Round 4 graveyard

[foundationmods]

[When your character dies, however that may be, they will feel themselves floating. For a moment or two they will linger at the site of their death, hovering just above everyone, watching.

Then they will feel a pull and they will get tugged all the way to the studio, through a wall, through the hall, through a door.

The place they end up in looks to be a backstage area. There is an area for storing supplies, a coat rack full of empty prinny costumes, a lounge area, and a place to rest. All of these areas are marked by a green border between the described rooms and the doors that go elsewhere. You will see prinnies come and go, hurrying around as they do their work for the day. But within those borders, some of the prinnies will take off their suits, revealing the human souls within. Men, women, old, young, there is a large mix. They are all very dead, though, and seem used to being dead.

And among all of the dead is one living girl, one who seems to be running the show behind the set. She can be found giving instructions to prinnies and telling them where to put things, but she will always take time to give everyone who arrives the same warning:]

Hi there! I'm Marona, and this is the backstage area. There's a lot to do yet, so if you could help us out I would really appreciate it.

All the areas with the green on the floor are safe to be in as ghosts. Your souls won't get pulled away as long as you stay in the safe areas. If you want to go outside of there, though, you have to put on a prinny suit. And if you do that, you have to follow the rules of the prinnies: no killing anyone, follow the orders you're given by the living, and try not to blow up too much.

If you have any questions, I'll be here! But you can come and go as you like. Just don't give Mr. Dazai too much trouble, okay?

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Week 4

[foundationmods]

Tuesday

[foundationmods]

[On this side of things, the dead will be able to hear the prinnies chatting excitedly with each other all day. And then, come nightfall, they all are walking out of the studio in a line while singing this song.

Hm. How odd. Do you want to follow them?]

[georgeous]

[ This seems cultish and George does not like it one bit. Time to put on a normal non-white prinny suit and follow the line.... ]

SITE 4 EXPLORATION ROUND 2: ECLECTIC BOOGALOO

[breadloaf]

[ Let's go kill two birds with one stone, shall we?

The prinnies that have yet to pay off their debts and reincarnate are probably heading back. They can probably join those going to Site 4 and snoop around.

Let's go, fake!prinny squad! ]

[mastersdefender]

[ Aqua will slip on into the fake prinny squad, meshing right in perfectly! ]

Wednesday

[foundationmods]

[There is a cat in the back room. The cat can't see anyone who isn't in a prinny outfit, though.

What do?]

[arraignments]

[ GORO MIGHT HAVE BEEN HANGING BACK AND WATCHING THE GAME, EARLIER, SO...

He recognizes this cat, and is smiling gently as he crouches not far from it.

Buuuuut he might be getting a glint in his eyes? He's going to walk over and pick up the black and red prinny suit. And then just.

Make it dance ridiculously???

He assumes Catsushi can't hear him, so: ]

WooOOOoooOooo...

wednesday; post game

[shortstacked]

[one minute he picks up the cookie and the next he's dead. he's actually dead and currently a ghost because that's his life now. he's just standing there in shock while trying to process everything that just happened, feel free to approach him though]

[arraignments]

[ Goro had been watching the games, so it's a bit before he is able to come approach the latest addition. ]

I'd say 'welcome', but... I doubt any of us consider this a welcomed situation. Still, I... don't think we ever properly talked.

[ He holds out his hand. ]

Goro Akechi, C-rank agent.

[merirut]

[Wow. Green team sure was hit hard these past few days huh. He won't really approach because he's honestly just passing by, but he'll say something at least.]

...I didn't expect to see you here so soon.

The Game

[arraignments]

[ LET'S DO THIS ]

[genkigravekeeper]

[I mean.

She's in shock that Dazai is doing this.]

actually i guess this is 1/2 now

[merirut]

[News at 11, he still thinks these games are stupid but he doesn't really react with anything more than dull surprise at Atsushi getting killed. It's more or less the norm by now and considering it's probably safer over here than on the living side... well. It's not really a big deal in some sense.

He does raise an eyebrow at Dazai's act, though.]

Hmph... at least he put some effort into it this time.

[mastersdefender]

[ So...with Atsushi dying that was bad enough and then...

Alcor explodes, literally.

She just looks shocked with a mixture of horrified. What can she say? ]

[scarsnstripes]

[One second there's mindnumbing pain and guilt as Doezai unloads an entire gun clip into him, the next he's... backstage?

Yes, backstage. He recognizes this, though last time he was here it was a Cat's eye view.]

Am I....?

???

[foundationmods]

[Well uh. That sure happened.

Everyone was luckily backstage, and Marona managed to get into a safe spot before the explosion went off. No double-death is on the table at the moment.

The stage area is absolutely trashed now, though. The set's destroyed, the roof caved in, and all the power has gone out.

Two new ghosts should be there with you, but where is Dazai? Hm. Investigating might be a good idea.]

[arraignments]

[ He isn't... in the right mind for this, but he sure can shut his emotions down to make himself in the right mind.

So, he'll be kind of blankly making his way to the mess... ]

[visionem]

[ All of this isn't too new to Alcor, especially the floating bit. He takes a second or two to blink and look around, then smiles in spite of everything he's just done. ]

...oh, that was an interesting experience.

[visionem]

[ That was something wasn't it. After being moderately helpful with Doezai brigade, Alcor takes up residence on where else, the house roof. Or that's what he wants to do except that's apparently not a great idea. He hasn't gotten the whole explanation yet given everything tonight was but he's sensitive enough to the ethereal that going to the house like this is a bad idea. So studio roof it is... or what's left of it. It's probably just a small island of roof or something, it's fine.

Alcor's kept himself busy with a lot of things this past week but tonight calls for a classic. Alternating between his hands he summons small embers of fire that he snuffs out and calls forth intermittently. He won't teleport away if anyone approaches, but he's not seeking anyone out yet either even though he probably should at some point. There's a lot of thinking he has to do, probably. ]

[merirut]

[Adventures with Doezai did help distract him for a bit, but once that's over, his thoughts go straight back to the game and that supernova. And while he doesn't quite know where Alcor is, he does have a hunch as to where he could find him, especially with that conspicuous hole in the studio roof. So once again, there's a quick flash of light as a pair of wings manifest on his back to carry him up.

Of course, this place treats death very differently. He knows--this isn't like that time with Lucifer. But his feelings are still mixed on the matter and he just isn't good at dealing with this sort of thing at all. And as he lands on the roof to see the flickering wisps of flame in Alcor's hands, he pauses and thinks about how he wants to start this conversation. Finally:]

Alcor... no. Al Saiduq. ...Did you enjoy the coffee?

[mastersdefender]

...Alcor. What made you decide to do all of that?

[ It endangered so many people, man.

She's not even talking about her own death, wow. ]

[georgeous]

[ That game sure happened. George isn't sure what to make of it. Largely, the cruelty of all that happened seemed to have worked out in their favor at the very least. But then there's the whole business with killing the fake Dazai and he has words about that.

He's not climbing up to the ruin roof entirely, but he does find himself an elevated place to approach Alcor from. ]

You are aware Dazai is on our side, right?

Saturday after the games and the Big Mess That Is Akira

[arraignments]

[ So... after all this?

Goro can be found curled up in a corner, face buried into his knees. If anyone tries to talk to him, he isn't responding, but... maybe touch will do it? Who knows.

Observant types could notice a tremble. And an occasional, quiet sniffle, maybe. ]

[scarsnstripes]

[Atsushi doesn't know if touch will do it, but he's going to try anyway, because Goro shouldn't be alone right now. Because he wanted to be here with him, to hold him through this.

He settles next to Goro in the corner, wrapping one arm around his shoulder to pull him close.]

[mastersdefender]

[ She can't ignore a person in distress, so she does make an approach. She even reaches out to place a hand lightly on his arm. ]

...I know we don't know each other all that well, but I'm here.