I'm really glad that people are posting regularly and getting back into it.
My inclination is just to game for a bit. Not worry about extra players, etc etc.
Your characters can yell things at the other characters in fights and they'll do that.
I see two votes for going forward into the "darker spooker forest", but I want to let the conversation progress.
Because of some life stuff (a final I really need to buckle down on) I'm probably going to wind up posting again on monday.