graveyard part 4

[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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[pasodoble]

Ah, you don't understand.

Poland sent him to me.

( This is the dorky Spain you all know and love. )

[unadorned]

Has Catholicism really changed that much since my time? [She's still tense because angels]

[pasodoble]

Before we killed England, I asked Poland to send me a sign.

Since he would know who the hunters were, you know?

And Charles appeared when I was thinking about voting for England at trial.

[unadorned]

[Spain, no...





It's really her fault for going for the dumb ones every time.]

[pasodoble]

( HE ASKED FOR AN ANSWER AND HE RECEIVED

If that isn't a sign, it's a crazy coincidence. )

[notyetlost]

[That.

That actually makes Poland roll over from his place on the couch just to look at Spain.]

What are you talking about.

[pasodoble]

I was at the church! ( Dancing on over with a silly expression, ) I asked God for strength and you for a sign.

And ( Holding up both fists and opening them in the air. Oooh, spirit fingers. ) Charles appeared.

( Not that he said it out all out loud though because he didn't have very many people to trust back then. Also yes, this is Spain confessing that he prayed to Saint Poland. )

Gracias.

[notyetlost]

If I sent you Charles it's because I totally wanted you to shoot him.

[Charles is the biggest thorn in the Hunter's side left alive at this point.]

[pasodoble]

( and suddenly completely thrown out of his previous cray cray mood.

he doesn't understand anything anymore. )

Come again?

[notyetlost]

[Poland's too worn out to deal with Spain's stupidity. And that's saying something considering Poland's brand of stupidity.]

Why would I ever send you someone who was helping to lynch Hunters left and right?

You know we can still lose like, the last two remaining hunters tomorrow don't you? And if we do, we're totally done.

Charles didn't just go to his cabin to die after the trial, he brought people with him. He's plotting something.

[pasodoble]

But it happened right after I finished asking you for help.

( And he crosses his arms across his chest and furrows his brow. But now that Poland mentions it... it doesn't really make sense. Tapping his chin. )

... You really didn't send him to me?

[notyetlost]

No.

[Poland grabs a throw pillow and buries his face in it. Just what he needed, more reasons to regret opening that stupid church.]

Go away.

[pasodoble]

...

( He won't go away though. Instead, he'll come over and very quietly say, )

I'm sorry, Polonia.

[notyetlost]

No, you're not.

[pasodoble]

( He really was but he won't repeat himself. Instead, he'll kneel down to be on the same level and try to talk, )

Lituania is only running late. He'll be here soon. ( Or... ) Or maybe we're the ones who are really late and he's waiting for all of us.

So we should hurry with these clues and make sure everyone else can figure it out as quickly as possible.

Then we can be through with his game and go home. And when we go home, we can meet again.

( It's too bad that Spain doesn't realize Poland wasn't around long enough to talk Nation philosophy with Spain like some of the others here have but he's still trying. )

[notyetlost]

[It was so obvious that Spain and Lithuania were working together. It wasn't that hard to realize given the conversation that led up to them suddenly disappearing to talk in private. If it hadn't been Lithuania who shot Hanekoma, the only other person to do it would have been Spain.

Poland seriously doubts Spain really regrets anything about how that happened. Maybe he didn't plan on dying but Spain at least ended up here after all; getting to make out with Prussia, and giggle like an idiot with Ciel, and beat up everyone he ever wanted to beat up.

Poland ignored England's apology, but he can't accept Spain's.]

You're totally patronizing me right now.

[pasodoble]

( A bittersweet smile, )

A little bit, yes. ( He'll reach out to touch Poland's shoulder with the tips of his fingers briefly, ) Let's talk soon.