vengeance from beyond the grave theme
A departed person somehow bothers the living world because the person feels, or once felt, they have a bone to pick with someone there. For example, a murder victim's spirit may be haunting its killer in a desire to see vengeance done.
3 total · 1 choice · 2 major
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| rbt1985e2x09 | choice | Charles rigged a contraption, recorded himself, and set events in motion in such a way that after his death and in a manner of speaking, his recorded self would be there to gloat while his carefully planned scheme for revenge on his younger brother, Richard, came to fruition: Richard would be tricked and enticed into lying down in the coffin which would then activate, reveal legs to take, and walk outside to quite literally bury Richard alive. |
| tftc1989e6x12 | major | Charlie returned from the dead to settle a score about his purloined soul. |
| tftc1989e6x14 | major | Though the precise mechanics are left somewhat ambiguous, Luden knowingly or unknowingly, naturally or supernaturally, got back at his murderer, Willa, when the soap she had made out of his corpse literally melted her body. This is one interpretation of the events in the story. |