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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.)
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I was just as foolish, challenging both of them at once. If there's even a hair's width of a chance of us returning to Gensokyo unscathed, I'm going to get the world's worst tongue-lashing from Enma-sama. [ man, even she doesn't like Eiki's lectures ] So if you absolutely must blame yourself...at least realize you're not the only one at fault.
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[For a moment she stays silent before letting out a shaking breath. Shyly, Youmu looks up. In all the emotion somehow it hadn't quite clicked that they were together again. She could be seen and heard and a small smile creeps onto her face]
You... You always did lack a little caution.
Heh, you and me both I guess. I don't think you'll be the only one being lectured.
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I hope the rod won't be too heavy. [ because who's betting they're both going to get smacked with it ]
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[Something halfway between a sob and a laugh bubbles up from her throat and she shifts into a kneeling position. It's still a little hard to look Yuyuko in the eye completely but occasionally she'll catch her gaze]
I've missed you...
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[ she looks down at her hands for a moment, trembling
And scoops Youmu up in the tightest hug possible without hurting her. For the first time since she arrived in this horrid place, she allows herself to cry without constraint. ]
I'm sorry...I'm so sorry I couldn't save you. I should have tried harder, should have approached it from a logical standpoint, I-- [ the fact that her inability to save Youmu was used as a trial example is finally starting to catch up to her ]
I'm sorry about so many things...
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お帰りなさい]
N-No, please don't. I-it was just as much my fault, if I wasn't so self-sacrificing, If I just thought a little more...
I just wanted to see you again, for you to see me again so please... Don't be sorry. I don't think we were ever meant to win.
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It takes her a few minutes to actually reply, to calm her breathing enough to speak. Her voice is quiet. ]
I feel like a child again...why give us such false hope if half of us were doomed from the start...Never have I felt so useless.
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[Her grip relaxes a little but she still stays resting against Yuyuko]
We shouldn't have been messing with the natural order in the first place, maybe it's what we deserve...
...
No, that cat is the one to blame.