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foxhounds ([personal profile] foxhounds) wrote2015-08-02 07:46 pm

graveyard.



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.

liven: (SMUG ► here's why i win.)

[personal profile] liven 2015-08-29 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it was my goal...even though it helps me not at all at this point.

[ Since she already lost... ]

It did distract everyone pretty thoroughly for the first trial or so, you have to admit.
meatery: (Chop chop!)

[personal profile] meatery 2015-08-29 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
It did. You actually helped hide evidence a couple of times, now I think of it. I might have wanted you to stay alive if the Judge hadn't made you sound like such a threat to us and Ivan.

[Sorry, not sorry. Look, it was Orion's idea.]
liven: (SIT ► glance over at.)

[personal profile] liven 2015-08-29 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
That's why I thought getting me killed was dumb. It wasn't like I was having any luck getting her voted off.

[ THANKS, KAMUI, FOR RUINING IT ON DAY ONE she may or may not be irked at him about that ]
meatery: (Yandere smile.)

[personal profile] meatery 2015-08-29 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Shrugs.] We panicked.
liven: (CHAT ► oh there's an idea.)

[personal profile] liven 2015-08-29 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
...I'm the only person here who hasn't done that.

[ SHE WAS RESIGNED WHEN SHE WENT DOWN, not panicked. ]
meatery: (Chop chop!)

[personal profile] meatery 2015-08-29 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you've had more practice than us. This is our first time, remember?
liven: (EXPLAIN ► here we go bro.)

[personal profile] liven 2015-08-29 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't panic my first time, either.

[ NO but her apathy to what was going on got her into this mess so

you know

lesson learned........ish........... ]
meatery: (What even is this?)

[personal profile] meatery 2015-08-29 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Cats are like that, I suppose.