, champion. You lead for awhile." Peter and Rookie enter the kitchen and it is full of green slime. Peter Venkman "This is why I eat out of a can." The stoves go on by themselves. Peter Venkman "Nothing to worry about. Most kitchens have self starting pilot lights. Just a little air in the line." Slimer appears out of a vent and animates some pans. Ray Stantz (on radio) "Run a full scan." After the Kitchen Wisps are dispatched, they head to the ballroom. Peter Venkman "Okay. Killed some utensils. Blow up some pots and pans. I'm feeling pretty good. How 'bout you? You know. I thought that guy said Rodriguez Bar Mitzvah." They sight Slimer eating and drinking at tables. Peter Venkman "Would it kill him to mix in a green salad once in awhile? I'm gonna take backup. Blast him until he's dazed and then throw your capture stream on him. Good, good. That's it, Buddy. You've got the little monster breathing hard (Pants). Okay, see! He's right where you want him! Release your stream. Got him! Now try to hold him still - you gotta wear him down. You can wear him out even faster if you wanna bang him around the room little bit! There! Doesn't that make you feel better? Makes me feel better. I know that." Rookie traps Slimer. Peter Venkman "Yeah! Perfect! See? That's a big wow. That'll teach that pitiful goop-sack to slime Peter Venkman. And, by extension...you." Hotel Manager "The Alhambra Ballroom! The Bar Mitzvah! What have you done? The guests are arriving in fifteen minutes!" Peter Venkman "What seems to be your problem? Thanks to me and my new exclusively assigned rookie here, the festivities can now proceed in an entirely ghost-free environment so you're welcome. Eh? And to the Rodriguezes: LaChaim from the Ghostbusters!" Peter walks out to be greeted by Ray. Ray Stantz "Nice of you guys to join us. You grab the little spud?" Peter Venkman "Mashed potatoes now. Your cadet had to straighten him out. Ray, we need to have a heart-to-blob talk with this one or we are gonna have discipline issues when he's a teenager." Ray Stantz "Oh-oh! Heads up! Your initiation is over! Now give us a hand! We've got a couple of really persistent troublesome spirits here!" Two Bellhop ghosts manifest. Ray, Peter, and Rookie trap them. Ray Stantz "See? That wasn't such a chore now was it?" Another ghost appears. Peter Venkman "Hey, dollface. You see the sign on the door? Do not disturb! No moleste! Got it?" Guys trap it. Ray Stantz "Nice streaming. You're getting the hang of it. Good trap work." Peter Venkman "Take a tip, punk: don't mess with the men in beige!" The Chef ghost appears, cackling. Ray Stantz "Watch out. Hostile FRV! Hurling projectiles!" The ghost flies off. Peter Venkman "Huh. That guy looked lost. Ray, let's go check the fridge. Let them go after the cook." Ray Stantz "Cadet, go with Dr. Spengler. Check out that angry chef." Egon Spengler "This way. Looks l ike he's drifting upstairs." Rookie follows Egon to the stairwell. Egon pulls out his P.K.E. Meter. Egon Spengler "Be careful. The psychonic vibrations seem to be amplifying their energy! Their manifestations are becoming more powerful and dangerous by the second! But don't be afraid. Because...uhh...no, go ahead and be afraid" The room trembles, glass breaks, the chef ghost laughs, and passes through a wall. The stairwell is heavily damaged. Egon is unscathed by the debris but trapped down below. Rookie proceeds to the second floor alone. Ray Stantz (on radio) "Scan it for the guide now!" The Rookie pursues a cook ghost but it slimes two objects and blocks the doorway it goes into. Using the capture mode, the Rookie clears the way and enters the room. He takes on the cook ghost. After trapping it, the Ghostbusters arrive. Egon Spengler "Good work. Are you alright?" Ray Stantz "Nice going! You might really be the right person for this job." Peter Venkman "Yes, you have destroyed a significant section of a five-star New York hotel in just under three hours. Your mother and I are so proud. Aren't we, Egon?" Egon Spengler "He's got something! Let's track it down!" They enter the kitchen and see a glowing cake. Egon Spengler "You need to remember that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when it comes to poltergeists. They usually manifest as what they were in their physical life. A mailman will be a mailman, and in this case a chef will be a chef. Granted, an evil chef, but still a chef. So we need to figure out what will make this guy mad and draw him out, culinarily speaking of course." Rookie captures the cake and tosses it into the fire. The Chef ghost appears. Peter Venkman "Hey, you think he'd make us some pancakes?" Egon Spengler "No, Peter. I think it's trying to make us into pancakes!" Peter Venkman "Whoa! Nice breath control." Ray Stantz "Nobody likes a burnt cake, especially a chef, well done, literally. I bet that made him angry enough to fight to the death. He's shielding himself inside the oven, he will probably wait until he regains some strength before coming back out, this could turn out to be a long battle He did it again! This coward just runs and hides when the times get a little tough. We have to figure out something." They trap the ghost. Ray Stantz "Anybody hear from Zeddemore?" A rumble is felt. Winston Zeddemore (on radio) "Uh, guys? I'm right outside. And so is something else." Peter Venkman "Well, we had to make due with, uh, this new specimen here." Winston Zeddemore (on radio) "I've been trying to get here for over four hours, Peter! Traffic is a little right now!" Ray Stantz "Wait...I know that thud..." Egon Spengler "Winston, what do you see out there?" Winston Zeddemore (on radio) "It's big, it's clean and soft and white. And you all aren't gonna like it (And it goes well with graham crackers and melted chocolate)." 3. Level 2 Welcome To Slime Square Dialogue =========================================== The Ghostbusters meet Winston outside by Ecto-1. Ray Stantz "Wasn't me this time. I swear it." Winston Zeddemore "Is it a re-manifestation of Gozer?" Egon Spengler "A PKE signature of Gozer's magnitude is present, but the flux is weak...for the moment." Ray Stantz "So, it could actually be a revisitation..." Peter Venkman "Pull it together, Ray. What do we have that can stop that cheap confection?" Winston Zeddemore "Ray, weren't you gonna finish up the install of the super slammer today?" Peter Venkman "The Super Slammer? Sounds untested, tacky, and exciting. I'm in. But will it work?" Egon Spengler "Against the minions of a god? That was never the intent, but in theory I suppose it could. But a muon trap of this capacity has never been used or even tried before." Peter Venkman "Uh-huh and why would that stop guys that don't know any better?" Ecto-1 takes off onto W 42nd Street. Winston Zeddemore "Check this! Looks like something large and sugary took this corner too quick." Egon Spengler "Well, we're not getting through that way now!" Winston Zeddemore "Damn! We were starting to make good time, too!" Ray Stantz "And I thought it couldn't become any harder to get around Manhattan. Any ideas? Winston Zeddemore "Uh hey guys. The big Puft is getting fidgety over there." Egon Spengler "Is he looking for something or someone?" Ray Stantz "We need to get from here to there...make sure the big boy doesn't find whatever he's looking for!" Egon Spengler "Good strategy. It's dangerous, though... that's a lot of open ground to cover." Ray Stantz "We certainly can't just waltz down the middle, we'd be sitting ducks." Egon Spengler "That's right, Ray. Ducks flock together in formation which is bad. My plan was to split up and take two different directions. You know, mind over mallard." Ray Stantz "All right, sport. Looks like it's me and you. Let's go across Times Square and get into the building Stay Puft is so interested in. You guys keep him off us if you think you can!" The trio passes a storefront addressed 301. Ray signals Rookie and Peter. Ray Stantz "Try to pick up a signal, see what's here." Another rumble. Ray Stantz "Yikes!" Batteries fly out of a nearby generator, stranding Rookie and Ray inside. Ray Stantz "Did you see that! Man we need camera attachment on these packs!" Rookie puts the battery back in and proceeds through the doorway. A ghost appears. Ray Stantz "There! This is great! Giant blobs of Stay Puft. I bet they still have a paranormal or kinetic connection to bubbly butt. I think we should proceed armed with Boson Darts." Egon Spengler (on radio) "I wanted to test these first, but since we're waiving that safety step today anyway, you should be aware that I modified the Nutrona Wand which normally releases the particle stream." Winston Zeddemore (on radio) "Wow! It's like Christmas came early!" Ray Stantz "Earlier than what? They started Christmas before Halloween this year! Santa came to my house dressed as Dracula!" Egon Spengler (on radio) "Boson Darts. Super de-polarized bursts of boson particles. Extremely volatile. They're very effective, but can easily overheat your pack ...so use them sparingly. Oh and any accidental blockage could vaporize everything for 3 square miles...but don't worry." A trio of Construction Worker ghosts place Spirit Locks on the exit. After trapping them, Rookie enters and finds a Stay Puft Mini. Ray Stantz "Lordy help us! Stay Puft is somehow hatching these...mini minions from himself. Well, there's paranormal physiology for ya. Always something to make your stomach turn." Egon Spengler (on radio) "Oh, I've got to see this! I know I should have gone with you! Ray! Send me a scan!" Winston Zeddemore (on radio) "Calm down Ray, he is still out there pulling apart a building that is built by the lowest bidder, how long you think it's gonna last?" Rookie hits the nest with a Boson Dart, revealing a door way. Ray Stantz "Whoa. I mean you read about this stuff happening but to actually see an entity take energy directly from batteries, it's incredible." Egon Spengler (on radio) "I wish I was there to see it. Get a scan. That will be a very big learning tool as we build new equipment." Ray Stantz "You are doing great kid, now once the battery is back in the generator we can move on and face the next thing or object or ghost that wants to kill us." Winston Zeddemore (on radio) "Super, but let's not forget there is an angry sailor out there tearing this building apart, it goes... we go!" Ray Stantz "Okay, okay. I got it, we need to find a way to restore the power to the generator. Got an idea, let's try and use that battery to steal the energy back from "sparky" over there." Rookie inserts the battery into the generator and the elevator comes online again. Ray and Rookie enter. They step off and the elevator plummets. Ray Stantz "Ooh, close one!" Stay Puft marches past them outside. Ray Stantz "Uh-oh! He didn't find what he was looking for on the bottom floors. Come on." Egon Spengler (on radio) "Is he looking for something or someone?" Ray Stantz "Try and avoid that flowing marshmallow it sticks like glue and affects your movement. Is there any object around here that can stop that flow from coming in? Technokinetic manifestation right here, right now. This is at a level that we have not seen. I want to play!" Egon Spengler (on radio) "Very cool Ray. Paranormal 101. Please calm down and get a scan." Ray Stantz "How come when you pay a quarter they last like a minute but when they are really trying to kill you they keep coming and coming. I think maybe destroying the arcade machines is the way. Good work, that would close the door for these sprites to escape or spawn as gamers say." Egon Spengler (on radio) "I think they just want to do their jobs. Try and avoid any contact with them and see if they return the favor." Mini minions crash through the windows. Ray Stantz "Now he's throwing them at us? Remember how easy it was just to fight gods?" Egon Spengler (on radio) "You guys alright? If you are, then please collect a sample from the minions. Ooh! And a temperature reading!" Winston Zeddemore (on radio) "That news copter is gonna get swatted down like a mosquito, and you know who Peck is going to blame...us." Rookie and Ray go after a lone Construction Ghost. Ray Stantz "There he goes all yours. Remember they can't hide from the P.K.E." Rookie sweeps around with the P.K.E. Meter. Ray Stantz "Give it the juice! Well isn't this king of fun. It's like a little scavenger hunt. Wring him out! Go get 'em kid, take out that P.K.E. and track him down. Keep after him, great job, keep moving until we can capture him. I think you are wearing him down, keep it up, almost there! Great job! He is weak, you got him right where you want him now! There he is! He's worn down enough to fight now, great job! We've got to get to the top floors!" The exits are free to enter now. Egon Spengler (on radio) "Guys, be careful. Stay Puft is up to something..." Ray Stantz "Yikes! We are okay, but our little friend has just taken our rivalry to another level." Egon Spengler (on radio) "He seems to be getting very angry!" Winston Zeddemore (on radio) "Not sure what was your first clue, maybe the tossing of cars or just the mass dest... AH RAY, LOOK OUT!" Ray Stantz "AHHH!" Egon Spengler (on radio) "Ray! Come in Ray! Are you okay?" Ray Stantz "Gonna have to get back to you guys on that one!" Ray and Rookie enter a room where Marshmallow Minions spawn. Ray Stantz "Gross! The piles are spawning minions! I wish that giant tub of goo would just let it go. Something tells me this isn't your typical office party." Rookie powers up the generator with missing batteries from nearby rooms. A door gate lifts up. Ray Stantz "Egon and I were talking about creating minions to get more work done in the lab. Maybe they could be domesticated. Like Slimer." Ilyssa "Aaaaah! No! Somebody help me!" The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man has a woman cornered. Ray Stantz "Venkman, come in please. It's pandemonium up here - chunks of the building missing everywhere. You are required at this site now!" Peter Venkman on radio "I'm so happy to be in demand but these sugarballs have got me nailed down. I can't get past 'em. They're disgusting! And they're unhealthy" Peter drinks coffee in a stairwell. Ray Stantz "Uh, did I mention there's a spectacularly beautiful lady in distress?" Peter Venkman on radio "I'll be right there." Ray Stantz "Easy now, Miss. Just relax. No sudden movements. You're perfectly safe now. Sudden movements! Sudden movements!" Ray and the Rookie fend off the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Ray Stantz "Boson Darts! Boson will loosen him up. Boson Darts should do the trick." They run into Peter. Peter Venkman "It's okay. Dr. Venkman has you. You're fine now." Ilyssa "W...was that a manifestation of Gozer?" Peter Venkman "Uh. Yeah, probably. It just may be. Could be. Would you like to take the most direct route outta here or the scenic route, too? It's lady's choice." Ilyssa "There's a stairwell over there. Let's go!" Peter Venkman "Whew! Yeah, grace under pressure. I appreciate that in a lady." Ray Stantz "You didn't spill your coffee, did you Peter?" Peter Venkman "Ray, I got coffee for all of us. But the little monster spilled it. And what's the story with those things anyway?" Egon Spengler on radio "We've got the engine running...and I've almost fixed the trap. We're minutes away." Ilyssa "Get them away from me!" Ray Stantz "We've stirred up a hornet's nest, kid." Ilyssa "Oh no!" The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man makes it to the top of the building. Egon Spengler on radio "Good news. We've got the Super Slammer back on pulse and Ecto-1 is rolling. We're repositioning now. Can you hold Stay Puft there for a few minutes?" Ray Stantz "If by 'few' you mean less than one, then sure, we can do that. My cyclotron is screaming for mercy, kid. Put your two cents in here, will ya?! Soften him up with your Boson Darts!" Ilyssa "What are you waiting for?! Get him! Aren't you the Ghostbusters?!" The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man falls over. Peter Venkman "There he goes. The big evil sailor all the way to the street ...nope, not quite. Hey Ray, say three guys the size of your fingers knocked you almost all the way to the bottom of a thirty story building and you had to climb all the way back up. How mad would you be at those guys?" Ilyssa "That giant blue and white toy... man...thing...or whatever...is still coming! It's climbing the building!" Ray Stantz "No sweat, kid! We've got you!" Peter Venkman "He appears to be after something specific." Ray Stantz "Or someone." Ilyssa "Why are you looking at me?" Peter Venkman "Well, you look a lot better than the others really. Kid, kick your throwers to maxi-stream and roast him! Please. We're right behind you. Literally." Ray Stantz "Nice Boson, that really dinged him! Great job! Now see if he wants...S'more... get it? I'm funny too ya know. Ha ha! Bet that hurt. I like when they help us out like that! Look! Inbound! You're going to want to avoid those! Or take care of them!" Egon Spengler on radio "He's right, rookie. Your health insurance doesn't begin for another 89 days. Well technically speaking, it is still the safest method of travel. See? They got attacked by a possessed marshmallow and survived." Ray Stantz "Ya know something? You're a real sport volunteering to step up on this one. Thanks Cadet. How's your grip holding up, Dr. Venkman?" Peter Venkman "Well I don't have time for a high-five, Dr. Stantz but I'm alright." Ray Stantz "Yeah, fine for now. But all that rising heat is producing sweat in your palms. And sweat, in turn leads to slickness... You're cutting this pretty close, rookie! You've got him on the ropes, whapster! Land the last one so we can go home!" The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man falls to the streets. Winston Zeddemore "Ugh! What a mess down here!" Egon Spengler "Ray. Peter. We're in position, the trap is set. We are prepared to capture Stay Puft. Where is he?" Ray Stantz on radio "He's that white puddle you're driving through. Timings off by just a hair, Egon. But we're glad the trap is working again." 4. Cinematic Two (Between Level 2 and Level 3) ============================================== Ray Stantz "How do you feel?" Ilyssa "Pretty good, all extremely weird things considered." Peter Venkman "Hey, you know. I never forget a...face. And we met earlier tonight...at the Sedgewick Hotel. You gave me the sideshow chickendrop." Ilyssa "My name is Ilyssa. Dr. Ilyssa Selwyn. And..." Egon Spengler "Have you ever been involved in this type of quantum temporal rift event before?" Ilyssa "A quantum what?" Ray Stantz "It's called 'arcing': a large pulse of psychic energy." Ilyssa "Actually, yes. I was at the museum... a pulse of blue light surged through the building... and then I was standing outside a room on the thirteenth floor of an old hotel" Egon Spengler "We'd like you to come to our lab so we can run some brief tests and ask you more questions." Peter Venkman "The first of which is should we go for Thai or Mexican tonight? We usually don't let clients make those kinds of calls, but in your case, we're gonna make an exception." Ilyssa "Wow, Dr. Venkman. That time you almost went 45 seconds without saying something abrasive. Wanna try for a whole minute next time?" Egon, Ray, and Ilyssa go up the stairs. Rookie follows. Ray Stantz "Cadet! Here's something new that Egon and I have been developing. The Shockblast expels a conical pattern of stripped dark matter particles that diffuse quickly in the atmosphere. It's very powerful at close range, but less accurate and less potent the further you are from your target. We expect it will work well on inbound ghost and vapor swarms or near proximity entities." Egon fires by mistake. Egon Spengler "And please be careful, it's a prototype. We're trusting you with it." Peter Venkman "heh...he's talking about you." Ray Stantz "Not just to the Cadet, Venkman." Winston Zeddemore "So, you know so much about Gozer because...?" Ilyssa "Because I'm a specialist in ancient Mesopotamian cultures and architecture. Sumerian, primarily. Gozerian, more specifically. I'm here as the guest curator for the Gozerian exhibit that's opening tomorrow at the Natural History Museum." Ray Stantz "Gozer was a bush-leaguer before he met us. A strictly farm-team deity! We put him on the map!" Peter Venkman "But our getting stiffed on invites to opening night...just an oversight, right?" Ilyssa "I didn't have anything to do with that." Walter Peck "That, gentlemen, was all me! And I can assure you, it was not an oversight!" Janine Melnitz "Oh, by the way, you have visitors." Peter Venkman "Thanks, Janine. You're a first class lookout." Mayor "Ha, ha, ha! Funny guy, Venkman! You've always been my favorite. Apologies, uh, Dr. Selwyn. Are you alright?" Ilyssa "I think so, but...I'm worried about the exhibit. Are you kidding?! You can't buy publicity like this! The guest curator of the Gozer Exhibit... the expert Peck recommended...is attacked the night before the opening by Gozer himself?! Please...tell me that was Gozer!" Peter Venkman "Come on, Jock, what's the idea bringing ...(coughs)...preck around here? Oh, have I coughed at the wrong time?" Mayor "Listen. Here's the deal. You and Peck and all you guys are going to work together." Peter Venkman "What?!" Mayor "Look. This city has given you at least a dozen contracts for the jails, courthouses and wharves. You guys want to grow your business. Get some county and state work too. I'm all for it. You've been big supporters and great for my campaign." Winston Zeddemore "Some people say our support got you elected." Mayor "But not out loud. Anyway, after all the damage you've been causing lately, the city council wants you under close supervision for a period of no less than six months! Well, that's where your old friend Peck comes in. He's annoying, a stickler for the rules. In other words, the perfect "Peck" for the Job. He's out new head of PEACOCK!" Ray Stantz "PEACOCK?" Walter Peck "P-C-O-C. Paranormal Contracts Oversight Commission. And my first official act is going to be suspending you clown's operating license." Mayor "Lighten up, Peck. Launch your investigation if you have to but for now, just keep them under control and my office in the loop. But remember, if the Ghostbusters cease to exist, so does your job. So you need each other. Beautiful, in an ironic symmetrical kind of way, isn't it? Okay, big night tomorrow, Ilyssa! Get some rest!" Ray Stantz "So! Now that we're all friends, can we get invites to the Museum opening?" Walter Peck "Not likely. But I'll be seeing you soon. You can count on that." Peter Venkman "Doesn't Peck look exactly like the kind of guy who would "accidentally" walk into the stream of a BOSON Collider!" Everyone stares at Peter. Peter Venkman "I'm just saying... it could happen." Rookie heads downstairs to Janine's desk. Egon Spengler "Ray and I have been talking..." Ray Stantz "...and we think we should have a look at the museum. Whatever happened tonight, it started there." Peter Venkman "Okay, I'll take one for the team and stay with Ilyssa. You guys go with Winston and the Recruit. I'll be her personal protection." Janine Melnitz "Hey Guys, you need to make a detour. Something big is going down. It's on 1010 WINS (um on the radio thingie right) now." Radio "...and another ghostly sighting has staff at the Public Library scrambling for answers." Egon Spengler "The Gray lady." Ray Stantz "Let's get her for real this time ...go!" Winston Zeddemore "Well, what about the Museum?" Janine Melnitz "Oh, and another thing. Peck called and says that I'm required to tell where you are and what you are up to." Egon Spengler "Tell him he can meet us at the Museum. We'll be there... eventually." Ecto-1 departs the Firehouse. 5. Level 3 Checking Out The Library Dialogue ============================================ Ray Stantz "Captain McMahon from the 12th says there was a massive disturbance. Real fireworks show." Winston Zeddemore "Not much going on now. Even the spirits are acting strange. How's that for a bad sign?" Egon Spengler "Bad enough for me. Pack's on." Ray Stantz "Check for valences." Guys walk around and take readings. Ray Stantz "Wow! Big spikes! Hey, Cadet. You need to see this." Egon Spengler "Stand back!" Winston Zeddemore "Look out! There they go!" Ray Stantz "C'mon! After them!" Winston Zeddemore "You heard Stantz! Let's move." Ray Stantz "Couple of Class-two Animators. Never seen them in tandem like that! They're really agitated!" Egon Spengler "That one's a beast, Ray. Let's chase him down. Winston, check that next doorway. See if he has any friends." Winston Zeddemore "Leave a haunted room? I got no problem with that." Ray Stantz "Hey, Hoss. You think you can handle that little fella yourself? We'll meet you back here." Rookie engages the Animator. Ray Stantz on radio "Stay alert. Keep your P.K.E. meter up. Animators can hide in anything." Egon Spengler on radio "Something very strong and very angry is here." Ray Stantz "Kid! Up here!" Egon Spengler "Strong emanations. No direct source, though." Ray Stantz "We followed our guy in here and it gave us the slip." Egon Spengler "I think we found it!" Rookie takes on an Animator in the reading room. Ray Stantz "Look! Did you see that?" Egon Spengler "It's the Gray Lady! Nice catch, Cadet. Tell Venkman to send the bill to Peck." Ray Stantz "How easy was that?" Egon Spengler "Wait. Not so fast. I'm getting some big fluxes here." Ray Stantz "I think it's her. Yes...yes, it is her! Eleanor Twitty. The Librarian!" Egon Spengler "Look! There she is! Meet us at the stairway door!" The Librarian shushes them. Ray Stantz "She shushed us again. That witch! She went down that way!" Egon Spengler "Winston, check upstairs to see if the other Phantom doubled back." Winston Zeddemore on radio "Roger." Egon Spengler "P.K.E.'s out. And try to be quiet." Winston Zeddemore on radio "Guys. I'm in the periodical archives looking at a stack of old newspaper clippings... All about some nut named Edmund Hoover, AKA, "The Collector."" Ray Stantz "Oh, wow! A full stabilizing levitation. I'd say we're close to something." Egon Spengler "Ray..." Ray Stantz "You got something?" Egon Spengler "I've got something. Right...here." Ray Stantz "Kid, check that out." Rookie scans the Librarian but she flies off. Egon Spengler "Yaahhh!" Ray Stantz "That's her! The Gray Lady! She's the first ghost we ever hunted. Man, I wish Venkman was here." Egon Spengler "I'm pretty sure Venkman doesn't." Ray Stantz "Wow! Now listen. This place is reading like a psychic pressure cooker. Prime your thrower. Everybody stick close together. What was that?" Egon Spengler "Here! This way! Quick!" Ray Stantz on radio "Okay, so much for 'stick together' - new plan is 'fan out.'" Egon Spengler on radio "Flexible approach, Ray." Ray Stantz on radio "There are two hostile spirits roaming around in here." Egon Spengler on radio "Two that we know about." Ray Stantz on radio "Now I got ya. What?! Oh no! Kid! Look out! It's coming your way!" Egon Spengler on radio "Temperature's dropping. Event imminent! Brace yourselves!" Winston Zeddemore on radio "Okay, guys, it's dead up here. The good kind. I mean. You all cool?" Egon Spengler on radio "We may need to get back to you on that." Winston Zeddemore on radio "Says here that his Collector used the Gray Lady to get to the rare books in her care - specifically a book called, get this, the Gozerian Codex." Ray Stantz on radio "Great!" Winston Zeddemore on radio "Yeah. And when she found out what he was up to, she dumped him." Egon Spengler on radio "Smart lady." Winston Zeddemore on radio "Not really. Evidently he murdered her for it." Ray Stantz on radio "Uh-oh." Rookie chases after an Animator into a hallway and enters a large room. Ray Stantz on radio "Hey, Kid. What's your 20? I'm in some kind of dark tunnel, moving fast...toward a bright light." Ray enters the room from a conveyor belt. Ray Stantz "Oof! Class I Swarmers! Pesky but combustible! How's your shockblast treatin' ya?! Now where's that Class-Five Animator? I tracked the slug here! There's the Big Fish! See what he did?! Give him a new home - in our containment facility!" Rookie and Ray zap and trap the Animator. Ray Stantz "Phew. Good work. That took some doin'. Guys, we nabbed the other animator. It's cooling its heels in the box." Egon Spengler on radio "Congratulations, Ray, uh...but I'm near Special Collections. Someone you've been wanting to meet again is here." Ray Stantz "We're on our way!" Rookie and Ray double back. Ray Stantz "Keep an eye on the twitchy ones, they'll really crease ya if you aren't careful." A trio of entities attacks Rookie and Ray. Ray Stantz "Looks like the Gray Lady makes her own reinforcements. Keep your eyes open, team. She's upping the ante." Winston Zeddemore on radio "Thanks for the warning, Ray. But I have no idea of what you're talking about." Egon Spengler on radio "You may wanna just take our word for it." Ray Stantz "There she is... quiet, now...let's get a solid scan..." The Gray Lady flies away again. Rookie and Ray find themselves in Juvenile Curriculum when Library Phantasms manifest and lock the exit. They catch up to the Gray Lady but she animates a Book Golem. Ray Stantz "Man. How much PK energy must it take to collect and animate an entity like that?" Rookie and Ray meet up with Egon in Special Collections room. Ray Stantz "Okay, she's in here with Egon. No noise!" Egon Spengler "Shh...almost..." Ray Stantz "Oh, boy." The Gray Lady departs the room. Rookie, Ray, and Egon search. Ray Stantz "Now where'd she go?" Egon Spengler "Valences up. She definitely left a trace somewhere... Big spike! Riiiiiiiight...here!" Ray Stantz "Yeah! Check this out! I feel a breeze." Rookie blasts the spot and a secret passage is revealed. Ray Stantz "Oh, cool! Secret passages! These are great! I didn't even know this area existed!" Egon Spengler "Looks like the janitors didn't, either. For the last eighty years, anyway." They find the Gozerian Codex. Ray Stantz "Wow. Dig THAT!" Egon Spengler "Ray, I'm not entirely convinced this is the best course of action." Ray Stantz "Wait! You mean this might be a trap?" The Codex flies off and red Library Phantasms attack. Ray Stantz "Uh-oh! They've got friends!" The phantasms are trapped and the trio descends another set of stairs. Ray Stantz "Ungh... kind of damp." Egon Spengler "Wonderful. Hope you don't have any open cuts. I'm thinking of flesh eating bacteria." Ray Stantz "Whatcha find there, Youngblood? Good work! Spengler, the kid found the exit." Egon Spengler "So we're going even deeper. Exactly how far down is the ninth circle of Hell?" Ray Stantz "Eerie place. I wonder if this is where the Collector killed The Librarian?" Egon Spengler "I think that would be a safe assumption. That book she's reading is emitting massive energy." Ray Stantz "Ah, that's your cue, Killer. Go get 'em." Rookie grabs the codex. The Gray Lady vanishes. Egon Spengler "She took that pretty well, better than I expected." Ray Stantz "It makes perfect sense if her residual spirit energy is tied to the book. The Gozerian Codex, right? Now that we have it, her echo must have been released. She's gone. I think we helped her cross over." Egon Spengler "And she just crossed right back. Get behind something!" Ray Stantz "Oh, no. I'm pretty sure those codices is how she is shielding herself, destroy those first! Buddy, the podiums - soak em! Soak em!" Egon Spengler "The book stands are generating her shield. That's it! She can't
regenerate the cage! Keep hitting the book stands!" Ray Stantz "That does it! Now let's attack the Librarian straight on!" The Gray Lady is trapped. Ray Stantz "Weird. That wasn't as tough as it should have been." Egon Spengler "I was just thinking of the same thing." Ray Stantz "It was almost too easy...like she wants us to have the Codex..." Egon Spengler "Yes, like she wanted us to blast this room apart." Ray Stantz "But why?" Egon Spengler "All the energy from our proton packs and traps have weakened the membrane between this world and..." Ray Stantz "Cross-dimensional portal. From the fifth to the fourth. A whole world of ghosts. Something I've dreamt about since College. It's all in the Monarchia Daemonum. Fantastic! Ghostworld." Egon Spengler "I wouldn't get too excited, Ray. I have a feeling she did so we could meet an old friend of hers." Ray Stantz "Well, we've talked about it, anyway." They go through the portal. Egon Spengler "Hm. So this is what the Public Library looks like on the far side of a cross-dimensional portal." Ray Stantz "It's one of infinite potential configurations. You know ...theoretically." Egon Spengler "Yes, well this looks like the Gozerian configuration." They go through another portal. Egon Spengler "Ray, it occurs to me that these events are interrelated." Ray Stantz "The Gozerian Exhibit, the huge energy pulse, the Sedgewick Hotel, the return of Stay Puft... yeah..." Egon Spengler "Yes, even this. All pointing back to a single point of origin." Ray Stantz "Ilyssa?" They go through a portal. Ray Stantz "You think she's a factor in this?" Egon Spengler "Maybe not intentionally, but almost definitely." They go through another portal and descend a set of steps, past two Gozerian statues into another portal. They arrive in what looks like the reading room of the library. Ray Stantz "I do like what they've done with the place here - but I hoped that portal would have taken us back to the Library." Egon Spengler "Actually, we are back in the Public Library. The dimensional membrane must be extremely thin here." Ray Stantz "Someone's holding us here. The Collector." Egon Spengler "Yes, Azetlor wants to add to his collection. And he's probably not too happy about us taking the Gozerian Codex with us." Ray Stantz "Oh yeah? What can a twisted little bookworm do to scare us? Hey, Collector! We're taking your book! Whaddya think about THAT! Uh, he's right behind me, isn't he?" Egon Spengler "Yes, I think you got his attention, Ray." Ray Stantz "Ho boy." Egon Spengler "Yeah." Ray Stantz "I have to say I feel a little overwhelmed. I mean we have faced some pretty powerful things, some conjured up by me, but to actually be facing The Collector himself. Well the honor is all mine. Okay, this is a powerful bugger. How these usually work is he will shift his power around to fight, that leaves very unique and short lived weaknesses, use your P.K.E. goggle to see if you can spot the best way to approach this. Try wrangling those book balls he's throwing our way and toss them back his way, just like Stay puft they have enough residue to do some damage. One down kid, super job. That was the key, destroy the rest! It's a whole bunch of them! Ewwww, great work, that was the ticket alright! It's off! Great work!" Winston looks around the reading room. A portal opens behind him and the guys fall out of it. Winston Zeddemore "Where the hell were you guys?! I've been runnin' all over this library, calling you, looking for you ...nothing!" Egon Spengler "We passed through a cross-dimensional portal into an alternate version of the Public Library, and fought a forty foot monster to steal an ancient magical book." Winston Zeddemore "Oh...well... that would explain it, then. Next time leave a note." Egon Spengler "Ray, does this mean anything to you?" They look up at a glyph up on the wall. Winston Zeddemore "What is it?" Egon Spengler "Not entirely sure. But whatever it is, I think we just turned it off." Ray Stantz "You thinking what I'm thinking?" Winston Zeddemore "Thin crust, New York style with no visible anchovies?" The Rookie falls through a portal behind Ray, Egon, and Winston. Ray Stantz "Maybe later. Right now I need to go back to the lab and take a look at this Codex." Winston Zeddemore "Slice to go on the way? Rookie's treat?" Ray Stantz "And we need to know what this is." Winston Zeddemore "I'll call for a delivery. Again." 6. Cinematic Three (Between Level 3 and Level 4) ================================================ Janine Melnitz "Egon, our new boss called again..." Egon Spengler "Please don't call him that. Just 'Peck.' That's bad enough." Janine Melnitz "Peck called again. He's not happy. He says that if you guys fire just one more unauthorized proton stream, he'll shut us down for good." Rookie goes up to the front desk. Egon Spengler "I added something new to the pack." Egon motions Peter to turn around. Egon Spengler "This is the PDS: Plasm Distribution System. Basically, it's a slime blower, Mark II, heavily modified from the earlier version. Your plasm banks are now integrated into the Proton pack. It uses a base culture of ectoplasm developed from materials we discovered under the City a few years ago. The proto-culture is cross-strained with the original material and samples from various other ectoplasmic entities we've collected." Well, this lends optimal properties to the final product: a self-regenerating strain of ectoplasm that can impair entities, cause caustic Black Slime to go inert, and reveal otherwise invisible ethereal structures that reside on this plane. You may wanna take notes. You will be tested." Everyone meets upstairs in the lab. Ilyssa "I know that symbol. It shows up sometimes in Sumerian ritual magic. There's a statue on loan at the museum that features it." Ray Stantz "What does it represent?" Ilyssa "Just a symbol, signifies a path to obtain great power. Most of my colleagues assume it's an old constellation." Ray Stantz "Get this. The Codex does indicate there is some kind of feeder system required to channel energy to a Destructor Form." Winston Zeddemore "A Destructor Form...like Stay Puft?" Egon Spengler "It's entirely possible that system and this pattern are connected..." Ray Stantz "It's possible." Egon Spengler "Wait. You said the Gozerian statuary at the Museum is on loan. From whom?" Ilyssa "Ivo Shandor, the architect. Well, the Shandor Foundation. They control Shandor's remaining estate and holdings. Ivo was a big collector of Gozerian artifacts." Winston Zeddemore "By "Ivo Shandor the Architect," you mean "Ivo Shandor the Genocidal Maniac." Right?" Ilyssa "That's what I was researching when Gozer attacked me. Shandor's architecture firm was involved in a number of projects around town in the late 18, early 1900s." Egon Spengler "Including Dana Barrett's old building on Central Park West." Winston Zeddemore "Let me guess. He did some renovations on the Public Library building on Fifth." Ilyssa "Riiiight. And... The Natural History Museum." Egon Spengler "They're all connected to Shandor...and this pattern. You should get a closer look at the Museum." Ilyssa "Well, the Mayor's gonna be at the Museum for the exhibition opening gala tonight. It's where I need to be, too." Ray Stantz "Okay, Egon'll stay here and finish analyzing the data from the library. The rest of us will go in by the service entrance at the museum and lay low. Peter can attend the party as Ilyssa's guest and stay in plain sight of Peck." Winston Zeddemore "And that frees us up to check out the rest of the building." Peter Venkman "Ill, I'm gonna bring you a corsage." (Ilyssa takes a deep breath.) Rookie heads to Ecto-1 and it departs for the museum. 7. Level 4 Museum of (Super)Natural History Dialogue ==================================================== The guys wait around by the service entrance. Ray Stantz "No sign of the curator Ilyssa told me he'd meet us right here." Winston walks around taking P.K.E. readings. Winston Zeddemore "It's crackling. There must be something really bad about this place." Ray Stantz "Good idea. We should probably have a look around." Ectoplasmic residue is spotted. Winston Zeddemore "Guess that means we're not alone here." Ray Stantz "Yep." Winston Zeddemore "Something wanted out of this box in a big way." Ray Stantz "These are unusual flux patterns." Rookie follows the trail of slime and activates a switch to open up a gate. Ray Stantz "Whoa, wait! Don't touch that! That's what I thought. Black slime." Winston Zeddemore "Oh, man! Do we hate black slime!" Ray Stantz "Black slime is a hazardous form of ectoplasmic residue. Toxic to both body and soul. Very dangerous. Egon and I haven't developed clothes and boots sufficient enough to insulate against the negative psychokinetic effects of this stuff yet, so be careful." Winston Zeddemore "In other words, the stains don't ever come out." Ray Stantz "However, after some painstaking research by Dr. Spengler and myself, we have devised a solution." Winston Zeddemore "Whoah! Re-modified Slime Blowers!" Ray Stantz "Yep. Switch out the nozzles and hose down the goo. The positively charged slime from your pack reacts with black slime, negating its emanations. Give it a try." They proceed down the hall neutralizing more Black Slime and encounter a Wayward Possessor. Winston Zeddemore "Everybody, hold up!" Ray Stantz "Get a scan on her." Winston Zeddemore "Damn! She got away!" Ray Stantz "I'm more worried that she'll stir things up around here. I expect we'll see her again sooner than we want to." Winston Zeddemore "Was that a Possessor?" Ray Stantz "Maybe. Looked like a Level 7 or above too." Winston Zeddemore "Didn't we used to fight class twos and threes every now and then? What happened to them? They were easy." Ray Stantz "Ahh, the good old days." Winston Zeddemore "Keep on the lookout for objects that can be covered in Green Slime and then wrangled... it may come in handy." Rookie wrangles some boxes out of the way and finds a doorway. They go down a hall and blast through another boarded up doorway. They hear muffled screams coming from a crate covered in Black Slime. Ray Stantz "There's someone in there! Hello? Who's in there?" Winston Zeddemore "Somebody that wants out, is who." Ray Stantz "Hey Cadet! Get in here and clear this off please." Winston Zeddemore "Be ready for anything. Possessors are tricky and powerful." Rookie slimes the crate then blasts it. A man was inside. Ray Stantz "Oh, Dr. Rutherford. Uh, Z, meet the Assistant Curator of the Museum." Dr. Rutherford "Is that horrible, terrible thing gone?" Winston Zeddemore "Yeah, she's gone. You good?" Dr. Rutherford "I...yes. I suppose so. Dr. Shepard asked me to conduct a 'secret' tour of the facilities for you. I'm a big fan! I even had you over for my daughter's birthday a couple years ago." Ray and Winston look at each other. Ray Stantz "Is that so? Well I think we can get you a sticker or button or mug or T-shirt or something when we're done here." Dr. Rutherford "Oh, that would be wonderful. Follow me...we'll go through the restoration department." Rookie gets activity and blasts a file cabinet - a Snot Hag is inside. Winston Zeddemore "Damn these things are n-a-s-t-y. Giant blobs of boogers and snot..what if I catch the flu?" Ray, Winston, and Rookie capture the hag. Winston Zeddemore "Think that does it, great job. Now let's get out of here before we catch something else." They continue down into another room. Dr. Rutherford "There it is again! Don't let it get me!" Ray and Winston look at each other. Ray Stantz "Don't you worry. She'll have to go through me first." The Possessor possesses Ray. Ray Stantz/Possessor "Mwa ta natch calla worn ormon!!" Winston Zeddemore "Okay, Ray went and got his dumb heroic self possessed." Dr. Rutherford "Can you help him!" Winston Zeddemore "Yeah, let me teach the youngblood something. So, when somebody gets possessed, you gotta knock the possessor out. To do that hose down the possessee with slime. Be my guest." Rookie slimes Ray. Ray Stantz "Ugh. Thanks. I think. Alright, let's show this plasmbag who's boss." Winston Zeddemore "Bring it down!" They trap the possessor then head to the service elevator. They find Ilyssa, Peter, and Peck. Walter Peck "No. No. NO! I want the Ghostbusters ejected from this facility immediately." Peter Venkman "Where's his honor, Pecker? We've got news for him...and a photo-op." Ilyssa starts to act oddly. Walter Peck "The Mayor is indisposed right now. Anything you need to tell him goes through me." Peter and Peck keep talking unaware of Ilyssa levitating off the ground. Ray and Winston notice. Peter Venkman "Not happening Peck-a-bee. This is for Jock alone. We'll wait for him to get redisposal. Why do the good ones always play hard to get?" Ray Stantz "Oh, wow! It's a Thermian Possession event! I haven't ever seen one of these. It's beautiful!" Peter Venkman "Kinda like the 4th of July in hell." Winston Zeddemore "More possessor ghosts! Kid, you know what to do!" The Ghostbusters engage the Wayward Possessors. Winston Zeddemore "They got Peck!" Walter Peck/Possessor "Bahm bahmth...blith-o-wootz!" Winston Zeddemore "The kid sprang Peck!" They trap the Possessor. Several Floaters appear from the obelisk. Winston Zeddemore "Let's get a move on kid, we ain't paid by the hour." Rookie takes advantage of the Plasmic Resonance on a gate and lifts it up with the Capture Stream. Winston Zeddemore "That is nice work, my man, truly impressive, of course I saved the world on my first day... you opened a gate so let's not get too excited. Hey, you hang around Egon long enough you pick up a thing or two." Ilyssa/Possessor "Campa astrache noto burm fui gorfin." Winston Zeddemore "Wow. Peter sure can pick'em. I have heard of being possessive but he's batting a thousand. These fellas are all black slime. I think you can handle them. Man, once again we get the ugly girl at the bar. That Black slime is protecting them. My inner Egon tells me that the Slime will work on these guys. Let's give it a try." Ray Stantz on radio "We've reached the security office - somebody gave it a real going over. Black slime everywhere. Its going to take some time to clean this up." Winston Zeddemore "Hey fellas, if you have a moment can you open gate 3487. It would be a big help." Ray Stantz on radio "Three four eight seven three four eight seven? Aright. I think we've got it." Winston Zeddemore "There ya go, great job!" Ray Stantz on radio "Whoa! We're under attack! We'll get back to you!" Winston Zeddemore "Thanks, Ray. Remember to stay calm and alert, we don't need a repeat of the "Vigo" incident. Hey uh, Ray? We seem to be stuck in a room with no doors? What ya got?" Ray Stantz on radio "Well, I'm looking right at the blueprints, and uh..." Winston Zeddemore "Hang on, we got a signal." Ray Stantz on radio "What you're seeing is a fold in reality. The ghosts removed the door from this plane of existence." Winston Zeddemore "That's great Ray, how does that help the living?" Ray Stantz on radio "Well, this is an educated guess, but since they're gone, the ghosts' influence should fade and the door will return to its rightful place." Winston Zeddemore "Just slime the damn thing!" Peter Venkman on radio "Yeah, that'll work." Winston Zeddemore "And she floats by, definitely Peter's type. I can honestly say I never thought I would be blocked by snot, yep that is a new one to me. ...and of course the suit come alive. What else would it do? I know the sign out front says History Comes Alive, but come on. Everytime I see this room that damn song pops into my head... "Walk like a...something... something." (mumbles singing it) Why can't some dead things STAY dead, flying skulls... gee thank you." Rookie and Winston are trapped in a room. Floaters attack them. Winston Zeddemore "Thanks, half a disk is halfway towards our goal but since I am always a glass is half full guy I am gonna suggest that there is another half somewhere around here." Rookie covers the wells. Winston Zeddemore "Good news is you covered the well, bad news is we gotta fight snot." A Snot Hag attacks them. Winston Zeddemore "Good job! But let's not send out the invitations to the party just yet. We got one more to take care of. A little short, pop on your goggles and see if anything else is around. Wow, Mayan section, some say their calendar ending in 2012 is the end of the world. I just call it laziness. If the museum put on a show like this they would be packed all the time." Mannequins and Possessors attack Rookie and Winston. Winston Zeddemore "That's a wrap, make sure you mentally remember how many you got, Louis will need that for the invoice." Rookie and Winston get locked in another room. Winston Zeddemore "Ya see, not bad, we get a little fireworks show for all our hard work. Alright that is all of those we need, now we need to find the booger ball and get the key. You got'em both, great job. I would love to see these two inside the containment grid. Let's move out. I would have to say that of any part of the museum to walk into, this would not be on the top of the list. I would say he was Gone with the Wind! Great job, let's go capture the North. That wasn't easy, good job. Ray, we have yet another gate in our way." Ray Stantz on radio "Sorry. No can do. We've left the security office." Winston Zeddemore "Then why don't you go back to the security office and be a team player." Ray Stantz on radio "Can you find another way around?" Winston Zeddemore "No I can't Ray! (mumbling) I have a lot of things on my plate not to mention the Rookie. (No longer mumbling) and I have a bad back, remember the the HR meeting... now RAISE the DARN..." The gate rises up. Winston Zeddemore "...gate." They run into Ray and Peter. A piece of the obelisk tumbles into the hallway. Winston Zeddemore "More black slime? I think they are runnin' this place. There is Ilyssa, down there and not floating around... that is better news." Floaters and Hound Demons attack the Ghostbusters. Ilyssa "Ugh... What a nightmare." Peter Venkman "You talking to me? Not the words a rescuing hero wants to hear from his damsel in distress. May I say your eyes are much prettier when they're not glowing like hot coals." Egon Spengler "Ray! Peter! I've made an extraordinarily frightening discovery. All my data indicate that the Ghostworld is beginning to push through multiple cross portals from their dimension into ours." Peter Venkman "Well, more overtime." Ray Stantz "Egon, we must get Ilyssa back to the Firehouse for tests." Winston Zeddemore "Guys! Look! That symbol! The nodes are glowing." Egon Spengler "Just like the other one. Those nodes might indicate the locations of all the cross portals to the Ghostworld." Ray Stantz "...and that one's dark because we shut it down at the library." Peter Venkman "Okay...so... we shut down the rest. It's a poodle-walk, right?" Egon Spengler "Yeah, simple. Now all we have to do is find them." Winston Zeddemore "Uh, men? There's only one light out there. So if this place is depicted on that symbol too..." Egon Spengler "Then the museum is still active." A Black Slime Elemental emerges from the Mandala. The T-Rex skeleton assembles. Ray Stantz "When I was a kid I dreamed of fighting a T-Red, of course it has skin and bones and was alive and I only had a club, but with lemons we make lemonade." Winston Zeddemore "This is where we earn the paycheck... ...and this is where we realize we ain't paid enough." Ray Stantz "Whoah good little doggy, nice little doggy." Winston Zeddemore "Ray, I don't think we can have this one as a pet. Slimer is one thing, but a twenty foot tall t-rex made up from demonic bones? No way!" Ray Stantz "He's covered in black slime, use the Slime Blower to neutralize him! He's too powerful like this." Winston Zeddemore "That black slime is gonna block anything we got but our Slimer Blower...now let's send this guy back to the stone age. Now we got him. Wrangle that node on his head and slam that sucker to the ground before he breaks loose!" Rookie slams the head off but the head rises up and attacks. Winston Zeddemore "Man, you can't tell me these went quietly during extinction... you just don't see this kind of fight anymore." Ray Stantz "Why couldn't the black slime makes its way to a pillow factory, it always has to be something that has huge dangerous inanimate objects in it. The skull is losing some black slime floating around, use the Slime Blower on it to make it vulnerable to attack! You did it, now switch to the Proton Pack and blast the sucker, try the Shock Blast too! It's regenerated enough black slime to make it powerful again. Slime Blow it back to its vulnerable state!" Winston Zeddemore "Our own little Jurassic Playground!" Walter Peck "That's the last straw! I should've shuttered you fraudulent gangsters forever when I had the chance! You know what? I'm going to put an end to the madness now! Right now! I'm shutting down your containment grid for good! You can kiss off a permanent license, not to mention any chance for more government contracts! You did this to me, and you're going to pay! Am I clear?!" Peter Venkman "What? But that shuts you down, too. You have no job." Walter Peck "Well, so be it! I have bigger fish to fry. I don't have to debase myself to you. And get him off me!" Egon Spengler "I think we need to keep an eye on him." Peter Venkman "Ya think?" Egon Spengler "No. I mean, we really need to keep an eye on him." Another node on the Mandala goes dark. 8. Cinematic Four (Between Level 4 and Level 5) =============================================== Ilyssa "You're real heroes." Ray Stantz "We're fired heroes. Peck's gonna pull our license." Peter Venkman "Get real, Ray. It's the holidays! Nobody in this town is gonna be around to pull our license till Monday. We got the whole weekend to stop this calamity and probably half a dozen others, save the city. We got a four day weekend! We have time left for ourselves." Ray Stantz "What does this symbol mean?" Winston Zeddemore "Uh, guys... Perfect fit." Winston places the mandala over the city map. Ray Stantz "It's not a constellation. It's a mandala." Peter Venkman "Ok, for one minute pretend someone here doesn't know what a Mandala is." Ilyssa "A mandala is like a prayer labyrinth." Ray Stantz "And this one looks like a spiraling system that feeds into each successive node along the line until it reaches a culmination point. Before he died, Shandor must have set some mechanism in place similar to the antenna in Dana's building." Peter Venkman "You know, I think you helped to make that clearer. So this was the gizmo that's supposed to feed energy to the destructor form?" Ray Stantz "That's...that's right, Peter!" Ilyssa "Well! Dr. Venkman!" Peter Venkman "Well I had to get one right eventually. Didn't I? I mean, it's just math." Ilyssa "But what does this have to do with me? What did I do?" Ray Stantz "You were at the museum and the Sedgewick." Egon Spengler "Maybe you were some sort of catalyst... accidentally setting things in motion." Ray Stantz "Ilyssa, do you remember where you were going when you were at the Sedgewick?" Ilyssa "I was standing outside a room... 1221. Something was compelling me to go in, but I woke up just before the door opened. I ran out of there as fast as I could. And then some jerk tried to pick me up on the elevator." Peter Venkman "I'm gonna have you drop me off near Peck's office. Something tells me he's not quite what he seems." Ray Stantz "Good idea. Meet us at the hotel when you're done." Egon Spengler "Wait, before you we go, I want you to have this. This is the Dark Matter Generator (Stasis Stream). It emits a high capacity stream of order reversed particles that hypo-bond to ectoplasmic matter." Winston Zeddemore "Cool! A freeze ray!" Ray Stantz "A stasis stream. This has nothing to do with cold. But the effect is similar." Winston Zeddemore "When do you have the time to work on all this stuff, Egon?" Egon Spengler "I've been conducting a self-experiment in which I sleep an average fourteen minutes a day. Leaves a lot of time to work." 9. Level 5 Return to the Sedgewick Dialogue =========================================== Winston Zeddemore "Whoa. If this place were any more dead, we'd need a coroner." Ray Stantz "Egon used to be a licensed coroner." Winston Zeddemore "No kidding?" Egon Spengler "It's just a hobby now." Winston Zeddemore "Closed until further notice by the Paranormal Contracts Oversight Commission. Entrance into this establishment is strictly forbidden and is punishable by fine and imprisonment." Egon Spengler "What now? Hmm." Ray Stantz "This notice is for the general public. It doesn't apply to us. We're bonded contractors for the city!" Winston Zeddemore "Especially the Ghostbusters." Rookie takes care of a barrier with a Stasis and Proton Stream. Winston Zeddemore "It's an ambush! Get 'em hot!" Ray Stantz "Wait a minute... wait! I don't think they're a threat. They may only be residual hauntings." Egon Spengler "I think Ray's right. They haven't crossed entirely into this dimension. They're just psycho-kinetic echoes. Ghosts of ghosts. Completely harmless." Winston Zeddemore "Great. I was hoping to meet a friendly ghost some day, but I'll settle for harmless right now." Ray Stantz "Ilyssa said she was called to the 12th floor. Let's start there." Winston Zeddemore "Nothing." Ray Stantz "They'd have shut down the power when they closed. Did you hear something?" Winston Zeddemore "Over there! C'mon!" Ray Stantz "This is just how a Level Five Anchored Ambusher lures you in!" Hotel Manager "Go...ghosts... Mmm...monsters...everywhere!" Ray Stantz "The Manager? What are you doing here?" Hotel Manager "I came back last night to retrieve some payroll records, but the hotel won't let me out! The doors shut on me! And the phones are down too." Winston Zeddemore "That means we're trapped now too. And we have to hope that Peter figures out we're missing? There goes the weekend." Egon Spengler "Not necessarily. The 12th floor is apparently the core of this node. If we can get the power back on, we can take the elevators." Winston Zeddemore "If the elevators don't eat us." Egon Spengler "Yes, if the elevators don't eat us." Ray Stantz "More of them!" Malevolent Echoes march towards the Ghostbusters. Winston Zeddemore "They're gone." Hotel Manager "There's a backup generator in the utility room off the kitchen. It's for emergency blackouts." Ray Stantz "Perfect. Let's give it a try. To the kitchen!" Two echoes appear. The Manager is startled. Winston Zeddemore "Someone you know?" Hotel Manager "I...don't know. Most of the old staff knows the story of the Spider Witch, a professional widow who did unimaginable things in a room on the 12th floor back in the 1920's." Ray Stantz "Amazing! How often does she manifest inside the hotel? Has she ever made physical contact? I can't believe I've never heard of her before!" Winston Zeddemore "Don't mind him. He's passionate about his work." Egon Spengler "Ray, I have a feeling we're about to have as much contact with her as we'd ever want. The fluxes around her were at max. She may very well be the focal point for all this activity." Ray Stantz "Watch out!" Winston Zeddemore "Right! Now, let's find that back-up generator." Ray Stantz "Looks like the way into the kitchen is blocked. Can't get in through here." Egon Spengler "There's an entrance from the ballroom. C'mon! Keep moving!" Malevolent Echoes and Hotel Phantasms manifest and attack as the Ghostbusters head to the ballroom. Once all the Phantasms are trapped, the door to the ballroom is unlocked. Hotel Manager "The Ruby Ballroom! It's ruined!" Ray Stantz "Naw-naw. A little spackle and paint...she'll be good as new." Winston Zeddemore "Yeah, we could have our Christmas party here." Ray Stantz "Before we put down the deposit, let's see if there's going to be a Christmas." Egon Spengler "Or a 'here.'" Hotel Phantasms manifest and attack. Ray Stantz "The kitchen. Is it through here?" Egon Spengler "Yes, just down the hall." Ray Stantz "Let's move!" Egon Spengler "I think it's just down here. Hello? Anyone there?" Ray Stantz "Alright guys, spread out. The utility room should be around here somewhere." Winston Zeddemore "In some dark, scary corner." Egon Spengler "I know I've said this before, but be careful. I don't think we're alone." Ray Stantz "Look! Cadet found the emergency generator!" Rookie moves three charged batteries back to the generator. Ray Stantz "Ah! Sweet music!" Egon Spengler "The elevators should be working. Unless something...nevermind. Let's get back to the lobby." Ray Stantz "We gotta find a way out of here. Which way?" They head to the elevator when more Malevolent Echoes manifest. Winston Zeddemore "Again?!" Egon Spengler "I suspect they'll continue to manifest as long as this node is active." The Ghostbusters and Hotel Manager call down the elevator. Egon Spengler "Okay, it looks like the psycho-mass has come to rest about 190 feet above our heads." Ray Stantz "The 13th Floor." Hotel Manager "This hotel has no 13th floor! None of the grand old hotels do!" Ray Stantz "We'll split the difference. Egon, you and the Tenderfoot go to the 12th floor. Winston and I will check out the 14th. Sir, if you'll please come with us." Ray, Winston, and the Manager arrive on the 14th. Winston Zeddemore "Egon, what were you saying earlier about the mandala node?" Egon Spengler "Okay. Think of the mandala as a city bus line. At the bus station, ghosts, or waiting passengers, are drawn into the system here and trapped. This concentrates their PK energy which is then eventually forced through to the next node, or "station," and so on, until it all ends at a final terminus. At each successive bus station, the station manager absorbs some of the energy. This makes the station manager, or Node Guardian, stronger, so that it can keep the ghosts in line and destroy anyone who comes to the station to interfere with the flow. These nodes or bus stations gather the power used to feed a central point thus creating a much bigger threat to our world. Does that make more sense now?" Winston Zeddemore "Remind me not to take the bus in Egon's neighborhood." Ray Stantz "Yeah, you were going strong right up until the passengers for trapped inside the bus station." The Spider Witch and her victim's echoes manifest in front of Egon and the Rookie in the elevator. Victim "I say, young lady, you are full of surprises! After you my dear!" Egon Spengler "Well. That was terrifying." They arrive on the 12th floor. Egon Spengler "Be extremely careful. This is likely to be a point of dangerous concentration. Odd. It's coming from everywhere and nowhere. Impossible to get a significant fix. Ray, come in. Are you there?" Ray Stantz on radio "Egon. What happened? We lost you for a minute there." Egon Spengler "We had a close contact." Ray Stantz on radio "I've got some more information on the Spider Witch ghost. Manager says authorities never found her but... He says the victims were found in a pretty bad state. She seems to have vandalized the room badly too." Egon Spengler "Ray! Come in!" Ray Stantz on radio "Yeah, what's up?" Egon Spengler "What was the Spider Witch's room number?" Hotel Manager on radio "1221. After her spree, it was locked up. Until about five years ago when we remodeled." Ray Stantz on radio "Hear that? Room 1221. I think that...Hey!... The man and woman from the elevator appear in the hallway. She is once again whispering in his ear." Egon Spengler "You've got a signal! Stay focused! We've got to find the source of that signal." Echoes appear again. Victim "Who...what are you?! No..! Help! No! Please...AAAAAHHHHHHHH!" The Spider Witch drags the victim off and the hall is partially transmogrified. Egon Spengler "It's the Ghostworld crossing through! Happening sooner than we expected! It looks like this is where the node is focused! We could use some help! Ray, are you there?! Come in Ray! Looks like it's up to us... let's find 1221 and finish this." The hall continues to transform and a door is barred by four spirit locks. Egon and Rookie search around for the four Hotel Phantasms and trap them. Egon Spengler "Your skills are improving! Let's find 1221! 1220... 1222. No 1221. Where is it? 1221 has to be here." Rookie slimes the phantom architecture and reveals 1221. Egon Spengler "Good thinking! It was here all along." Spider Scuttlers pour out of the room. They head in and find the Mandala node. Egon Spengler "Mmm. Nice remodel. You've got something." Spider Witch is drawn into the node and the wall explodes. A secret stairwell is revealed. Egon Spengler "Well, that's horrifying. Follow her! Through there! Apparently, the Sedgewick does have a thirteenth floor and we just found it." They go through and a white light envelops the room. Egon Spengler "Looks like we've crossed over! We're back in the ghostworld!" Egon and Rookie run into a strange hallway. Egon Spengler "Well, this looks inviting. She's toying with us. Watch your step." Rookie and Egon make their way through the 13th floor until the come upon an even more bizarre looking room. Egon Spengler "I don't like the look of this, but we've run out of options." They make their way across the floating platforms and continue on. Egon Spengler "Oh, perfect. Another elevator." They arrive in the lair of the Spider Witch. Egon Spengler "I have seen slime, goo, gods and demons, but I really really hate spiders...and THAT is a big spider. This entity is way too large and powerful for a straight on attack. We are gonna have to get creative! Shooting at it directly isn't working. We'll have to improvise! Bugs. Lots and lots of bugs. We have seen some strange stuff in our time, but spawning little demons from your own demonic body is about the top of the food chain, don't you think?! That's the ticket, she did not like that! Keep it up! Keep it up! Her physical manifestation's stability is definitely weakening from the falls!" They wrangle the Spider Witch and trap her. They return to the Ruby Ballroom and spot the Mandala node on the floor. Egon Spengler "Look...the Mandala Map! Ray, Winston, come in. You there?" Ray Stantz on radio "Egon! What happened? You alright?" Egon Spengler "The Recruit found the 13th Floor and we shut it down. P.K.E. levels are back to acceptable parameters. This node of the mandala is fully neutronized." Winston Zeddemore on radio "Alright!" Egon Spengler "Looks like we're back in the Ruby Ballroom. We'll meet you at Ecto-1." Back in the lobby... Egon Spengler "Alright, I'm just speculating but it's possible Ghosts are trapped in the system, funneled from node to node, and they get stronger and stronger, until they reach the end, and then they..." Ray Stantz "Look! The first portal...the library. The second...the museum. And the third...the Sedgewick." Egon Spengler "And that means the fourth portal must be... right...here." Winston Zeddemore "The middle of the Hudson River?" Ray Stantz "Well, according to the mandala, yes." Egon Spengler "It may need a little tweaking." Winston Zeddemore "I don't know, there's plenty of bodies dumped in that river to become ghosts." Egon Spengler "It's the final node. Close it and we seal the Mandala, trapping the ghosts inside." They head to Ecto-1. 10. Level 6 Lost Island Rising Dialogue ======================================= Ray Stantz "It hardly took any work at all to get it to stay on TOP of the water again. I told you guys Marine-Ecto-8 would come in handy!" Peter Venkman "Egon remind me. Why are we driving around aimlessly in the fog?" Egon Spengler "It's the final node. Close it and we seal the Mandala, trapping the ghosts inside." Winston Zeddemore "And that would be the node in the middle of the East River?" Peter Venkman "Your exact words. Sorry to break it to you, Egon. But I just don't see a Mandala, ghosts, ghoulish structures, or any of the usual accoutrements of another world impinging upon our own. I wish I did but..." Marine-Ecto-8 crashes into something. Peter Venkman "Please don't be an iceberg, please don't be an iceberg." Egon Spengler "You were saying?" Ray Stantz "Shandor's Island... it's here! I'm going to have to drop you guys and circle. It's too unstable. If Ecto-8 sinks, we're sunk, too." Peter Venkman "Ray, since you're the most excited about going to ghost island, why don't I just take the boat?" Ray stares at Peter. Peter Venkman "You want me to come along? Well, I thought I was trying to make a nice gesture, and you're giving me the suspicious look. Drop it instantly. Let's get going, because nobody enjoys rushing headlong towards their death more than this fellow." Winston Zeddemore "What's the story behind this place, Egon?" Egon Spengler "The Shandors owned this island for generations. The castle was built in the 1860s. Ivo Shandor used it as a refuge, a lab, and a temple for he and other cult members to worship Gozer." Winston Zeddemore "Okay, that's all well and good. But can someone explain to me how an entire island sinks?" Egon Spengler "The night the last Shandor died, there was a huge tidal surge and the River just swallowed the island whole. Shandor consecrated the island to Gozer, and the Ghostworld reclaimed it." Winston Zeddemore "City's lucky it's in the middle of the river instead of midtown (Rockefeller Center)." Egon Spengler "We're lucky now. But soon the Ghostworld will continue to assert itself into ours, and the damage will be incalculable." Winston Zeddemore "Oh, now I see what they mean by early demonic." Egon Spengler "Shandor's public architectural style ranged from Federal to Art Deco. His personal tastes, however, obviously leaned toward the Gozerian." Winston Zeddemore "This place looks like it was built on a Friday, you sure it ain't gonna fall down on top of us?" Egon Spengler "The supports are waterlogged, the mortar is decrepit, and the foundation is shattered. In physical terms, there's no way all this can still be standing." Winston Zeddemore "Why do I even ask you these things man?" Egon Spengler "It's beautiful, in a horrific way." Winston Zeddemore "Hey, listen, do you hear something?" Egon Spengler "Posthumous Black Mass." Winston Zeddemore "What? People still worshiping? Even after they're dead? That's a powerful church, man." Egon Spengler "That might explain how these structures are still standing!" Winston Zeddemore "You mean they're praying for it to remain standing? Count me in too. It's always quiet, right before the screaming and murder starts. Heads up!" Cultists ghosts fly around them. Peter Venkman "Hey. Where'd the caddy go? Hey! Cool-breeze! Come on out!" Egon Spengler "Peter! Behind you!" Peter looks down a very deep hole. Winston Zeddemore on radio "Venkman! They got Venkman! I'm going after him!" Egon Spengler on radio "No! There's too many of them!" Winston Zeddemore on radio "Stock options! I definitely need more options! NOOOOO!!!" Ray Stantz on radio "Hey there rook, are you okay? Are you okay? All appendages seem intact, you seem okay, head out and try and find the others." Egon Spengler on radio "Yeeouch, what happened? What did I miss?" Ray Stantz on radio "Good to hear your voice, Egon, seems the experts are all incapacitated and the newbie is not. What's your twenty?" Egon Spengler on radio "I can't see much. Looks like I'm in some kind of container, inside what appears to be some sort of laboratory." Ray Stantz on radio "Well hello doctor Winston, glad you are okay, has anyone heard from Peter? He's not the outdoorsy type. Hey kid try and pick up the pace, we need to figure out what is going on." Rookie is temporarily trapped in a room with a Black Slime Elemental and Cultist Ghost. Rookie traps the ghost and disintegrates the elemental. He finds a dial and affixes it to the nearest machine, draining the trenches of slime. He follows the path to a stairwell but several Cultist Ghosts try to defend the entrance. He enters the Slime Labs and encounters another Cultist Ghost. Winston Zeddemore on radio "Ahh, the sweet science of a Proton Beam destroying everything in its path (soothing)." Rookie traps Cultist Ghosts and frees Peter. They head up the stairs. Winston Zeddemore on radio "I think you're getting closer to me, the sounds are getting louder. You know, I always did like you more than the others did. Stop goofing around and spring me outta here!" Rookie and Peter trap a Cultist Ghost, freeing Winston. Winston Zeddemore "How about some more lifestyle benefits?" They are surrounded by Black Slime Scuttlers and a Cultist Ghost. Winston Zeddemore "Man, what are these spooks up to in here? I get the whole Mandala-as-immortality- and-power thing, but what's all this slime science have to do with it? This must be where all the mood slime came from. Look! They must've pumped it straight into the sewers from here. Wish you were here with us Egon, maybe you could have explained the rainbow colors of slime we passed." Ray Stantz on radio "Multiple colors of slime? That is incredible. It is unlike the regional rainbow plasma incident of Mexico City in 1970. I wonder what their purpose is, what they would react to? Happiness, sadness, anger, sunlight, moonlight, orbital convergence, shooting stars, prayer, screaming, candles, spotlights, diet or regular... the possibilities are endless!" Peter Venkman "Smells like the Fulton fish market when they've got fish." Winston Zeddemore "I hate places like this... I can't tell you how underpaid I am." Peter Venkman "Wait, I know that dumpster." Winston Zeddemore "(Whistles in amazement) I would say whatever broke out of that would consider us just an appetizer." Egon Spengler on radio "I think I hear you guys. Yes, that sounds like my equipment. You are getting close." Winston Zeddemore "Egon, hang on we are almost to you!" Egon Spengler "I may be in some trouble here! Get me out of this thing. I don't want to be eaten by black slime." Winston Zeddemore "So much of this soul-sucking goo in one place... I get the heebie-jeebies just being nearby when it's lathered all over like this." They encounter the Scuttler Queen. Egon Spengler "She's using the black slime to protect her! Use your slime blower or Slime mines to get rid of it!" Peter Venkman "This is the part where we do what we do! Blow it back to the cradle." Winston Zeddemore "Ah ha, we never lose the touch, we may be down sometimes, but never out! Consider this a royal flush!" Ray Stantz on radio "Way to go! I feel a momentum swing here in our favor, get out there and find the mandala node and shut it down. That should really piss someone off." Egon Spengler "You know, I have to take my hat off to Shandor. This lab was built how many years ago? It's truly impressive. It's likely Shandor was THE expert on paraphysiology of his time." Ray Stantz on radio "You can't deny the pure genius of Shandor, it's a pity that it was all used for evil. If he would have just channeled some of it for good, the things he could have done." Winston Zeddemore "Well he didn't Ray. SHOCKER. Instead of peace on earth and cures for diseases we get Booger Snot ghosts, marshmallow ghouls, spider witches, the comeback of the civil war, King Tut and new property in the Hudson River that I can't afford." The guys arrive in the newly opened room and locked in. A Slime Lab Elemental and Cultists ghosts manifest. Egon Spengler "That elemental is actually throwing black slime at the cultist! That is amazing!" The guys enter an office room with a painting that resembles Ilyssa. Winston Zeddemore "Ilyssa. I see her." Peter Venkman "You and me both. She's wearing just a simple
terrycloth robe. And she's brought me coffee." Winston Zeddemore "That's her, all right. Spitting image. Wait. What? Ilyssa is a Shandor?" Peter Venkman "She doesn't know it. When I did her profile, she told me she was adopted." Winston Zeddemore "Some coincidence, huh?" Peter Venkman "You don't really believe this happened by accident?" Winston Zeddemore "No. Someone must have known and set this up. Once a Peck, always a Peck." They enter an Orrery chamber. Egon Spengler "I wish I had a camera! This place is incredible! Shandor was tracking everything, planets, dimensions, portals, the living, and the dead!" Winston Zeddemore on radio "Here we go, enter one Orrery, enter them all. You go ahead and work your way deeper, Peter and I on the other hand will be babysitting Egon and trying to keep him from taking, eating, and playing with anything that can hurt us, which is everything in here. Egon, you gotta be going nuts here, this is like a toy store to you. Do you wants us to stop so you can play a little? Just remove your shoes first and when it's time go, it's time to go." Egon Spengler on radio "Attempting to map the relationships between dimensions... tracking their shifts and movements... I wonder what purpose this all serves?" Ray Stantz on radio "I bet that Orrery is some extra dimensional portal that draws energy forms in and out, filtering out what they don't want, think of it like an evil strainer that just lets evil in and shield out the good forcing back. I would love to try it, study it, taste it, and feel it." Winston Zeddemore on radio "How come people smart enough to use science always try to take over the Universe? Huh? Egon? Ray? Anyone? ...didn't think so." Rookie goes off to restore power to the generator in the office. Cultists Ghosts emerge from the Mandala node on the wall. Rookie starts up the generator. Winston Zeddemore on radio "This place is becoming very active kid, get back to the main chamber, we will meet you there. Egon, you got to put down the tissue samples, we will stop on the way out. I promise, let's go!" Egon Spengler on radio "Be careful. I'm reading massive P.K.E. fluctuations." Winston Zeddemore on radio "Um, if you are looking for either Peter, Egon or myself we are currently stuck up on the second floor where the main chamber and exits have closed. Thank you! I would really really like to get of here please. I can only base the Rookie's performance on my first week on the job. I was able to stop ghosts and Stay Puft and save the day... lookin' good. He has us up here and locked in the Orrery. I'd say not a good start." Peter Venkman on radio "Another one that is not beautiful on the inside." Winston Zeddemore on radio "Is that thing eye ballin' us, man that thing is freaky. I expect something to try and eat me on a daily basis but that many mouths and tentacles, c'mon!" Ray Stantz on radio "With that much black slime, the Slime Blower can't cut it. Slime Mines are the way to go. Use your P.K.E. Goggles to find a weakpoint and blow it away!" Peter Venkman on radio "Great. Bulimic to boot." Winston Zeddemore on radio "Now that is more like it. I can see your career advance now. Keep attacking that mouth and that should disable it. This is the kind of stuff that really shows well on your review I think you are really turning some heads back at headquarters. You are just above "meets expectations" that is good, keep it up and we can Great job, keep it up and I will share the credit with you on this. Very nice. Very nice indeed. I like the work load for me on that one. Will show strong at review time, let's not start the high fives yet though, there are two more for you. You are looking good. I see management training in your future, you want to go for the gold watch? Get that last one. THAT IS HOW WE DO THAT. Perfect. That's right Mr. Black Slime, we took the game to you and won... on your court!" Peter Venkman "And that is all she wrote." Egon Spengler "All the nodes are closed. The ghosts are trapped in the Mandala." Winston Zeddemore "Right where they belong! Our boy Ivo Shandor didn't factor in that he was messin' with the Ghostbusters! Ha ha HA!" Egon does not high five Winston. Winston turns to Peter. Peter Venkman "Yeah. Peck made the same mistake. We're gonna have a long talk with him." Egon Spengler "Don't forget that Peter's girlfriend is a Shandor." Peter Venkman "I'm gonna have a...a very long talk with her." Ray Stantz on radio "You guys need to get down to the shore, and fast! I don't know how much longer I can hold her - the whole island's sinking!" Peter Venkman "Well won't the shore sink first?" Egon Spengler "Not a bad first day." 11. Cinematic Five (Between Level 6 and Level 7) ================================================ Egon Spengler "Well, that could've been worse." Ray Stantz "We need to call the Mayor. Tell him to call off the evacuation. What's going on, Janine? Where's Ilyssa?" Janine Melnitz "She's gone! They took her! One minute everything was fine, the next it was chaos! Ghosts flying everywhere!" Egon Spengler "Janine, slow down! Start from the beginning." Janine Melnitz "Okay, okay. Somebody jumped me from behind. And before I passed out, I head Ilyssa struggling and yelling, "No!" And the last thing I remember was the screams of the dead and damned echoing in my brain!" Peter Venkman "So either there was a mass escape from Rikers..." Egon Spengler "...or someone shut down our containment grid. Again." Winston Zeddemore "Just like Peck threatened to do." Peter Venkman "It's funny. I always knew that Peck was a pencil-necked, bureaucratic prick. But I never pegged him as an evil occultist." Ray Stantz "But where did he take her?" Winston Zeddemore "And where are all the ghosts? Cause, no offense, but if all the ghosts we've ever caught just escaped, I'm clocking out." Radio announcer "This just in, as authorities continue to supervise the Thanksgiving evacuation of Manhattan increasingly powerful tremors are rocking Central Park. The The question is, where are the Ghostbusters?" Peter Venkman "Tell you what, it's kind of an nice day. Why don't we go down to Central Park? We could round up some ghosts, save the girl...and get back in time for a nap?" Ray Stantz "Okay! The Ghostbusters ride again!" 12. Level 7 Central Park Cemetery Dialogue ========================================== The guys are locked out. Ray Stantz "Any ideas?" Winston Zeddemore "I bet we can pull these gates down, too. Hey, Ray. Have we got a chain or winch for this thing?" Ray Stantz "I didn't plan for a fun-filled day of offroading with Ecto-1. So no. Junior's pretty spry, even with that hundred pounds of Proton Accelerator." Egon Spengler "Make your way around to the other side and open this gate for us." Ray Stantz on radio "Hoss, you alright? How's that gate coming? The energy of the escaped ghosts from our grid might be enough to produce a cross-dimensional event in itself." Egon Spengler on radio "Yes, and with Ilyssa here, I'm sure her Shandor ancestors aren't far behind." Ray Stantz on radio "Speed it up there, Tiger." Winston Zeddemore on radio "Yeah, we don't want to stand here all day." Rookie gets the gates open. Ray Stantz "Nice work!" Winston Zeddemore "Way to go, green horn!" Ray Stantz "Solid signal, better take a look. How did that happen? I'll go with the intern. Nobody should wander around alone in this place. We'll meet you guys a little further on." Egon Spengler "Good idea!" Winston Zeddemore "Let's move." Egon Spengler "I'm not sure going underground now is a good idea." Ray Stantz "Come on, Spengs. Getting there is the fun part." Ray and Rookie go underground and run into nests of Grave Scuttlers. Ray Stantz "Wow! Look at the storm system building above that tower!" Egon Spengler "Remember the last time we saw that kind of atmospheric disturbance?" Winston Zeddemore "That's right. At Dana Barrett's building, the night she turned into a dog." Gargoyle statues come to life and attack Rookie and Ray. Winston Zeddemore on radio "Earthquakes ...great. Could pestilence and plague be far behind?" Ray Stantz "I'd bet on it. Flying skulls! Flying skulls! Lookout!!! They're coming out of the ground!" Rookie and Ray trap the three Gravedigger Ghosts and return to the sealed gate. The Grave Guardian manifests. Ray Stantz "That's a bit ominous... Uh-oh...run! Here he comes! He summoned his shield, our weapons will be blocked! We have to get rid of it, try and wrangle it and smash it! That's solid rock! Your Proton Beam and Shock Blast won't even tickle that thing. You should try Boson Darts. Kid, nothing we have will get past that shield, you have to wrangle it and destroy it, then fire away! Remember that is solid stone. You gotta use Boson Darts to have any effect! Timber!!!" Winston Zeddemore on radio "Ray! You guys alright? Man, there ain't nothing dead in this graveyard." Egon Spengler on radio "They're throwing everything they have at us to stop us from getting to that mausoleum." Rookie dislodges the Non-Anthropomorphic Conglomerate. Stone Cherubs and Imp Demons attack. Ray Stantz "Air strike! Take those flyers out!" Rookie and Ray are reunited with the other Ghostbusters. Ray Stantz "Thanks for joining the party." Egon Spengler "I think we're getting close." Ray Stantz "This way, gentlemen." Winston Zeddemore "I don't get it. We shut down the mandala. How can all this still be happening?" Ray Stantz "In the Gozerian Codex it's written that a blood sacrifice and a tremendous amount of spiritual energy are needed to generate the Supreme Destructor Form." Winston Zeddemore "A Destructor Form, again?" Egon Spengler "Peck probably couldn't draw sufficient energy from the mandala before we shut it down. He found an alternate source in our Containment Unit. Hmm, strong signal." The Ghostbusters encounter Grave Golems and Gargoyles. Rookie takes a piece back to the mausoleum door and it is drawn to it. Ray Stantz "Guys, the cadet may be on to something!" Egon Spengler "Ray, readings here are extremely unstable. Energy from the mandala and the escaped ghosts is building up to a flash point. We don't have much time." Winston Zeddemore "Oh we got it Egon but let's try and focus here. It's that kind of monologueing that let's the bad guys in." Rookie brings back a second piece. Winston Zeddemore "Way to go!" They look for the third and get trapped in an area. Ray Stantz "Dead guys incoming!" Rookie brings back a third piece. Egon Spengler "Spectacular!" Rookie puts the last piece in. Ray Stantz "Great! Those fellas turned out to be pretty helpful!" The Ghostbusters go inside. Peter Venkman "Wait. It's Ilyssa. This is gravy. Cut the girl loose, close this dump up, head back downtown for sushi." Egon Spengler "It's Peck." Peter Venkman "Let's blast him! Really hard!" Ray Stantz "But the guy's tied up!" Egon Spengler "Villains don't generally do that to themselves." Peter Venkman "Let's blast him anyway! Just once. Really hard! Nobody would ever know." Egon Spengler "Can't do it, Peter. Everything points to Peck being used." Mayor Mulligan/Ivo Shandor "I couldn't have said it better myself." Ray Stantz "It's the Mayor." Peter Venkman "No, Ray...it's not. It's Ivo Shandor. Right?" Winston Zeddemore "Ahhh...Shandor possessed the Mayor, turned Peck on us to slow us down. And when we shut down his mandala before he could get fully juiced, he hijacked out ghosts out of the Containment Unit as an alternate energy source." Peter Venkman "What's the girl have to do with it?" Mayor Mulligan/Ivo Shandor "Taking her was necessary. To assume my own Destructor Form. I require blood. My blood. Which is hard to come by when you've been a ghost for seventy years." Ray Stantz "What about Gozer? I thought you built this all for him?" Mayor Mulligan/Ivo Shandor "I did, but he failed me. Twice. How he earned the title "The Destroyer" is beyond me. Gozer "The Bonehead" is more like it. Anyway, I thought to myself... why worship a god when you can actually become one?" Peter Venkman "Slime him." Rookie slimes the Mayor and forces Ivo Shandor out. Egon Spengler "Try the Stasis Stream!" Ray Stantz "He is too powerful when he is split up, we can't attack him!" Winston Zeddemore "Use the Stasis Stream! Make it quick!" Ray Stantz "Beat him down! Then get a capture stream on him!" Egon Spengler "He's too powerful! It'll take all of our streams!" Ray Stantz "Remember your Stasis Stream!" Winston Zeddemore "We can't hurt him when he is in that state!" A portal opens in the center of the room. Peter throws out a Trap. Peter Venkman "Trap is in!" Egon Spengler "Forget it, Venkman. He's absorbed too much power to contain in the portable unit!" Winston Zeddemore "Dang it, he's protecting himself... wait for another opening." Peter Venkman "Okay...I'm drawing a blank here, Egon." Ray Stantz "The open portal! Wrangle him into the portal!" They force Shandor through the portal. Ray Stantz "He's through! Now de-activate your pulse and we'll cross the streams with the blast function!" Egon Spengler "I can't shut down mine, Ray!" Peter Venkman "Me too! Me neither, I mean!" Winston Zeddemore "Who's idea was it to attach these things to our bodies?! Yaaaahhhh!" The Ghostbusters get pulled into the portal. They arrive in the Ghostworld and race up the stairs. Shandor, in a new form, creates a throne. Peter pauses then proceeds to heckle Shandor. Peter Venkman "Hey, Shandor! Where's your Destructor Form now? Leave it in your other suit?" Ivo Shandor "I have chosen! I am the Destructor. I am the Architect!" Ray Stantz "Oh, no." Egon Spengler "That's very bad." Peter Venkman "The Architect? Haha...that's not so scary. The Contractor. That's who kills you!" Ray Stantz "Peter...you don't understand. He's the Architect, and he controls Ghostworld!" Egon Spengler "And he can come into our world. And what do architects do?" Peter Venkman "Well, they dream and they have mechanical pencils and they forget to put in linen closets." Ray Stantz "And build OVER things!!" Ivo Shandor "I will pave over your fields to start anew! I will fill your seas with concrete and stone!" Peter Venkman "Woah take a break! Do you ever shut up?" Ivo Shandor "I will pierce your world with girders of steel and panes of glass!" Ray Stantz "Yeah...No! Listen!" Ivo Shandor "I will crush your world under the weight of my cities!" Winston Zeddemore "That's just mean super villain threats, Ray. All those guys talk like that." Ivo Shandor "I will smother your creation under my own!" Winston Zeddemore "He's using the mask to protect himself, wrangle it and smash it to pieces! Here comes big daddy, watch out!" Ivo Shandor falls to the ground and tries to rush the guys. They wrangle him in Capture Streams. Egon Spengler "It's time! Cross the streams!" Ray gestures Rookie to join in. All five Proton Streams are crossed. Ivo Shandor "Noooooooo!!!!" Ivo Shandor is destroyed. The screen fills with white light. Ilyssa comes to. Peter picks her up from the altar. Peter Venkman "I've got you." Ilyssa "I'm fine! Really." Peter Venkman "Make a path. Coming through." Ilyssa "This is either the worst, or the best, pick-up line of all time." Peter Venkman "By the way, you're a descendant of Shandor." Ilyssa "Yeah...I kinda got that." Ray and Winston help the Mayor up to his feet. Mayor Mulligan "Ha, ha! The Ghostbusters! Hey, fellas! What are you doing here? (then looking around confused) Oh...what am I doing here? Uh... where is here?" Ray Stantz "You were the victim of a trans-dimensional possession, your Honor." Winston Zeddemore "An evil ghost was walking around in your body for a few months." Mayor Mulligan "Oh. Did anyone notice? How's my approval rating?" Egon Spengler "Well, you were re-elected." The mausoleum rumbles. Winston Zeddemore "That's our cue. It is officially time for us to go." Peck is still bound to the wall. Walter Peck "I'm asking you to get me down!" Egon Spengler "You hear something?" Peter Venkman "Nope. Nada. Not a thing." Mayor Mulligan "You can't leave him there...can you?" The energy holding up Peck disperses and he falls to the ground. 13. Cinematic Six (After Level 7) ================================= Ray Stantz "Looks like things are gonna be a little slow around here for a while." Winston Zeddemore "Which means we might be heavy one too many Ghostbusters in New York." Ilyssa "Wait. You're not going to fire him after everything he's done!" 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