GRAVEYARD ✨

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POPULATION: GHOST TOWN

You die - and then you wake up.

For a second, it feels as though you can't breathe, and then your head breaks the surface. You crawl out of a pool of blood and into a large, crystalline room. Moving images play across the crystal walls, and if you watch close enough, you'll realize that you're seeing the land of the living; a familiar space station with familiar faces. You can watch these images for as long as you'd like - there are several very large benches (as in, you have to climb them to sit on them) around the room for you to rest on while you do.

Regardless of how you died, it seems as though you're not quite gone completely. You're in one piece, at least. That's good news. However, your surroundings are not exactly what you remember.

When you exit the first room, a bleak, empty city sprawls out ahead of you.

The city itself is large. The framework of it seems to tower higher and higher than you can see, up into the black opal sky that shivers and curls every so often. A river entirely made of blood runs through the city, winding around buildings and ending at the crystal room. The most noticeable thing about the buildings themselves is the fact that thorny vines made of pure white steel dig into the walls and floor, cracking the foundations.

The residential building is worn down and old. It's two floors, and has a few small studio apartments built for one or two people to live in. The beds are extremely uncomfortable. It has a communal area downstairs, but the TV is broken, and the couches are torn apart. Sometimes, this building feels obscenely hot in temperature, and smells like rotten eggs.

The grocery store is your typical convenience store. There's a large selection of food in this area, but it all tastes the same - like chalk. On top of this, every so often there will be bloodstains on the walls, the floor, and the displays. They change in size and location, each time you enter the store.

The clothing store is thrifty in nature. All the clothes here are uncomfortable and scratchy, and don't fit quite right. While you're here, time feels... weird. Distorted, almost dreamy. As you're picking out clothes and trying them on (no money needed, just take what you want), you swear you can hear a gunshot in the distance.

Enjoy your time in this city, and remember...your story isn't quite over yet.

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hey nerds

[nodo]

[ we got new places to be wow! exciting! you know what's not exciting??? a nice little text exchange law had but is totally (not) fine with. so...uh... not sure how he's getting everyone's attention but he's gonna?

maybe they can be at the bar because drinks might be important depending on how things go. ]

Has anyone here done much texting with the Avatars after dying?

[housewolf]

[Omi is here, drink in one hand.]

A little bit with Envy.

Did something come up?

[nodo]

You don't have to tell me what but did you ask him why we're still here?

[ hmm. envy...... ]

[housewolf]

I haven't.

I asked if we were going to be stuck here forever, but he didn't know for sure.

[commedia]

[Just looking away...]

Lust and Envy, a little bit...

[nodo]

[ hmm?? but given omi above— ]

I don't need specifics but did you talk to Lust about this place?

[commedia]

[uhhhh]

Not really? Should I have?

[holeful]

I haven't, though I talked with Sloth when he was here last week?

[nodo]

[ oh hey.....one of the ones he hasn't talked to. ]

Yeah? What kind of things do you talk about?

[holeful]

He told me I had depression.

[Fukuda is useless if that's all he has to report.]

[brightred]

[Yeah, drinks are important like, just in general. Grell's working through a glass of terrible whisky.]

No. Were we supposed to?

[nodo]

[ well. you know. that's about fair. ]

It might be helpful to get a grasp on what's going on or our options.

[brightred]

This place is terrible but it isn't the worst afterlife I've been to.

[notaccurate]

Yes, with Envy, Greed, and Lust. Why?

[nodo]

[ see that luca responded to the food.... law is just gonna be like...yeah? ]

Greed tell you anything interesting?

[notaccurate]

No, I didn't exactly ask them anything either. I was, er. Apologizing to them.

Lust did tell me how this place is supposed to work though. Each time we indulge it fills up a container of sorts? And when that container is full, our wish can be granted.

[niceguyferatu]

[ He wants. SO BADLY. To spew absolute vitriol at Law. But he can't. This is torture, added salt to the wound. ]

I have, with Pride. I've also spoken in person here with Despair and Sloth.

[ His words are civil but his tone is furious, as is his expression. ]

[nodo]

[ :) ]

What did you talk to Pride about?

[niceguyferatu]

I was curious to know how my being here affected their standing, and what was to become of us next.

[kokytos]

I'll see if I can wrangle Despair into a chat later, since they seemed open to a chat over a drink later. The bar timing is convenient.

[nodo]

[ hewwo steven....come come. he knows you're still Tired so if he wants to lean or continue to be an affection octopus, law will allow it. ]

I'd say. Do they show up here routinely?

[kokytos]

I can't say I've been here long enough to make an accurate judgment call, but Despair is effectively our keeper of the afterlife. They're responsible for keeping watch over us... and is usually fed up since apparently, death hasn't stopped some people from property damage.

[ Ha ha. He does indeed take that invitation to lean on him though, don't mind me. ]

[bachelorbored]

[kaz is here now, late, with starbucks instant.

he yawns.]

What are all of you yelling about?

Can you please summarize in a way that means I'll have enough coffee to make it all the way through?

[nodo]

[ ....


god law isn't going to even try. ]

We're food for the station. It's slowly eating our souls and there's nothing we can do about it. Supposedly.

[bachelorbored]

What the fuck!

So the entire place we're in is a giant Limbo?!