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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.)
MMM WHATCHA SAAAAY
Kouha stands in shock for a moment while his mind tries to catch up with what happened. And then he just...collapses to his knees, like a puppet with its strings cut. He doesn't scream, doesn't curse, doesn't show any reaction at all other than staring blankly forward as tears start to run down his cheeks.
He failed. He's worthless, he failed, he blew his only chance and now everyone in his world is going to die because of what a massive fuck-up he is. Not just his family, not just his country, but his entire world because he couldn't get this one damn thing right. Fighting's the only thing in his entire life that he's ever been able to do well, and he couldn't even last long enough to make any difference other than get an innocent girl killed.
He should have never asked to be saved. What the hell had he been thinking? He doesn't even know why he got the offer when it should have been Kouen, Koumei, anyone else because they wouldn't have fucked up as badly as he did, would have never even been killed in the first place. Even with so many lives depending on him, even when miraculously getting another chance to save them, he still couldn't do anything.
He's completely worthless, and now billions of people are going to die because of it. He doesn't know how he could have ever thought he was good enough in the first place.]
MMMM THAT YOU ONLY MEANT WELLLLL
She...doesn't seem very angry, at least? ]
WELL OF COURSE YOU DIIIIIID
It takes him a long while to gather the energy to speak, and his voice comes out completely emotionless and empty.]
You knew what I was fighting for. Why couldn't you have just let me go?
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[ which...is only half-true, really. she's not really sure how Gensokyo's border collapsing would affect the people in the Outside World, but at the very least several hundred thousands would die, if not the billions of the Outside World ]
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I wouldn't have attacked you if you'd just let me go. [And it's true. Kouha might be hotblooded, but he isn't an idiot and he isn't cruel for no reason. He had no intention of attacking someone dangerous or someone who had just as much to fight for as he did. But when that barrier went up, when the conversation had grown more and more aggressive...his desperation took over.]
gomen 4 mountain of edits from me omfg
[ a small pause. her own voice is starting to sound rather hollow itself. her next question just sounds curious, no trace of vindication ]
What were you planning on doing? Escaping back to your own world with her body?
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NO WAIT YES SHE WILL ] That was incredibly foolish.
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