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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 2014-04-21 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure, but I soon found out it's the kind of power we have in this place.

Maybe you could try making something better, you definitely know more about coffee than I do. I don't know exactly how it works but if you will for something it normally comes to you.

[She looks over to the wakizashi on the floor and goes to pick it up, inspecting it for marks before putting it back in its sheath]

It doesn't seem to work for objects much larger than this though.
ladyofthehouse: (heart throb)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-21 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[She can feel coffee grounds in her teeth--ugh.]

Will for something... [Sure. Why not. She'll hold out her hand and will for a cup of einspänner]

Oh!

[...She could actually get used to this.]
hakurouken: (✿ We'll find the culprit quickly)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-22 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh! She got it quite quickly]

What is that? Some kind of dessert?

[It wasn't like the coffee she'd seen people pouring in the morning. In fact it has Youmu quite curious]
ladyofthehouse: (hmm?)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-22 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Austria is a master of willing things. Centuries of demands masterfully delegated to others!]

Einspänner. It's Viennese coffee; double espresso, stretched with water and topped with whipped cream.

Would you like one? [She'll make another pop into her opposing hand and offer it to Youmu.]
hakurouken: (✿ !?)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-22 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay that made almost no sense to her but Youmu gratefully accepts it. Somehow it feels like a peace offering]

Thank-you very much.

[It takes her a moment to try and figure out how to drink it but after taking a sip Youmu seems quite surprised by it]

It's very rich, but somehow I was expecting it to be sweeter. Do you drink this a lot in your home?
ladyofthehouse: (coffee party)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-22 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh she forgot spoons. Here take one.]

You're welcome.

Ja. I have a strong appreciation for good coffee. It's quite central to my culture.
hakurouken: (✿ Uh no...)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-23 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
Your profile said you were a nation didn't it? It must be important to keep that culture going then...

[Ever since she mentioned home Youmu just felt worse and worse. It was something she definitely had to tell Austria about but she wasn't sure how she would take it]

Listen, I'm really sorry about everything you've been through and I don't mean to make things worse but there's something I need to tell you.

Your home might not be there anymore...
ladyofthehouse: (flustered)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-23 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
I'd feared the worst if I were to die... [She'd been terrified about what that meant regarding things back home, hence why she'd done her best to sabotage her case, to see if there'd been a way to spare herself entirely.

That didn't exactly pan out.]


What would you know of that though? [She hadn't mentioned those things to anyone publicly.]
hakurouken: (✿ 切る)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-23 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
There's something I didn't tell you about when I contacted you through Miss Fey.

[Mostly because she hadn't seen it for herself at the time, having spent the first few days of her death trying to get through to Yuyuko. Since then she's been wondering if she should have gone back to tell the others]

There's a door in the main room, when I went through it I suddenly realised why we're still trapped here, why we hadn't passed onto the afterlife as usual. Every time someone died the door went to somewhere new, I suspect you might see your home if you were to look through...
ladyofthehouse: (supicious)

1/3

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-25 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
My home? [There's obviously something wrong with this door, but--] I can see how my people have been then?

[Austria will calmly set her cup down and get up.]

If you'll excuse me for just a moment, Frau Konpaku?
ladyofthehouse: (running)

2/3

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-25 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[And as soon as she's sure she's stepped outside of Youmu's range of sight, Austria frantically bolts for the main room and the new door that has appeared in it.

Being able to suddenly pass through obstacles is only mildly startling really.]
...!!
ladyofthehouse: (flustered)

3/3

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-25 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
W...what... where would this have come from...? [Austria skids to a stop, breathing heavily. The addition of the new door is very hard to miss, but it seems quite strange that something that looks like it'd been here this entire time was not visible to anyone while they were alive.]

[Austria grabs at the handle, taking a moment to try to straighten herself up before opening the door. Given how Austria doesn't run very quickly to begin with, Youmu's had plenty of time to catch up with her if she'd like.]
hakurouken: (✿ Since you're going to the moon)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-25 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait! Miss Austria!

[Youmu hurried after her, afraid that she might have misinterpreted. There was a door, yes and she could see her home as well but the point of telling her was to give her warning. She quickly arrived before Austria had a chance to see what was beyond]

I have to warn you before you go through, what you see might alarm you. I don't know where it came from or why the living can't see it but I believe Sir Meowington wasn't lying when he said we willingly paid a price to come here...
ladyofthehouse: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=18237858 (you've made things uncomfortable)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-26 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Austria huffs, looking agitated.] ... I would never willing give up what was taken from me.

Regardless, it's my responsibility to know what is going on at home. So if this will show me then it's necessary I look.

You are welcome to join me if you'd like, but I will not be deterred.
bigthings: (frustrate)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-04-27 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[LATE BUT after Kouha realizes he can now suddenly walk through walls and that everyone is being SUPER RUDE and ignoring him, he starts wandering around the building, looking confused. Ghosts aren't really a thing where he comes from.]

Helloooooooo? What the hell's going on? Can anyone hear me? Stop ignorin' me, you jerks!
ladyofthehouse: (dead pan)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-27 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh I doubt I could ignore a voice so obnoxiously brash even if I tried.

[How she envies the living.]
bigthings: (wtf)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-04-27 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[well seeing as how the last time he saw Austria did not go down well for her...]

What the hell?! How are you still alive?
ladyofthehouse: (oh?)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-27 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Is that anyway to greet someone you haven't spoken to in weeks? [Because her latest words to him were so much more polite by comparison.]

Hm. [Breaking the news will be difficult and probably terribly time consuming. Maybe she'll just leave that to Youmu.]

Coffee?
bigthings: (blech)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-04-27 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
I don't want any of your poisoned evil tentacle coffee! How many times do we gotta kill ya bastards before you stay down?! [Kouha is usually a little quicker on the uptake than this, but considering the circumstances, he's very much in a 'kill first ask questions later' mood.]

--wait, where the fuck is my sword?
Edited 2014-04-27 06:11 (UTC)
ladyofthehouse: (HISSSSSS)

1/2

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-27 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Austria bristles. Like she'd ever compromise the integrity of her complex quality coffees with something as rudimentary as poison.

The nerve.]


Suit yourself.
ladyofthehouse: (hair flick)

2/2

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-27 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
I imagine it'd be where ever you left it last.








You know, prior to your untimely demise.
bigthings: (whine)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-04-27 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
It was right by my bed, I could have sworn I picked it up! I never go anywhere without it!

What are you talking about? [Ghosts don't really exist in his world and he still has no idea what the shit was happening with Maya and Youmu, he's going to need this to be spelled out.]
hakurouken: (✿ Leave it to me)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-27 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
They can't hear you, heavens knows I've tried. But if you want to get through to anyone, Miss Fey and Lady Yuyuko are probably your best bet.

[In fact guess who Youmu can be found trailing most of the time]

It's been a while, Mr. Ren.
hakurouken: (✿ Uh no...)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-27 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I understand... I think it's important for you to see, I just didn't want you to get the wrong impression.

[Youmu will follow her in, curious to see if the state of Austria's world is any different to hers]
ladyofthehouse: (dead pan)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-27 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You're dead.

Everyone acknowledging you is dead, everyone ignoring you is alive and has no idea you are even present anymore. The only things you can interact with are the things the dead will into being.

If you'd like to assault me you'll have to utilize something different than your preferred sword. Frau Konpaku's procured a small sword for herself, if you need help I'm sure she'll assist. I believe her coffee is entirely more lethal by comparison, but I digress.
Edited (belated typo noticed) 2014-04-27 21:29 (UTC)

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