Music floated around the room, echoing slightly as the ghost hummed softly. They stared around at the warehouse room silently, taking in every detail of where they would be staying for the night. "So? Do you like it?" Lisa asked cheerfully, gesturing to the small space.

Taylor stopped humming, turning to her slowly. "It's okay... You don't have to do this you know..."

Lisa's smile dimmed a bit. "What do you mean?"

Taylor shook her head. "You don't mean all this... I'm worthless... Why did you help me?"

Lisa's expression grew exasperated. "Because you deserve it! You've gone through so much, and not a single person has helped you! I know that much because I used to be in the same place that you are right now!"

"Oh... Thanks..." Taylor mumbled as she drifted to Lisa. She hugged Lisa softly, the girl blinking in surprise. "Why are you hugging me?" Lisa asked in surprise.

Taylor's expression seemed to change to fondness. "Because hugs make everything better." she said wisely.

Lisa smiled. "Well, I've got to be getting to bed now. Don't want to be tired tomorrow. See you Taylor!"

"See you." Taylor said. Once the door closed, she sighed and lay down on the bed. Her thought turned from Lisa to her own circumstances, contemplating her impact on the universe and reality as a whole. The world seemed to drift away, stars filling her mind as she let her imagination wander.

~D~

Lisa woke up with a yawn, rubbing her eyes sleepily. It had been a wild rush last night trying to keep that new Case 53 from becoming too depressed. They had a combination of intense bullying, the death of their mother, and a lack of trust in authority. Plus, her abilities made her invulnerable, plus if she joined the Undersiders she could help with infiltration. Her power had struck some kind of emotional landmine with the whole 'Hugs make everything better' line. Despite manipulating people being her literal job, something about this particular manipulation made her feel a bit guilty inside, like she had fibbed to a parent. She patted her face a bit to wake herself up as she marched down to the ghost's room. She pulled a smile across her face as she entered to keep Taylor's mind off her situation. "Rise and Shine! Today's a new day!" she said as she entered the room.

She stopped to see the ghost lying on the floor, eyes staring into nothingness. "Zzzzzzzzz..." She almost face palmed.

This ghost keeps saying 'z' out loud repeatedly, pretending to sleep. Is actually contemplating existence. Wonders why she even matters in the enormity of the universe, when so many others are more useful than her. Is uncomfortable being in the room, doesn't want to be rude to her new friend. Considering leaving just to prevent embarrassment-

"Alright! That's enough of that!" she said, clapping her hands loudly. Sometimes her power was pretty sarcastic. The ghost darted upwards, startled by the loud sound. "Oh, hey Lisa..." the ghost muttered quietly. "How's it going?"

"I'm about to go wake up the others, then we're going to go out and have some fun, alright? I don't want you to be so hard on yourself, so I decided that going outside is better than you wallowing away in this room all day." she explained.

The ghost shuffled a bit. "Others?"

Recalls noticing other rooms, but didn't want to intrude or interrupt.

"Oh, didn't I mention them? The others staying here are Brian, Alec, and Rachel. They're lots of fun. C'mon!" she began pulling the ghost to the door that led out of the room.

"I don't want to interrupt..." she said softly.

Lisa sighed, turning to the ghost. "I'm your friend. That's what we do for each other. Now would you rather be dragged along and slow us down or join us and have fun?"

The answer was obvious, with a final dreary sigh, Taylor floated out of the room ahead of Lisa.

They entered the dining room just as Alec turned to look at them, and he proceeded to spit-take the huge mouth full of cereal he had in his mouth. "Wha- *cough* What the hell are you?" he coughed, looking at Taylor in surprise. Brian twitched in surprise, but didn't say anything at Lisa's frantic movements behind Taylor. Rachel glanced at the ghost and continued petting Brutus, keeping an eye on the ghost.

"Oh... I'm sorry... did I do something wrong?" she asked sadly.

"Wrong? You're a ghost!" Alec exclaimed. "What the hell? That's-" he cut himself off at Lisa's murderous expression.

"-Amazing!" Brian continued, trying to be polite. "Can you go invisible? Go through things?" he asked, trying to keep a conversation going.

"I'm amazing?" Taylor asked hopefully. A red blush appeared on her face, clearly visible against her white glow. "T-thanks... I guess I can go invisible, and no one's tried to hurt me yet... I think I can go through stuff." She thought for a moment. "Oh! I think I can do something else." Tears started pooling in her eyes, but this time they began falling upwards. They coalesced around her head and formed a top hat. "W-what do you think? I'll call it call it my dapper look."

Alec stared at the hat in confusion, then shrugged. "Clothing manifested via depression? I guess nothing else can surprise me today."

Brian gave a (slightly confused) thumbs up. "Nice job...?" Taylor smiled weakly.

Lisa was surprised at Taylor's change of personality, but then looked with her power.

Sadness and antisocial tendencies overruled by infatuation. Thinks Brian is hot. Thinks he's out of her league. Thinking about it lowers her confide-

Lisa's eye twitched. Did this girl have to be so pessimistic all the time? At least she finally had a reaction that wasn't completely self deprecating. This would be fun to mess around with, and might even keep the ghostly girl around if she played it right.

"Anyway, this is Taylor, she's been having an awful few weeks, and recently had the worst day in her life." The other Undersiders understood the insinuation. She had gotten her powers yesterday, don't push it. "I let her stay here and then I thought we could all hang out together at the boardwalk today." She began typing at a ridiculous pace on her phone.

Brian frowned. "The Boardwalk? Won't she- no offense- attract attention that we don't need? Not to mention it could give away our actual identities..."

"I'm down. Chilling with an actual ghost? That's really cool. We can always ditch the place if anything happens. I'm sure this isn't going to be the weirdest thing that people have seen." Alec offered. "I also wanna find out what else she can make with her tears."

"I don't care what we do." Rachel said seriously, still eyeing Taylor weirdly.

Bitch is keeping a ten foot minimum distance from her. Taylor confuses her, and annoys the dogs. Doesn't know how to react.

Lisa flipped her phone shut. "Well, we're going. The Boss has some guys stationed the Boardwalk for us, so if anything happens they can get us out of there."

After a few seconds, Brian sighed. "Alright then, I'll go."

She grabbed Taylor by the shoulders and began moving towards the doorway. "Splendid! Let's get going!"

Taylor Hebert: Mover 3, Blaster 1 (Undergoing Review)
Taylor seems to have been permanently put into a ghost-like state upon her trigger. She can turn intangible, invisible, and her tears damage living organic beings, ignoring armor. Unlike other Case 53's, she retains all of her memories and has no visible sign of the tattoo either. She seems to be held in a state of depression by her powers and has an unusual sense of innocence about her, as if she can trust anyone. Her current location of residence is with the cape Tattletale of the Undersiders, who may have manipulated Taylor in order to use her powers for her own deeds. Taylor has been marked as mostly harmless, but depressed. It is unknown what would happen if she were pushed too far in this state, as with ghosts in novellas and superstitions, it is unknown whether she is able to die. Hugs are to be applied liberally to keep her happy.

I hope I was able to properly show each of the Undersiders. I have issues keeping Lisa believable because her power ruins plot before it even happens.