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?

Comments

[merirut]

[Success...?! Although he's also thinking of any potential cameras, so he'll also try to make it seem as accidental as possible. He'll basically try to gradually nudge the envelope under the box as he places food down. When the task is done, he'll pick the box up again, careful to keep the letter pressed flat against the bottom.]

That sounds convenient.

[He turns from the desk, walking back towards the door, but he stops before exiting.]

Oh, one of my coworkers had something they wanted to leave, too. Would you mind if I fetched them?

[foundationmods]

Go ahead, I'll wait here.

[The letter is successfully smuggled, and Sandy can bring people to the office.]

[merirut]

[And with a nod to the janitor and a quick 'thanks', he'll run over to where Leo is.]

Come with me. There's something I want you to look at.

[eldritcheyes]

[He did offer, so he nods at Sandalphon and follows his lead.]

Anything I can do to help, man.

[merirut]

[While they're on their way to the office, he'll fill Leo in a little.]

There's a spear in Mission Control's office. It's obviously magical, but I can't discern much else aside from its similarity to what would be cast by monsters. See if you can figure out anything else about it. I can provide a distraction if you need it.

[eldritcheyes]

Right. The more time I can spend looking at it, the more I can figure out, but the max I can use the Eyes is maybe five minutes. That's if it's not really super powerful, too. That'll burn me out faster. And a distraction would be really handy if you don't want anybody to notice, the Eyes aren't exactly subtle.

[They actually make sounds when they're active, for crying out loud. Kinda cool sounds, but still.]

[foundationmods]

[The question also is can he get the prinny suit off for long enough to stare at the spear without being noticed by the cleaning person.]

[merirut]

Living people can't seem to see or hear us with a few exceptions, so that should be fine.

[Mostly it's just the suit unzipping part they have to hide.]

...Can you take a glimpse of it first, then? I can't comment on how powerful it is, but I'll trust you to know your own limits if it comes down to it.

[eldritcheyes]

Yeah, I can take a quick look first to make sure. You just gotta keep anybody from noticing me doing it. But unzipping the prinny suits isn't exactly easy to hide....

[merirut]

You just need to cover your head with something.

[Chinhands. Or rather, chinflipper.]

We could retrieve some blankets. I already took sheets from some of the rooms earlier in the week, so we can use those.

[eldritcheyes]

Good idea. If anybody notices I'm just covered in blankets, well... prinny flippers aren't good for holding stuff and I'm pretty clumsy anyway.

[Leo changes direction, on the hunt for a couple of blankets. He'll bury himself under them so it looks like he fumbled them, then unzip the suit to peek out. Thus equipped, he waddles back to Sandalphon with the large wad of cloth in his flippers.]

Hopefully nobody catches us anyway, but at least we're taking precautions.

[merirut]

[Alright, back in the direction of MC's office they go?! But uh, speaking of people catching them.]

Actually, there's a custodian that won't step away from the office door. But wasn't difficult to sneak a letter past him, so this shouldn't be any trouble, especially with me distracting him.

[eldritcheyes]

Yeah, anything to keep him off my ass, do it. I'll say I'm tangled up once I'm back in the suit, that's the signal I'm done.

[merirut]

Understood. Well then, let's get this over with.

[He doesn't have anything else to say, so the rest of the walk there will be a silent one unless Leo wanted to fill it with something. But either way, when they make it to the office door, Sandalphon will raise a flipper in greeting.]

Sorry for the wait. [A gesture to Leo prinny and the blankets.] He thought a blanket would be good to have around for those late nights.

[While Leo does his thing, he plans on distracting the custodian with conversation about the state of the base. But if that isn't enough, Sandalphon's willing to go as far as accidentally tripping and falling toward him if necessary.]

[eldritcheyes]

[Leo waddles in, looking like he's going to set the blankets down somewhere. Once he sees the spear, he'll purposely stumble and flip the blanket over himself, completely shrouding his prinny body while he fakes a quiet yelp of surprise. Now hidden, he quickly unzips the prinny suit and flips back the top, the Eyes snapping open and activating with that quiet but distinct sound.

What does he see when he looks at that spear?]

[foundationmods]

[The custodian is successfully distracted!

When Leo looks at the spear, he will see that it is highly magical. Like, there's a lot of magic on this thing, and it's OLD magic too. Additionally, it seems that the spear is able to change shape and can also be summoned to its owner. It is also glowing red, even if it normally appears a metallic color.

This is a very powerful personal weapon, and should not be underestimated.]

[eldritcheyes]

Holy shit, what is this thing?

[He's tempted to touch it and see what happens. I mean, he's already dead, what more could it do?

He's going to try to look deeper, see if this thing has a core, or maybe the owner's aura can be traced and read through a connection to the spear Maybe he can see a true name in that connection?]

[foundationmods]

[Leo won't be able to pick out a true name, unfortunately. It seems almost like this spear has had many names in the past, and carries many names now.

It does seem connected to MC somehow, though.]

[eldritcheyes]

[Touching it is probably a bad idea, then. Can he see anything else strange about the spear, or is there anything else in the room that catches his attention?]