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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.)
ladyofthehouse: (damsel)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-27 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[The world beyond the doors is most certainly Austria's home, but there's a quality of unfamiliarity. Her City of Music is now unsettling silent, aside from the heels of her boots clacking hesitantly on the cobblestones.

There's small traces of life. She knows her country has not been abandoned, but there's an deniable emptiness she can sense that someone else might not recognize. Her industry has become practically non-existent. Her influence on the world has dwindled to nothing. Her people have grown weak and aged, with no one to inherit her lands or to pass on their culture.

Her country is dying. A slow, gentle death...

She is dying.]


This... can't be.
Edited 2014-04-27 21:12 (UTC)
bigthings: (wtf)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-04-27 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
What?

[He's just kind of staring at her, too shocked to be angry...yet.]

No, that's stupid! If I was dead, how come I'm walkin' around and talkin' to ya right now?
bigthings: (wtf)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-04-27 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)












What the fuck.
ladyofthehouse: (oh?)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-27 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
How?

That's a good question. [She doesn't have the answer to that one.] If you figure out the answer, please do let the rest of us know.
hakurouken: (✿ Uh no...)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-28 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Somehow Youmu was expecting a much more shocking scene but the area held a calm yet quiet atmosphere. In fact, it was a stillness that was eerily familiar to her and she began to understand]

You're a little like me, aren't you? Part of your soul exists outside of your body...

This is it, isn't it?

[Youmu couldn't claim to completely understand the concept of national personifications but she tried to make sense of the situation in simple terms. Anxiously she glanced over]

Are you alright, Miss Austria?
hakurouken: (✿ I thought you didn't like sparrows)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-28 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's a very good question!]

Hey, there's no need to talk like that to me too!

[She's still pretty ticked off at the way he was arguing with Yuyuko earlier but it was probably best to be polite when greeting the newly deceased. Death could be a shock after all and-]

...

You do realise you're dead, don't you?
ladyofthehouse: (desolate)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-28 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Austria stares out, watching an older destitute woman pan handle on the corner.]

They are it. I exist for them.

Without them, there is no need for me.
vivillon: (we've managed to meet)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-04-30 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Serena is walking around in something like stunned silence. She has only guesses, of course, but she's found herself following her very distressed-looking Sylveon, though the poor thing doesn't seem to be able to see her.

Even the presence of the door doesn't seem of interest to her in comparison to how her Pokemon are acting.]
hakurouken: (✿ Uh no...)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-30 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
[The moment she saw the body she knew she had to find Serena. The murders were getting worse and she was the last person to deserve anything like that. Youmu didn't have to look far, as her Sylveon seemed to run right through her]

Miss Serena?

[Remembering how Kouha first reacted she raised her hands, trying to come off as non-threatening as possible]

Please don't be alarmed...
vivillon: (a world where all can be free)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-04-30 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Serena's eyes flick over to Youmu--which is enough of an answer as to what happened, she thinks, having seen Youmu before via Maya and having heard what she had to say.

Youmu only holds her interest for a moment, though, because she's instead watching Sylveon come running back with her bag.]


I'm not. [And it's true, because she feels a little numb, really.]
hakurouken: (✿ 切る)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-30 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Youmu's not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but everyone has their own way of dealing]

I'm so sorry about what happened...

Are you still hurt?
vivillon: (in our brief lives)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-04-30 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'm alright. [Not hurt, at least. But her current concern is made a little more evident when, even knowing her Sylveon has passed through her twice now, she reaches out to try and pet Lady and soothe her wailing. Of course it doesn't work.]

I can't protect them like this, though. [She'd been worried, when Widget had been smashed, that the things possessing people might do something to her Pokemon, and now she couldn't even try to do anything about it.]
hakurouken: (✿ Uh no...)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-30 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure the others will do their best, they all understand how serious this is.

[But Youmu can't help but share the sentiment. Even if she can defend herself just fine she worries every day that something terrible will befall Yuyuko. Looking from Serena's body to her ghost only makes her feel more listless]

You must be tired, do you want anything to drink?
vivillon: (in our brief lives)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-04-30 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Something to drink...? [Serena looks over at Youmu, confused.] I haven't been able to touch anything.
bigthings: (frustrate)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-04-30 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
The answer's obviously 'cause I ain't dead! [which does not explain how Austria and Youmu are alive but YOU KNOW WHAT WHATEVER]
bigthings: (frustrate)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-04-30 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
No I ain't! I'm still walkin' and talkin', aren't I? Dead people return to the Rukh, everyone knows that!
ladyofthehouse: (time)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-30 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose you would know about the state of your own existence far better than I would. Who am I to say you're dead when you are quite sure of your livelihood? [If he 's arguing so diligently he must be sure, yes?]

Although you should let Herr Sohma know, he seems terribly upset about the entire misunderstanding.

[Really she couldn't care less, but she's quite sure that Ritsu ignoring any attempt at Kouha trying to talk to him would send the message loud and clear.]
ladyofthehouse: (side profile)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-04-30 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Well that certainly wouldn't have been who she would have picked, not that she would have been in control of her facilities to object. Although perhaps the thing possessing her would have agreed with the selection. It's a little sickening to think about.]

Frau Serena.

[Austria keeps her distance. She's been distinctly unpopular with others and has no desire to add to Serena's troubles. A sixteen year old girl being hacked up like that... it's revolting.]
bigthings: (whine)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-04-30 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Fine, I will! [HUFFING he goes and tries to get Ritsu's attention and fails miserably, even after he's punched the guy about ten or twenty times.]

...so what, we're on a different plane of existence now? [STILL NOT ACCEPTING IT this is not how ghosts work in his world okay!]
vivillon: (we've managed to meet)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-04-30 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Serena looks over at Austria. She's still confused, but Austria seems to be acting normal enough--though she's not sure what that means about where the shadow things are going when they're killed.]

Hi. Are you alright?
hakurouken: (✿ Uh no...)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-30 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[At the very least Austria's death would have been peaceful if she stayed, or Youmu hopes it would have been. She gets the feeling that everyone who had died so far had gone before their time, herself included]

I wonder why this is happening. It seems strange for so many worlds to be in peril like this...
hakurouken: (✿ Leave it to me)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-30 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
It seems to be a new power we have here, the ability to will things into existence.

[At her hip rests a small wakizashi and Youmu presents it, still sheathed as an example]

For instance, I created this sword when I thought I might need to protect myself. It doesn't seem to work on items much larger than this though...

hakurouken: (✿ I thought you didn't like sparrows)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-04-30 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
What? I don't know what you're talking about!

The dead go to be judged and then get sent to heaven, hell, or the netherworld for reincarnation. The only reason we're still here is because the Hakurei border was destroyed and the netherworld went along with the rest of Gensokyo.
ladyofthehouse: (.....)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-05-01 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[As far as Austria's concerned, 2014 is definitely before her time. She could have rectified this! Somehow.]

...What happened to your world?

[Austria reaches out to the woman, but her hands slip straight through.]

...
ladyofthehouse: (worrisome)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-05-01 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
If that explanation pleases you, then ja.

[Austria doesn't particularly care to argue over minute details.]

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