graveyard part 2

[gamehead]

hunter's game the graveyard You wake up in an unfamiliar cabin. At first, it almost seems like you're in an entirely different place and that everything had been just a dream. The interior of the cabin looks nothing like the run-down, old-timey shacks that you had been living in before. Everything in here is sleek and modern, from the enormous flat-screen TV mounted on the wall to the fridge and mini-bars stocked with all your favorite foods. There aren't any individual rooms in here, just a common area large enough to house everyone comfortably, no matter how many more people join you...and there will be plenty more people joining you before the week is over. Because if you look outside the window, it quickly becomes clear that not only are you still in Prayer's Pass, but that you are no longer among the realm of the living. Judging from the tombstones directly outside, you're now in what had been the abandoned broken-down cabin in the graveyard. The cabin's not all that changed; the world outside has gone completely grey and everything you see appears to be faded and blurry. The only things that remain sharp and in color are what's inside the cabin, including your fellow ghosts. Occasionally, people who are still alive may enter, but it's clear that what they're seeing is completely different from what you're seeing. The door's unlocked; however, a mysterious force prevents you from stepping beyond the threshold, no matter how hard you may try. After all, this cabin is a cage for the dead - a gilded one, perhaps, but a cage nonetheless. On the flat-screen TV plays everything that is currently happening in the town. It will shut off once night starts...and something else will appear instead.

Comments

[motheringnation]

[Ukraine is still looking around in confusion. One minute she was dying and now...]

...ah...hello?

[speakveryclearly]

Miss Ukraine...

[A wave from that girl whose throat was slit a few days back.]

Welcome to the afterlife.

[motheringnation]

....Kanaya?


....this looks like a very strange afterlife.

[speakveryclearly]

It is. It's defined by reality television for one thing. We watch what happens in the town all day and then send down clues from beyond the grave at night.

You should look in the thermal hull and get yourself some snacks.

[motheringnation]

....They have snacks here?

[But if they're dead then why do they have food....wait.]

We send them clues? ...I don't understand. If we're dead....how is that possible?

[notyetlost]

[...oh. The hunters had gone after Ukraine anyways, despite everything. Poland's stomach drops to his feet.]

...ah. H-hey Ukraine...

[Poland's hesitant to greet Ukraine under these circumstances. He seems uncomfortable, but not the usual discomfort that comes from when he tries to greet strangers. He's never really been one to feel ashamed of his actions but, lying to Ukraine and dying without a word to her was enough to make him feel that way.

Especially with her dead, it'd seemed his attempts to protect her and his secrecy were relatively pointless.]

[motheringnation]

[Ukraine's still confused and everything is a mess, but she sees Poland ...and tears up.]

Poland!

[And you are being wrapped in a teary hug because she missed you. You died and then she died and just there is a crying Ukraine on you now Poland.]

[notyetlost]

[As often as she does it, Poland really hates seeing Ukraine cry. Especially when he knows he's responsible for the tears.]

D-don't cry--

[His request would probably have more weight behind it if he hadn't started crying too.]

[motheringnation]

[Probably, but she's been holding back tears for a while also.]

I ...just....

[Crying. Because it hurts and she's dead and she's never going to see her family again or her people and and everything.]

[fortissimos]

[ Casually munching on some chips with her remaining arm... looks like it's new arrival time again. ]

Looks like you already got the tour. [ Kanaya why ] It probably feels weird right now, but you'll get used to it.

[motheringnation]

[She nods.]

....thank you. It's ...just a bit to take in.

[She's just so confused, but honestly what can you do at this point.]

[fortissimos]

Yeah, it is.

[ She definitely knows that feeling. It took a long time to get used to casually chatting with the people she'd killed while brainwashed. ]

... You're obviously not one of those guys, anyway. Did you have some kinda role?

[motheringnation]

[She nods.]

Yes. I was the lookout. I could look at one person's window a night and see if they were active.

[speakveryclearly]

I know. Trust me, time goes more slowly here. By the time the next day rolls around it'll feel like you've been here forever.

[Oh... also important to mention that Kanaya's left horn - the one with the hook - is... missing, leaving her with only one.]

[motheringnation]

....wonderful.

[She doesn't sound pleased at that.]

So all we do is sit around and watch them?

[hintcoinplz]

[Luke had seen her body briefly on the TV. He knew she wasn't the same Ukraine from Mayfield, but it still made him sad to see her here.]

I'm sorry about what happened.

[motheringnation]

[Oh it's the kid from before. You get a small smile. She's trying to get her thoughts organized.]

Thank you. ...I'm sorry for what happened to you as well.

[hintcoinplz]

It's actually really nice here, so I don't mind. Lots of food and things to drink.

[axeforasong]

Is Poland's friend, yes?

[motheringnation]

Yes. He's my friend.

[axeforasong]

Well, welcome, welcome! Is food, drink and old man attacking each other!

[notyetlost]

[Poland's face flushes pink at Ukraine's confirmation. Really pink.]








[Really really pink.]

[tsunneverset]

Ukraine. Welcome to the land of lost souls.

[England raises his cup of tea at her in greeting, his gaze fixed on a spot about three feet above her right shoulder. It doesn't look like he's intentionally trying to avoid meeting her eyes...rather it seems more like he can't.

[motheringnation]

Hello England.

[She didn't think herself on bad terms with England before, so even if he is a hunter she still walks over to see how he's doing.]

[tsunneverset]

[He doesn't seem to have noticed her walking towards him, if the way his voice still carries over as if he's talking to her from a short distance away is any indication.]

I suppose we're all in the same boat now, eh? Though at least Lithuania seems to be doing better.