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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team we're just here to collect pets

[suddenlybees]

[ ?? ??? Kano's scuba suit is going to eventually fill up with blood and he won't be able to see anything. The excuse he tells himself to holding his hand out to Cater when they dive into the water and eventually come across a pair of jellies bobbing around in the water while a manta ray does taunting loop-de-loops in the background behind them.

"Who is in the wrong?" was their task to judge?

Kano points at the jelly on the left. Problem solved, give them nova. ]

[pulsecannon]

[ Next time, they should use plastic wrap around his neck. It is pretty dark in the water, so holding hands is the safe thing to do.

Cater gives their linked hands a tug before using their hands and her own to form a X. Giving him the usual look... or as much as she can considering what she's wearing, but maybe he knows it by now? The whole don't be lazy.

Looking at the Manta before pointing at them. Someone is looking like a smug shit over there ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Sighs as every time he pairs up with Cater he has to do actual work. Maybe it's for the best, because who better to charades with sea creatures than the self-proclaimed master of charades?

Also I forgot that maybe Kano doesn't know how to swim, so he will point at the manta ray too and gesture for Cater to swim towards it and pull him along, all good reasons to hold hands here. ]

[pulsecannon]

[ He has to pull his own weight. It's the handholding tax.

Time to swim over to the Man-stealing Manta Ray, while pulling Kano along. How do you sign with a Manta Ray? Flappy language?

She'll let him take the wheel for this ]

[suddenlybees]

[ He'll do his job as interpreter, then. Definitely have to go with flappy language for this one, and I'm going to say that Kano put on his scuba suit and then put his hoodie on over it because it is his security blanket and he can take hold of the end of his jacket and flap it with one hand at the manta ray. Hello! Hi! We're here to investigate!

The ray stares at them up side down in mid-loop. The two jellies bob agitatedly in the background. Kano nods as if understanding, but he does not.

Really... what are they supposed to do here... ]

[pulsecannon]

[ His hoodie is going to be so heavy after this.

She's looking between the pair of them of them. Giving their linked hands a tug before tilting her head at him. Well?

A glance back at the jellies. Is it her, or does one look even more mad at them for talking to the Manta Ray? Giving him another tug to point ]

[suddenlybees]

[ This counts as laundry. He's been wearing it for over a month now and it's due for a good long saltwater soak.

It's harder to tell jelly emotions than it is manta ray, but Kano looks over to where the two jellies are and one of them sort of? seems to be bobbing a little more angrily than the other?

He tugs Cater towards the pair of jellies, aka she swims them over, and that close, they can see tiny little baby jellies, barely larger than specks that swirl helplessly around in the water when they approach and cause local currents. One of the jellies seems to be trying to gather them up under its umbrella in a huff. ]

[pulsecannon]

[ Pulling him along to go check out the jellies. Hopefully they didn't botch this up with hitting the Manta Ray first.

Also the babies are cute! How can they be so cute? Giving him an excited tug as she points to the babies. Cute, right? She wants to reach out to touch them, but are these critters you can touch? The only thing with tentacles in her world are poisonous ]

[suddenlybees]

[ He can't really tell if they're cute. It's hard when they don't have faces? But maybe anything small is cute and these sure are tiny little things, with their tiny tentacles that may or may not be poisonous, but how much harm can they do when they're so small?

Kano's got one hand occupied so that leaves just one other to scoop his hand through the water and cup a handful of jellies, bringing them over to Cater's free hand so they can trap a handful in a hand cage. The two parent jellyfish bump against their kidnapping hands, all soft and squishy and ineffective. ]

[pulsecannon]

[ Looking at Kano for a moment before she cups her free hand over to help block out the larger pair. They are so tiny! She's smiling under the mask, which he can probably tell from her hands.

Then she'll give him a head tilt, to ask what's the plan? Are they just looking? ]

[suddenlybees]

[ They are kidnapping the baby jellyfish and stowing them away in Kano's hoodie pocket. ]

[pulsecannon]

[ She'll help him get them in there, while keeping the parents at bay.

Who is in the wrong? Well now it's Cater and Kano.

Then she'll look at the jellies and point towards the Manta Ray. Is that the issue? ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Sometimes you can bring a family together by creating a common enemy. The two big jellies are waving their tentacles in hysterics, while Kano glances over at the ray and seems to think for a moment.

He points to his hood?

If Cater wants, they can probably take the ray too, but they'll have to stow it away in his hood since it won't fit in a pocket. ]

[pulsecannon]

[ She actually considers it for a moment before shaking her head. Nah, they can fight among themselves without the babies being pulled into it. ]

[suddenlybees]

[ No ray, okay.

The ray comes closer anyways, flapping over one of the jellies as if trying to soothe it— it just makes the other jelly mad, though, and it latches onto the ray's face with all its tentacles. Like a Facehugger from the movies. ]

[pulsecannon]

[ Wow.

Is the jelly jealous? Jellyous? She's split between rooting them on and splitting them apart. hmm.

Pointing to the ray and then holding up five fingers. She has five on the ray ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Huh. Kano reaches out and tentatively gives Cater a high five, glancing over at her like he's not sure this is what she means. Good job, we settled the custody case?

The ray flails around, trying to shake the jellyfish off, but it's doing a valiant job on holding on tight. ]

[pulsecannon]

[ Lifting her free hand up to her mask and curling it into a fist. She wants to laugh.

Shaking her head before she tries to rub her thumb and her index finger together in the Pay me kind of sign. Then she'll hold five again, before pointing to the ray. Then she's going to hold her first up. Is that any clearer? ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Seasoning. Five. Punch.

Kano nods slowly, understanding nothing. He points at Cater's stomach? And counts on his fingers one, two, three, holding each finger up in turn. ]

[pulsecannon]

[ Looking at her stomach. What does he want with her stomach???

Giving a shake of her head before she points to the ray again. We're not betting on her stomach or whatever it is he's thinking. The ray! ]

[suddenlybees]

[ ...He stares at the ray, and slowly raises a fourth finger before glancing back at Cater to see if this is any better.

Meanwhile the manta ray's gills are clogged with jellyfish tentacles and it's in the process of drowning. The custody battle escalates to attempted murder! ]

[pulsecannon]

[ She has no idea what he even means, but for a moment she starts to nod only to put her hand over her breathing apparatus in shock at the scene. No time to point, she's going to pull Kano along as she moves to get close to try to pull off the Jellyfish.

There will be no mantaslaughter on her watch. ]

[suddenlybees]

[ It is very hard to grip a jellyfish, but with how delicate it is, it seems self-preservation is what gets it to let go of the ray when Cater's hand wraps around the jelly. Imagine being this possessive; no wonder the other jelly left.

As in, it's nowhere to be seen. How can it take a side!! This is all too distressing for it.

The manta ray flops on Cater's head, glad for the assistance, while Kano tries to create some space between it and the jelly by waving the water in front of him and creating a little current that sends the jelly tumbling around. He points from one to the other, and then looks at Cater for her opinion. ]

[pulsecannon]

[ She now has a flapjack on her head. Time to reach up and give it a pat. Do they like pats? This is the most amount of animals she has patted ever.

Looking between Kano, the jellyfish, and then back to Kano. She has no idea what he's even asking, so she'll just point to the jelly fish. That one? ]

[suddenlybees]

[ I hope she's enjoying patting all these animals, they're good animals. Even if some of them are cheaters and even though Cater has now determined that fidelity is still important and that the jellyfish is in the right for being upset.

Nodding solemnly, Kano tugs Cater over to the jellyfish so he can pat in on the mantle in consolation. It squirms away from his hand. He points to it and holds up two fingers. Let's go find the other one so they can make up. ]