Round 4 graveyard

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[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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Wednesday Game Reactions/Thoughts

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[ If anyone wants/needs to react!!! ]

lmao see icon ig

[arraignments]

[ ... Leo would have been enough to shake him, but. Well. Is it any surprise that Goro is leaving the game and headed for the backstage area, the second Akira dies?

He's ripping that prinny suit off and just screaming.

Soooo... if anyone followed him closely enough, they'll get to hear that.

Otherwise?

He can be found slamming his fist into a wall, angry tears pouring down his face.

Later on, possibly once the game has ended, he can be found just kind of leaning heavily against the wall. He looks so tired... ]

[overconfidant]

[A red-gloved hand gently slides in the way, between Goro's fist and the wall. Akira's other hand settles on his back, soft and...hesitant in a way it had never been before. But even after Goro saying he wouldn't leave his side, that he still loved him...

Well. It doesn't mean his confidence wasn't shaken.

But hearing that scream fucking rends his heart, and he can't just watch Goro cry and beat on the wall. Akira loves him too much to let something as petty as self-doubt keep him away.]

Honey, stop.

[arraignments]

[ He is absolutely whipping around to yank Akira into a hug, pulling him close. He might be shaking... but there's no hesitation to cling to his boyfriend. ]

... I'm sorry...

[ Fuck, when will he stop seeing it happen!? With Atsushi, it had been... heh. Excruciating, too, and it took way too long to stop hearing those shots - no, that's a lie; he... still sees it, sometimes. So, now, he's just... seeing a body go rigid, over and over, on top of everything else.

When... will he stop hearing the agonizing screams of people he cares about...?

When will he stop seeing them die...? ]

[overconfidant]

Hey, shh, for what? You didn't do anything to apologize for.

[Akira holds Goro tightly, the underlayers of his maid dress rustling a little bit. He runs his fingers gently through Goro's hair, nuzzling him a little. He's honestly handling his own death a lot better than he handled Goro's. Or Atsushi's, really.

It had hurt. Fuck it had hurt so much. And he's worried as hell about Moriarty and Vanitas. But he's not ready to quit just because he's dead.]

[arraignments]

[ Well, that makes the two of them? Goro thinks it's so much easier to die than to deal with the deaths of those he cherishes... heh.

He doesn't respond to those words, at first. Instead, he clings on a little tighter, a quiet, broken laugh slipping out. When he finally does respond, it's softly whispered. ]

... For being happy to see you, at all.

[ He really is a goddamn monster. ]

[scarsnstripes]

[Atsushi sees Goro run in, and he's hot on his heels, because between Leo and Akira... it's too much for him, too.

He wraps his arms around him tightly as soon as they're out of their prinny suits, trembling a little while Goro screams.

It was too much. Just having to stand and watch, not react-- it was too much.]

[arraignments]

[ It's thanks to Atsushi holding him, honestly, that he pulls it together... at all.

There's a thick swallow before he turns to pull Atsushi closer, shaking a bit. ]

When will it- fucking end!? I just want it to stop!!

[ Sorry that he's practically screaming that, Atsushi... He starts to pull away, when it dawns on him. ]

I'm... sorry. I'm just... ...so goddamn tired...

[eldritcheyes]

[Watching Silver and Giriko freaking out... that's the other price he has to pay for the deal he made, isn't it? Seeing his best friend sobbing over his body gives Leo the regrettable opportunity to discover that the dead can indeed cry, at least in this reality. He spared Silver from one kind of pain, but it's just dropped the poor hedgehog into a whole other kind of hell.

I'm sorry.... is all he has time to think before his soul is yanked away.

The afterlife is less of a surprise now, since they figured out what was up with the prinnies. Leo knows it's their job to work, but he needs a moment. Marona should understand, right? She seems like a sweet kid. She'll forgive him for sitting in a corner against the wall, drawing his knees up to his chest, hugging his legs, and getting in another good-- though quieter-- sobbing session.]

[visionem]

[ Alcor is good at waiting, patience and all that right? He's not going to bother Leo during his grieving session, but he will swing back later when he's slightly more put together. He's probably hanging out atop some still present mounds of rubble. ]

Hello, Leonardo Watch.

[eldritcheyes]

[And here's a white-haired kick in the ass. Leo instantly goes tense when he hears that voice, but it doesn't last. Quickly enough he's slumping a bit, muttering under his breath.]

Fuck my afterlife... Do you need something, Alcor?

[visionem]

I do not need anything Leonardo Watch, at least nothing you can provide me. [ His posture is entire casual, his knees loosely drawn to his chest, his arms resting on top of them. ]

I feel it is also unnecessary to ask you the same question. I do have a different one to ask you, however. Why are you here instead of Silver?

[eldritcheyes]

[Why does everything that comes out of Alcor's mouth sound so damned condescending? Leo doesn't have the patience for this, but he's too tired to get into a fight right now.

And then Alcor asks that question. Leo doesn't want to tell him the truth. He doesn't feel Alcor deserves it, not when he might question the validity or logic of giving your life for a friend.]

... does it really matter? Someone was going to die. Silver or me, it's still a life lost.

[merirut]

[Another two, huh... While adding more dead to their ranks means they have more manpower to explore and pass on information, it's also a reminder of how little they've accomplished when it comes to stopping this game. He's no stranger to feeling helpless, but it certainly doesn't help his mounting irritation with the Foundation and this entire situation.

So he won't approach Leo while he's crying because he's 100% aware that he's not the right person to deal with tears and distress, but he'll come by when the sobs have subsided somewhat.]

...What was that?

[eldritcheyes]

[At least Sandy's not Alcor, even if the two of them are close friends. Sandy might understand Leo's reasons. So he sighs and uncurls a little, rubbing his face tiredly.]

You mean the way the electricity jumped from Silver's space to mine? Probably another bit of "Dazai's" magic. If you mean why it happened... it's because I asked him to.

[merirut]

[His brows furrow at that answer. It's true that Sandalphon gets the sentiment, but he's also not great at tracking who's friends with who here, so it equalizes to something that's half-understanding and half-confusion.]

Showing his hand again, I see... Were you that desperate to die, though?

[eldritcheyes]

No. I didn't want to see my best friend die, especially not like that. It wasn't quick and it hurt like hell. But I made the deal with Dazai weeks ago, in case Silver was ever in danger. I told him I'd take the hit. It doesn't change the fact that I wanted to live, but I wanted Silver to live even more.

[arraignments]

[ Oh...

Goro's expression falters at the sight. It's after a thick swallow, he walks over to simply... sit next to Leo. He won't press, but he will eventually let his shoulder rest against the other young man's.

He's here... ]

[eldritcheyes]

[Leo eventually lifts his head. Yeah, he's been ugly crying for a while and it shows. He sniffles and rubs his face with the back of his arm.]

H-- hey, Goro....

[His voice cracks but he holds it together for the most part.]

slams into this!!!!

[arraignments]

[ His expression falters a tiny bit... but he shifts so he can very gently rest a hand on Leo's shoulder. ]

I... admittedly, rushed off, after Akira, so I didn't...

[ ... does he need to finish that? ]

... I'm sorry. I won't ask for details, but I'm- here to listen, all right?

[eldritcheyes]

[At first, Leo just shakes his head slightly, but it's difficult to tell what the gesture refers to until he finds his voice again.]

It... was supposed to be Silver. I made a deal with Dazai weeks ago, just in case.

[He swallows thickly.]

And he kept his promise.

[overconfidant]

[After his most immediate emotional reunion stuff, well, Akira is just finding somewhere to lay down. He's... really tired. That had been an incredibly painful way to die.

He hasn't even bothered to take the ears off. Or find some pants. So yeah he's just sprawled in his chosen spot in the full red and black kitty maid. Fite him.

Or maybe don't, as previously noted, he's tired.]

plz to be having a slightly less OW thread

[arraignments]

[ Alas, finding pants might be impossible, given... corporeal being status.

Goro does come over to him, just to... lie down next to him. ]

[scarsnstripes]

[It's hard being ghosts.

After a moment of hesitation and wondering if it'd be welcome, Atsushi settles down near them, not quite flopping on them but... close enough.

He's tired, too.]

[overconfidant]

[Akira immediately curls around Goro when his boyfriend settles next to him.

When Atsushi joins them, Akira hesitates for a second, too. Not because Atsushi is unwelcome, but because he still feels partly responsible for Atsushi's death. Even if Atsushi doesn't blame him.

Maybe especially because Atsushi doesn't blame him.

Akira's hand reaches out carefully to run through Atsushi's hair.]