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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[ In agreement! But before that, Nageki doesn't even bother to wait just in case, he's running to check on Lucifer straight away. ]

Mister Lucifer, are you ok-- Conscious? Can you move?

[ Yeah, he really should've bought potions from Ferry last week. ]

[ nageki is a good bird! he's still on the floor and the fire has been extinguished! how many wings he has left is........

you know, it's fine. he had spares ]

I'm conscious. If you give me some time, I should be able to recover. Thank you for your concern, Nageki. [ he turns over to look over nageki, though it takes a moment ] How are the rest of you?

[ how's moriarty's team?? looking at them too ]

[Sort of... gingerly pats away from the wings!]

Well, we may have to do something about these, but I thank you for your end of the race, Lucifer. That fire was looking rather foreboding for a few moments...

[ ty jack, the comfort helps! lucifer pats at his hand, attempting to console him in kind ]

They'll recover in time. [ like, if he dies later. meh? he wants to see this through to the end so he'll stick with this for now. and start sitting up. with effort but, meh, ignore that. ] I'm glad I could assist you—and that the fire dissipated when the gems were placed.

Though this does make me wonder what's past these doors.

[He just smiles a little at the pat -- the smoke wasn't terribly fun, but other than that they seem to be in better shape than the other group... What bizarre luck.]

I see... Still, see that you take care with them. We may not know what else is behind these doors, after all. We should be lucky if it is just this crystal we are tasked with.

[Like, he's never been through this questamajig before he has no idea what's going on fam.]

[ the other group does seem to be bleeding a lot. ah... this was a pretty dangerous trial. worse than the worm. ]

Last time we faced a giant worm, though no traps. We should be wary as we move forward.

[ and it looks like they're moving forward so onward, ho!! ]

We are-- [ there is a wince there. he is definitely still bleeding, although the makeshift bandages are helping! somewhat! so he's not bleeding all over the place, thankfully. so maybe about 30-40% HP reduction? this is Fine. ]

We all made it out, although as you can see, not quite completely whole. There were creatures intent on ripping us to shreds in the dark down the other corridor. We should be fine, though. I plan on getting some potions or elixirs from the store later.

Is everyone...?

[ fire team how y'all doing ]

[ poor moriarty... he shakes his head. ]

That seems wise. I wish I had some to offer, but I'm afraid the only thing I have is this. [ gonna give them his weird skirt thing for more bandages!! it's probably fine, if singed or burnt or whatever. ]

It should make for a decent bandage.

[ he's probably the most beat up of them all mostly because the salt and the iron was doing SOMETHING so he lingered behind a bit longer to make sure that everyone got out first.... it's fine. ]

Thank you.

[ he'll accept it then!! he's pretty sorted for now, but-- ]

I'll see if any of the rest need any urgent aid.

[ valid, holding the salt line is an important job! and he can easily imagine moriarty doing the same today as he did last week so he is genuinely sympathetic and grateful. not that he was over there but, he loves mortals.

and protecting mortals. and mortals protecting each other. it's a beautiful gesture. ]

Of course. [ he'll leave the patch-ups to moriarty! ]

[Hey Nageki, Pericles is literally hovering around you looking for injuries because you were literally in a hallway on fire why did iT HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT-]

Are you vell? Do you have trouble valking? Any serious burns or anysing? I am more zan villing to help you wis anysing troubling you-

[...character development has really changed this birb...]

[ Ah, it's been a while since someone worried about his health like that. It's almost a little nostalgic now, especially considering he's coughing a bit from the smoke. ]

I'm fine, professor--the area in front of the mural was safe. Mister Lucifer wasn't there though, so he got caught up in the...conflagration.

[ Ugh, he really should remember to take things more literally here. ]

Are you okay? What happened on the other end?

Oh sank gootness...

[That was somehow even more terrifying than dying. He knew Nageki could just come back if he did get killed, but that didn't change how horrible of an experience it would be. Fire or even just smoke inhalation weren't pretty ways to go, and he didn't want to repeat this sort of thing again.

At the question, Pericles sighs as he lands on Nageki's shoulder.]

Somesing similar. A message zat woult produce a gemstone, but once sait gemstone vas taken, caused the hall to go pitch black as clawing creatures tried to attack us.

['You know, no big deal,' he thinks, makeshift bandages littering his body.]

[ Yeah, it wouldn't have accomplished anything to die there, so he's happy that everyone made it out, especially keeping in mind how it feels. ]

Pitch black... The explosives would've come in handy there. [ He couldn't help much with the fire because he carried those, so that just rubs salt into the wound.] I'm just glad you and everybirdie else made it out... I'll pitch in to help get potions once we leave.

[ Sighing. This is a mess already, and they haven't even gotten to the crystal just yet. ]

They really upped the danger these past two weeks... Nothing like this happened with the other two crystals I helped with.

It seems we woult have been better off if we hat gone down ze opposite halls.

[A small sigh.]

But zere is no use complaining now, so I vill stop on zat front.

Hopefully we vill have enough crystals to take care of everysing.

[For everyone else, anyway. He plans on having Yor kill him when she has a moment so he doesn't have to deal with potential internal bleeding.]

Whoever is behint zis may have become desperate. Wis so many of their previous crystals being taken ant broken, I am not surprised zey woult fight tooth and nail to keep the last vones safe.

[ As expected of grandfather, he raises good points. ]

On the other hand, it probably means that this is working in some way. I just hope we can figure out the correct way to use this to our advantage before this is all over.

[a small nod]

True. The harder sings become, the more likely we’re doing sings correctly to end zis.

Hopefully ve vill able to end zis before too much longer.

[Before they see if there can be an even more permanent afterlife after these traps.]

GRAVEYARD PT. II

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