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GRAVEYARD

Well, that sucked.

But no matter what your death was like—whether it was something peaceful or traumatic, you'll find yourself waking in a completely white room on the floor. Small and empty, there isn't anything else there besides an open door to walk through. But before you do that, you'll probably notice that whatever injuries you may have had, including whatever may have been the death blow, are now gone. That's exciting.

Stepping out of the room, it seems that you're in a large... house? with three different floors. Everything from floor, ceiling to furniture is completely white, except for the drawings that are plastered to the walls in each room. These are all colorful, drawn in colored pencils and crayon, and resemble a child's drawing. The other notable thing are the windows. While they're present all around the building, looking out of them only shows TV static. Besides that, everything is furnished with the absolute bare minimum of each room.

The first floor is all typical common areas one would find in a house. There's a kitchen, living room area, laundry room, dining room, and a main hallway where the stairs are. There are also helpful drawings in these rooms that show the rooms much more lavishly decorated than they actually are. There's a door that appears to be the way to exit the building, it's locked.

The second floor consists of nothing but twenty bedrooms. Each room has one queen sized bed, an empty dresser, and an attached bathroom with only a sink, toilet, and shower. Like the first floor, each bedroom has drawn pictures that show it looking much more lavish than it actually does. Thanks for nothing, artist!

The third floor only has two rooms. One appears to be a home office with nothing but a desk and two chairs, one behind it and one in front of it. While there's blank pieces of paper and crayons on the desk, the note that was previously there is gone.

The other room is much larger, and it's completely empty save for the many drawings lining its walls— in fact, the walls are covered in them, much more than in any other room. On closer inspection, though, it seems like these aren't actually drawings? The papers seem to be showing scenes from the living area. Everything from inside the hotel to the areas beyond the bridge are visible here. However, when curfew hits on Thursday nights, they revert to being normal drawings! Except for the fact that they're all drawings of stick figures being murdered in various ways.

Well. At least there's plenty of things to draw with, if you get bored.

Also, a handy link to the previous post.

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Surprise~! Welcome to hell. It's kinda nice- you get to sleep so much.

[ There is nothing to do but at least you are super well rested all the time. ]

...Did you get to Plus Ultra until the very end?

Eh, I think I'd just get bored...

[ that said. she just. blinks at kano in confusion. ]

What does that mean? "Plus Ultra?"

[ Oh. Terrible. There's the very slightest inward flinch at that, because ):< !!! ]

It's, like, a step above Ultra! You're going around being you and you're Ultra. Do you feel Ultra? Regular Ultra's okay too?

Do I feel Ultra...?

[ what a weird thing to say... but does she? hmmm. ]

I guess... maybe a little. Xie Lian did say I was brave for volunteering, so...

To, what, die?

Yeah. Our team had the numbers, and there were only two more needed for the quota, so... someone had to take that spot.

[ IS SHE MAKING THAT FACE

IF SHE'S MAKING THAT FACE HE'S GOING TO TUG ON HER CHEEK ]

Stupid.

[ she is making that face so please tug her cheeks. ]

Ah- hey! Stop that!

[ He's tugging them! Both of them! ]

Nope! Can't! This is punishment for being stupid!

[ she's flailing a little!! ]

No, stop! They're going to bring us back anyway! It's fine!

[ unrelenting

but

his hands do still on her cheeks for a moment ]

The kills all happened and we're still here. From the start, us coming back was a lie.

[ hhhhhhh ]

It's not a lie. They just needed a way to connect the Realm with where we are, first.

[ He gives her cheeks a break by lightly squashing them instead of pulling. ]

So? Why are we still stuck here?

[ WHY AREN'T THEY INSTANTANEOUSLY BACK

HIS ANXIETY!!! ALL WEEKEND!!!!! ]

I don't know. I don't know exactly how it works. But Rabbit-san said that was the first step - connecting the two places. And then... I think we have to dael with that monster.

And you think we have a chance against a monster who can turn us all into zombies in a blink of an eye?

Well... I don't know that, either. But I do think there's no point in giving up so easily. Nothing is completely invincible, so there has to be a way to beat it. We just have to find it.

No... there are some things that are completely invincible?

Name three!

Death, taxes, and God.

[ stubbornly: ]

We are literally about to defy death, taxes don't count because they were never alive to begin with, and no one can prove that any god is invincible, either.

We're not defying death, but delaying it. Taxes totally count. And so long as people believe in God, He will never disappear. Sounds pretty invincible to me!

[ Though he doesn't look too happy about that, because man what he would give to kill God ]