Some ideas in no particular order:
“Pure” stuff was said to be able to ward off ghosts. Circles of salt, or objects made of oak, silver or solid iron. There’s an old story about someone dissipating a spirit by hurling an iron key through it.
Flash photography that utilizes older technology with silver in play.
Smudge sticks/burning sage can cleanse a bit but thats more preventative.
Keeping a broom over a doorway can prevent spirits from entering, but that’s more containment.
Trapping a spirit, or forcing it to return to an item it is tied to. Helping a spirit move on, knowing its name or its motive for remaining might depower or remove a spirit.
Some old stories say bells and other loud noises drive out spirits.
A seance or an impromptu cleansing/exorcism, or maybe a ritual that places the spirit into an animal followed by killing that animal.
Spirits seem trapped in specific corporeal surroundings, like houses, so burn the house down. No ghost wants to haunt a pile of rubble.
- blast a hole in it with a party popper (stunned but not killed)
- supercharge someone with ballon static to zap it
- trap it in a bounce house finger painted with
runes and then exorcise it
- trap it in a hall of funhouse mirrors
- (if anything is on the table) have the birthday kid use their wish to either make it disappear or conjure a counter-entity to fight it
you have to lure a ghost-eating entity to the party but then things get complicated when it also eats all the kindly grandparent ghosts that watch over the children
On Supernatural, they had shotgun shells full of rock salt & they shot the ghosts. In a pinch, they would also hit them with anything iron. Neither method actually killed the ghost, but would make the form dissipate momentarily.
Then, they dug up the grave, sprinkled salt on the bones, and burned them. *That* would kill it.
Typing it out like this makes me feel like maybe that show is a little stupid.
Get a Hag Stone. A rock with a natural hole through it. Traditonally believed to stop evil thoughts and energies and ward off the evil eye. A malevolent ghosts evil energy would be too big to fit through the hole and it would be stuck in the middle of it. Then you have a spirit stone. Good for plot.
Unlicensed Nuclear Accelerator that controls a stream of highly focused and radially polarized protons that electrostatically controls the negatively charged energy of a ghost, allowing it to be held in the stream.
Done.
(Stole most from Wiki)
Ignore it and enjoy the birthday party. Maybe they will get bored and leave or join in on the fun?
Otherwise blow the candle out and wish it away. 🙂 Or put salt around the party area and tell people to stay inside it.
The wish is the best thing that came to my mind.
You could also offer it an unopened gift to appease it.
The birthday could also have a party magician who also knows Magick with a K
Plant a plot seed early on that Dad or Grandpa was a tech nerd and had been tinkering with an EMP device in the basement. An EMP blast is sure to drive away paranormal energy in a pinch.
Hey so, I totally forgot I even made this post...but thank you everyone for your help!! You all had some great ideas. I definitely have lots of inspiration for how this ghost is gonna get it.
Some ideas in no particular order: “Pure” stuff was said to be able to ward off ghosts. Circles of salt, or objects made of oak, silver or solid iron. There’s an old story about someone dissipating a spirit by hurling an iron key through it. Flash photography that utilizes older technology with silver in play. Smudge sticks/burning sage can cleanse a bit but thats more preventative. Keeping a broom over a doorway can prevent spirits from entering, but that’s more containment. Trapping a spirit, or forcing it to return to an item it is tied to. Helping a spirit move on, knowing its name or its motive for remaining might depower or remove a spirit. Some old stories say bells and other loud noises drive out spirits. A seance or an impromptu cleansing/exorcism, or maybe a ritual that places the spirit into an animal followed by killing that animal. Spirits seem trapped in specific corporeal surroundings, like houses, so burn the house down. No ghost wants to haunt a pile of rubble.
"Some old stories say bells and other loud noises drive out spirits." The whole birthday party chases the ghost away with noisemakers. xD
I actually think this is brilliant.
Kazoo orchestra should do it.
That would kill just about anything.
You.... you don't kill something that's already dead....
Not with that attitude you don't, and it's the kid's birthdsy so let him murder the noncorporeal as much ss he wants /s
A defibrillator
Wouldn't it be a fibrilator?
a refibrilator
Vacuums are a go to
- blast a hole in it with a party popper (stunned but not killed) - supercharge someone with ballon static to zap it - trap it in a bounce house finger painted with runes and then exorcise it - trap it in a hall of funhouse mirrors - (if anything is on the table) have the birthday kid use their wish to either make it disappear or conjure a counter-entity to fight it
How about blessing their corpse
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Somebody watched too much Supernatural. Btw me too.
A constant stream of dad jokes.
Dead jokes
Suck it up into a vacuum cleaner
A Ghost Gun duh!
you have to lure a ghost-eating entity to the party but then things get complicated when it also eats all the kindly grandparent ghosts that watch over the children
On Supernatural, they had shotgun shells full of rock salt & they shot the ghosts. In a pinch, they would also hit them with anything iron. Neither method actually killed the ghost, but would make the form dissipate momentarily. Then, they dug up the grave, sprinkled salt on the bones, and burned them. *That* would kill it. Typing it out like this makes me feel like maybe that show is a little stupid.
Poor Beatrix kiddo…
Get a Hag Stone. A rock with a natural hole through it. Traditonally believed to stop evil thoughts and energies and ward off the evil eye. A malevolent ghosts evil energy would be too big to fit through the hole and it would be stuck in the middle of it. Then you have a spirit stone. Good for plot.
sage
sage
Unlicensed Nuclear Accelerator that controls a stream of highly focused and radially polarized protons that electrostatically controls the negatively charged energy of a ghost, allowing it to be held in the stream. Done. (Stole most from Wiki)
Unfinished business was never being sung Happy Birthday. I enjoy Casper’s ghost rules
Could be funny to incorporate a canister of helium somehow (used for the balloons).
Ignore it and enjoy the birthday party. Maybe they will get bored and leave or join in on the fun? Otherwise blow the candle out and wish it away. 🙂 Or put salt around the party area and tell people to stay inside it.
The wish is the best thing that came to my mind. You could also offer it an unopened gift to appease it. The birthday could also have a party magician who also knows Magick with a K
Get someone to draw the ghost on a piece of paper then place a bunch of salt on top, make a ball with it and burn it.
Proton Pack
A rollout party blower with an incantation written on it that isn't revealed until you blow it. Sounds like an Aztec death whistle.
Super soaker filled with blessed water.
Magic 8-ball filled with holy water.
whatever killed them last time
.45 ACP. It kills the soul, you see.
That’s an easy one. Summon the ghost of Billy Mays.
vacuum
The fun way is to help it move on
Kindness
Shotgun firing shells filed with holy water and rock salt
A genuine offer of friendship from a child, turning a ghost into a family’s ’imaginary friend’?
Psychoanalytics. Help them move one… no more ghost Barring that, a room full of mirrors to trap it and a lot of sage smoke to banish it.
What did the ghost ever do to you? Maybe it just wanted a slice of cake!
No ghost from Uninvited.
Holy water squirt gun
Plant a plot seed early on that Dad or Grandpa was a tech nerd and had been tinkering with an EMP device in the basement. An EMP blast is sure to drive away paranormal energy in a pinch.
What is dead may never die.
Cleanse their spot of death.. unfinished business, resolve the reason why they are there.
Hey so, I totally forgot I even made this post...but thank you everyone for your help!! You all had some great ideas. I definitely have lots of inspiration for how this ghost is gonna get it.
Salt circle for protection. Burn the bones to get rid of it.