The Ban

Quick Info ==

The Ban, aka the "Bam", the "Pan", and the "Bang"  (first seen 12/20/21) is a color changing 1996 Dodge Caravan.  Previously an enemy, it's presence was usually identified by the sound of a very loud engine.  It was first used as transportation by Rick and Carl, then by Carol, Rick, and Carl.  It is present in every headspace after Headspace #7.

**NEW**!!!  See:  Carl's Attempts at Flying The Ban

However, if an individual is unfortunate enough to be ran over by Carl, they will go into the engine regardless. Roaches and similar bugs and animals can be ran over, and brought into the engine, however, children under 10 cannot. When they go between the wheels, an opening forms underneath the ban, sucking them into the engine. The ban can have up to 60 individuals trapped inside. When the ban crashes into another vehicle, a soul in the ban will be randomly selected to go into the other vehicle's engine.  This will make the soul become evil, and it is thought that this is how the Car was created (ex:  Sam Davis Case). The ban is also able to change forms.  It can become skinny, and short, and it also has hands and legs.  (They're only visible if the main soul in the ban wants them to be.)  Carl is the main driver of the Ban.  He often crashes into:

* People in his way

* People not in his way

and,

* Other vehicles, whether they are in his way or not.

The ban often changes colors depending on who is driving it.

## Victims of the Ban

#### 3. Dave (Alternative.  While entering Level #399 looking for Damien, he got ran over by the Man driving the alternative Ban)  Status:  Escaped

(see Dave)

#### 5. Zuknos (When driving around with nothing to do, Carl ran over a roach named Zuknos.  Status:  Escaped, but in another vehicle.

(see The Car)

#### 6. John Davis (Running from a gunslinger in downtown Detroit before getting ran over by Carl)  Status:  Escaped, but deceased

(see John Davis)

#### 7. John's Dad (Ran over by Carl right after C told him how creepy John's Dad was.)  Status:  Escaped and split right before initial death.  Introject dead as well.

(see "The Crack Man", "John Coulder", and "David Gueller"

#### 9. The Fish (When Damien and C ran the Ban into a lake, the Ban hit a fish.)  Status:  Escaped, alive

(see The Fish)

#### 14. Carl (ran over by Dashie in headspace #1 (revamped) but not sucked into the engine, unlike other victims)  Status:  Escaped

(see Carl)

#### 15. Sam Davis (While running away from a fight including Sam Winchester inside a Longhorn Restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas, he got hit by the Ban as Carl was trying to fly it to show his dad what he could do.)  Status:  Rescued and escaped, no longer missing.

(see Sam Davis)

#### 21. Crack Man (sucked into the engine.  Rick took a picture of his face before Carl rammed into a tractor while having a mental breakdown after realizing he just ran over an antagonist)  Status:  Transferred into another vehicle before dying due to lack of motor oil and gas.

(see "The Crack Man", "John Coulder", and "David Gueller"

## Main Ban History

The ban (first seen 12/20/21) is initially a beige 1996 Dodge Caravan.  It's presence was usually identified by the sound of a very loud engine.  It was first used as transportation by Rick and Carl, then by Carol, Rick, and Carl.  It was later thought to have been a form of trickery used by the Trickster to lure victims into becoming the ban.  It required an individual inside the engine to run, and if a person touched the ban while the ban's engine was not already occupied, they would begin to turn into the ban.  The ban's weaknesses include:  Heights, Water, and Fire.  When an individual is inside the engine, they have full control of the ban, unless someone sits in the driver seat.  Then, they would sit in the driver's seat and obtain almost full control.  The individual inside the engine could only change speeds and speak through the (mutable by driver) radio.

In the past, there were 2 bans.  It used to be, if Carl would hit someone with the Ban, they would turn into another ban,  which created up to 3 bans at once.  However, Carl messed up his spell, and now, when he runs people over, they go into the engine, along with everyone else, if there are already individuals inside.

C and Damien attempted dearly at trying to blacklist Carl and Rick from entering the city, under the impression that they were dealing with the trickster.  However, Rick and Carl could still enter while driving the ban.

For the first few days, C was the only individual being attacked by the ban, however, they just flipped and crawled out of the engine.

In rare instances, individuals could get turned into the ban by touching Carl.  (Only cas and C)

### 02/01/22 History:

During a run in with Carl and C, They discovered that there were more than 2 souls in the ban, and they released 11 of them.  The last soul in the ban currently is Amari, who decided against leaving.  If an individual is trapped in the ban for 3 or more months, they will forget all of their friends and social connections.

Carl currently parks the Ban inside his fathers house, as a protection from the Car (out of jealousy.)

### 01/06/22 History:

Tessa has been the soul inside the ban.  Now used as a point of safety from The Car, (Miguel), the Ban is no longer feared by, Damien, C, or Norman.  Rick claims to have been trying to protect the trio by repeatedly trying to:

* Hit them with the ban, forcing them inside,

* Kidnapping Norman and C and trying to force them inside the ban,

* Turning people into the ban,

and,

* Teleporting people into the ban, trying to get them into the engine.

Rick claims that he was trying to protect the trio.  He claims to have started by trying to kidnap C because he "knew they would fight the most".

## References

### Ban History:  The Trickster Edition

The Ban was once thought to have been a form of trickery used by the Trickster to lure victims into becoming the ban (12/22/21).  However, this was false.  The trickster did possess Carl many times, but never the Ban.

## Current Ban Information (V3)

If an individual is trapped in the ban for **3** *or* *more* **months**, they will forget all of their friends and social connections.

## Attacks

### 12/20/11 --- 5 attacks

#### Attack number 1, 12/20/11

It was a rainy summer evening.  Damien was building, Norman was eating lactose free icecream on a bench under a building that was under construction.  The engine was heard coming in the distance.  Rick was driving the ban, and Carl was in the back, with a spellbook.  Rick sped through the neighborhood after speeding through the main gate.  Presumably he was coming to beat C up because they had bullied his son.  C became the ban shortly thereafter, as Rick had shoved them into the ban, making them go into the engine automatically.  As they became the ban, Rick escaped through the main gate, leaving his son, carl.

#### Attack number 2, 12/20/11

Rick and Carl sped through the main gate while driving the ban, for the second time that day.  C was getting dressed in Damien's house.

C became the ban as Carl had crawled through a window that was open inside Damien's house.  They left the house, which immediately made them become the ban.  C sped, and flipped over, getting out of the ban's engine.

#### Attack number 3, 12/20/11

C flew away from Carl after crawling onto their feet.  Carl began to fly behind them, which scared them into falling.  Carl fell under C, making them become the Ban as they fell on top of him.  They immediately became the ban, and began to take off, but Carl crawled into the ban, and crawled onto the driver's seat.

They sped and flipped as they went over a fence that was newly built, flinging Carl out of the windshield, and having him pass out.  They crawled out of the engine and walked over to carl.

#### Attack number 4, 12/20/11

They walked over to Carl, and picked him up, trying to chain him to the wall.  They touched him, and immediately became the ban.  Carl drove the ban, but C escaped anyways, and ran into Damien's house.

#### Attack number 5, 12/20/11

Rick and carl sped through the main gates, and immediately sped after C, who was in the middle of the vacant city.

"Stop!" Carl yelled, who had gloves on.  This gave C a false sense of security, so they went to hug Carl.  They immediately became the ban right after.

**Witnesses**:  *Norman, Damien, C, Rick, Carl*

*\*\*Cas eventually was invited over to Damien's house to try and cure C, and stop them from becoming the ban.  It worked, **however**, C rewinded time, reversing the protection spell.*

### 12/21/21 --- 4 attacks

#### Attack number 6, 12/21/11

Damien and C were in C's gated in neighborhood, discussing how they would react if Norman got turned into the ban, when suddenly, Damien noticed the sound of the ban coming in the distance.  They hid in a large house in the back row of the neighborhood.  Carl was outside the house, and C was gonna try to teleport him to Brazil, as suggested by Norman.  They sent out a robot, but Carl shot the robot.  C began to cry at their failed attempts.  They teleported Carl's father (Rick) to them, and threw Rick out of the window, before teleporting into the house next door.

C immediately realized they had messed up, and should've teleported Rick and Carl further, as Damien mentioned how it only took Dean 5-10 minutes to walk from the capital of connecticut to South Dakota.  They teleported Rick and Carl further, to India.

Within the next few minutes, C and Damien heard the Ban coming in the distance.

#### Attack number 7, 12/21/11

The ban crashed into the house next door to Sam's.  C immediately began to cry, and asked Cas for help.  They teleported Cas outside the gas station that they were hiding in, and Cas became the ban.

Back at the bunker, a very worried C checks the security cameras outside of Sam's house.  They see Sam passed out on the lawn.

On previous hours on the camera's feed, they see the Ban crash into the house next to Sam's.  They see Sam go outside, and disappear into thin air after realizing there was a car accident.

They teleport to go help Sam, but hear the ban coming in the distance.

They teleported to Bobby's house in search of answers, with a passed out Sam.

They hear the Ban outside, which sent them into hiding.

#### Attack number 8, 12/21/11

Damien is helping Sam into his basement for security, after telling C to set up a decoy house to off-put the ban.  The ban comes, as heard in the distance by Damien.

A loud crash is heard above ground, as C checks the security cameras, they see Rick and Carl on the road, next to the beat up, flipped over ban.  However, the ban was not crashed into the decoy house.  It was crashed into the house next to Cas'.

#### Attack number 9, 12/21/11

Damien is building on his computer, on the sims 4.

He noted that he could hear the ban coming in the distance, and told C.

Damien remembered that C brought Rick and Carl back from India when they reversed time.   C walked outside of the house to apologize to Carl, in hopes of passing on, and no longer becoming the ban.  They hugged carl, and immediately became the Ban.  Cas became the ban as he walked outside of his house to water the flowers.  He immediately got attacked by Rick and Carl, which forces him into becoming the ban,  They go toward sam's house, but he's not home.  C rushes for the supermarket, which Sam is walking out of.  They lure the ban into the river, which is being driven by Carl.  They flip the ban over, and rip Cas out of the engine,  They begin to swim with Cas on their back.  Carl is running underwater.

### 12/22/21, 2 attacks

#### Attack number 10, 12/22/11

Damien became the ban, voluntarily, as he was trying to figure out where Carl and Rick were taking the ban.

The plan failed as he got dragged out of the engine, and teleported back to the Sky Bunker by C.

#### Attack number 11, 12/22/11

C became a tiger and knocked Carl out of the ban, but they touched Carl, so they immediately became the ban.  Damien drove the Ban back to the underneath part of the Sky Bunker.

### 12/23/21, 1 attack

#### Attack number 12, 12/23/11

Dashie and C were at a house party, when C told Dashie how they've been becoming the ban.  Dashie didn't believe C, so they walked outside and touched Carl, immediately becoming the Ban.  Dashie went to find Damien and they drove the Ban to pick up Norman and Jumanji.

As Norman jumped out of the ban to grab Jumanji, he was grabbed by Carl, who ran away with him.  Damien got extremely upset and teleported Norman back into the ban, before slamming the door.

They sped to Sam's house, as C teleported Sam into the passenger seat.

They drove to Bobby's house, which was approximately 100 miles away.  During the trip, Damien determined that the only way this is possible would be by the Trickster, who had been possessing Carl to have fun with random people.  C began to speed as Dashie controlled the wheel.  When they arrived, Bobby had to pull C out of the engine.  They went into the silver-coated panic room, and spent the night.  On their way home, they ran into Carl.  Dashie ran him over.

## Carl's Attempts at Flying The Ban

### First Instance

At Norman's Apartment, Damien and Norman #4 were having a good time, before they heard the Ban coming up the stairs.  Carl had Rick C (the man in the engine) open the door with the hands that the ban had. He told Damien and Norman #4 to "hop in", so they did. Carl walked the Ban back down the stairs, and outside of the apartment complex. He immediately attempted to fly the Ban, with Damien and Norman #4 in the back. They hopped out when the ban began to tip over.

in the engine: Rick C

### Second Instance

During a house-party at C's house with Dashie, Damien, Norman #4, and C, Carl came by with Rick, in hopes of flying the ban. Everybody was drunk, and he told his dad to watch. The ban became skinny from being dehydrated. They began to hear footsteps downstairs, unlike any other footsteps they had ever heard. Carl yelled "wait" from the steering wheel. The ban tipped to its side and fell over the second it got into the air. Everybody rushed into the Ban, and the Ban became small and skinny, before running into C's dog bed.  The Man began to come up the stairs, leaving everybody in the Ban mortified. Inside, C and everybody else attempted to hide under the seats. The Man picked the Ban up, only to have it become normal size, and run him over. Carl immediately rejected his entrance into the engine. He sped out of the front door, and down the street. The Ban turned, and went into a mcdonald's drive thru.

in the engine: Rick C