graveyard part five

[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. (The graveyard so far)

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day fourteen; post trial

[gamehead]

[Critter will show up alongside Sharon tonight.]

Hee hee...congratulations, prey! I was kinda worried for a while there, but it really looks like your side finally stepped it up. And I'm sure you're all excited to finally leave this cabin, yes? Tonight's the last night you'll be here, so make sure to get in your final farewells! After that...well, even I don't know where the dead will wind up going, especially not when they're all killers like you.

Oh, except the hunters. Maybe a few of you will manage to get a second chance! But I doubt it.

[unadorned]

You miserable bastard!

[tsunneverset]

Hold it down, Prussia. I'm gonna rip off that mask and feed it to him.

[tsunneverset]

[He sits in horrified silence listening to Critter's speech on the television. He'd been holding out hope this whole time that the clues would lead to something that would bring them all back, or even just the people who'd been innocent. He knew the hunters likely weren't going to win, but even so, it hadn't mattered here in this cabin. Everyone was on the same side once they died, the side of hope.

And to now realize that they'd still been on opposing sides even when none of them knew it, that everything they'd done as hunters and as ghosts was for nothing...knowing that he has a good chance of being revived thanks to Clara or the Doctor doesn't help. In fact, it makes it worse. This had never been about saving himself, not from the start.]

You fucking bastard, that wasn't the deal!

[pasodoble]

And what was the deal?!

( Snapping and it isnt because he's talking to England. Okay, talking to England is part of the reason but the bigger reason is just being so done with this entire game now. )

[terryplz]

[He stands up.]

England, take my hand. I can launch you in its direction and talk you through fighting. You might not have your eyes, but you can still throw a punch.

[LETS GO ENGLAND.]

[asapplepie]

[He is worried and upset the second he hears Critter's deal, and it's even worse in a way that England won't be staying with him. It's not fair that he gets to go back and America doesn't but he tries to smile.]

It's okay, you'll figure it out.

Re: day fourteen; post trial

[agentx13]

Fucking shit.

[ Throughout the game, Sharon has been calm. She's had a mission. She has stuck to that mission. When she lost Tony, she stuck to the mission. When Bucky burned, when her aunt burned, when she watched Steve die again, she had stuck to the mission. And now this motherfucking supernatural piece of shit is going to fucking pay.

She twists and launches a punch to Critter's jaw, hard enough to break most people's necks. ]

You motherfucker! [ She throws another punch, then another and another. ]

You! What was the point? What was the point?

[gamehead]

[It doesn't dodge her blows, but it doesn't seem affected by any of them either.]

Hmm? You should be happy, Sharon! You might have a chance of coming back to life. Isn't that great?

[encored]

[wow guys he said don't trust inhuman things for a reason!!]

That's it, hm? No parting words of wisdom before sending us on our way? No grandiose "this is why you're all wretched creatures" speech? I suppose you've already illustrated that quite neatly with the game itself, though.

[speakveryclearly]

I guess we were supposed to figure out why from the clues...

[Kanaya looks somewhat pained at this whole situation.]

[expiatrice]

Oh... Thank you, I suppose.

Would you be willing to answer why we were allowed to stay here and watch the rest of the game unfold to begin with, Critter? Death doesn't normally work like this, and I don't just mean that in the conventional sense.

...

The wolves are all rather upset too, for some reason. Speaking of which, are they allowed to share with us their incentive, now that it's 'over'?

[aka come stand here if you don't care about living or dying!1!]

[gamehead]

Sure, why not? The game's over anyway. And their incentive should answer your first question quite nicely.

[construe]

[ Wow fuck her fucking unlife. ]

Just kill us for good. Just be kind for once. End it now.

[agentx13]

[ When Sharon's finally done trying to beat Critter into a pulp, she huffs a sigh and gives Critter a look as if determining what to do with it next. She barely glances at Kirigiri. ]

Sorry you got killed. Seems I could have used you in the end. All of you, really.

[ Uh... ]

Nearly all of you.

Re: day fourteen; post trial

[yajackass]

You son of a bitch! [Like the others, Ukyo immediately launches at Critter, punching it's mask as much as she can. No spatula, no problem. She's visibly shaking, tears staining her eyes.

She's pissed. The prey, the hunters, they all failed. They screwed up, and now she's going to die. She's not going to see Ranma. There are a million regrets running through her mind, and finally, she just stops.]

You had no reason to do this. We didn't do anything to you, you friggin jackass!

[hintcoinplz]

[Luke sees the list, sees that his father's name is on it, but not his or his mother's.

He just sighs. It doesn't matter now, whatever was going to happen to him. It's over.]

[pasodoble]

( Even now, Spain can find a way to smile, )

So that's it? It's all over? ( A shaky laugh is the only thing that betrays his seemingly good spirits, ) How unfortunate!

[notyetlost]

T-that's... [Poland hadn't really expected the Hunters to win after a point, but for all Critter's talk of the game being imbalanced and now trying to rectify it.]

That's not fair.

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[destage]

[...Ha. Hahaha. Wow, Sayaka really can't mange more than an utterly blank expression at this point. After all of that, and only the hunters could possibly get freedom. ...It's truly hideous, but it's what they deserve, isn't it?
What they deserve...for trying to live?

...This game really wasn't so black and white in the end, as it? She had to wonder if that was what the critter was trying to teach, if nothing else.

Sayaka says nothing on the matter, simply gazing on in silence, and perhaps even defeat.]

[fortissimos]

[ ... That death felt way less satisfying than it should have to watch, but maybe that's more to do with what happened afterward. ]

You're seriously just gonna let everyone that's left walk out of here?

[axeforasong]

Well, at least is done. Wake if anyone votes for me. [BRB GOING TO SLEEP]

[axeforasong]

Ah, Critter?

If Hunters are brought back, will they remember anything?

[WHY HAS NO-ONE ASKED ALREADY]

[notyetlost]

[Yeah, yeah whatever Critter. You're horrible! Awful! Blah blah blah.]

So like. If we get picked for the second chance, does that mean we can try to solve the clues if we want?

[Because the remainders didn't even really try and that actually aggravates Poland more than Critter at this point.]

Actually even if I can't, can I just ask you stuff about it anyways because like. This clue junk is kinda driving me nuts to be honest.

prey decision part 2

[terryplz]

[He watches the proceedings quietly and with a stern frown. Soon enough however it becomes hard to watch.]

Everyone has given up enough to bring all the Hunters back.

[He tightens his fist at the screen. He should be happy he'll be alive again and able to carry on his work...but a wave of dread only fills him because there will still be people trapped by Critter.]