Tourist Ghosts (Polish Series)

**The Tourist Ghosts** *(D. 1973)* are a group of about a dozen characters from Dominowojo's Polish version of Ghosts.

## Personalities

The Tourist Ghosts are overall pretty casual, just standing and chatting amongst themselves or sitting in the remains of their crashed bus in the beginning of the woods leading to the grounds of the House Of The Poniatowski Family. The only thing bothering them all is the fact that they never got to see the House Of The Poniatowski Family up close because of the bus driver killing them in a driving accident. The ghosts didn't even die on the house's property; they can only stand at its entrance, something that bugs all of them to this day as they were so close to entering their long-awaited tourist destination.

### Lucyna

Lucyna, the tour guide, is a cheery woman who is glad to help with anything, especially with giving coordinates to certain destinations or telling what used to be fun facts about the history of the House Of The Poniatowski Family but have grown boring since she had limited knowledge on the topic. The Tourist Ghosts still listen to them though as they have literally nothing better to do. Lucyna always carries a small flag with herself showing her tour company's logo.

### Bus Driver

The bus driver is a grumbling old man who died while he was ejected out of the bus while sitting on his seat and still holding the steering wheel. He still sits on it to this day even though he has no need to - he's literally sitting on a seat that is separated from the bus itself on the ground while still holding the steering wheel that was dissembled from its vehicle as if he's still using it to drive, even though he doesn't have to stay in that position anymore. The Bus driver always is irritated by the other ghosts' constant reminders that their deaths were his fault, to the point that he doesn't feel guilty anymore, just fed-up. He spends most of his time mumbling about the others and criticizing the living drivers' driving as they pass by - but that's sort of ironic though, isn't it?

## Lives

Sometime in 1973, maybe during the summer, the tourists, Lucyna and the Bus Driver went on a special exhibition of artifacts at the House Of The Poniatowski Family, something which all of them (maybe except the Bus Driver, who was indifferent about the whole thing) were excited about. A couple of the tourists were local historians, some were families, some were just curious foreigners, and some were students and professors of a nearby university.

Among the people who looked forward to seeing the grand spectacle that was the House Of The Poniatowski Family, Lucyna the tour guide simply could not wait. She found the House and its history fascinating, so naturally she was hyping up all the other passengers of the bus by sharing some "Poniatowski trivia" :- "Did you know that the founder of the House, Grzegorz Poniatowski, fought in the Battle Of Grunwald? The house was a reward for him from the king of Poland after Poniatowski helped the Poles win the battle!", "Did you know that there used to be a village on the grounds of the House? The village was destroyed by a storm 200 years before the construction of the House that is we now know today!", and "Did you know that lightning struck the House Of The Poniatowski Family in the 17th Century? It caused a big fire which caused nearly a quarter and a half of the House to be fully renovated. It cost the owners at the time over 25,000,000zł!"

Sadly, the tourists, unfortunately along with Lucyna and the Bus Driver, never got to their destination because on that day when they were arriving to the House Of The Poniatowski Family, while the Bus Driver was driving, a deer appeared in front of the road. This startled the Bus Driver so much, including the fact that he was a vegan, that out of instinct he turned the bus in the direction of a tree and rammed into it so hard that it fell on the bus he was driving. Nearly a dozen tourists out of 35 perished with the bus driver and Lucyna, leaving around 20 others alive. The worst part is that when they died, they were nearly at the entrance of the place they longingly awaited to see.

## Deaths

After half an hour since the bus crash, the police came to investigate. It was rumoured that the Bus Driver might have been driving nearly 20mph past the speed limit even before he made contact with the deer. Some people even rumoured he was drunk, whereas some even reported, more innocently, that the Bus Driver forgot to have his morning coffee.

The tourists and Lucyna were quite frankly angry with the Bus Driver after they became ghosts, because they were so close to seeing the House Of The Poniatowski Family in person.

In the present day, the tour bus is still in the woods near the House Of The Poniatowski Family, still crushed by the tree, building up rust and being taken over by nature. The tourists and Lucyna still scold the Bus Driver to this day.

## Relationships

**The Tourists and the Bus Driver -** The Tourist Ghosts keep holding a grudge because they all died because of the Bus Driver. They acknowledged this often which now makes the driver more annoyed rather than guilty.

## Notes

* The Tourist Ghosts are Dominowojo's version of the Plague Ghosts.