the graveyard

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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.)

Comments

New arrival thanks to manipulation and stupidity!

[scientificinvestigator]

[After this happens and Ema dies from massive blood loss and trauma, she's surprised to find herself back in her bed. Instinctively, she pats herself down and finds herself to be whole. She then reaches over to move the bed curtain aside and realizes that she's also incorporeal.

Under any other circumstances, Ema would take the time to explore and examine her new surroundings and test various hypotheses about her currently-dead state.

As things are, however, the first thing she does is bolt through the walls to the greenhouse so that she can watch what's going on there. If she passes anyone along the way, she doesn't notice them.]

[vivillon]

Ema! [Serena is here, still watching everything and looking pretty horrified.] Why did you--you could have lived!

[scientificinvestigator]

I-I...

[Seeing the mess that it's caused, she's beginning to think that sacrificing herself like this was perhaps not the best idea.]

I'm sorry. I thought it might help...

[vivillon]

[Serena is going to hug her--she didn't talk to Ema much, but considering what's happening around them in the greenhouse, Ema might need one.]

You were just trying to help. I was hoping everyone would find a way to get everyone left out.

[scientificinvestigator]

[Ema's not going to turn a hug down at this point.]

We're just... everyone feels so backed into a corner, and I was talking to Kaoru, and...

[It still hasn't fully dawned on her that she was more or less manipulated into this.]

We hoped that we could get the cat to appear and we could trap it somehow.

[vivillon]

I heard. [She frowns, looking at Kaoru and Maya-turned-Kouha.] But if Kaoru wanted to do something like that, he should have discussed it with everyone.

[scientificinvestigator]

And we would've fought about it like we did earlier today.

[But Serena does have a point.]

...this whole thing's a mess.

[vivillon]

Maybe things won't go much further than they've gone already. [Maybe... The greenhouse doesn't lock, after all.]

--Oh, if you want something to eat or drink, you can summon it just by thinking about what you want. And there's a door in the main room--the one Austria mentioned. But you can look at that later.

[bladebender]

Welcome to the afterlife, what little there is.

[ Not hugely sympathetic at all. What a great welcoming committee. ]

[scientificinvestigator]

[It's not like Ema expected anything else.]

Thanks, I guess.

[obeytherod]

Long time no see.

[See, it's funny because he just died and now so did she. Oh wait, it's not funny at all. He's just standing there, smirking bitterly.]

[scientificinvestigator]

[Ema can't bring herself to return the smile, however bitter it may be. She's too overwhelmed.]

Nice to see you, too.

[obeytherod]

At least it was painless, right?

[Now he's really looking bitter.] I can't say I had such luck.

[scientificinvestigator]

I-I'm sorry...

[She wasn't one of the ones who tried to stop him from taking matters into his own hands don't be mad at her!]

[obeytherod]

[He's not really mad at her, it's just...annoying! He asked for one thing...

But he won't push her on it any further.]

...I wonder who else will join us before voting day.

[scientificinvestigator]

It had better not be Maya.

[Kaoru promised.]

[hakurouken]

Do you really think his plan will work?

[Youmu was not in the greenhouse, but rather met on the way. It was clear where she came from though and she seems sort of rushed]

[scientificinvestigator]

It was worth a shot, even if it's not a guarantee. We had to try something.

[So, hopeful but not optimistic.]

[hakurouken]

You're either really brave or really stupid to go along with it but I commend your commitment.

[At the same time, she can't help but be wary. Kaoru especially gives her a bad vibe]

Do you know who else he'll be going after?

[scientificinvestigator]

I'm not stupid.

[She was kind of stupid agreeing to this.]

I don't. He came and talked to me specifically. He mentioned not going after other people from my world [kind of], but other than that... I really don't know.

[hakurouken]

I see...

[Well that narrows down nothing]

Everyone else is in the greenhouse, you should go.

[And Youmu runs past. It's not difficult to guess that she'd going to find Yuyuko]

[scientificinvestigator]

Thanks. I'm on my way there.

[Ema continues her journey to the greenhouse, hoping that things haven't gone totally wrong...]

1/2

[ladyofthehouse]

...

[Ema... why. Austria would chastise her, but really...]

2/2

[ladyofthehouse]

...That man truly is despicable!

[Despising Kaoru is so much more apropos.]

[scientificinvestigator]

H-he's just...

[Ema's not even sure anymore.]

I did say it was okay...