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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: (hrmph)

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[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-05-04 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course I knew.

[Once she realized, she carefully manipulated the entire situation. The confusion, misleading others, refusing to confess to her identity, manipulating Iceland's anger and desire to protect Norway, pushing her cabinet to the last moment-- Youmu's personality had been lucky, but once it was revealed she manipulated that too to save herself.]
bigthings: (hurt)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-05-04 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Bullshit! There has to be a way - my people, my subordinates, my family...I'm their prince, I can't just sit back and watch--

[Kouha keeps slamming his fists against the barrier to the point where they'd undoubtedly be bleeding and broken if he was still alive. Eventually though, he runs out of strength and falls to his knees, sobbing violently.

For all his attitude and bravado, he's only eighteen after all. And his family and country means everything to him. He doesn't know who he is without them.]
bigthings: (frustrate)

[personal profile] bigthings 2014-05-04 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Am not! You're a ghost! [this doesn't even make sense anymore]
ladyofthehouse: (declarative)

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[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-05-04 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[The words are more heavily accented in her rage and she looks like she wants to spit. Her face darkens and the facade of carefully crafted politeness disappears entirely.]

Don't you dare speak to me like I had any choice. Was I supposed to allow myself to die for strangers, when I had a home that relied on me?

No one was going to be saved that day. They might have spared you out of their own ineptitude of figuring out who the culprit was had you not been so noble as to insist everyone vote for you. But don't stand there and regale me with how Herr Gavin was spared. No one was thinking like that during our case!

They had no intentions of saving you! They had no intentions of saving me! What did I do to deserve to come here to this vapid blank waste of space and die for something that happened centuries ago?

What was I going to do dead? I thought if I were alive I could do something-- Figure out something! [That's why she'd started talking to Iceland wasn't it? Tried to work through her guilt? Tried to stop the thing that was possessing her?

But once it became too late... he had no choice but...]
A-and all it did was... was get me killed in the end!
ladyofthehouse: (.....)

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[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-05-04 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I had a home...

I had people who needed me.

I didn't want to die. I didn't want to be possessed. I wanted time... I needed time. There had to have been a way to save me...

Why? Why? W...why couldn't someone... save me?
hakurouken: (✿ !!!!)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-05-04 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm a half... full phantom! There's a difference, I can say for certain that I'm not-

[Same appearance as when they were alive? Check. Lingering attatchements? Check. Still remaining in the world of the living? Well she's not in the netherworld.

Whelp]


I am a ghost.
vivillon: (we've managed to meet)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-04 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
{Her breath catches in her throat, and the hand on the door handle tightens.]

...I have to see what it is. [But now the door seems quite intimidating.]
hakurouken: (✿ Please don't agree with her)

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[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-05-04 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[She grit her teeth, trying to control her emotions. She wasn't going to get angry, she wasn't going to be upset. That was in the past and she had to put it past her and yet-]

How could they save you if they didn't know you needed to be saved.

It was your choice to suffer in silence and I'm sorry that things turned out the way they did. I didn't want anyone else to die, that's the only reason I put myself forward. We both payed for the decisions we made, but they were decisions we made!

We always had a choice, and you don't get to absolve responsibility from yourself because yours didn't turn out the way you wanted. If you were unaware at the time it would have been a different matter but...
Edited 2014-05-05 00:04 (UTC)
hakurouken: (✿ ......)

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[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-05-04 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[But here they were arguing in the landscape of someone's dying soul. Youmu looked Austria dead in the eye before turning away, maybe it would be better for them to take some time to calm down. After all, Austria still had the stress of the past few weeks culminate in a murder and Youmu had slowly been driven to frustration through guilt and loneliness]

They say the dead have no mouths, I suppose that might be true.

I'm sure you'll want some time alone, please excuse me.
hakurouken: (✿ Since you're going to the moon)

Graveyard roll call!

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-05-05 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
[It had been so long, they only had one more shadow left to get but then what?

Even since she found out what had happened to their worlds, what had happened at her trial, the frustration, guilt, anxiety and loneliness had been bubbling up inside of her only to leave her exhausted. For so long she debated with herself over whether she should try and contact the living and tell them about the door but when the windows started reflecting those images to the living there was no need.

And suddenly Youmu felt a strong resolve stirring inside her.

The dead have no mouths if they choose to keep them shut but Youmu was not about to stay silent, and neither should anyone else. After Austira's contact with the living she hurried through the hallways, calling out to those that had made themselves scarce]


Everyone! Now isn't the time for self pity and isolation! Your death is not the end and we still have work to do.

Come out! We can't change what's already happened but we can figure out what to do next. Let's meet in the tea room and talk this through. There'll be snacks at least!

[And snacks there will be. Youmu will lead anyone she finds to the tea room and set out a small array of Japanese style sweets and snacks for anyone that joins them later on. Once everything is settled she kneels down by the table]

It's been a tough few weeks and I'm sorry we all had to meet like this. I'm sure everyone's seen through the door by now, even the living have caught wind of what's going on.

I think we still might have a chance to break through, as Miss Austria and myself have proved it's still possible to contact the living through Miss Fey and now they're seeing things that only we could see. Whatever barrier there is between the living and dead might be weakening, I think it's still worth trying to push through. By all means, we should have been able to talk to them from the start.

I'm not sure what will happen to us when they find the last shadow, but if we were going to disappear I think it would have happened by now. We should do our best to figure out what's going on too.

ooc [Even if you haven't posted in the graveyard before feel free to tag. It would be great to get some more people active]
vivillon: (a world where all can be free)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-05 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[As the newest arrival, Serena is still pretty downcast, but she can appreciate the determination and the idea of doing something, so she ends up in the tea room, although she still doesn't have an appetite.]

What can we do from here? Is the door the only thing that we can see that they can't?
vivillon: (free to be who we will be)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-05 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Serena opens her mouth to say something--maybe I'm okay or it's fine, but neither of those things are true. In the end, all she has is a sad, fragile-looking smile.]

Thank you.
vivillon: (we've managed to meet)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-05 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Ikebana? [The word isn't familiar to her, so asking about something that seems like it will be relatively harmless seems like an alright thing to do while she calms down.]
hakurouken: (✿ 切る)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-05-05 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Besides each other, but the door itself wasn't important so much as what was behind it. If they're starting to see it too who's to say they won't start seeing the door itself, or even us.

If we keep trying to reach them we might be able to break through. Lady Yuyuko and Miss Fey are probably your best options since they have a high sense for spirits, but you might be able to reach your Pokemon as well.
hakurouken: (✿ Leave it to me)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-05-05 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
It's a type of flower arranging, I find it's good to keep calm and focused.

I can show you how, if you'd like.
vivillon: (in our brief lives)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-05 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Serena nods.] If I had one of my ghost-types here... But maybe Oracle or Lady. [Her Delphox and her Sylveon have always been sensitive. Delphox was her starter Pokemon, as well.] Do you think Sir Meowington would be able to see us?
vivillon: (free to be who we will be)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-05 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Serena nods and manages something of a smile, though it's obviously forced.] That would be nice. It sounds nice.
hakurouken: (✿ !?)

[personal profile] hakurouken 2014-05-05 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[It was something painfully obvious that she hadn't even considered until now]

I don't know, but it's definitely worth trying. That cat knows something and I wouldn't be surprised if he knows about what's happening to us as well.

If not someone should try and address him next time Maya channels someone. Being contacted by the dead might trigger something.
ladyofthehouse: (.....)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-05-05 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Austria can't argue this anymore. She waits for Youmu to leave, the door shutting behind her.]

...

[She stands alone in her dying home, a sob catching in her throat. It was hopeless. For her it'd always been hopeless.]

...

[She drops to the ground with a miserable cry, dissolving into tears.]
ladyofthehouse: (worrisome)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-05-05 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Austria folds her arms over her chest and averts her gaze. Watching him break down is very personal and discomforting, but she doesn't try to stop him.

Eventually she'll approach him with a handkerchief, crouching down beside him.]


If there is a way, it's not this.
ladyofthehouse: (accusatory)

[personal profile] ladyofthehouse 2014-05-06 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Austria sets down her things and joins Serena at the door. She'll grasp the handle as well.]

I insist on looking with you then.
bladebender: (DEADPAN ► :|)

[personal profile] bladebender 2014-05-07 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, damn it. One murder left and... she's dead. Great. Just wonderful.

She doesn't realize it until it's clear that no one is responding to her, which is... wow, she doesn't think she's ever wanted people to speak to her so much before. Then there's the door, and beyond it... the same thing she and Ty Lee had seen at the window. It's even more uncomfortable than it was in window form, so yeah slamming that shut.

It's all a lot for a girl to take in, and when anyone finds her wandering, she's at maximum conceal, don't feel deadpan. This is what she's always done, why should she stop now...? Not that anything matters now, OH WELL. ]


... Death is even more boring than life. [ HEAVY SIGHS

She'll also be following Ty Lee around during the case, unsurprisingly. ]
vivillon: (free to be who we will be)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-07 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Hi. [Serena smiles a little, but it seems more a matter of politeness than anything.] You know what's going on, right?
vivillon: (in our brief lives)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-07 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
It's something to try. Or maybe we could try getting the cat's attention during the next case?
bladebender: (DEADPAN ► thrilled)

[personal profile] bladebender 2014-05-07 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Hello. [ Mai's not smiling but uh she never does even when she's being polite so. ] It's pretty easy to assume that I've died. And that this is where all the dead people are... doing whatever it is the dead do.

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