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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Graveyard FAQ
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[silvertongueheir]

[He wakes up in his room, and just stares up at the ceiling, feeling the back of his head. It's fine. It seems he's completely uninjured, now.]

...did you miss on purpose? [He mutters that, before slowly getting up, and opening the door. Ah. This must be the ghost's side of things then. He'll leave, walking around town directionlessly. If he sees Azura, he'll approach her and see how her reaction goes. Other than that, if he sees anyone who wasn't from his group, he'll approach them to ask:]

Were you from the first group trapped here?

[theserpentsmiles]

[Nagisa is in the middle of trying to hang a large piece of paper in the motel lobby, he may need to get duct tape....ah. The new arrivals.]

Yeah, I am. My name is Nagisa Shiota. [He runs the new face through his mental notes on the guestbook.] You're.... Erkens-san?

[silvertongueheir]

[He nods.] I assume this is where all the dead have gone. I heard about the messages you sent.

[theserpentsmiles]

They're here, too. I'm pretty sure I'm not dead - I know it might just be denial since I'm missing two weeks, but I have no memory of dying or getting killed, or any sense that I did.

[He's an assassin, he'd know these things.]

Were there any that you needed clarification on? We're limited in what we can send to the other side.

[silvertongueheir]

How exactly did you damage the lodge? People were assuming you meant damaging the darkness directly, and that the damage transferred to the Sergeant.

[theserpentsmiles]

I wasn't present for it, so I only know second-hand, but Bakugou-san blasted some of the walls down. Did that not carry over?

[Damage transfers.]

[silvertongueheir]

[He shakes his head.] We didn't see anything like that on our end. What about the hole in the fire station? Were you responsible for that?

[linearcrash]

[ He'll find Nine outside of the Motel, seeming like he's waiting for someone. There's a broom handle in one of his hands with one of the ends looking it was burnt. When he hears Fran, he'll look at him and then give a dark smirk. ]

Took you long enough, yo. Thought you might like a special kind of welcome here.

[ He'll move to get into his space, similar to how their first meeting went. ]

[silvertongueheir]

[Franciscus takes a step back, instinctively wanting to protect his personal space. On the other hand, he doesn't seem to do much else.]

Have you done this to every murderer who arrived here?

[linearcrash]

Hell no. This is just for you, hey.

[ Doesn't Fran feel special? ]

I mean, it takes someone extra shitty to kill a princess while she's down, yo. Even more putting that death and their own all on Sakura's shoulders like that. What the hell kind of person even does that?

[ He fucked with baby girl AND Azura. ]

[silvertongueheir]

You heard the trial, then?

[linearcrash]

Pretty much.

[ He'll shift the broom handle to one hand. ]

I'm going to kick your ass, yo. And then you can start making up for your shit by helping.

[ Nine's free hand starts to glow and there's small sparks appearing. He's just going to hold the spell to charge it up. ]

[silvertongueheir]

[He tilts his head slowly to the side.] Would you prefer I make some attempt to fight back?

[prayerwheel]

[ I mean. She's definitely reaching for a lance that's not there anymore and making distance between them. ]

[silvertongueheir]

[...he'll just make sure she's within hearing range, then.] I apologize. It was for nothing, in the end.

[prayerwheel]

...do you truly believe some paltry reassurances will change anything?

[ honestly, like. she would have rather he'd gotten away with it. if she had to die at least Sakura would have a guaranteed ticket out of this place. ]

[silvertongueheir]

[He was trying? But then Olympia happened.]

I doubt it. So would you rather I left you alone for the rest of our time here?

[prayerwheel]

I think that would be for the best.

[ said as icily as she can manage ]

[silvertongueheir]

Very well. [And he'll turn and walk away.]

[monstrology]

[Ah, it's that time of the week again, isn't it? At first Will actually looks a little surprised to be addressed like that from someone in the new group, but eases into a casual smile quickly enough. Right. Those messages actually got through, didn't they?]

What gave me away?

[...this is just how he's going to start this conversation, apparently.]

[silvertongueheir]

I didn't recognize you. And I've looked through the guestbook, so I know the faces of everyone in our group. [Even if he isn't as familiar with them personally.]

[monstrology]

Astounding deduction! [Will, please.] But you're right. I'm Will. A few others from our group are around, but many of them are in some kind of brainwashed state. We're working on figuring all that out.

And yoooou are...the one who also has Pokemon, yes?

[He chose to remember this over Franciscus' name, for reasons that will become clear pretty quickly.]

[silvertongueheir]

[A nod.] We've met some of them. They remember the people they know from home, at least. [And another nod.] Yes. I hope the people I left them in the care of do good by them.

[monstrology]

Really? That's news to me... Huh.

[He figured they were totally brainwashed. That's really interesting to know.

As for the the topic of Pokemon:]

Someone in my group spoke about Pokemon and having some as well. Fascinating monsters, from the sound of it! Took me some time to come to terms with the whole battling thing, though.

[silvertongueheir]

[A slight nod.] I don't think we can see them from here, or I would be willing to show you mine. And battling is indeed something they enjoy doing by themselves, even in the wild. Trained Pokemon actually have something of an advantage.