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

[therealrobin]

You keep saying that. And that Naegi played you when lives were on the line.

[ Damian turns his attention back to the television, his expression thoughtful. Father wouldn't care about his own life so much as others' lives. Poland and England both have countries to concern themselves with. Hmm... ]

So Naegi today. Holden tomorrow. The girl who pretended to be the bloodhound the day after that.

It'll be interesting to see what happens when they know who hunters are but can't kill them until the trial.

[speakveryclearly]

That will leave only... four, won't it? I wonder, will that quartet expose themselves over the course of the remaining days or will they continue undetected and take the game back after all. Kyouko, at least, has the perfect cover.

[therealrobin]

It sounds like all the trials are going to do is get rid of the useless parts.

2/2

[therealrobin]

People, I mean.

[tsunneverset]

I can't argue with you there.

I think the outcome of this game is going to hinge entirely on Kirigiri. Our viper has done a remarkable job of keeping inconspicuous, but the watcher could still get lucky there. Kirigiri though...even if someone realizes the possibility of being able to fake her role, there's no way to prove it unless Critter throws in yet another twist. We only need one hunter to win.

[therealrobin]

So who's the viper?

And how long do you think it'll be before Critter outs her through some sort of twist?

[tsunneverset]

Sharon Carter. She's been doing well.

With our luck? It'll set her on fire tomorrow and claim it was simply making things "fair". Or maybe it'll wait until we've actually managed to make some progress to do so, like it did when we converted Kirigiri and lost Robin. I don't believe it's ever forgiven me for saving Ukyo.

[axeforasong]

Is funny, yes? Rabbit playing favourites should be bad, yes? [says the person who got her role because Critter liked her]

What happens if Prey win?

[notyetlost]

No one's asked yet. [Poland's been thinking about this for a while though, himself.]

I'll ask tonight.

[therealrobin]

What do the hunters get if they win? You're obviously still rooting for them, but you've killed a bunch of the people here.

It isn't money. We're already dead. And it has to be more than just-

[ They still can't tell even though they're dead. Which means...

He goes quiet and looks around to see if Critter is around, then silently puts his chin on his knees. ]

Poland is stupid anyway.

[axeforasong]

Not that stupid.

Critter wants Prey to win, yes? Is enough reason to not want Prey to win.

[notyetlost]

[Poland won't answer as usual.

But he is smiling at Mayu's reasoning.]