graveyard.

[foxhounds]

You remember dying. In fact, you remember the exact feeling and fear of how you died, and yet in the next moment, you're suddenly standing in a cold room. You're not sure how you got here at all, but it's as if you were suddenly put here the moment after you died. As you look around, the first thing you'll notice is that you're standing in front of an open casket. And you're inside. The corpse inside the casket is definitely you, and it's also definitely dead, which certainly makes this confusing. Luckily, here's someone here to explain. When you wake up, there's footsteps walking closer, and then a familiar face appears. Iván is here, or someone that looks very much like her is. All she starts off with is two simple words— "You're dead." Which would seem obvious, but she explains that you have been before you ever arrived to the island. The shipwreck and the island are't real, after all. This is purgatory, and the Hunt is a way to judge the souls of the living. People show their true nature when they're put in a stressful situation, so it was deemed that this was the way that these judgements would be passed. She explains that you'll know your fate when the game ends, but if you really can't wait that long, you could always ask, but hope isn't lost. After all, the "killers" are on your side. If they can win the game, then everyone can come back to life. They know this, and it's why they're fighting so hard to win. It's a shame that the odds don't seem to be in their favor, but that's also part of the Hunt. — Exploring your new surroundings, you'll realize that you're likely at the bottom of that giant sinkhole, at least if that light far above you is any indication. You no longer feel the need to eat or sleep anymore (technically, you never did, but the habits of being alive are hard to break), so it's a good thing there's enough to do while the game continues. You can watch the proceedings of the Hunt in one room where there's plenty of comfortable couches to sit in and lounge, as well as a fully stocked bar, if you feel like indulging. Another room offers a game room with cards, billiards, and any other games you'd like to play in a group. If you ask your host nicely, she might provide more, but for now, there's not much to do other than to watch and wait for the Hunt to end.

Comments

Day 3 execution reaction

[inspiritus]

[ Sephiroth is no stranger to gore, or how unkind death can be to people, so he watches it all without a word. Maybe it's because he's dead, but he finds the idea of the corpses walking around as if a joke on being alive once more a bit over-the-top. The end, of course, is gruesome, and he only thinks it's a shame they're forced to play this song dance until it ends.

If it ends. There's something about this death he can take away, as his eyes lingered on Shijima's dead body a little longer, and that is a reminder some could all be forced into playing this game multiple times. And maybe that's what help makes this execution just as memorable as the last. ]

please hold

[snackoosniper]

[ Oh... how touching, they're choosing death together. Sibling love is something she can respect, seeing as how-- ]

[snackoosniper]

[ -- Is that her BODY. WHERE DOES THE DESECRATION END?????

Once the video ends, Ema immediately stomps over to where all their coffins are and-- ]

[snackoosniper]

[ AAGGGHHHH!! ]

[snackoosniper]

[ she's ]

[snackoosniper]

[ gonna ]

done

[snackoosniper]

[ KILL SOMEONE. ]

How dare they?!

[ hi she's back ]

ema ilu

[inspiritus]

[ Ema, never change. ]

I suppose they thought they were getting creative.

[snackoosniper]

Not creative. Rude! Disrespectful! Utterly garish! Who even coordinates these things?!

[ YOU COULD BE A LITTLE MADDER, SEPHIROTH. ]

[inspiritus]

A good question, but I doubt we'll figure it out soon. At the very least, they're unlikely to repeat the same kind of execution, so luckily it's possible your dead body will not be desecrated anymore than it already has.

[ He's tired of being mad, and you do a perfect job of being mad for him, Ema. ]

[snackoosniper]

[ ... Okay what he says is probably true but STILL MAD. She paces angrily, fists balled at her sides. ]

Rrrgh! The nerve. Fat lot of good being dead is if I can't even haunt the perpetrator.

[ Why can't she be more ghost so she can haunt other dead people?? ]

[inspiritus]

You could always get up in their face if we meet with them again.

[ Which might not be for a long time, but hey, it's something. ]

[snackoosniper]

For all we know, there's some Theatre Director of Hell that puts these things together for a living.

[ Stupid purgatory. She sighs and abruptly stops pacing. She'll ask Irritating Ivan later. ]

Well, whatever. I don't suppose they can do much worse after this.

[inspiritus]

I'm actually hoping there isn't the case, but at this point, anything could be possible.

[ There might be something close to a shrug on his part. ]

Not with the dead bodies. However, who knows what other manner of gruesome execution they could come up with next should another two be unwilling?