de oc idea ripe for the taking.
another ghost like zoey but they’ve possessed an object in the house (could be a doll n make it a cheeky reference to annabelle, or have it simple like a toy or picture/painting)
when you first see them they probably freak out thinking that they’ve finally been noticed(i could see it being like zoey, but it could be turned a diff way if it’s a vengeful ghost or something), but the player thinks they’re just another object initially. so the ghost just plays along
i could see the ghost playing along in fear they’ll be forgotten again, n the love/friend story route dealing with heavy themes of grief and letting go
eventually i think it’d be revealed (make it fucked up n make it so that if you visit them at a specific time, you’ll be able to talk to the actual object instead of the ghost. revealing that they’re being controlled)
at this point is when you have to decide whether you’re doing a love/friend/hate route. maybe for the love route, you can separate the ghost from the object n realize them both. friend route you set the ghost free n then can only realize the object. n hate route the ghost ends up haunting the entire house n fucks with some endings to make it harder to become lovers/friends with specific objects and/or locking certain routes until you can exorcise the ghost.
i def think the ghost n object would have a good relationship at least. the object feeling for the ghost, but never being able to comfort them despite the pain. n the ghost clinging desperately to the object, finding comfort in it even though they can’t see/feel the object’s care.
idk it’s 4 am and i got an idea so im throwing it into the void to forget about it forever
