graveyard part five

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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)

Comments

[encored]

Put it in a little raincoat, then. I know you like silly craft projects like that. [tiny bears in raincoats... he never expected anyone would even make a grave for him so it's already more than enough. trusting in something like "revival" on top of that seems pointless, especially when he's so sure this won't be the end of his loops.] Anyway, you'd just get me something tweed and then sew more fairy patches onto it if I ran into you again.

I've left your tea things on the desk next to the lamp. They should still be there, so don't forget them. I even cleaned them for you.

[tsunneverset]

Ah, that would be rather cute...

[visibly shakes himself out of visions of teddy bears in tartan raincoats] And I told you, I'm very up to date on the latest fashion trends! I don't go around in sweater vests and button-ups all the time, you know. I'm sure there's something in my closet that would be suitable for a lad your age. [hope you enjoy ripped t-shirts and tight leather and studded bracelets, Charles...]

I won't forget. And I don't plan on leaving anything behind. [his voices goes more serious at that and it's clear he's not talking about the tea.]

[encored]

See? Give it an umbrella, it'll be right at home. [WAVES A HAND. oh no he's a little scared what if he does live to see England's closet.] As long as it isn't itchy, I suppose it wouldn't have to be set on fire too quickly. Just lay it out with the bear, yes?

[he catches the double meaning though and his lips purse for a second.] You've all be horridly optimistic this entire game, you know, and it hasn't gotten you anywhere good yet. Why do you think it will change now?

[tsunneverset]

I'll get you a shirt with the Union Jack on it. They're very popular, you know.

[He smiles at that.] Who knows? Some may call it foolish, but it's never been in me to surrender. I may be cynical, but I'm not a defeatist. Perhaps it'll be all for naught in the end, but we'll never know if we give up hope and don't even try. And while I usually expect the worst and hope for the best, in this case...how can it possibly get even worse?

[encored]

I don't want anything like that. Don't desecrate my final resting place with your nationalism.

[and since he takes that as a challenge:] Well, you wolves could be revived and then forced to kill off the remaining rabbits. Then you'll all die in turn as soon as you try exiting the Pass. Or you could send Critter into such a hissy fit that it decides to keep us all around indefinitely, watching round after round of other idiots fall into the same trap we have. Really, the potential bad outcomes are far, far greater than the one slim chance that we might be able to rectify anything in this mess.