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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.)
Graveyard roll call!
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]
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What can we do from here? Is the door the only thing that we can see that they can't?
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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.
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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.
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