GRAVEYARD

[cartesio]

The other side...?

Have you started feeling at home in Cartesio yet? The town has offered you every hospitality that its citizens could think of. They love every corner of this town and they want you to feel the same. Have you accepted Cartesio into your heart yet?

Then it should be comforting to wake in your hotel room. A ceiling you have gotten used to, the warmth of a blanket surrounding you, your own breathing... and silence. All-encompassing silence.
It perseveres when you leave your room, it perseveres when you leave the hotel... Cartesio is quiet because there is nobody in Cartesio who could be making noise. It's a ghost town.

There is only you now, you think. And then, just as you've given up, a noise comes to your ears. A voice, unmistakably. It's time to follow it.

As of Week 5 you may see random objects and buildings of any size flicker. For milli-seconds they seem to glow on and off, blur around the edges, even distort a little. It only happens for a moment at a time, but it happens fairly often.

Welcome to the Cartesio Graveyard. Your character has woken up in a version of the town that is devoid of citizens, but there do seem to be a few people around. Time to explore the mysteries of the other side. For a more thorough OOC guide, we have compiled an FAQ.

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New Ghost Who Dis. CW: His Death + Investigating

[linearcrash]

[ Nine wakes up in the hotel with a jolt. He first looks around, seeing that it all appears pretty normal. Then he smacks his own forehead, looking for blood or something.

Coming back after something like that was a lot like how it was before... Maybe it didn't really happen? Maybe all will be normal and he didn't really kill anyone? Or they got a do-over?

Nine leaves his room, to start checking the ones next to him. Only not to find any of his usual neighbors.

Just going to knock on all the doors with recklessness while murmuring over and over ]

What the hell...

[ Later, he will be heading to the Diner to investigate. Trying to find others to talk to, while he's checking over the new map. He'll plop down at the counter. ]

Hey, I'd like a whole hell lot of pancakes, yo.

[ Can he even still order or eat? ]

Hotel

[theserpentsmiles]

[He was going to go check town after finishing with the guestbook, but all that ruckus upstairs is hard to ignore. Time to go check that out, then.

The person causing the commotion is only familiar because Nagisa looked at the book first. Which means he might be a source of new information.]

Excuse me. [Nagisa is small and blue, but decidedly more like a gentle breeze than the hurricane that is Millium Orion. Utterly harmless.] You're Nine-san, right? Can I talk to you?

Re: Hotel

[linearcrash]

[ At first, he feels a punch to the gut of relief when he sees that blue hair. But then his shoulders droop and he can't help but feel the disappointment weighing on him. It's not her.

This is someone else entirely. ]

Huh? [ Give him a moment to even realize what was even said ] Yeah, yeah you can. What the hell is even going on?

[theserpentsmiles]

That's what I'm hoping we can figure out. [So far so good. Cooperation will probably be key to getting answers, getting out of here, and (most importantly) getting a chance at the throats of everyone responsible for all of this.]

Can you remember anything from the last two weeks?

[Nagisa keeps an eye to the older guy's tells, too. Information isn't just shared verbally. He notes the rise and fall of his expression.]

[linearcrash]

Huh? What do you mean by two weeks? [ He'll just gesture to around them. ]

I've been here. Who the hell are you anyways? I don't think I remember seeing you around.

[theserpentsmiles]

Going by the calendars, either I've been kept unconscious for two weeks, or those memories have been taken from me. I don't recognize you from before, so I thought your experience might be different.

[So they're kind of looking at the same issue from two different sides.]

My name is Nagisa Shiota. [Hmm...] If you've been here, then have you met Kinomoto-san, Orion-san, or Wayne-san? They're the only ones from the book that I recognized.

[cartesio]

[ The only answer to his order is silence. None of the usual personnel is in sight and there aren't any townspeople visiting either. ]

[linearcrash]

[ Rude :< :< :< ]

How the hell can anyone get food around here?

[ Anyone in the parking lot? Or at the bar across the street? ]

[cartesio]

[ The parking lot is devoid of people and the Tarvern seems to be the same until a cheerful voice sounds out from a corner.

Checking it out reveals a man in an animated conversation with... empty air. ]

[linearcrash]

[ If this was any other day, he wouldn't want to bother cause this guy seems like one of those extra kind of losers?

But, he'll try to get his attention, while heading over there. ]

Hey- what? [ Realizing there's no one there. ] Who the hell are you even talking to?

[ What is France even saying? ]

[cartesio]

[ France doesn't pay any attention to Nine and remains very focused on the empty spot across from him. Apparently his invisible conversation partner said something funny, because currently he's laughing. ]

Mon dieu, Davis actually said this? I wouldn't have expected it.

[ The conversation continues in similar vein - apparently the topic is some talk the Tavern owner had with another customer recently. ]

[agoreable]

[ Nine will find this young girl standing in the hotel hallway, watching him bang on doors. She regards him with open suspicion. ]

Nobody will open up. It's futile.

[linearcrash]

[ S'up girl he doesn't remember. He'll get to that in a moment, because his priorities are actually to find Millium or Azura. ]

Huh? Why? Did everyone leave?

[agoreable]

They were never here.

Aren't you that Nine guy who they executed for his crimes? You should know better than to expect to still walk the earth with normal people!

[ ... this escalated quickly. ]

[linearcrash]

What the hell is that supposed to mean? This is the hotel where they were all at.

[ Not even going to argue the rest ]

[agoreable]

It's not!

[ Well, it is. In a manner of speaking. Maybe. Lovepon isn't even sure anymore. ]

This is the afterlife you've been sent to to repent for your crimes!

diner

[ayuzawa]

[ nine just so happened to plop down next to misaki, who also has a plate of pancakes. she's eating quietly, minding her own business, until she hears nine's request. the pancakes are pretty large, after all. ] ...Do you really plan on eating all of it?

[linearcrash]

Huh? Yeah-[ It didn't even click it's someone different, until he finally looks. ]

Who the hell are you?

[ayuzawa]

[ WOW!! RUDE!! ] Ha? I should be the one asking you that!

[linearcrash]

I asked first, yo.

[ So that's that. ]

You seem way too loud to be one of the townspeople. So, who are you?

[paciscere]

[ hi, new ghost. maybe possibly also a ghost or something, coming up from behind. ]

Hmm, yes. The doors do seem rather unusual, don't they?

[linearcrash]

[ That's going to make him jump. ]

What the hell?! Who the hell are you?

[paciscere]

[ he smiles. ]

A stranger, clearly. Who are you?

[linearcrash]

[ For a moment, it looks like he'll accept that. ]

Well, yeah... [ And then he'll wave his hand, while shaking his head. ] No no no no. That doesn't answer shit for me. Tell me your name first.

[paciscere]

Ah, but you were the one knocking.

[ never mind that this isn't his room. ]