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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day thirteen

[gamehead]

[Critter will show up along with Mondo today.]

Hmm...so I've given it some thought, and I've decided that I might be able to bring back Lithuania after all! But it'll take a lot more to bring him back than it will for one of the clues...and the price has to come from someone who hasn't already given something up for a clue. Hee hee, not that I think anyone really wants him around anyway, right?

[notyetlost]

[Poland will just volunteer everyone who hasn't given anything up yet.]

They'll do it!

You guys got your stupid clues so now you have to!

[bloodofgrima]

[Robin hates to be this blunt, but...]

Calm down, please. Critter just said that it will cost far more than the clues, and that's a lot to ask for someone many of us don't seem to know.

However, I'm certain that someone here will be willing. There's no need to get angry.

[axeforasong]

...I died twice; do I count?

[gamehead]

Nope! I don't need anything else from you.

[fortissimos]

That's a stupid rule.

[ SHE CAN'T CONTRIBUTE BUT SHE THINKS IT'S DUMB THAT SHE CAN'T ]

[axeforasong]

It is, yes? Would like to see Liet too...

[bloodofgrima]

[...Interesting. Now that Robin mulls over what Critter's said...]

Why does it have to be from someone who hasn't sacrificed anything? If it's a higher price, then shouldn't anyone with the ability to match it be able to pay?

[gamehead]

That's not really fair, is it? Why should some people get to sit back and reap the rewards while others do all the work for them?

[motheringnation]

What do you want in exchange for him?

[gamehead]

Heehee...that depends on how much you think his life is worth. I'm warning you now though, I won't be accepting any items or body parts this time. I only want what's most precious to you.

For example, from you Ukraine...I'd take all the memories of your family. That's just a suggestion though!

[speakveryclearly]

[Kanaya has her chin in her hand and is drumming her fingers against a glass tabletop. Her nails are yellow in death; she really wishes she could polish them. And to tell the truth she feels bad about having fallen out of Polish good graces.]

...Critter. Previously you equated the worth of Lithuania's afterlife to that of three clues.

If no sufficiently large sacrifice can be arranged - what about three ordinary ones? From separate people who have never taken their turn, of course.

[gamehead]

Six clues. Three today and three yesterday, remember? If you can get six people here to give up something who haven't taken their turn yet, then I might consider making that trade. Maaaaaaaaybe. Hee hee, I'll say this now though - Lithuania's presence won't have any impact on the final outcome of the game. The only reason to sacrifice anything would be because you actually want him around for these last moments.

[diamondo]

[Mondo doesn't seem to know what to do with himself now that he's here. He stares around at the other ghosts, eyes wide. He can't believe what he's seeing, but more than that, he can't believe he's been reunited with some of his friends and fellow victims.

...Though can he really consider himself a victim, when he really did deserve what he got? He killed Mayu, after all. An eye for an eye and all that, right?]

I...

[He starts, cuts himself off, and swallows hard. He doesn't know what to say. He doesn't know what he should say.]

I'm sorry for... what happened. For not trusting the others. For being a fucking idiot and letting all this get to me.

[He turns to Mayu, wincing slightly. He can't meet her eyes and instead looks at the ground near her feet.]

I'm so sorry. I know it doesn't mean jackshit here, but... fuck. I'm really fucking sorry.

[bloodofgrima]

[Robin has been waiting for Mondo to get his feet back, at least enough to process things -- she's been busy with the possibilities from Critter. But now that he's speaking, her attention is on him.

...and when he's done, Mondo finds a glass of hot chocolate gently pushed into his hands.]

Here.

[encored]

[HI MONDO. he raises a hand from where he sits, waving it almost dismissively.]

No need to apologize. Most people here are looking to make the game last as long as possible so those dolts have the chance to use our clues to figure out the true mystery, whatever that is. If at least one more wolf hadn't been killed, the game would have been over once we were down to three people. Now we've stretched the time limit out as far as it can go. [which he sure as hell hopes doesn't happen but hey, he doesn't have to say that part aloud.....]

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[axeforasong]

[she shrugs, casual as you please] Ah, is fine! Proved point to others though, yes? Are all here anyway! [IT'S JUST LIKE HOME]

They have all clues, and all proved can abstain. Will be interesting yes?

[destage]

[...Well, there was a moment she had not been waiting for even slightly. Good lord, she felt horrible--especially after what happened yesterday, she really just felt bad for him. She certainly didn't feel bad for the things that transpired from this, or her part in the shoot out that was day 11, but getting Mondo killed...

Well, she simply waits for a little bit before walking over to him slowly. Her eyes are at the ground when she speaks.]

...Hey, Oowada-kun.

[notyetlost]

A-ah... um. [Poland's greatest nemesis: Public speaking to a group of strangers. Not to mention one of the first time he opened his mouth in a trial all it did was make him a target for Sayaka. That went well. The last time he couldn't even get the Hunters to not vote for James Sunderland. That was a bad choice that could have been totally avoided if he'd been more persuasive somehow.

'You can manage if you have to.']

Hey like listen up!

Critter wants six people to give up something to get Lithuania back and it has to be someone who hasn't given anything up yet-- otherwise I'd just do it.

I think we have like one person interested so far and that's totally not enough. A bunch of you were sorry that you couldn't help Lithuania and get the clues too. Well, we have all the clues and a chance to save Liet so like, where are you people?

[bloodofgrima]

[Robin gives him a smile and approving nod. Well done, Poland. Nemesis or not, that was a good speech.]

[unadorned]

Shorty has a point. Listen to him. Reticence at this point won't win us any points, and we have nothing to lose.




Aside from body limbs and possessions, but crying about that is for wusses.

[therealrobin]

So it wouldn't unlock a clue?

[asapplepie]

[America is good at public speaking; in fact, it's one of the only things he's good at. So he'll stand up on a chair and speak really loudly at everyone.]

Anyone who hasn't already given up something is going to offer to give something up for Lithuania, no ifs, ands, or buts.

Poland and England can't help bring him back because they already sacrificed a lot. So even if it's not a clue, it's still your turn to make it up for getting to kick back so far!

If you've got a problem with that, take it up with me, but this is what's gonna happen. Then between what everybody all gets put up, we just pick the guys who have stuff to give up that's best for everybody.

[axeforasong]

[AND THEN THIS HAPPENS]

SHARON!

Idiot idiot idiot! What if all abstain is way to win?! Is what was all for! Idiot, idiot!

[SOMEONE STOP HER BEFORE SHE KICKS IN THE TV]

[asapplepie]

If I have to get Lithuania by myself, what do I give?