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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.)
obeytherod: (MALIK  ‣  suspicious)

[personal profile] obeytherod 2014-05-13 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
The vote isn't any better. Whoever takes the initiative deserves what they get, whether it's victory or defeat.

[Unless they hurt Harriet, in which case they deserve to be torn to shreds.]
vivillon: (a world where all can be free)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-13 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
You shouldn't say things like that. [She won't point out that Harriet could walk through the door just as easily as anyone else, but...] None of them seem to trust Sir Meowington, but they're all doing what he wants.
obeytherod: (MALIK  ‣  profile hmph)

[personal profile] obeytherod 2014-05-13 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll say whatever he wants!!]

It doesn't look like they have any other choice. Enough of them are desperate to do it, and that means the rest are doomed to following suit.

...What did Klavier call it? "The Prisoner's Dilemma". It's like that.
vivillon: (in our brief lives)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-13 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
I was hoping they would want to go against the cat more than they would want to go against each other. [NO SUCH LUCK.]

It's a little like The Prisoner's Dilemma, but we don't know what happens if no one gives anything up--if no one kills anyone or votes for anyone. So I can understand why people would be desperate, but...
obeytherod: (MALIK  ‣  this isn't good)

[personal profile] obeytherod 2014-05-13 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
The cat is their only known way out of here. Going against him might just get everybody killed; not that I like the idea of just following orders.

[And now it looks like Kaoru isn't going to die. Great.]

If anything, we should be the ones voting!
vivillon: (in our brief lives)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-13 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think Sir Meowington cares about us at all at this point. [As much as he's ever cared about anything.]
obeytherod: (MALIK  ‣  you dare defy me?)

[personal profile] obeytherod 2014-05-13 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
You think he ever cared about us in the first place? [Because he sure as hell doesn't.]
vivillon: (a world where all can be free)

[personal profile] vivillon 2014-05-13 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
I mean it relatively. He's still talking to everyone who's alive, at least. [Sometimes.]
obeytherod: (MALIK  ‣  I hope this works)

[personal profile] obeytherod 2014-05-13 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure it's only because he's glad to finally be close to getting rid of us.