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critter ([personal profile] gamehead) wrote2013-05-15 05:04 pm
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graveyard part 2

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.
motheringnation: (brother is scaring me...again)

[personal profile] motheringnation 2013-05-26 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[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: (make the choice and burn your throne)

[personal profile] fortissimos 2013-05-26 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
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: (It's alright brother)

[personal profile] motheringnation 2013-05-26 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods.]

Yes. I was the lookout. I could look at one person's window a night and see if they were active.
fortissimos: (the truth is hard to carry)

[personal profile] fortissimos 2013-05-26 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That sounds useful, but— ]

... Let me guess. You couldn't tell if they were hunters or just prey with roles, right?

[ Or scavengers, but they're all dead now. ]
motheringnation: (It's alright brother)

[personal profile] motheringnation 2013-05-27 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Right.

It's not as helpful as I thought. But I tried.
fortissimos: (don't beg for justice)

[personal profile] fortissimos 2013-05-27 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, don't feel bad. As long as you told someone what you found, you've probably helped more than most people.
motheringnation: (everyone is looking at me...)

[personal profile] motheringnation 2013-05-27 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I did...and I was able to pick a person to give my role to.

I hope it works.
notyetlost: (pink lots of pink)

[personal profile] notyetlost 2013-05-29 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Who'd you give it to?

I mean giving it to Lithuania is way too obvious right?
motheringnation: (everyone is looking at me...)

[personal profile] motheringnation 2013-06-02 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[She's not sure if she should say. But she'll look around and decide that it won't hurt. After all she's heard the names of a lot of hunters here and they don't seem to care.]

No not Lithuania. I gave it to Spain.
notyetlost: (liet no)

[personal profile] notyetlost 2013-06-02 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lithuania's in danger... over Spain?]

...
motheringnation: (Hiding behind a scarf)

[personal profile] motheringnation 2013-06-02 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[She see's that look.]

I didn't want to put Lithuania as a target ...
notyetlost: (liet no)

[personal profile] notyetlost 2013-06-02 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's trying to stop his face, but he can't.]

Um.

[Well that didn't work, Lithuania's being targeted anyways. He's not going to say that to Ukraine though, she just died. There probably wasn't much Ukraine could have done to detract suspicion from Lithuania anyways, they were joined at the hip the whole game almost. Not that it was weird for them to be joined at the hip or anything, Lithuania and Ukraine were friends and...um.]

...G-good thinking.
speakveryclearly: Kanaya chatting cheerily. Jade lipstick. (Approval)

[personal profile] speakveryclearly 2013-05-26 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
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: (Sometimes it just hurts)

[personal profile] motheringnation 2013-05-27 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
....wonderful.

[She doesn't sound pleased at that.]

So all we do is sit around and watch them?
speakveryclearly: Kanaya with mercilessly raised eyebrows and a wide smirk on her teasing lips. (Smug)

[personal profile] speakveryclearly 2013-05-27 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Well, when the boys aren't getting into idiotic fights. We just try to figure out "the real game", whatever that means. For all intents and purposes, we're still playing. Just as ghosts rather than hunters or prey.
motheringnation: (Huh? What did you say?)

[personal profile] motheringnation 2013-05-27 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
The real game? I thought...that was the game?
speakveryclearly: Kanaya looking over at something, not entirely satisfied, flickering. (Calm)

[personal profile] speakveryclearly 2013-05-27 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
It is... and yet it isn't. It's hard to understand.
motheringnation: (everyone is looking at me...)

[personal profile] motheringnation 2013-05-27 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
...Yes, it sounds like it is.
speakveryclearly: Kanaya in bright-eyed, comic style as she gives a high-five, not needing to say anything. (Friendly)

[personal profile] speakveryclearly 2013-05-27 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it helps to have one more head to put together in an attempt to get to the bottom of the puzzle!
motheringnation: (in the army now)

[personal profile] motheringnation 2013-05-27 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods. More firmly this time.]

I'll try to help if I can. Whatever this "real game" is, I don't think we want to lose it.
speakveryclearly: Kanaya stares at the viewer with a sharp predatory glow, glaring jade-ringed eyes and matching lipstick. (Very Serious)

[personal profile] speakveryclearly 2013-05-27 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
That's for certain. I think... I think Critter will keep organizing these games until they're "really" won.
motheringnation: (Huh? What did you say?)

[personal profile] motheringnation 2013-05-28 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
That's what it seems like.

....I wonder how many games they've already "played".
speakveryclearly: The back of Kanaya's head, in black and white. (Away)

[personal profile] speakveryclearly 2013-05-28 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know... but it could easily be very many.
motheringnation: (in the army now)

[personal profile] motheringnation 2013-05-28 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, we'll just have to make sure this is the last then.

[More sure of herself then she actually feels, but how can you be anything else at a time like this?]