Chapter 12 – Creating the Boo Games!

Nothing! He had nothing! His head already went through countless of possibilities but they were always hindered by the fact that Boos just phase right through material objects. Abyss groaned as he looked at the floor in defeat.

It was at this moment something caught his eye. The crumbled wrapping of the pastry that he gave to Boosette. Feeling curious he asked “Can Boos control the way they phase through objects? For example grab material objects?” Boosette nodded as she said “We can do that but it takes a little effort from our part.”

Abyss grinned as many ideas began appearing in his mind. He then said “If ‘Poof’ were to ‘create’ an event that can happen once a year would that count as creating entertainment.” Boosette thought for a moment before saying “Only if the Boos find it fun.” Abyss laughed madly as he said “Then its done! I know how to fix the problem.”

Shocked by this statement Boosette turned around before freezing as she felt immense shyness fill her. Covering her face she peeked at Abyss between her fingers and asked “Are- are you- you really- really serious?”

Abyss grinned as he said “Of course! Poof is going to create…” Abyss waited allowing for suspense to build up. Boosette wanted to hear the answer really bad that she shouted angrily “Tell me!” Abyss chuckled as he said “The Boos Games! It will be an event that can be held once a year or more if you like. It will consist of 5 games which the Boos will surely enjoy.”

Hearing the word games Boosette became excited. She herself was a Boo and thus loved having entertainment just like the other Boos. She tried to speak hurriedly “No way! I can’t wait! What are they going to be!? Tell me! Tell me!” Due to her immense excitement she ignored her shyness and shook Abyss back and forward without realizing it.

Abyss though just smiled as he said “Nope! You are going to have to wait just like the others Mwahaha!” Hearing these words Boosette felt despair as she shouted unintentionally in despair “NOOOOO!” Abyss though froze as he realized ‘I screwed up!’ It was at this moment countless of Boos rushed towards the exact location of the Queen’s chamber.

Abyss was quick to react as he said hurriedly “Don’t say I’m here or I won’t make them!” He rushed underneath Boosette bed before hearing the sound of countless of Boos phasing through the walls, ceiling and even floor!

Boosette who was left behind became flustered as many Boos began to question her filled with worry as to why exactly she screamed. It took around half an hour before she managed to calm the situation and shoo away the Boos that wanted to stay near her just to make sure she was safe.

Abyss who finally saw the coast clear up sighed in relief as he got out complaining “Man, making a woman scream really is frightening. One moment there was only us two then the next there are around hundred ghosts crowding the place.”

Boosette giggled while avoiding looking at Abyss. She was slowly becoming accustomed to Abyss looking at her back since she did not want to face him face to face. “That is what you get for not telling me.” Abyss groaned as he said “What is the point of telling if it ruins the surprise?”

Boosette nodded as she said “You better go on and create those games though. I guess you will need help from the architects right? I will write you a note.” She went to her drawer and looked around only to find it devoid of writing utensils. There were a few pieces of paper though. Abyss chuckled as he said “I got a marker you can borrow. I ‘definitely’ did not steal it from one of your children.”

Boosette only shook her head with a bitter smile as she did not want to find out anything about this marker. Abyss handed the marker and Boosette wrote a note telling the architects to listen to Abyss requests and try their best to fulfill them. Abyss was not sure if this would work since architects are probably not very happy to be led by a stranger. Furthermore Boosette could not force them even if it meant that they would get rid of the unfair treatment that they have been experiencing.

Nonetheless he took it and after asking direction towards the area with Poof he soon arrived there.

With A smile he knocked on the door causing Poof to angrily run out shouting “Are you crazy! It was bad enough to cause trouble with other Boos but to even cause trouble to Queen Boosette!” Abyss tried his best to calm down Poof before saying “Alright there were a few things that were out of calculations. I did not expect for Queen Boosette to grieve so much over the fact I did not tell her my plans.”

Poof hearing this was curious as he asked “What plans?” Abyss smiled as he said “The exact same plans that Queen Boosette gave me to deal with your problem. You see she as Queen could no favor any side as everyone is family so when I arrived she told me all this amazing ideas of creating something called the Boo Games! She even told me to direct the whole thing for her! Isn’t she amazing!? Only problem was that I wanted to ruin the surprise to everyone which caused her to scream.”

Poof sighed as he said “I knew it. She really cared for us and planned everything. Also you shouldn’t have tried to ruin her fun!” Abyss chuckled seeing that Poof was naïve enough to buy into his lies. It was clear that Boosette cared for everyone so he decided to only get the wood. Poof can stay with this caring family of his. He was more than sure that in a few years their relationships will improve all around.

Also, he really enjoyed the fact of creating the Boo Games which satisfied his nature enough to give up taking Poof with him. He was not a demon that would create the situation that would always suit him. Sometimes he would help others when he wanted to. It would also be interesting to see what new inventions Poof and the other make upon his return in the future.

So with those thoughts in mind he got down to sharing “Boosette’s” ideas of the Boo games constructions. Poof was excited hearing them as he quickly agreed to help gather other architects to help construct the places for the games.

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This though was not easy as the Architects put up quite a struggle of defiance as they just wanted to stay sour all their life. Abyss was left hopeless but was lucky enough to gave at least 16 or so Boos willing to help him. Abyss looked at Poof and said “He is my deputy. Make sure to follow his instructions. Got complains? File them to the nonexistent complain room. Now that is clear lets organize ourselves! Bring me the tools available!”

The Boos quickly got to work with most of them groaning with dissatisfaction. Abyss ignored this as soon the tools arrived with 3 less Boos. Abyss knew there were going to be more quitters but he did not care. What truly mattered was the end result of still having a few left.

Looking at the materials he was happy with what he got. This mansion was really well built and so were the tools. It made sense considering that the tools needed to be up to par in order to create such an amazing mansion. Next up was organizing the troops. “Alright, we all know we have specialties. So lets say them.”

The result ended with 5 Boos being good with cutting wood. Another 3 Boos were good at inscribing designs onto wood. Finally the last 6 Boos were good at creating constructions from the wood. Abyss was more than happy with this composition of the Boos.

He quickly smiled as he said “The project shall start today at 11:59 pm sharp!” The Boos were quite confused and Abyss was forced to sigh as he said “When the sun sets again. Now go and enjoy yourselves since soon you will be working on creating a future for yourselves filled with fun!”

The Boos did not cheer as they felt somewhat annoyed at Abyss even Poof glared at him angrily and said “Why so much later! We all want the change right now!” Abyss could only try to appease him by saying “Sorry sorry. I need the Queen to hand me the blue prints to the constructions. I can’t do anything about it.”

Poof sighed as he took this as an acceptable excuse but still said “Make sure to get them quickly.”

Abyss nodded his head as he waved him goodbye. After seeing each of the Boos left to their room he visited Boosette an asked for a favor “Can I borrow an empty room?” Boosette was not too mean to deny him as he said “No problem! You can borrow the one on top the top floor left wing 312.”

Abyss gave his thanks before leaving. Arriving in his room he took out a few pieces of paper he stole from his friendly Boo neighbors. Abyss chuckled as he became dead serious the next moment with his brain began planning his constructions.

For the next 20 or so hours he spend his time locked in the room working himself tiredly to create the blueprints of the creations he had in mind. He had to take several variables into mind with little information. Nonetheless he made everything decent enough to fix each problem. This though took a few instances of look with observing Boos playing around outside.

He made a rough estimate of everything and was satisfied. There were also a few hypotheses that he added but hoped for it all to work since they were ghosts after all. Finally he finished the blueprints with a tired expression. He was ready to pass out but he had no time.

Grabbing all the blueprints he rushed outside and hurried to the place that he last held the meeting. Some Boos were waiting impatiently as Poof was the first to greet him. “Abyss what happened? Your late. Also why do you look so… exhausted?”

Abyss chuckled tiredly as he said “Boosette is a really fun Queen. She had me look for this blue prints for fun haha!” The rest laughed at Abyss joke filled with exhaustion. Handing over the blueprints he said “You all go outside. I will manage the project at the top of the mansion.”

Leaving to the top floor of the mansion he opened the window and climb to the top. Looking below he shouted “Alright! Lets begin! I want the wood cutters to focus on chopping trees with the specifics of the blue prints. Wood Designers I need you all to go dig up the back for me. Wood constructors help the wood designers make a nice grave hole. Chop chop everyone!”

All the Boos soon began to leave to do as they were told. Abyss supervised the projects while giving his own opinions and arguing with Boos. He also had to warn a few times for the Wood Cutters to be careful how they cut the tree since they needed the tree to remain intact.

The Boos showed quite a bit of dissatisfaction but his deputy Poof encouraged them and help meditate the problems. Abyss was thank as she shouted to the diggers “Make sure to make it perfectly rectangular. Remove the useless shrubbery and make sure there is only a half a foot space between each grave!”

The Boos groaned as they continued working. They day ended with tired Boos as they gave Abyss spiteful glares. Abyss ignored them and shouted “Great progress. Tomorrow we will continue.”

Getting down the roof he entered back the mansion. Poof followed after him and said “You should be careful. They clearly don’t like you even when considering that the Queen assigned you to direct the project.”

Abyss could only laugh as he said “So what? They can’t do anything to me for now right?” Poof sighed as he said “I warned you. Us Poof really like pulling pranks so you should be careful if you plan on continuing this. Abyss laughed at this as he did not place it in his mind. He then shoo Poof away and entering his room he quickly fell asleep.

Waking up he stretched for a bit before eating some of his food. Going outside he inspected the progress and noticed a few problems. Abyss groaned as he knew he could not let this go. The graves were slightly more spaced out than planned. Another problem was some trees having a deep gash and cracks on them. If he were to use them for the construction there would be a good chance they would not hold as long as the mansion itself. He needed these things to last if not what was the point of building them?

Returning to the mansion he waited for the time for the Architects to return. Once they arrived Abyss quickly reprimanded “What the hell guys? I went and checked up your work and it was sloppy. I did tell you to watch the trees and make sure they don’t fall wrong. You diggers I expected more from you. You guys were supposed to dig graves not holes. Go fix our mistakes then we will continue.”

The Books became more upset hearing Abyss say these things but they still left to work. Abyss sighed as he said to Poof “It appears they really aren’t good architects. Poof you’re the deputy. Your supposed to manage this small issues.”

Poof shook his head and apologized “I’m sorry but I can’t. Most of the Boos are beginning to question if the Queen truly set you in charge. They also don’t think someone that was just introduced to architecture is not fit to supervise them.”

Abyss groaned as he shouted “Damn it! Is it really that hard!? I just want to have fun then be done with it but they really are making it difficult for us.” Poof shook his head and ignored Abyss. Abyss appeared to be quite selfish recently in his eyes.

Previously he thought that Abyss was a good and patient person but from the looks of it he was wrong. Abyss though felt that he was right. He worked hard for this ungrateful Boos to not work diligently. How could they expect him not to be upset over their crappy effort?

Abyss decided it was time to personally act to fix these mistakes. For the next few hours Abyss was on the ground running and ordering the Boos to fix their mistakes where he saw them. The Boos began to spiteful glare at him but he ignored them.

It was similar to force labor but Abyss did not care. He just wanted things done right. If they failed then he would do it himself even if he starved in the process. At the end of the day Abyss was pleased with the work even if he was exhausted. Yawning he said “Alright. Let’s do this again tomorrow. At this rate we should finish within a week.”

He left to go to sleep. He really needed his energy to supervise them personally. The Boos were angered though. Abyss fell asleep that morning and the Boos decided to stay awake a bit longer.