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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Comments

[maidforservice]

Mmm, yes. So I have been told.

But so long as the gist of your message passed through. . .

[heartablaze]

Oji-san sent me one after he died, and I think I can remember what was blacked out, if nobody else can see it the same. I think people figured out he was warning to protect the Goats, but not why, so a lot of people were confused...

He said something about teams, but everything after that was just a big black mess. And he mentioned Hilda-chan and Vezda-san.

[laid]

[Looks up, confused.]

.... What?
[This seems like it's news to him.]

[heartablaze]

...You... wrote me a note the week after you died, didn't you?

[hello????]

1/2

[laid]

[Thinks a moment.]

Schwann did. But nothin' about Hilda or Bucky? I-

2/2

[laid]

... I couldn't see, so Kano wrote it for me. Or just wrote whatever the hell he felt like writing, apparently.

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano avoids all eye contact, sipping his tea. ]

[laid]

[That's fine he doesn't need your eye contact to lecture you.]

Did ya write anything I asked ya to? And what'd you go throwing Bucky under the bus for?
[Hilda is like.... fine, she did do a murder.]

[suddenlybees]

[ Can't talk with his mouth full! It's rude! ]

[heartablaze]

[Her fists tighten painfully in her lap. But she doesn't look at Kano.]

He wasn't wrong about Hilda-chan. Claude told me she killed Cater-chan. But... there's a lot of people now that think Vezda-san was suspicious, because of that.

Here. Um... let me show you what I got.

[and please respond to this because i gotta go fish it out of my inbox]

[laid]

[SIGHS DEEPLY. THIS BOY.]

I'm tryin' ta give him a chance, Hikaru. But he ain't making it easy.
[THIS CHILD.... NAUGHTY.]

But yeah. Let me see what ya got.

[siblingless]

The week I died, Sora-san received a message asking him to protect the Goats as well. He understood what it meant, so... Perhaps some of the others know not to target the rest of your team. But I think this is the reason why Swan-san made that request.

[lionson]

This is going to be a problem when one of the remaining goats eventually kills. What if they get caught?

[siblingless]

... I don't have a good answer for that, Fujimoto-san. All I know is that I want everyone to get home. I can't accept an outcome where one of you is left behind.

[lionson]

...mmm. We might need to take that risk, and before more Goats die.

[siblingless]

... I think so as well.

[heartablaze]

Mmn. Nii-chan knows, and I think both Won-san and Chijin figured it out, too, but... I don't know if they've figured out why.

I think... they're just worried something will happen to Goat-kun, if all of us die. If they know just how dangerous this will be for everyone stuck on this side... they didn't say anything about it.

[siblingless]

Your brother? [Whomst?? Wait. Trail.] Oh! Claude-san...? We can continue to reiterate the message. But we need to advise them to avoid targeting Fox-san and Goat-san's teams, and...

[Trailing off, her eyes widening.]

Oh, no. I just realized something awful. Vezda-san's death may have pushed Wolf-san over the limit for the ninth rule.

[heartablaze]

Yeah, Claude.

[There's some alarm that pops up in her expression, to see Sumi suddenly alert.]

...Goat-kun lost a power last week when there were only four of us left. If Vezda-san was on Wolf, then... how many people on team are dead? Shiro-san, Vezda-san, and... who else?

[siblingless]

Cater-san is on Wolf-san's team as well. With her, that makes three.

[maidforservice]

[she was going to ask a question about that but then she sees Raven be confused and Kano be a punk and she just]

[sighs a little bit]

Oh dear. . . it seems he was causing mischief on the other side after all.

[heartablaze]

[She just... looks at him with an odd mix of emotions on her face. Hurt and frustrated and apologetic and somewhere, still, a little fond.]

Mmn. He's... he's like that. I just wish he wouldn't be so dangerous about it.

[maidforservice]

[the danger doesn't bother her, but. . . well. she supposes it really does suck for poor Vezda that Kano's letter might have contributed to his death]

It may just be a release of pent-up frustration. I can't imagine he is doing well after--

[she didn't her about ALL of the execution, but]

[she knows he was falsely convicted]

[heartablaze]

[Sharon please this is in public

The mention of it gets Hikaru to squirm and glance at her hands. But she takes in a breath, letting her fists tighten, then loosen.]

Part of that was my fault, so...

Maybe now that I'm here, he can be mad at somebody specific, instead of taking it out on everybody else.

[maidforservice]

[ah. . .?]

How was it your fault?