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Purr Honor ([personal profile] mewreview) wrote2014-03-24 03:30 pm

the graveyard

the graveyard




You wake up in your bed. At first, it might not seem as though anything has changed...until you try to leave the room. You'll quickly discover that while you can phase through the interior walls of the building, you can't open doors, pick up objects, or alter the environment in any way. Worse, the only people who can see and hear you are your fellow ghosts; to everyone else, you may as well be so much empty air.

That said, there are still a few other things you can do besides just observing those who are still alive. You now have the ability to conjure any food, drink, or reasonably small object out of midair, although anything you conjure will go unnoticed by the living inhabitants. More interestingly, there is now an intricate iron door embedded in the wall of the main room that you're sure hadn't been there yesterday. If you open it, you'll find that at long last you've exited the building...and the world outside looks quite familiar.

In fact, it's your world. Though...it might not be exactly how you remember it when you left.

You won't be able to get far in the area before you feel some kind of barrier preventing you from taking another step, but it's enough for you to know that something has Gone Terribly Wrong. Perhaps it's the bombed-out shell of your building, or the monsters screeching nearby, or the corpses of your army scattered on the ground; whatever the situation is, it's clear that you would have been in grave danger had you still been back home. Luckily, your ghostly status is still in effect even here; while there may be danger still lurking about, none of it will be able to affect you.

The building behind you has taken on a translucent, almost insubstantial appearance; only the iron doors remain as solid as ever. You can simply open them again to return to the cat's domain.

(OOC: Here's how this will work! Whenever someone new arrives to the graveyard, the world outside will change to their canon's world. We'll leave the exact location and situation up to you to describe; the only thing that matters is that it should be clear your character would have been in enormous danger had they been around. Everyone in the graveyard will be able to explore the area, which will at maximum be around the size of a large ballroom; you'll be able to see things outside the area, but you won't be able to take another step forward. You can interact with the setting, but you won't be able to affect anything living, and anything that might pose a danger such as bullets will pass right through you.)

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Ema pulls herself away from screaming at watching the fight briefly when Yuyuko arrives. She's grateful that Yuyuko fought for her--especially since the two weren't super close--but also feels incredibly guilty that the fighting led to her dying.

Finally, she manages:]


I'm sorry you got killed because of me.

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
H-he's just...

[Ema's not even sure anymore.]

I did say it was okay...

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Better my life than theirs! [Yeah, she's that self-sacrificingly stupid.

She's also getting angrier as he's lashing out his bitterness at her.]


You don't have to make fun of me. I already know you think I'm stupid.

YEAH SO THE ONE THING EMA ASKED KOARU TO DO...

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
[When this happens, Ema lets out a scream and hurls herself toward Kaoru, swinging wildly as if she could somehow get him off his feet.]

You promised!

[Unable to actually tackle him, she crashes to the ground instead. She lets out another cry--almost a whimper--when she realizes (again) that he can't hear her and that there's nothing she can do.]

You promised you wouldn't... Maya was supposed to...

[She just sits there, helpless and frustrated and angry and impotent, her hands curled into fists as she shakes with the effort not to cry.]
vivillon: (in our brief lives)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-14 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
...I'm sorry. [There's nothing to say, really, but Serena is sorry regardless. This has been awful to watch.]

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
[That trying-not-to-cry thing is proving to be a failure; there are tears in her eyes when she looks up at Serena.]

He promised.

I wanted to protect Maya and now...
obeytherod: (MALIK  ‣  suspicious)

[personal profile] obeytherod 2014-05-14 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't really care if she died, or Klavier died--that doesn't matter to him.]

I'm just pointing out the flaw in your logic. [He folds his arms, not denying or confirming anything else.]

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
It doesn't matter. I'm dead.

[Spat out WAY more defensively than necessary.]
vivillon: (in our brief lives)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-14 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Kouha probably deserves a punch in the nose whenever he gets back, but that's not hers to give to anyone, and Kaoru started this entire mess, anyway.]

You tried really hard.
obeytherod: (MALIK  ‣  this isn't good)

[personal profile] obeytherod 2014-05-14 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
That's your own fault.

[And he's sounding bitter again. At least she had a choice!]

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
A-and now two people are dead because I agreed to this...

[Even in death, people die because of her. It's like what happened to Prosecutor Marshall, but worse.]

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
I know.

[Thanks Malik you're making her feel stupid and guilty for doing this.]
obeytherod: (MALIK  ‣  extremely mild shock)

[personal profile] obeytherod 2014-05-14 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
...Feh. Good. [She deserves it! Now maybe he won't be the only one feeling stupid and guilty for giving up.]

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Ema harumphs a bit, but she doesn't really reply beyond that.

She's got nothing left to say.]
vivillon: (in our brief lives)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-14 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
It's not your fault. How could you have known? [Kaoru manipulated her, after all.]
bigthings: (hurt)

MMM WHATCHA SAAAAY

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-05-14 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
[SUP GUYS DID YOU MISS HIM

Kouha stands in shock for a moment while his mind tries to catch up with what happened. And then he just...collapses to his knees, like a puppet with its strings cut. He doesn't scream, doesn't curse, doesn't show any reaction at all other than staring blankly forward as tears start to run down his cheeks.

He failed. He's worthless, he failed, he blew his only chance and now everyone in his world is going to die because of what a massive fuck-up he is. Not just his family, not just his country, but his entire world because he couldn't get this one damn thing right. Fighting's the only thing in his entire life that he's ever been able to do well, and he couldn't even last long enough to make any difference other than get an innocent girl killed.

He should have never asked to be saved. What the hell had he been thinking? He doesn't even know why he got the offer when it should have been Kouen, Koumei, anyone else because they wouldn't have fucked up as badly as he did, would have never even been killed in the first place. Even with so many lives depending on him, even when miraculously getting another chance to save them, he still couldn't do anything.

He's completely worthless, and now billions of people are going to die because of it. He doesn't know how he could have ever thought he was good enough in the first place.]
bloomnobly: official art ✿ ssib (✿ my father's angsty poetry)

[personal profile] bloomnobly 2014-05-14 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yuyuko simply reaches out to take Ema's hands in her own. ]

Don't even worry yourself over it. As upset as I am, [ though she sure doesn't look it ] it doesn't appear it was an effort in vain.

[ glancing back at Athena and co. rushing into the graveyard... ]

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
I should've realized that they don't want me dead anymore than I wanted them to die...

[Actually, Kaoru had more or less hinted as much--even described it as a benefit of her dying--but she's too beside herself to really think straight.]

And now with Maya... they're going to be so upset... and Lana will...

[How could she have agreed to this she is the worst.]
bloomnobly: official art ✿ ssib (✿ the sleeve thing)

MMMM THAT YOU ONLY MEANT WELLLLL

[personal profile] bloomnobly 2014-05-14 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yuyuko sits beside him, fanning herself. She'll wait till he gets his bearings before saying anything. IF, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T TRY TO SOCK HER OR YELL AT HER OR WHATEVER.

She...doesn't seem very angry, at least? ]
Edited 2014-05-14 06:15 (UTC)
vivillon: (in our brief lives)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-14 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
Kaoru was the one who convinced you to do it. And then--you saw what he did. He pushed you to do it.

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah she's not sure she can bear watching everyone's reactions to this.]

B-but I... I told him he could, he wasn't lying...
bloomnobly: memories of phantasm (✿ sideswipe)

[personal profile] bloomnobly 2014-05-14 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ said in her usual smiling face ] From what I've gathered, Kaoru-san is a slimy, manipulative, son of a wh-- [ catching herself ] Oh, dear, that's not proper to say.

He convinced you through clever wordplay, I'm guessing.

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
But I agreed to it! That makes it my fault, too!

[She has herself convinced of that much.]

I'm worse than useless. I'm dangerous and stupid.
bigthings: (hurt)

WELL OF COURSE YOU DIIIIIID

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-05-14 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, he's angry at her, furious, but it's all channeled back to self-hatred in the end. If he'd talked her out of it, killed her sooner, escaped while she was fighting Kaoru...so many mistakes, so many more ways he completely fucked up.

It takes him a long while to gather the energy to speak, and his voice comes out completely emotionless and empty.]


You knew what I was fighting for. Why couldn't you have just let me go?

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
...

[Earlier, she would've insisted that he hadn't. Now, though...]

Everyone here seems to think so.

But I still agreed to it.

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