faentasy | GRAVEYARD PT. II

GRAVEYARD

The world is black. And then you blink at your plate.

A portion of your favorite dish greets your eyes, albeit in a form you may never have seen it in before. Encased in a thick, wobbling layer of multi-colored gelatin, the food you know and love now sits suspended in its protein-based enclosure as an eccentric re-imagining of the dish. Furthermore, it only takes a glance to see that the rest of the dining table's spread shares this same theme, as every single dish, sweet or savory, finds itself victim to a jiggling Jell-o jail.

Still, you won't have much time to take this all in before a quiet, high-pitched giggling makes its way to your ears, only crescendoing in volume the longer you sit in this oh-so-familiar dining room. It doesn't take much to find the source of the sound either; unlike the other side, this place is absolutely teeming with fairies to the point where the fluttering of their iridescent wings is clearly audible behind the din of their laughter. As you come to your senses, dozens and dozens of beady eyes watch with their tiny faces stretched out in a wide grin, before speaking in unison.

"Welcome, we can't wait to serve you!"

As the fairies erupt in raucous laughter all around you, at least one more thing is readily apparent: however you met your end, your body is completely whole again. You also have company at the table with you, although whether it's desirable company or not may depend on the circumstances surrounding your death.

In any case, there's nothing stopping anyone from leaving the dining room and roaming freely as usual, and most of the same areas that were available to you on the other side are still present here, albeit with some differences. And though your life may have been stolen from you, it still looks like you have a part in this tale, somehow, someway.

So, will you let your story finish here, or will you write your own ending?

[Welcome to the Graveyard! This is part 2 of the GY post for Weeks 6 and 7. The previous post for Weeks 2-5 is linked above. Please also view the GY doc linked above for a full rundown of the basics. You may also still submit for items and gacha rolls using the GY shop post.]

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[You can't read his answer if you're looking at the ground?]

What for

[She does peer up again to see his reply.]

For... For killing Gin. I know it was a shock to people, and there was no way to explain myself...

Oh I just assumed you had a good reason for it

[!!!!!!!!]

I really did try! That is... um...

I suspected Zola, but I thought that if we held the party that first week, it would be harder for anyone to act. But then she killed Samidare, so I thought I'd made a mistake by not acting on my suspicions. I thought that if I could kill Gin and pin it on someone else unsavory, I could make things safer, but...

[It's the quick, rambling talk of someone who's had to explain this multiple times, but is currently trying to go on fast-forward in a rush to get it all out.]

I'm sorry. Usually I have detailed profiles. I'm... not very good for anything outside of murder.

That's not true You made me and Tenn happy You didn't have to do any murder for that

...I didn't think me killing would make you happy. But in my country, it's often necessary to remove terrorists who intend to harm innocent civilians that way.

I'd hoped that it would make things safer for you two. But... by the time I returned, Riku was already at my doorstep. That... was when I began to realize I couldn't protect people the same way I could in my own country.

[Ah. He'd thought it completely understandable that she was worried about Riku having gone to her for help and her not having heard him, but knowing she was out at the time... Ouch.]

You still were trying to do your best the way that you knew how I'm not angry with you