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.

Comments

[pasodoble]

Not at all. ( Spain is right there, waiting with the most encouraging smile he can manage. ) You did your best.

( And he'll soften his expression some and ask, )

Did you get back to the cabin all right?

[destage]

...Thank you, Spain-san. But I left Oowada-kun and Fukawa-san behind--I can't feel like I really succeeded...

[...If her smile brightening just a little bit is anything to go by, she appreciates what he said nonetheless.]

--Ah, yes! Fei-Ong-san and Oowada-kun both walked me back. ...Was that really your last wish?

[She uh. Kind of didn't hear it after she decided to go chair-fu on Holden. Sorry.]

[pasodoble]

Well, it isn't over yet. ( They still need to unlock clues to help the living so!!! ) So let's keep working hard here to help those we left behind, okay?

( He blinks, remembering everything that happened the day before. )

Sí. A lot happened yesterday so I wanted to make sure you weren't alone. ( With Kirigiri's death and all. Aaah but he's genuinely glad that Sayaka was able to find someone else to walk he rback. ) I'm glad that you weren't.

[destage]

...It isn't? [Well, she figured that this place meant that they could get out at some point but--awwwwwww yes!!] We'll still be able to help everyone here?

[...Awwwwwwww. She seems surprised at that, but she grins.] ...That's...really sweet of you to do. Thank you so much, Spain-san.

[It means a surprising amount to her, really.]

[pasodoble]

Haha! You should have thanked Charles and Oowada instead of me.

( Spain didn't do anything except die, oops. But yes, onto more important things, )

It looks like the dead really were the ones sending clues to all of us. ( He'll try to explain but he really isn't very good at these things, ) So it's our job to keep sending clues and maybe it'll help them out.

[destage]

I already did that! [She laughs a little.] The sentiment is just really sweet, though.

[...Blink, blink. Well! This is an odd surprise, she has to admit!] Wow, seriously? So all of that stuff we found...

[...You know, she's not sure if she should feel bad about the fact they won't be able to do much now, or just...]

I guess it's good that we're still useful, even dead...

[pasodoble]

Yup! I guess they're kind of like gifts. Let's make sure to send some clues that make sense though, okay?

( Spain is so tired of puzzles. Let's just give them an answer, ugh. )

[notyetlost]

It would have been like way more helpful if you hadn't been responsible for getting everyone shot.

[destage]

[...She admits she feels somewhat bad now that she knows of this place, but she simply looks to Poland seriously after he speaks.]

It's better than having people keep getting tortured to death, you know.

[notyetlost]

Yeah you totally think so?

We'll see if you still think that if you've managed to get another hunter shot today. With a trial looming later and three things to still unlock.

Super helpful.