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.

NAVIGATION locations ₓ˚. statuses *+:｡ ic profiles :ₓo ic rules ･ﾟﾟ･｡ audience requests murder proposals ｡✧o private conversations ･ﾟo｡ curfew ･ﾟ✧ memories

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[maidforservice]

[she looks a bit surprised at this???]

— Master Rufus was one of the first to send us messages. Because of that, we believed he was on team Wolf.

But Master Shiro said their insignia did not flash this week. Were we wrong about his team. . .?

[heartablaze]

It only flashes when our leader gains a memory, right?

I... I know we knew that meant somebody on our team killed somebody else, but I don't know if anyone knew who or why.

[maidforservice]

Yes. That's what Fox told me the week Master Shima killed Master Laine.

[and after Bucky confirms Rufus's team. . .]

. . . if we were not wrong about Master Rufus's team, then we were wrong about why the team insignias flash. It may only be related to Leader memories; not team kills at all.

[heartablaze]

That's an easy fix. We just ask one of our leaders, then. The worst they can say is that they don't remember, right? And we won't be any worse off for it.

[maidforservice]

Correct.

[a nod]

One of the Leaders will spend the week with us, while the others are available if we call them. However, the journey to this side from theirs is dangerous and not easily made. They cannot stay for long.

[heartablaze]

Mm. Goat-kun explained that much to me last week. The path is dangerous, and if anyone were to go into it for too long, or if one of us were to try, they would shatter.

Nova is the only way to make it stronger, or to help any of us be able to cross it without... without vanishing for good.

[maidforservice]

That's right. And it's the specific kind of nova created during Thursday night murders that creates that bridge.

That's why we've been encouraging others to act, and quickly.

[chanting KILL!!! MORE!! PEOPLE!!!]

[heartablaze]

I wish... they'd talk about it more. Especially to the kids. A lot of people still are mixed up about what's going on, and I'm worried.

I know there's a risk of just making the Realm worse, but... we need at least five more people to die in a really, really specific way. What happens if people keep being silent, and even more people from Goat-kun or Fox-san or Wolf-san are killed, by the wrong people?

[maidforservice]

[. . .]

Then. . . I suppose we will have to deal with the consequences.

[her voice is even and a bit quiet. stiff, almost. she definitely does not want that to happen]

[heartablaze]

[Her fists clench at her sides.]

If we can make sure they know the right things... we shoukd try as hard as we can, to get that clear to them. I don't want to dwell on consequences until I know I've put my heart into making things right first.

[maidforservice]

Yes, I agree. That is what we've all been doing from this side. Especially since we can share information more freely than the other side can.

[no glitches or ill effects for sharing teams, for example]