GRAVEYARD

[retellers]

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, but it leads you to somewhere that's not the front lawn. 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. On the desk are some blank pieces of paper along with crayons, as well as a written note next to them that says PLEASE DRAW THE PREFERRED ANIMAL :). It looks like this is how you ask for a meeting with a Leader. 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. As of Week 3, each person has the ability to send messages on their PHS unlocked.

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[maidforservice]

[listen, don't judge. sometimes you're an assassin masquerading as a maid and things happen? it's fine. don't worry about it]

Oh dear. . . [she giggles] And no, I don't believe he intends to take over my maidly duties. Rather, he told me he intends to discover the secrets of the Realm and ensure everyone makes it home safely.

I told him I would do what I could if I lost, so long as my consciousness persisted.

[to be frank, it was a promise she didn't quite expect to have to keep, since. . . well. there's usually no life after death. but here she is!!]

[suddenlybees]

Couldn't you both have lived and discovered the secrets of the Realm and whatever? There's no point for the two of you fighting over that— that's stupid.

[ They have so many heroes in this place!! What's the point!!!!! he doesn't get it. ]

[maidforservice]

[oh, Kano. don't assume she's a hero]

[. . .]

[she smiles a little, but it's kind of distant and wistful. a little sad??]

No. Such a compromise was not possible.

[. . .]

After all, I intended to take his life that night, whether he agreed to my request for an honorable duel or not.

[suddenlybees]

Why him? I mean, like, I get why him. But why him?

[ Kano would kill Soo-won. But what is Sharon's reason? ]

[maidforservice]

[HE GETS WHY HIM BUT ALSO IS ASKING WHY HIM? KANO PLEASE]

[. . .]

The memory I lost last week is one of the few things I could not bear to lose. I wanted it back. More than anything in the world. . . I needed it back.

[she is not looking at him as she stirs the soup, which is now simmering delightfully on the stove]

Master Won was the only one I believed would understand my motives. I didn't expect him to bow down before me, but. . .

[she trails off. and she was right, too; Soo-Won did understand. and it was because of that respect that she offered to duel him rather than just take him out while he was not paying attention. but. . . he had his own reasons for fighting to survive, and she respects those, too]

[out of the two of them, his ambitions were stronger. and while a part of that. . . aches. . . she can't help but continue to respect it]

[suddenlybees]

[ lmfao Kano's just "If I had to murder someone I would kill Soo-won too, but Sharon must have a better reason than that" and she sort of did... kind of...

He looks at the pot of soup too, over at Sharon, remembering the burnt kitchen and the previous thought of her having forgotten how to cook. It couldn't have been that. That's not something somebody would kill over, even if they're Lup whose cooking means so much more to her than simply cooking. ]

Is it... that important to you, that somebody understands the reasons you do things? Instead of just doing what you can get away with?

[ That's the opposite of him. His reasons, shameful and incomprehensible, aren't things he wants anybody to understand if it means opening up a whole other can of worms. Held at knifepoint himself, he would have slit the throat of the first sleeping person he came across and then gone back to sleep, probably. ]

[maidforservice]

[she used to be like that. back in her younger years, when she wasn't anything but a killing machine. a tool without a name, to be used by her superiors to cut short the lives of those they hated. and it was 100% her desire to give Soo-Won the respect she believed he deserved that was her downfall]

[. . . she thinks, maybe, that her time with Irina and-- . . . the young woman she forgot, as well as Rean and Class VII, has softened her significantly]

Heehee. . . I suppose so. [her tone is light] But in the end, that turned out to be my greatest downfall.

In my old age, I've grown soft.

[suddenlybees]

[ What was her LIFE??? ]

Yeah... trying getting anybody else to understand makes things dangerous. I didn't want to be right about things, you know?

[ That she wasn't snuck up on, that she hadn't been running, she was with somebody she trusted to a degree, that she fought back and it had to have been against somebody who could fight.

Me, in the first hour of trial: I bet it was Ange. ]

And, in the end, you never got that memory back, huh? Think it doesn't count if you try again?

[maidforservice]

[WHO KNOWS!! maybe Kano will get the backstory, it is a mystery]

I didn't.

[and that aches, too. all of her efforts. . . amounting to nothing]

Certainly you aren't suggesting that I take the life of someone on this side of the competition, are you?

[they're all kids she doesn't kill kids!!!]

[suddenlybees]

[ He doesn't want to know!!! Let him continue believing in good kind Miss Maid ): ]

You want it back no matter what, right? Why should your conviction change?

[maidforservice]

[Cardori says, as Kano tries to goad her into killing again???]

First of all, there is no one on this side that I would feel comfortable raising my blade against.

[SHE DOESN'T!! KILL!!! KIDS!!! "Soo-Won was 18" NO KIDS]

And second. . . I have a promise to Master Won to keep.

[she's an assassin with a good sense of PROFESSIONALISM, thank u very much]

[suddenlybees]

[ asdflkhj who cares about professionalism?? look at where they are and who she is with. ]

To figure things out, right? How are you supposed to figure anything out without testing all the limits? 'sides...

Tiger is right there.

[ Come on. Nobody would even miss them. ]

[maidforservice]

[oh my god]

. . . did Master Tiger do something to offend you?

[suddenlybees]

Did he not do anything to offend you?

[ His mere existence, Sharon, ]

[maidforservice]

This is the first time I've spoken with them. Up until now, I've only spoken with my own Leader and Master Wolf.

[SINCE BY MOD WORD REVEALING TEAMS IS OKAY NOW]

[suddenlybees]

And did they not offend you?

[ His first conversation with Tiger was also
Kano: opens mouth
Tiger: "stop" ]

I thought you would've, like, talked to everyone. Scouted them all out and not just the leaders, y'know? Jump off roofs and make ice cream with them and hold hands and whatever. How're you supposed to figure things out if you didn't do that?

[maidforservice]

[the real answer is that I, a simple Al, was too OOCly dead to thread with more Leaders 😔]

[BUT THE SHARON ANSWER IS--]

Do I strike you as the type to "jump off of roofs" and "make ice cream with everyone" and "hold hands?"

[she seems. very amused]

[suddenlybees]

[ Me, tagging three leaders in the mingle and also requesting six audiences at the same time and then going "oh no" ]

Eh... hm... would you not make ice cream?

[ He could see her jumping off roofs. Holding hands, too, but he doesn't want a demonstration if it's only him here. ]

[maidforservice]

[that was me during blues and crau, I FEEL IT!!!]

I could. Certainly not at the same time as jumping off of the roof.

[suddenlybees]

Eh... Why not? You gotta, like, shake up the baggie, right? What better way than while jumping off the roof?

[ Just slam the baggie into the ground at terminal velocity and watch the ice cream freeze instantaneously. Is this science possible idk ]

[maidforservice]

You don't just shake ice cream in a bag, Mister Baron.

[but she's giggling a bit]

I can't imagine the force exerted from leaping from a rooftop would result in delicious ice cream.

[suddenlybees]

[ It's the only way to make ice cream. ]

It doesn't matter as long as it's knocked around for a bit, right? Don'tcha think it's worth trying? Like, right now?

[ Maybe he wants to eat ice cream instead of tea and soup ]

[maidforservice]

And leave the soup on the stove to burn? I have had enough with setting kitchens on fire this past week.

[even though the last time she did that it was. . . on purpose. . . to make people think she had forgotten how to cook!1]

[suddenlybees]

[ The poor kitchen suffered for this??! ]

Ehh, hm. If you stick a stand mixer in it, everything will keep stirring and won't burn, right?

[maidforservice]

[. . .]

[SMILES AT HIM and just. continues to stir. she isn't moving!!]