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?

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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...?

[foxetious]

Are ya thinkin' that the unused room was Hamelin's? [He shifts his weight from where he's standing in thought. For once his eyes slit open just slightly. He's obviously taking this as a serious train of thought.]

If he was part of a previous group of players, and he runs a "famiglia" recruited from players, would he be acquainted with the kids in the crystals?

[Did they perma-kill Ham's friends? Is that why he's grumpy???]

[eternaljune]

Oh...I hadn't considered that he might have been one of the survivors from a previous game. We don't have evidence that'd prove it to be impossible, I suppose...but we have less and less evidence that Hamelin is the one in control.

Those children in crystals being from a previous game like this would line up too...we're at risk of being turned into crystals ourselves if we can't escape, aren't we?

[lastreward]

Though if it's all children before... why is it going after adults now? [ Because like, there's more adults than children here now? ]

[foxetious]

Opportunity? Could be pickin' people who fit certain criteria--strong wishes, or spiritual strength? Kids are known for dreaming of the future in a way most adults lack.

Or, could just be we haven't found the adults yet.

[lastreward]

Hmm, that's possible. It just seems like a bad thing, if it's casting a bigger net.

[foxetious]

In my experience, this means it's getting desperate, careless, or too powerful for what it's been eating ta be enough.

[The bigger the hollow, the more they need to eat or the stronger the prey they need to eat. This thing does seem to work on at least a little bit of Hollow Logic, so might be applicable.]

[lastreward]

Hmm. So it'll be even harder to beat possibly. [ This meeting is going wonderfully. ]

[foxetious]

A well laid plan with as many facts as possible does wonders, especially if the monster is gettin' careless. [A pensive glance over their group] Some contingency plans might have to suffice, we don't have enough time to be that thorough.

[lastreward]

[ She nods. ] Drastic measures I guess. Though if we have to rely on the living..... I don't know.

[ Are they suppose to have any faith in them after all this? ]

[foxetious]

[Relying on anyone else like this really isn't his style...]

If everything ends soon, perhaps there's no point in censoring ourselves in letters? If we're able ta send more.

[Maybe if they just take decision making out of the livings' hands (minus Tenn)]

[lastreward]

Hmm. Maybe.... I'm not sure? It's all on Ferry what they're letting go through after all.

[ She's... quite tired of the trying to hide messages carefully too. ]

I wouldn't even probably send anything useful if we do.

[foxetious]

You're right... It's more than the livin' can take if we send them somethin' coded at this point. [At least, that's from what he could tell with how much the newly dead are not the grateful dead when they get the graveyard's messages.]

Somethin' to ask Ferry-san then.

[lastreward]

I'd probably only say goodbye.

[ because if she can, she intends to leave immediately. And the only one she'd say goodbye to is Tenn. ]

[libirdian]

That lines up with what Miss Edelgard saw. She didn't say the crystallization was over, if I remember what was said correctly.

[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?

[lastreward]

I suppose it depends what you mean by related?

[heroicact]

Well, our running theory on the other side was that the one in the mirrors was feeding off of the crystallized corpses in some way.

Hmm...

[There is a lot of information, but he doesn't complain or equivocate the way he might have in life at the volume and breadth of it; simply turns it over thoughtfully, considering things to himself with a quiet expression.

There's a glance at that dull crystal, too.]

If that is indeed one of the crystals you've been retrieving, and it has a corpse in it, then the inference is fairly obvious. Unfortunately, none of us are Edelgard and cannot match the imagery exactly.

You say you've been bringing them to the shopkeeper?

[That's kind of a rhetorical question.]

[lastreward]

The mirrors don't have to do with the crystals. The mirrors are the void creature's domain, as far as we know. Though it's the creature that set up the seals.

It's obviously not our corpses though, as we've heard from Edelgard, as it's been investigated to be a child that can be seen in the ice maze. Of course, we could be the next seals, that's very possible.

Ferry apparently didn't even know about the "corpses", if that's what you're getting at. We've had our suspicions about them too and hopefully people keep their expectations tempered by such.

[heroicact]

So all the information here comes from Ferry, apart from what is found in this side of the realm itself. And, if I understand correctly, Tenn Kujo and his band of merry men. Very well.

[He seemingly files that away without any real reaction.]

So that is called the "void creature" here. Assuming that it is related to the mirror entity on the other side? Or something else? Though I will note that none of the individuals who are known to have been visited by that entity have made their way here. Interesting. [...] Are we aware of what these seals are sealing? I am also curious about how our bodies may be "returned"; it makes one wonder as to their location.

[lastreward]

They're most likely one and the same entity.

Supposedly, they're sealing us in as we cannot leave this place. Our bodies apparently can be restored by magic, once that thing is defeated or at least, weakened.

I would have thought your friend would have told you that.