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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[suddenlybees]

[ He shakes his head and spreads his arm wide to either side of him. ]

[heartablaze]

[Her instant instinct is to break the distance and hug him and it's WRITTEN ON HER FACE and she is trying VERY HARD NOT TO MOVE but AAAA.]

[suddenlybees]

[ stands there with his arms outstretched


he has no idea what sort of face "I want to hug you" looks like, he's never seen it before ]

[heartablaze]

If...

If you aren't asking me to hug you then I don't know what you're asking...

[SHE'S TRYING TO LEARN BOUNDARIES.........]

[suddenlybees]

[ He pulls a face and lets his arms drop to his side. Does he look like somebody who asks for hugs?? Why does nobody here continue conversations and take clues from what they were just talking about and instead try to interpret his charades as a whole new topic altogether ]

[heartablaze]

[MAYBE BE MORE SPECIFIC WITH YOUR CLUES THEN

thankfully she just bursts into giggles at the face he makes]

Sorry, sorry. It's just kind of hard! The motions you use mean a lot of things...

[suddenlybees]

[ He is being so specific he's tried three different ways to convey the same single word and he still failed. They all should've learned sign language from Alex when they got the chance.

He holds his hand out to Hikaru and this time, if she takes it, they're going to walk. ]

[heartablaze]

[The fact that she has gotten this much is a miracle.

She hesitates, if only because she thinks it might be another word... but then she easily slips her hand into his, her smile sheepish.]

"Connection" was the closest I got, then, huh? I just need more practice.

[She will follow!]

[suddenlybees]

[ What a thing to have to practice

But they walk and walk and walk and walk until finally the two of them stand in front of the bridge, which I'm going to assume is still there and they just can't get past the barrier. But more importantly! the bridge. It's a bridge. They're standing on it. Kano's staring at Hikaru. ]

[heartablaze]

[...

Oh!]

I was close!!

You dummy, just make me hold out my arms and have a hand walk over it next time!

[suddenlybees]

[ She was in no way close! Trying to make his charades more sentimental than they really are.

Even though her version of the word makes an infinite more sense. ]

[heartablaze]

[puffs her cheeks for a minute]

Do you mean the bridge between this place and the living? Or are you thinking of something else that has to do with you and me and Shiro-san and Goat-kun?

[suddenlybees]

[ He holds up one finger! Meanwhile I need to backtrack and figure out what I meant by bridge between this place and the living. ]

[heartablaze]

Mmm. We're close to finishing it. They only need to find two more people on the other side.

Has... anyone told you what's been going on, Shuuya? I know you don't really stay for any of those meetings or the trials or anything...

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano shakes his head...

Him being asleep for 87% of all meetings and trials because I'm always at work u_u But, he didn't really have a stake in it all until the more recent weeks, as resigned as he was to being dead and this being the end of it, until Shiro got here and more and more people got here and now, though he hesitates to admit, he's a bit at a loss. ]

[heartablaze]

[:(]

I can try to explain it for you, if you want? Later, though! I know you were in the middle of trying to tell me something...

[suddenlybees]

[ Later, sure, but he smiles a little and waves his hands in a dismissing gesture. He was trying to tell her something, but in the end, in the grand scheme of things, it's not important. Idle chatter, like the bulk of the words that come from his mouth. ]

[heartablaze]

[Mmmmfff]

I wasn't frustrating you too much, was I?

[Are they still holding hands]

[suddenlybees]

[ Yeah they are. Also he nods. Just. Shamelessly. ]

[heartablaze]

[She just kind of shrinks up her shoulders a little.]

Sorry.

I'm not very good at it, but... I had to try my best.

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano laughs and I'm going to assume he took the bottle of water with him because it cost Hikaru 10 imaginary dollars so he can't just abandon it, but he lets go of Hikaru's hand so he can hold the bottle of water up in front of him and pinch his fingers together and draw a line through the air from the cap of the bottle to his mouth. ]

[heartablaze]

[WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY ALSO WHAT IS WITH THIS TOPIC CHANGE]

...You can drink it just fine, though, can't you? Um... sort of. [Mister bloody mouth dribble.]

Do you need another one?

[suddenlybees]

[ It's a response to her saying she did her best. The fact that she didn't get it just makes Kano laugh, and dribble blood out of his mouth. ]

[heartablaze]

[inwardly screams]

H-hey, no! Come on, you gotta make it a little different instead of just laughing at me when I'm wrong...!

[suddenlybees]

[ Maybe this will be clearer:

He points at Hikaru.

Waves his hands around in the air.

Then gives her a thumbs down and lowers his hand allllllll the way so that his thumb touches the ground. ]