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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.)
hakurouken: (✿ Uh no...)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-05-14 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Miss Fey...

[Having just come back from an emotional reunion herself Youmu can't help but be tearful but for Maya's sake she tries to bite them back as much as possible. She wasn't used to comforting people who were that emotional but she can't stand by and do nothing. Gently she touches Maya's shoulder and if Maya needs someone to cling to and cry on she's all hers]
acemedium: tenderly touches pretzelhair (this is too cute for stupid keywords)

[personal profile] acemedium 2014-05-14 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[if you're offering prepare to have her bury her face right in your chest and cry]
bloomnobly: nanaroku • pixiv id 7463 (✿ guh?)

[personal profile] bloomnobly 2014-05-14 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ GO FOR IT, THAT WAY HER LARGE TRACKS OF LAND WILL BE USEFUL FOR ONCE i mean come on a ghost with boobs

She just pats Maya's back and tries to hum something soothing. ]
acemedium: (Boobnap the sequel)

[personal profile] acemedium 2014-05-14 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ghostboobs are her specialty]

It won't take her long to calm down, in any case, especially with other people around, so after a minute or two her sobs die down to a sniffle]

[And it also dawns on her--]


Y-You... died?
acemedium: idr where this puppy gag even came from (But I wanted a puppy)

[personal profile] acemedium 2014-05-14 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[NICE TRY, EMA]

[She will actually stop crying momentarily to stare hard, horrified!!]


E-Ema?
bloomnobly: nio nakatani • pixiv id 123216 (IN ✿ oh well about that!)

[personal profile] bloomnobly 2014-05-14 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, yeah, Maya had already channeled Kouha when she walked in, didn't she...Yuyuko looks a bit sheepish. ]

Second time's the charm. But don't worry about me.
ladyofthehouse: (oh dear)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-05-14 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
... [This has really been the most distressing day so far. After all that effort to talk Maya down from being self sacrificial and this is how it ultimately ends regardless? Austria will offer Maya her handkerchief.]

Would you like a tissue... Maya?

[Addressing a crying child in her usual manner seems too cold even for her.]
obeytherod: (CLOAK  ‣  no funny business)

[personal profile] obeytherod 2014-05-14 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
... [Try getting eaten alive by some malicious spirit, along with everything else. He wants to call her stupid for what she did.

Actually, the urge is overwhelming. He just wants to take out his own despair on anyone around him, in one miserable shockwave.]


That's what you get for summoning someone like Kouha. [He's got far less bite than usual.]

Too bad you couldn't take out that bastard Kaoru instead.

[personal profile] scientificinvestigator 2014-05-14 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[BUSTED.

Ema stops, her eyes getting a bit wider. Now that Maya knows she's here, she has to say something! Something smart that'll convey how truly sorry she is for being the catalyst that set all of this off and for letting Kaoru talk her into doing something before discussing it with everyone and for getting Maya killed.]


...yeah.

Hi.

[Brilliance, right there.]
bloomnobly: official art ✿ ssib (✿ buddy even i don't get to fuck the fla)

[personal profile] bloomnobly 2014-05-14 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she still looks emotionally drained, but manages a smile ]

I hope the rod won't be too heavy. [ because who's betting they're both going to get smacked with it ]
hakurouken: (✿ Leave it to me)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-05-14 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure she would get an extra heavy one just for us.

[Something halfway between a sob and a laugh bubbles up from her throat and she shifts into a kneeling position. It's still a little hard to look Yuyuko in the eye completely but occasionally she'll catch her gaze]

I've missed you...
acemedium: idr where this puppy gag even came from (But I wanted a puppy)

[personal profile] acemedium 2014-05-14 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[That helps! Honestly, in between all this comfort and Malik being a jerk, she's calming down pretty quickly]

S-Sorry... It's just been kind of a rough day, that's all.
hakurouken: (✿ Leave it to me)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-05-14 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
O-Of course, you've been through a lot.

[Youmu rubs her back in small circles, even though a lot of the others have been trying to make Maya feel better she deserves all the comfort she can get]

But I wanted to thank you for all you've done for us. You've been very brave.
acemedium: idr where this puppy gag even came from (But I wanted a puppy)

[personal profile] acemedium 2014-05-14 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's calming down pretty quickly, so she wipes her eyes, sniffles, nods, and reaches out to take it]

S-Sorry, I didn't mean to fall apart....
acemedium: direct response to the Meekins icon (do not want)

[personal profile] acemedium 2014-05-14 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, well. After the day she's had, after the weeks she's had, after she'd tried to save her best to save Malik even though he's a massive jerk with an evil split personality who she suspected tried to knife her that]

[was the wrong thing to say, buddy]

[She's going to close the distance between him, reach up, and punch him as hard in his exposed midriff as she possibly can]

[WHICH ISN'T THAT HARD, BUT YOU KNOW]


Shut up, you stupid jerk! Kouha tried his best! [He saved Ema, she thinks!!]
bloomnobly: pixiv id 1882507 (✿ sobbing)

[personal profile] bloomnobly 2014-05-14 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't even fathom it.

[ she looks down at her hands for a moment, trembling

And scoops Youmu up in the tightest hug possible without hurting her. For the first time since she arrived in this horrid place, she allows herself to cry without constraint. ]


I'm sorry...I'm so sorry I couldn't save you. I should have tried harder, should have approached it from a logical standpoint, I-- [ the fact that her inability to save Youmu was used as a trial example is finally starting to catch up to her ]

I'm sorry about so many things...
acemedium: seriously ): I have feet. It's a problem (My feet depress me)

[personal profile] acemedium 2014-05-14 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah she really has no idea that it's actually her fault Yuyuko is dead, woops]

Oh.... I'm so sorry.
bloomnobly: nio nakatani • pixiv id 123216 (TD ✿ victory!)

[personal profile] bloomnobly 2014-05-14 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ AND SHE IS NOT MALIK so there's no way in hell she's telling Maya about that chain of events, so ]

It's alright, dear. Concentrate on yourself for now, yes?
obeytherod: (MALIK  ‣  back off!)

[personal profile] obeytherod 2014-05-14 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't even care. He takes the hit and stumbles back a little, wringing his hair in frustration. Right now, he looks like he might start crying too.

Pathetic... All of this was pathetic. She was pathetic, and he felt pathetic.]


Don't you get it?! You foolish girl--he let Ema die, he killed Yuyuko, and he tried to steal your body! Stop being grateful!! I'd have rather had you live then fucking Kaoru.
bigthings: (hurt)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-05-14 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, Kouha's not going to approach her. He doesn't even seem to notice that she's arrived. He's just staring blankly out at the place where she had fallen after Kaoru stabbed her, his eyes completely dead and empty.]
hakurouken: (✿ ......)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-05-14 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[It does hurt a little, not because it's too tight but because this is not the way she wanted to see Yuyuko again. But Youmu still wraps her arms around her and doesn't let go. She takes in the feeling of her hands on her back, her hair against her cheek and the sobs that convulse through her body.

お帰りなさい]


N-No, please don't. I-it was just as much my fault, if I wasn't so self-sacrificing, If I just thought a little more...

I just wanted to see you again, for you to see me again so please... Don't be sorry. I don't think we were ever meant to win.
acemedium: (What is this I don't even)

[personal profile] acemedium 2014-05-14 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay but what the hell]

--What?!

[That stops her short]
acemedium: she's sad because i'm bad at keywords tbh (You promised me a puppy)

[personal profile] acemedium 2014-05-14 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Once she's calmed down and smacked a bitch (Malik), she'll approach him, quietly.]

Kouha...?
obeytherod: (MALIK  ‣  profile hmph)

[personal profile] obeytherod 2014-05-14 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
... [He'll take this moment to recompose himself. Dying is hard, okay.]

You heard me.
bigthings: (hurt)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-05-14 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[It takes him a while to respond, but he eventually does, though his voice is as expressionless as his face.]

...I'm sorry I couldn't save Ema and got you killed. [And he does mean it, in a distant sort of way. He'd tried his best to keep the both of them alive and he failed. Just one more way he fucked up to add to the massive pile already.]

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