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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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there's a swishing sound at the door that is also somehow managing to sound irritated

oh it's Asch's tail, because he's a fucking catboi now i guess. he's not moving, just looking at him. like. frowning. it's genuinely impossible to tell what's going on in his head, becaues he always looks like that?

but

hewwo]

[ phoenix has his head in his hand, but he looks over at asch at the palatable sound of irritation. ]

[ and smiles sadly. he probably deserves this for failing to save him. ]

Death hasn't changed you too much, huh...?

[ be thankful there are no cat jokes. he's just sad dad. ]

[he's

approaching

his dumbass ears are twitching.

when he finally gets within a meter or so, he rocks on the balls of his feet, and frowns. it. looks like he wants to say something. but he's grimacing??

finally:]

How are you feeling, nya.

I feel like I should be asking you that.... nya.

[ ... ]

Your arm's back.

[he pulls a face made of pure angry suffering, tale whipping back and forth in ire.]

And you're dead, nya.

[it's maybe a little accusatory. you shouldn't be here. he saw the notes. you're better than this!!!!!!!

he says none of this because he doesn't want to say nya anymore.]

[ you think it's his fault a dragon killed him????? he tried his best be nice. ]

[ he does look guilty, though. he feels like shit about it. ]

Guess it's not all that bad. At least I get to see you again.

.... Nya.

[he looks away.

what an embarrassing thing to suddenly say outright!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but he looks back to pull another face at the nya because STOP]

Have you been doing alright, Asch? It must be frustrating to watch us flounder.

[ gently dads. ]

[...

his tail is

suddenly considerably less whippy

even if his face is still ANGERY]

I've been fine, nya.

[UGHHHHH

also no he hasn't he's been suffering fools every day but phoenix hardly needs to know that!!!]

Good to hear.

[ asch is such a deredere. ]

I was trying to look after Luna and them for you. I had my work cut out for me.

[FROWNS]

Tch. Everyone's been acting an idiot, nya. You could hardly be expected to stop all of them, nya.

[his ears are are forward-facing, his tail is just normally hanging around... he's clearly fine? but like hell he's saying anything!!!]

Everyone here has been waiting for you, nya. They'll probably mob you, nya.

[not that he cares or that he's getting a hello in first or anything DUMBASS!!!]

I didn't expect such a warm welcome, considering how badly I screwed up....

[ .... ]

But thanks. I'm glad you haven't given up.

.. Nya.

I don't think anyone else shares your opinion on that, nya.

[..........]

...Shut up, nya.

I wonder.

[ ......... ]

So, what have you been up to?

This and that—we've been pooling what information we knew, but you were ahead of us in every way for that, nya.

[he seems miffed!]

Other than that, there's hardly an overflow of activity here, nya.

[except. the tv. which he thumbs at.]

..... I did pay attention to what you were all were trying to say about the house. [ unlike everyone else ] So, it helped in my investigation.

You all haven't been absorbed by the house yet, right? So, there may be things we can do.

[ this bitch never gives up ]

[!

...]

We're dead, nya. Our abilities completely restricted—remember that ghost board, nya? [weegee,] We can't touch that yet. Or respond to it, nya. Only ghosts who've been here for years can, nya.