graveyard

[mcmurderer]

The world you see around you is not home, unfortunately. It is Wonderland. Every inch of the whimsical design of the Hare's Abode is free for you— but something is odd. Dead visitors are stuck in the 'mirrorverse' of Wonderland. Living visitors are unapproachable — they are just wispy ghost versions of themselves. Characters are healed to full health upon "waking up" in this mirrorverse of Wonderland.

You may have conversations with the White Rabbit, as he is able to speak with the dead by using his pocket watch. Please carry on and enjoy the rest of your stay!

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Hello! I wasn't originally going to do a graveyard for the game since it is short, but the dead cast had done such a great job continuing on in private convos, I want to reward you. I will be giving you a hands off plot that will allow you and fellow deadees to come to a goal over the next week (or so) of the game.

RESERVES + APPLICATIONS + PRIVATE CONVOS + LOCATIONS + IC PROFILES
+ MURDER PROPOSALS + IC RULEBOOK + HOUSING

Comments

after his execution

[civilized]

...Huh...

[ that's his dumbfounded reaction upon waking up. his hands immediately go to his neck, touching the skin, then to his head, feeling it whole. it's still attached? he's not decapitated?

...hahah...

and then just laughs again, because god. it's just like before. how fucking awful is this, this is no different than the first time he was killed. ran over by an ambulance and waking up perfectly intact on a street that didn't exist in his hometown. he could cry, how terribly familiar this is.

and he's just going to keep laughing until someone approaches him...]

[purrtagonist]

[well. after the disaster that happened after the trial results came down (Kira's breakdown, Max's injury), coupled with the whole tromp through the Timeshare (what a mess that had been), Akira feels like it's probably a wise idea to keep his distance from someone who is obviously not all there! and who clearly has no qualms with harming others as he did Max]

[but nevertheless. . .]

[he stands a few feet away with his hands in his pockets, just. watching Kira laugh, waiting for a chance to interject. he had volunteered to fill Kira in, after all, and he'll keep his word. at least then? no one else would have to deal with this man]

[headingsouth]

[Buddy you are nuttier than a cashew bar]

[Croix watches this display passively, until she thinks he might be done -- no, he's still going]

[okay then she'll approach him and clear her throat loudly]

Well.

[that's all she's gonna say, yeah]

A THING

[mcmurderer]

[ Everyone who has died thus far is able to hear a soft clanking — like someone tapping on glass. It calls to them, both annoying and alluring their senses. It's at the perfect pitch to command attention and before they know it, they feel compelled to the area where the honorary tea party is occurring.

Rabbit is standing by, clanking a spoon against his teacup. He takes a harsh few swings before tossing the cup to the side, shattering it. Every living person around you is frozen — the Rabbit responsible obviously, what with his pocket watch hanging at his hip. ]

Let's get down to business.

[ He say unpocketing vials of blue liquid. ]

T-T-The way to succumb to m-madness is simple: to give into your desires. To give into the anger or sadness, to let yourself lose. Only then will you be able to o-overcome it. To feed the madness elsewhere — to our world. The Queen knows nothing of this, how Alice once too wielded my watch to find a way out. She is forever still looking, thinking the Mad Hatter is responsible...

[ He narrows his gaze. ]

It is partial truth. The others — by feeding into the madness of t-the unbirthdays, she allows them safety out when she is bored, fed with roses painted red. However, you by nature can not satisfy her. Her lies of participation — sending everyone home upon completion... false. F-false!

But — but I can reverse this time — time to when the rabbit hole first appeared and your bodies all but new to Wonderland. For you all and any others, you must submit to the madness before "seeing" the rabbit hole.

Alice did... and that — that is how she escaped.

S-so, yes! Two rabbit holes! One for living, one for dead! Take these vials, they will bring your mind to unrest, to unease — unhook your senses a-and dive you into madness. The others... their wills can join you, to snap you out of it and heal your sullen mind.

[headingsouth]

So, let me get this straight. [She'll take one of the vials and examine it!] We were never meant to leave here, all of us -- but we can if we succumb to madness, like Alice did.

Why would you risk yourselves for us, with this plan?

[purrtagonist]

[. . . ah. . .]

[it's a bit different than what he had assumed. a bit more difficult than he had originally anticipated, but nevertheless? he reaches out to take a vial, his hand pausing only momentarily mid air]

White Rabbit-- [not Cottaintail-san, but that's because this subject matter is a bit. . . serious]

You said before the celebration of our unbirthdays was needed to combat "madness." Can you tell me a little bit more about how that works?

[civilized]

[ he looks to the vials, scowling. ]

If that is the trial we must undergo to escape this place... any trial is worth undertaking if it means returning to life. [ and, also, spitefully murdering that bastard. ] What can we expect in the madness?

OPENING THE RABBIT HOLE

[purrtagonist]

[from the moment Akira downs the contest of that vial, from the moment the lucid dream begins and the other dead folks are welcomed inside, the entire environment of the Hare's Abode shifts and changes, until--]

[you're standing in the midst of a city, buildings towering tall above your head. it's Tokyo, for those who might recognize same, but something is. . . different. perhaps it's the orange sky that hangs above, dark and ominous compared to its normal blue. perhaps it's the series of large, dinosaur-sized skeletal backbones that jut out from the ground and extend across the skyline like bridges. perhaps it's the drops of blood-red rain that drizzle from yellow clouds and drip onto your cheeks and noses]

[it's. . . well. it's weird, to say the least! furthermore? Akira isn't anywhere to be found]

[but there's a path leading forward, a bridge leading up created by fused together bones. the only way for you to go now is forward!]

[nonidentity]

[The entire notion of "madness" is an unfamiliar one to Ferim. Oh, he knows of it in principle. But as for himself? He has never felt it, unless trying to save Elcia, instead of focusing purely on the timelines, was his form of madness—something gone wrong in his design.

What will this experience be like? he wonders.

There is no fear, yet. Nothing but idle curiosity as he wonders, glancing at the rain that drips onto him, dying his clothes violet. He continues forward onto the bridge.]

THE MAD HATTER'S BALL

[purrtagonist]

[SO THOSE DREAMS WERE FUN, RIGHT? maybe it'll be nice to unwind by spying on the living's party!!]

[. . . not]

[at any rate, Akira is totally shuffling into the Timeshare with everyone else, giving the lavish set up a sort of :/ expression]

What do you think Mejojo has planned now?

[cheerfulgoth]

He's so going to murder someone. If he kills no one I'm going to eat my own hand.

[Because she doesn't have a hat. Her voice is tense, she clearly holds a grudge]

[gedanzuki]

[ THREE WORDS MY DUDES. ]

That damn cat.

[ Also hi. His heart does not hurt and he isn't seeing halos anymore so this is marginally better. ]

[uncoincidental]

[Well.

That sure was something.

Sheba comes awake with a gasp, her hands flying to her throat as if to yank something away from her neck - but there's nothing there. She can breathe. It's fine. It's...

No, it's not fine.]

...I couldn't do anything...

TRIAL POPCORNING...

[nonidentity]

[Well, time for another fun week.]

... How do you foresee this one turning out?

[purrtagonist]

[GIVING MEJOJO BUNNY EARS. AGAIN]

I think it's still a bit too early to tell.

[uncoincidental]

...it might work out okay as long as nobody jumps right in with that "If we don't have any evidence, just vote for me!" stuff...

[uncoincidental]

...

The Fool and the Doctor, huh.

[Well. They have the names of the other two special guests now - but how can the living use them?]

...I hope people don't take this to mean that "Mejojo is being set up" if the evidence starts to point to him...

[purrtagonist]

[OH BOY]

Hey!

[he's dead. Mejojo can't see him, or hear him, or feel him. but Akira jumps forward anyway, as soon as the axe goes for Lisa's neck]

Asshole--! Leave her alone!

RESULTS

[purrtagonist]

[right so. uuuuh]

[. . .]

[yo. anyone wanna comment on any of this? Akira's kind of standing on the outskirts, staring at the entire mess, expression blank. like. he isn't sure how to react??]

[nonidentity]

[...

Well, uh.]

... Will we be seeing him, or will this celebration end before then?

MR. RABBIT

[mcmurderer]

G-G-G-Get your b-bags ready! Any items! Anything you wish to take w-w-w-with you. Tomorrow, the d-day has arrived. The Queen waves you off and thanks you f-for your contribution. White has been banished from the land and her gardens grow with a radiant ruby red unlike an-any other.

[ Here is Rabbit. :D ]

[purrtagonist]

[hearing those words-- well. it's a bit relieving]

Ah. . . does that mean our efforts didn't go to waste? Even though they didn't catch the Mad Hatter?

[headingsouth]

Rabbit. What will happen now that Mejojo wasn't voted off, but killed mid-trail? What will happen to the living?

[is this character development]

[civilized]

Speed it up.

[ what a rude fucker. ]

[throning]

[ your favorite bitch is here.

he runs his hands over his face in an attempt to reaffirm his own vitality. there they are: the dead. every single one of his victims. he looks around somewhat blankly before...

laughing. a stream of laughter. ]

Haha...hahaha....HAHAHAHA...!!!!

[ fuck! this is so funny. he's doubled over for a fleeting moment. ]

I won! I won, I won, I WON! As of tomorrow, I will be king of this kingdom...!

[purrtagonist]

[WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS, MEJOJO??]

[anyway hi, someone is totally taking advantage of that hysteria to bear down on him and attempt to punch him in the face :)]

['sup]