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𝔒𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔘𝔭𝔬𝔫 𝔐𝔬𝔡𝔰 ([personal profile] faentasy) wrote2021-07-15 09:33 pm

GY ENDGAME POST

GRAVEYARD - END GAME


It's been a long stay.

Seven weeks have elapsed since the gates to Aira Niluc were opened to guests of various worlds, and for seven weeks a game of trust and betrayal have whittled the living's numbers down until only a mere third remained on that side. And in exchange, the population of the dead grew as they continued their story on this side.

But the story is coming to a close, almost as if the world itself demands it.

Because sometime Friday morning, oddities start to become apparent within the fabric of this space: buildings starting to deteriorate as their colors start to fade, foods beginning to molder and rot, trees and mountains far in the background flickering briefly show sketch-like outlines before reverting back to normal. While most of the main locations remain fairly intact, there is no area on this side that lays untouched by the sense that this place is starting to unravel, bit-by-bit.

Still, the walls that separate you all from the living hold fast even now, not allowing any of the dead to cross through into the other side.

Perhaps that's not the point here, though. After all, you all still have your own ending to write, here and now.

[Welcome to the Graveyard's Endgame post! The previous posts for Weeks 2-5 and Weeks 6-7 have been linked above.]

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[personal profile] heroicact 2021-07-17 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I truly don't know if she is immune or merely... strong to it? We are still making guesses, because we haven't engaged her. This is something we will still have to test...

On the other hand, she has said that our real bodies may be in the palace, under the execution room -- I do not know whether this is on the other side, or whether this matters.

But there must be a reason she is there...
foxetious: (pic#13914497)

[personal profile] foxetious 2021-07-17 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I would think it'd be the other side, if only because that's where the death occurred. This place doesn't like logic though, so that could be wrong.

It could think that the palace is the most easily defensible plot of land. Most things with illusions of grandeur like to have castles.

[Is he speaking from experience? Well, his megalomaniac also has bug motifs, soooo]
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[personal profile] heroicact 2021-07-17 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Even if logical, there must be places here that connect to the other side -- if the palace houses one such place, or even the spot that she uses to move between the sides, then her guarding it could make sense.

[On the other hand, there's a few other maybe options?? Confusing. Jack just sort of hums in thought and amusement at the thought of a caterpillar sitting on a palace throne or something.]

Or it may be illusions of grandeur. In any case, we should make sure to shatter any more illusions here.