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foundationmods ([personal profile] foundationmods) wrote2018-11-29 04:47 pm
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GRAVEYARD

[On the instant of your death, you're suddenly outside of your body - probably staring down at the remains it's become.

Yet, you're not alone. For all of you (except Szayel), a young man appears from behind you, his face set into a firm, yet sad, scowl. His shaggy strawberry blonde hair is pretty eye-catching, along with the black and white Shihakusho he wears and the large sword on his back, even as he gently tries to lead you back into the lobby and away from what was once your body. You can still clearly hear and see the living, if you want to try - but they can't see or hear you.

'Welcome to the world of the dead in this Resort,' he says, quietly. 'Looks like you're stuck here with the rest of us.'

He hands you a tablet, just like the one you had before. "You'll need this if you want to keep talking to them,' he explains, looking sad.

It looks like you've passed on, and yet...You still feel like you have a role to play in all of this.]
perfeccion: (003 why don't people understand)

SUNDAY POST TRIAL

[personal profile] perfeccion 2018-12-16 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Once everyone has filtered down to the lobby, Szayelaporro will clap his hands]

Please, dead of the Resort! May I direct your attention to center stage for just a moment! First, I would like to congratulate everyone on a successful exorcism after the madness of yesterday. [he puts his arms behind him, looking a bit more serious] But we mustn't rest on our laurels just yet. In all the chaos, I am unsure if you noticed the Captain. He slept the entire trial and then promptly disappeared, leaving the Lady to do his job. This lines up with what we learned from 34's letter. This is a very bad sign.
Edited 2018-12-16 19:16 (UTC)
justonezero: (the town from)

[personal profile] justonezero 2018-12-16 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
It's probably the Outsider, but...

Does that mean he's seriously trying to kill the resort?
perfeccion: (007 bits and pieces)

???animal death??? cw???

[personal profile] perfeccion 2018-12-16 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I have not a single doubt that it's the fault of this Outsider. I am, however, unsure if his goal is to kill the Resort, or if that's just a side effect of whatever it is he IS trying to accomplish, but the fact of the matter is -- we cannot allow this to happen.

Dear friends -- imagine, if you will, a deer. A deer is a ruminant, a creature exquisitely designed to eat and grow on a diet of nutrient-poor roughage. How does a deer accomplish this? The deer is home to millions of other organisms; protozoa, bacteria, even some fungi. These microbes are all given safe refuge in the deer's rumen -- in exchange they digest the tough cellulose in plant matter, allowing the deer to get energy from it in ways other animals cannot.

Now.

Picture this -- the deer is crossing a road and BAM! She meets her untimely end on the grill of a truck. What, then, do you think happens to everything that was living in her rumen?
justonezero: (care about me)

[personal profile] justonezero 2018-12-16 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
We're all super dead!

[he did kind of figure.]
Edited (what even happened there) 2018-12-16 19:27 (UTC)
perfeccion: (016 living tissue)

[personal profile] perfeccion 2018-12-16 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Extra dead!! [he says, pointing to Yoshi!] But, unlike those protozoa, we have the benefit of knowledge. We know we're in the deer's rumen, and we have means to help prevent it from dying.

And to that end, I have a proposal -- that we cast aside all conceptions we have about the mafia "monsters" among us. If the letter is to be believed... the game isn't important. The monsters are Guests, just like us. We are all rats on the same sinking ship.
Edited 2018-12-16 19:30 (UTC)
justonezero: (the town from)

[personal profile] justonezero 2018-12-16 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[He tilts his head thoughtfully.]

The letter says that the important thing is who survives, right?

So... does the resort count as a "who?"
perfeccion: (018 (weird science))

[personal profile] perfeccion 2018-12-16 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
... I'm still working on that. But the other monsters do not seem to be as.... violent as the Barghest. The Doppelganger and Cinque seem to be more like partners, and Rean and the Jorogumo are a predator eking out a living, from what I can tell. The Staff also gave Rean a goal -- to hunt down the Outsider.

We have seen that the Outsider can hijack the Resort, to an extent. I think this whole mafia game is his idea -- by turning the Guests against one another, we are distracted. And vulnerable.
justonezero: (suffocated in my shell)

[personal profile] justonezero 2018-12-16 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
But the Outsider is Ichigo's superior, right?

[Hrmmmmm.]

Isn't it kind of bad for him if everything dies, too? [Like. Most people have a higher level of self-preservation than Yoshi, that's for sure.]
Edited 2018-12-16 19:47 (UTC)
perfeccion: (027 magic and technology)

[personal profile] perfeccion 2018-12-16 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. But remember what Kurosaki said about him -- he's stubborn. He may not realize what he's doing.

Or may not care. We are all fictional D-class after all. For the Foundation, we are expendable assets. He's apparently also more of a military person than a researcher. His goal very well may be to destroy this Resort, at whatever cost. [he scoffs] There are certainly plenty who think like that among the ranks of the Foundation.
justonezero: (There's you)

[personal profile] justonezero 2018-12-16 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
So we need to figure out a way to stop him...

[But that means going into the vents :<]

I don't think the resort itself is bad, either. I mean, I was talking to one of the other guests and he said it's famous across different universes for its service? Seems weird to destroy something like that.
perfeccion: (031 fantasy and microchips)

[personal profile] perfeccion 2018-12-16 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[he sighs]

My memories of the Foundation are still quite blurry, but I do distinctly recall a constant frustration with their unwillingness to try and understand. Secure, Contain, Protect -- all good, yes. But there are certain things you shouldn't just lock away in a box.
justonezero: (I'm not there)

[personal profile] justonezero 2018-12-16 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
All my memories are just about training to contain...

[He's. He's got concerns about what he's been doing for them now.]

So in this case, we just need to "secure" and "protect" it?
perfeccion: (017 warm flesh)

[personal profile] perfeccion 2018-12-16 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. So far, the Resort has not proven to be... well, dangerous, not with the cruelty and maliciousness of something like the Barghest. It's clearly a living, thinking being. What if it's one of the last of its kind? What if it's the only of its kind? That's worth protecting. Worth understanding.

Of course, I may end up eating my words later on... but, ah, such is the risk of a hypothesis.
justonezero: (care about me)

[personal profile] justonezero 2018-12-16 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
You're really into studying stuff, huh?

[As long as it's not the barghest puppy, Yoshi is pretty much fine with this.]
perfeccion: (021 it's my creation)

[personal profile] perfeccion 2018-12-16 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not just "into it", dear Yoshi; science is my passion, my raison d'etre. I am forever in the pursuit of knowledge! Of clarification, of understanding, of betterment!!
justonezero: (Each time I realize)

[personal profile] justonezero 2018-12-16 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Said like a true comic book villain-type!

[He had no idea how correct he was when he first mentioned that to Ichigo.]
perfeccion: (009 we're making weird science)

[personal profile] perfeccion 2018-12-16 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, don't pigeonhole me -- I am so much more than just a villain.
justonezero: (and nobody gives a)

[personal profile] justonezero 2018-12-17 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
...

Are you a final boss?!
perfeccion: (029 electricity)

[personal profile] perfeccion 2018-12-18 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[he shoots Ichigo a glare, but there's no real venom in it]

Ahem...

Actually, I was the Octava Espada... the eighth most powerful Arrancar in Lord Aizen's army.
bladeisme: (I'm like the ringleader; I call the shot)

[personal profile] bladeisme 2018-12-18 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Out of ten. Oh wait - it was nine, wasn't it? Because of Yammy's whole....thing.

[JUST. GESTURES.]
perfeccion: (015 making dreams come true)

[personal profile] perfeccion 2018-12-18 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
We don't talk about Yammy!

And anyway, it's not just out of ten; lord Aizen had hundreds of Arrancar in his army! ... Just, ten Espada, is all. to even be counted among the Espada is the highest honor...!