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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kano & shima

[suddenlybees]

[ The jungle is on fire and one of the gorillas runs towards it and Kano just stares into the far distance. ]

Do we fail if we let them die?

[ Maybe your family memories includes sitting around with your mother and then dying. ]

[yamantaka]

I'm assuming yes?

[ but all that fire ]

Should we... go after them?

[suddenlybees]

Um, hm... Probably...

[ The two of them just standing and staring at each other while their baby is getting barbecued. ]

Are you wearing a belt? Take it off.

[yamantaka]

[ he's a sensible teenage boy with sensible fashion sense, so of course he's taking off his belt ]

Makin' a leash?

[suddenlybees]

I was thinking lasso, but yeah! Let's say I meant a leash!

[ IT CAN BE BOTH but now they have a plan for how to catch the gorilla and also keep them together. ]

[yamantaka]

It'll be both!

[ this is a good plan that will surely not backfire on them whatsoever ]

Want me to try and get the gorilla somewhere easy for ya to lasso?

[suddenlybees]

Eh.

[ Why is he doing the lassoing-- ]

Yeah, yeah, think you can herd it somewhere not on fire?

[yamantaka]

[ it's your idea, kano-kun!! ]

I can do that!

[ he seems to have very little fear of fire as he runs towards it, trying get the gorilla away from the flames ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Just because it was his idea doesn't mean he wants to act upon it... but it looks like Shima's a go-getter, so Kano takes the belt and trots on behind him. Shima has it under control? He's the good dad.

The gorilla seems surprised at Shima reaching for it and tries to claw Shima's eyes out. ]

[yamantaka]

[ would you rather be getting your eyes clawed out, kano? because we can certainly trade now! ]

Hey, I'm trying to help here!!

[ TACTICAL RETREAT!! but the gorilla seems intent on chasing shima now ]

[suddenlybees]

[ He would really rather not!! DO NOT RUN BACK TOWARDS KANO, PLEASE ]

H-hey! Hey, um!

[ How to deal with an angry baby? Kano shrugs off his jacket and throws it over the gorilla like you do(?) with an angry feral cat(??) ]

[yamantaka]

[ well if kano's going to do that,

then shima is going to jump on the baby and try to hold it in place because that's what you do???

except he's totally getting socked in the face for his troubles OW??? ]

What do we do now?

[ i literally had this tag typed up and didn't hit submit for hours i'm crying ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Does ANY of them have normal parents?? god, okay, the baby is having a difficult time socking Shima in the face with all that fabric in the way, but Kano doesn't want his hoodie torn up so he's quick to jump in and loop the belt around one of its feet and fasten it so that it's not too tight but also not too loose that it can just pull free.

The baby is now leashed.

What do they do now...? ]

Huh... I guess... We can hang it from a tree until it spits out some nova. How do we know when we're done?

[yamantaka]

[ well by all accounts, shima does. but also He Has Issues. he moves out of the way enough so that kano has an easier time of Leashing the baby gorilla and once that's done he's going to roll off the kid and just sit on the ground staring at their kid. ]

Maybe when he moves out away from home?

[suddenlybees]

How old do you have to be? Like, fourteen?

[ He was somewhere around there when he moved out? He stands and stares at the baby gorilla currently trying to gnaw its trapped foot off. ]

Kid's real mature. I trust him to make important decisions.

[yamantaka]

Sounds about right. I left home for school at 15.

[ shima nods and just watches the gorilla too. oh look at him try to do that ]

...Should we get him a banana? As a treat?

[suddenlybees]

It took you that long to go to school?

[ Says him who has never gone BUT ANYWAYS ]

Yeah, yeah, that sounds like a good idea! Give the kid a snack to quiet him up- maybe if we feed him enough, he'll food coma.

[ Banana and... sugar. A crapton of sugar to sugar crash with, they are great parents who love and spoil their gorilla son. ]

[yamantaka]

Nah, I went to a local school in Kyoto! But I left for a school in Tokyo when I started high school.

[ school is overrated ]

A lotta bananas and all the good stuff kids like. ... Can gorillas eat candy?

[ this gorilla kid will grow up well adjusted and prepared for the world around him ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Boarding school... sound tough. Shima gets mad respect for integrating into society. ]

Huh... Only neechan went to school, but the none of us ever went. We just stayed home and ate a lotta bananas and all the good stuff kids like. Gorillas can eat whatever they want? If he gets sick, he'll just throw up, so it'll be all good.

[ The body's natural defense mechanism! They leave to raid the kitchen while abandoning their gorilla to hang by the foot off a tree branch I guess ]

[yamantaka]

Ahh, I wish it could've been like that for me! I'm the second youngest, but they still made me go to school. At least living away from home makes things better.

[ that gorilla is going to spin as he keeps gnawing at his foot.

this is fine ]

[suddenlybees]

Is it better? School with your brothers and sisters?

[ brings the gorilla sone ginger snaps for nausea ]

[yamantaka]

Ahh, I like being alone! My siblings are kinda draining, to be honest!

[ making a banana smoothie because the gorilla also needs to be hydrated ]

[suddenlybees]

Aw, do you play together a lot? Or is it like... Hikaru sort of draining?

[ girl makes him tired, holy hell ]

[yamantaka]

Hmm, overbearing? They want me to do everything they did.

[suddenlybees]

Haha, yikes! Isn't that, like, kind of opposite? Usually it's the little ones wanting to chase in their older siblings' footsteps~