[Just chuckling a little at that. Maybe that someone will also listen if he asks nicely for the missing people to be returned!!]

Ah... That sounds more like the use of an illusion than a spirit's ability. Maybe a mix of the two? There are arts in my world that can do things like that - trick the eye into seeing something that isn't there. Then again, there are spirits that can do the same. [A sloping shrug; he hits the bottle again.]

--We didn't have anything like that in our game, but there was definitely something there with us. It touched my hand and paralyzed me for a little while.

[CASUALLY.]