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.

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day eight

[gamehead]

[Once again, Critter will pop up in the morning.]

Heehee, I knew we'd have a hunter in here again soon. Remember, the secret rules are still in effect, okay? No spilling anything!

[terryplz]

[His cane drops at what he sees on the television screen, shocked for perhaps the very first time this all began. Luke Triton...dead...]

...

[He furrows his brow and narrows his eyes, the shock replaced with rage.]

They're getting desperate.

[He doesn't believe they would kill a little boy unless they were. Desperation is the only explanation.]

[therealrobin]

[Damian might say they've learned lessons from Sayaka, but he isn't sure Sayaka isn't lying.]

He painted a target on himself, too, thanks to Rapunzel. They'll probably try to find out who else she told today so they can kill them tonight.

[terryplz]

...I wouldn't be surprised if they already know. And even if they don't, that person will have to reveal themselves today if they want to have a clear vote like yesterday. I didn't think they would go so far as to kill children however.

[The group always said they would kill adults and leave the children alone...but now it seems their thought has shifted with declining numbers.]

[therealrobin]

[Damian is quiet as he watches the television. At least he didn't have to watch his murderers walk around and pretend to be innocent]

What would you have done? If things got desperate. Would you have stopped them, or-

[terryplz]

I wouldn't let them murder children.

[As for others...well...he can't really give an honest answer for that.]

[yajackass]

[Ukyo Kuonji's first few moments in the graveyard weren't happy ones.

From checking her head for a bullet hole, to realizing that she was still involved. Of course it couldn't be that easy to get away. Of course not...]

Goddammit!

[It's about all she can get out. She wanted to cry, but she wouldn't let herself. It was her fault, it was only a matter of time anyway. Out of the frying pan...]

[speakveryclearly]

Welcome to the afterlife, Ukyo.

[Kanaya's demeanor was mixed, cool. On the one hand, she'd liked Ukyo well enough and getting to know her better could have been nice. On the other, she had been revealed as not only a hunter but a werewolf.

She didn't look the same as when Ukyo had last seen her. For one thing, there was an air of ghostliness about her, death clinging to her skin still - for another, her left horn, the one with the hook, was missing, leaving only one left.]

[yajackass]

[She nearly jumps at the sound of Kanaya's voice. The afterlife? So she really was dead... given the fact that Hanekoma was still alive, she should have known that Critter could cobble this together.

Kanaya's appearance was somewhat frightening. Just what had she been doing-- and how could anything keep hurting her after she was dead? Either way, she had something to say.]

Thanks. [And she bows her head.] I'm sorry.

[speakveryclearly]

[Her contrition... she expected something like this. Like Robin.]

You should be. But. You shouldn't have to be. In death we... understand things; look at the game from a different level. I still don't understand why, but things are more like red and blue than black and--

[But then suddenly the intense thirst for knowledge flares to the front of her mind--] Can you tell me whom you converted.

[yajackass]

[She was somewhat relieved that Kanaya understood, though it didn't help her. She didn't feel good about it.]

I didn't want anyone dead. I'm not a killer, I just... [She bit her tongue. She helped. Shaking her head, she held onto her arms.]

I don't know if I can say.

[hintcoinplz]

[Luke wasn't expecting to wake up in a new cabin. He jolts upright with a loud gasp, the last thing he remembered was being forced to drink a bottle of poisoned milk. Only this time he wasn't writhing in pain, so what's going on here?]

W-where...

[therealrobin]

You're dead, kid. Welcome to Critter's idea of hell.

[hintcoinplz]

I...what?

[Processing information in 3...2...1...]

I'm dead?!

[therealrobin]

[Just have a look, you stupid kid.]

[glowing_skye]

[Have a nudge from Mom.]

Hi, Luke.

[hintcoinplz]

[That's a voice he didn't think he'd hear again. He doesn't respond right away, and instead quickly looks up at her in wide-eyed shock.

She was here. She was actually here.]

[glowing_skye]

[Nudge nudge nudge.]

You look like you've seen a ghost.

[axeforasong]

[Mayu just shrugs]

Protector is silly, yes? Hello.

[hintcoinplz]

Protector? Oh, right. You mean England.

[speakveryclearly]

We mean America, we found out the truth about that days ago.

[manofiron]

[ The petty part of him wishes he could feel vindictively satisfied, but really, he just feels tired. Especially since he'd been hoping that being dead meant actually being dead. And not stuck in some miserable un-life. ]

[axeforasong]

[Ah. Hello.]

Evil old man the second!

[manofiron]

[ He rolls his eyes. ]

Not hardly.

[axeforasong]

[she tilts her head]

...You look old.