GRAVEYARD PT. II

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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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SUNDAY MEETING because so much is happening, y'all - GENERAL STORE

[mathodical]

[ sometime after liam has said hello to jack and has watched the first(?) of many murders probably occurring he'll take his leave because there is Work to be done, y'all.

the veterans probably know this by now (and samidare is probably good at corralling everyone to the general store since they have no time to lose) so by the time they all get to the general store, there's some pastries from the bakery, lots of cookies from the Stress Baking Party (tm), bottles of water, stationery, one (1) football sized dull crystal that has completely lost its glow, and william is shuffling papers behind one of the tables where all this is set up. super organised, y'all. ]

We have no time to lose. Too much has happened in the past week and if what Ferry [ general nod in the shopkeeper fairy's direction!! ] said last week holds true, there's only one week left before everything starts to... come to an end.

[ insert brief tl;dr about how breaking the seals means we get our bodies back and a potential way out, more for the newly dead than the veterans, tbh! ]

[ there's absolutely so much happening here. so. onward! ]

INVESTIGATION/EXPLORATION RESULTS

[mathodical]

[ please share any important info about void-chan here thank u ]

A group of us met Ferry at the peach museum, where we were tasked to retrieve one of the crystals [ and here he'll gesture at the crystal currently on the table ] that is holding the place together with some kind of magic. As you can see, it's not glowing now, but when we retrieved it it still had a faint glow. Nageki and I took a look at the crystal under a magnifying glass and can confirm that it was--

[ there is a grimace here, but liam is going to push through because this is Important. ]

... a corpse of a child. Rika mentioned in our last gathering that there had been the images of children in the ice maze, so when Nageki and I took a trip over there to confirm... one of the children in the ice maze matched the corpse in the crystal.

Another thing to note that unlike other attempts to retrieve such crystals, this one was protected by a giant worm - it was the first time we'd seen the crystal protected relatively heavily. Thankfully, it seemed to unravel into thread when it was met with salt, so my suggestion still stands - if you can bring salt with you wherever you go, please do. Best to be prepared for any eventuality.

... If what Ferry says is correct, as well as the map that we found, there should be one final crystal.

[laytorest]

[Did anyone want bones? No? Too bad, we're getting bones that appear to be from a single hand provided by Yor. The forearm bone seems... long? For a human hand. And too many pieces are missing to determine which hand it is.]

I found this at the bottom of a well when C-ta, Riku, Morgan, Raven and I were looking around. It, um...

[Looking around nervously.]

When I used my magnifying glass on it, the fingers... look like needles. I would like to know if Lucifer thinks it resembles the... mirror creature?

[libirdian]

A group of us also checked the white void at the shrine with a magnifying glass...but none of us could see anything else. Everything was simply magnified.

[goldencave]

[ Hi, Norton's looking really freaked out by the magnifying glass thing. ]

Wait, the crystal was a WHAT?!

[mearry]

That's insane. Could that kid have been one of the previous victims of this...thing?

[reallyfishy]

[COOL, CHILD CORPSES. This is totally fine!!

Raven will uh...produce his crystal chunks.]

Our group ended up travelin' through a tear in the candy area. It took us to a whole 'nother place- a forest at night. We found a house along a dirt trail, includin' a well and some, uh...graves. I'm guessin' they had ta be graves from the setup. Three of 'em were marked, but I couldn't read 'em. These were buried there instead of bones.

[He'll hand them over since he kind of wants nothing to do with them right now.]

The unmarked grave had nothin' in it.

[oversaw]

[ nothing to add but extreme "..." at the child corpse ]

TRIAL AFTERMATH AND "WHAT THE FUCK" HONESTLY

[mathodical]

[ sidelong glance at jack for like a split second before his attention is turned back to the rest of deadland. ]

I'm sure we have... thoughts on what happened just now before the image cut off rather... unceremoniously.

[ please they're all dying for deets. ]

One thing that concerns me is what Marcus mentioned about... wanting the game to end, with Hamelin. According to Ferry, the game ends when it ends, after all, and I was of the opinion that the game would end when all the crystal seals on our side were broken, although deduction tells me that isn't quite the case.

[ if jack wants to drop any deets now would be a goddamn good time otherwise the catyard is probably going to either 1.) interrogate him 2.) argue among themselves... ]

[eternaljune]

Something about that and Hamelin's reaction gives me the sense that Hamelin's position might not be all that different from ours? Obviously the bastard has been given a different amount of power and knowing what's going on, but...there must be something binding him to the creature that makes keeping our game running to its conclusion in his best interest. Either a threat, or a wish of his own...?

[heroicact]

[Just looking back and humming thoughtfully in Moriarty's direction. Though, he'll also glance briefly but meaningfully at Ferry; it's enough indication that he is definitely Aware of their presence at this particular questioning. And meeting. Well, what can you do for the moment.]

I see you've assembled yourself a nice little circle here.

The dead certainly are much more united, I suppose.

[Just idle commentary. His arms are crossed and although his posture is studiously relaxed, there's a watchful quality about his eyes no matter where he's placed in the room; perhaps he might be forgiven that one, though.

On the bright side, hey, new threads. He's also been looking increasingly more bemused, expression-wise, as the meeting goes on.]

This really is... quite the game, isn't it? [halfway to himself] Well, I suppose we may as well exchange information for the moment. What is this about crystal seals, now? Is it related to the crystals Edelgard was speaking of?

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

[mathodical]

[ ... ]

How many of us can actually fight? I'm not sure if we would have to physically... confront the entity in the mirrors, but I'd like to get a sense of how capable everyone is and where best to use all our resources if it comes down to having a chance to get all of us out of here and alive.

[ crime dad acting like a real head of mafia strategist here smh ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Once more, C-ta has the job of reading Suga's notes.]

I think I've proved that I can't
I'd do better with a real sword but not that much better

I do want to say
The living haven't been ignoring your letters
We'd been trying to prove that Jack and McGillis were the traitors for weeks
(I'm not sure why Tenn didn't just. Tell you that?)
We don't talk about it at trials much because trials are on a time limit
But we were working on it
We broke into Jack's room

[oversaw]

I acquired salt and a katana from the shop. Everyone is free to grab a handful or more, and I am willing to lend the blade to anyone who needs it.

[ he brought the salt and some baggys so have it!! katana can be borrowed from his room but plz note its p long ]

[lastreward]

[ She holds up a slingshot? ] If anyone wants something slightly more long distance to use? With Yor-san's help, we made some hopefully okay salt-based ammo for it. [ There's Options. ]

[reallyfishy]

I probably don't hafta answer this, considerin'...

[Broad gesture to symbolize his disaster of a case.]

I gotta grab another bow from the shop, but once I do, I'm good ta cover fer any noncombatants. I've said it before, but I've got experience with fightin' monsters.

[warmthbringer]

I can fight!

[ mitsuki voice: no, you can't, riku ]

Or... well, I've been working on it. I guess I'm not too bad with a polearm, aha... but, I don't plan on stopping! I don't want to hold any of you all back, and if I can improve... that makes our chances better, right?

[mearry]

Yor-san has been teaching me how to fight a little bit. How to use a knife and stuff.

[ and he pats his sword. ]

I also got this iron sword from Ferry, if anyone can help me. I also have two bags of salt.

[ three bags of salt. ]

[libirdian]

I have absolutely zero fight experience in anything unless you count setting fires?

Re: ANY OTHER BUSINESS

[eternaljune]

Well. I know my way around polearms a bit and Yor showed me the right way to handle knives, but...well, I don't exactly have a good track record of winning fights.

[foxetious]

I don't have my sword, however I'm perfectly capable with katana and can adapt knives to it. [Knifes are the closest to shinsou F] I can do hand-to-hand as well.

[He went toe to toe with an invisible assassin, mostly dying through surprise and luck, you'll be pleased to have him.]

[laytorest]

I can fight of course, and I would like to give lessons in combat to anyone willing to learn this week. I'll try to cover as much as I can, but I don't know how much time we have. Still, I would feel more comfortable knowing everyone could defend themselves at least a little.

I'm mostly proficient with blades, but I know a thing or two about poisons as well.

[purefuries]

[ Junko doesn't indicate herself in any way, but.

Junko. Yes. ]

THE VOID

[purefuries]

[ Junko's been dead silent the entire time, but she eventually speaks up when everyone else has said their part. ]

Outside, in the ice maze, I gazed upon a blank canvas of nothingness.

[ .... ]

I saw one who passed a week before flitting at the edge of the maze. In hindsight, it was clear trickery, but... [ a soft sigh. ] In any case, I followed. Twas a strange domain of pure white, an absence of color from the land itself. How truly beautiful.

And then, ah--something curled its nether fingers 'round my ankle and pulled me underneath, though there was no ground for me to hit.

That is all I remember before arriving here.

FERRY Q&A

[faentasy]

[Well, this is the fifth week they've sat through a meeting of sorts by now, so here's Ferry just sitting on their usual box and waving cheerily at (almost) everyone.]

Anyway, I'm sure you all recognize me by now, but I'm Ferry the shopkeeper! I've also been the one sending the letters over to the other side, too. Things are slowing coming to a close, but let me know if you have any questions and I'll do my best to answer!