Someone (probably Charles) tells Beetlejuice to “be quiet.” Normally he’d just find someone else to reverse the order, but before he can he gets hurt or ends up in some sort of perilous situation and is unable to call for help.
#contract au#obedience curse#Beetlejuice#maybe he somehow gets locked in a closet or something#I can see Charles placing a limit on how he is allowed to use his powers#or maybe he gets trapped by spilled salt#oh that would work#because one thing established early in this AU is that Charles was fully ready to ward the house with salt#so he had bags of salt around— maybe spiritual-grade or something somehow#Beetlejuice would also be forbidden from damaging the house#and maybe proximity to salt would dampen his powers#one thing leads to another#he slips and falls in a pantry or closet that also contains one of the salt bags#door closes and salt spills in front of it#can’t teleport away due to being trapped by salt#can’t break down a wall because that would be destroying the house#can’t call for help because he was told to be quiet#so he’s stuck until someone finds him