From the audio logs of Tucker Foley
[A burst of static and the howls of the damned, as a familiar cackle rises to a peak.]
Technus: IT IS I, TECHNUS! MASTER OF ALL THINGS GROOVY AND FLEEK! AND I- WAIT. WHERE IS THE GHOST CHILD? IS HE NOT THE MASTER OF ECTOBERHAUNT?
Tucker: He's taking a break. And man, he deserves it. The last couple Ectoberhaunts were brutal on him.
See, the year before last, Danny got kidnapped by Nocturn and the Fright Knight. Something about how he has big fears and bigger dreams and more power than he knows what to do with and blah blah blah - anyways, they kidnapped some Amity Parkers and threatened their lives to make Danny cooperate with getting brainwashed, and it was all very ick. Definitely an ick.
We didn't know anything - even Clockwork couldn't see Danny. But we kept getting cryptic messages about these prompts we had to fill for a banishment ritual.
And Amity Parkers are awesome! The folks Nocturn and Fright Knight kidnapped had the power of math and stories and art on their side, and they used it to free Danny! And the rest of us completed the ritual and banished Nocturn and Fright Knight from Amity Park!
So, problem solved, right?
Nope! While Clockwork was searching for Danny, this weird clown Freakshow stole his staff. At the same time, the Observants confiscated Pandora's Box and buried it under red tape. Freakshow started leaving weird clues about where he was going, though, so Danny decided to follow those clues by road tripping it up with Clockwork and Pandora. You know, ancient powerful ghosts of Chaos and Order who were already stressed about their powers. Great idea, right?
Yeah. Well, it turns out Freakshow and the Observants were working together for power. At least, until Freakshow stole Pandora's Box and the Observants tried to cover up what they did.
I don't know what happened next - Danny doesn't talk about it. Pandora and Clockwork have their powerful artefacts, so I guess things turned out alright? But I think Freakshow did something.
Anyways, Danny's getting a well-deserved break.
Technus: SO WHO'S RUNNING THIS SHOW, THEN? THERE CAN'T BE AN ECTOBERHAUNT WITHOUT AN ECTOBERHAUNTER!!
Tucker: Sam and I are stepping in for him! We figure between the two of us, we can get this party started!
Technus: A COUPLE OF TINY HUMANS? RUNNING ECTOBERHAUNT? THIS EVENT NEEDS A GHOST RUNNING THE PROGRAM!!!
Tucker: No way, you are NOT taking over Ectoberhaunt while Danny's away - Sam already had this talk with Dora! We don't need more ghosts interfering!
Technus: WOW! YOU'RE JUST AS FULL OF IDEAS AS YOUR LITTLE HALF-GHOST FRIEND! I THINK I WILL TAKE OVER THIS EVENT - AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME!
Technus: NOW I JUST HAVE TO GO TALK TO THAT DRAGON LADY DORA - MAYBE SHE'LL WANT TO RUN THE SHOW WITH ME!!!
[Technus cackles again, and his cackles fade into a burst of static. The static fades.]
Tucker: Oh great…. Better call Sam.
