GRAVEYARD

[cluedin]

THE GRAVEYARD

No two deaths are ever quite the same. Some might remember the exact moment their lives were cut short; others might only see a blinding flash of light; the particularly unlucky ones might not recall any details whatsoever.

No matter how it ended up happening, though, all of you here will always have one thing in common: one second you're dead; the next, you wake up to find yourself in a dark room. Before you can even start to try and get your bearings, a shadowy figure appears in the doorway of your room, face lit from the bottom up by a faint, almost ethereal glow. It stands still for a few seconds before murmuring,

"Oooooh... I see dead people."

... The voice is followed by a snicker as a gloved hand flicks the light switch on, revealing the mysterious entity to be Pumpkin, the fox-eared groundskeeper. Lowering the game console that had illuminated her face, she continues, "That one never gets old. Anyway, hey, sup, you're dead, that sucks, the house is probably gonna eat you as soon as this round is over. Wanna see what everyone else is up to on the other side?"

As you take in everything the gardener has told you, you suddenly realize as you look around... though you don't see anything, why does it feel like this place is already crowded?

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[cluedin]

Oh, I wouldn't call it that. [ he sounds. amused. ] But I wouldn't worry. The place I'm used to wouldn't bring in someone who wasn't at least a little interested in living.

[shortfornow]

That's a relief. I suppose I should move on to the more pertinent questions then.

[ He's a little reluctant. It feels like Joshua may work closely with death, and that's kind of fascinating.

Moving on /o/ ]

Are you going to be consumed along with us at the end of Blue's game?

[cluedin]

Oh, we were consumed a long time ago. The same will happen to you once your game ends.

[shortfornow]

Which is why we can't see you. I'm assuming you can see us, though.

[ Since they came with a gift and didn't seem surprised by them ]

Any way to stop the house from consuming us or to save those still alive?

[cluedin]

Bingo. It can be a little awkward. [ watching asch yell a lot. as for his other question... hm ] That part... is a little trickier. Obviously, we didn't figure it out for ourselves while we were around. [ he doesn't say alive for some mysterious reason. ] We think it might be possible, even if it hasn't been done yet.

[shortfornow]

[ Sighs. Asch. He's almost like a louder, more demanding version of Chuuya.


Time to ignore him for now. ]

What have you tried?

[cluedin]

Stopping death isn't usually in my wheelhouse, but not killing each other would be a great start for your group. It's a bigger one than there's ever been in this house, which gives you an advantage. For some reason, there's never been more than a handful of deaths at the same time. It means you have the opportunity to learn things we did not.

[shortfornow]

Not killing each other would work if they didn't turn someone into a monster each week to guarantee it'll happen.

[ He's not even going to bring up how concerning the latest threat is. ]

I'm assuming this game's end goal is to feed the house. Is there a reason they need it to be well fed?