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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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[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.]
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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.
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[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.
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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.
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True. The harder sings become, the more likely weβre 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.]