graveyard part 3

[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

[expiatrice]

It addressed us on this side, so it was before your arrival. There's definitely something off about it...

[yeah she'll. opt to stay quiet on that one. while getting stuff lined up on the sink/table because cakes must be seen to!!1!]

[pasodoble]

Critter is here? ( He can't escape this Demon. He wonders if Critter is French too. ) How so...?

( ...

And then suddenly he'll let out a loud, frustrated groan, and throw himself into searching for all of the ingredients they'll need. )

It doesn't matter anymore. The game is over for us.

( Little does Spain know. )

[expiatrice]

It's everywhere.

[there's a flatness in her tone.]

I don't think it is. Remember the mementos? The dead were trying to give us clues. Miki Saya's lost an arm, Ada Vessalius' lost an eye. At this point, I don't think it matters who wins: it's the aftermath that everyone has to be concerned of.

[pasodoble]

( ... )

So they really were clues for something else...

[expiatrice]

I stopped giving thought to these the moment Joshua was dead and Charles poisoned, I admit, but the consensus here seems to be that everyone wants more time bought. Your fellow nation succeeded in that much, but now it's a clash of wills. Charles will do everything in his power to ensure Mayu and Sharon Carter's deaths within the following days, but as you can see, the prey collectivity is also starting to express doubt.

...

People need to keep in mind that wolves victory won't mean the solving of this 'true' mystery, Bruce Wayne at least has told me he was unaware of this facet of the game when he was among the living. There's too many unknown factors either way, I suppose you could ask a fellow nation wolf if you're so inclined.

[A beat.]

By the way, England is blind.

[pasodoble]

I thought they were clues about what happened in the past and not something that would happen in the future...

( Looking at the screen. Charles, Beat, and Sayaka are still alive so they would still know everything from their meetings. The plan could go on still... )

I suppose I can play for a little longer. Sí, I'll ask--

( Dead silence. )

Come again?

[expiatrice]

It's both. This game has been played several times from the looks of it, but never actually 'won'. From what I gather, these clues are supposed to help prey win the underlying real game.

[didn't drop a bomb on you or anything, did she.]

He's traded away his sight. When Lithuania shot Hanekoma on-screen, he was frantically asking what happened.

[tsunneverset]

[Behind them, England has gone pale with anger and shock.]

I am no such thing.

[pasodoble]

Let's settle this, Brows.

( He holds up two fingers in front of England, )

How many fingers do you see?

[tsunneverset]

[scowls at him]

I refuse to play such an asinine game with you. How about you take those fingers and shove them where the sun doesn't shine?

[pasodoble]

If you insist.

( And taking both of those fingers and poking England in the eyes. Since, you know, the sun doesn't shine in England. )

[tsunneverset]

[He doesn't even blink until the fingers are in his eyes, upon which he jerks back immediately and swears.]

You fucking bastard! What was that for?!

[pasodoble]

I was only doing what you told me to. ( Shoving England away now where as before, he'd just wave a hand. ) Now, go away, you aren't allowed in the kitchen.

Ever.

[pasodoble]

That doesn't mean he's blind. ( Waving a hand in the air, dismissing such a crazy idea, ) He's always had terrible eyes... seeing things that aren't really there and some times not seeing at all.

His age is catching up to him.

[expiatrice]

[stares at them both


oh did england over-hear...]

Goodness knows how your nation anatomy functions contrasted to that of an ordinary human. I can only reason so much from observation; if that's what you say, Spain, then I defer his condition to you.

[liet shooting sanae on widescreen is KINDA hard to miss...]

[pasodoble]

Of course! I can settle this right now.

( Going over to England now... )

[expiatrice]

[just nods without saying anything.

IS HER FRENCH SIDE SHOWING???]

[pasodoble]

See? He's fine.

( Even if England never answered his question, it's OK. Spain knows. )

[expiatrice]

Thank you for confirming and laying our concerns at rest, then! My apologies for the mistake, too.

[Beams! You can also hear it in her voice.]

[pasodoble]

It's nothing.

Now, let's get him out of the kitchen before he ruins everything.

[expiatrice]

...

Amen.

[tsunneverset]

I'm not blind, I can see perfectly well.

But even if I couldn't, you have no right telling people for me.

[expiatrice]

What rights do the dead like us still possess?

[tsunneverset]

What do the dead possess, save for our pride?

[expiatrice]

And Pride is a cardinal sin. It's unbecoming, even for the damned and the dead.