GRAVEYARD

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GRAVEYARD POPULATION: 17 Abruptly, you come to. The sun is hot on your back, but there's the gentle lapping of cool water on your feet and legs as you regain your consciousness. Beneath you is sand - lots and lots of sand, some of it wet, the majority of it dry and burning. You hear the sound a seagull crying from somewhere up above you, and you can smell and almost taste the tang of salt in the air. You've found yourself washed up on what appears to be some kind of tropical island - one of your hands is gripping your clamshell, even if you didn't have it in your hand before you died. It's bright and well-lit, and there's the sound of voices from somewhere a ways away from the beach. Lastly, as you sit up, if you had some kind of supernatural power before coming here, you notice one thing in particular - that power that you were so familiar with before it vanished upon your awakening inside the hotel? It's back. Welcome to paradise. You won't be leaving here any time soon. - - - Welcome to the graveyard! Though your character is now out of the living side of the game, this does not mean they are fully removed from the action. We have several mechanics and events planned that will allow the dead to affect the course of the game just as much, if not more, than those on the living side. We will announce these opportunities as they happen in the #graveyard-announcements channel. But in the meantime, here are a couple of neat things to consider as you settle into the graveyard! 1. As mentioned above, all characters will wake up with their clamshell in hand. While there's no place to use Finansex at this moment, characters will still have access to the My Appointments app to request NPC audiences. Go forth and request private meetings as your heart desires. 2. The graveyard has its very own location page. You can check it out over here to see what kind of shenanigans your characters can get up to while on the island. 3. Additionally, powers are now available. While some may still be nerfed if they are too game breaking, most characters will wake up to find that the majority of their powers have been reactivated. Should you have any questions or concerns about this, don't hesitate to contact us. We hope you have fun! FULL NAVIGATION. locations ⯅ statuses ⯅ ic profiles ⯅ ic rulebook ⯅ thot report ⯅ audiences gift shop ⯅ murder proposals ⯅ private conversations ⯅ weekly curfew

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[schismanic]

Of course she didn't. She was human then.

[ this explains not a lot. ]

She could now, if she wants. But I think she just likes it. Being something close to the humans she so loves, that is.

[selfservinglove]

...

Could you be human if you wanted to? Or is that not something you can do?

[schismanic]

Why would I do that?

[selfservinglove]

To be like your sister, I suppose.

[schismanic]

If I had to, I could recreate my form differently. All of what you see in front of you... that's all me, after all.

[ that is including her clothing. please don't question how it worked on the ship, because canonically, she's completely naked- the clothes are simply yet another manifestation of herself and her powers, just like her body. ]

But even then I don't think I'll ever understand humans the way she does. She's different from me, in that regard.

[selfservinglove]

She likes humans, and I suppose...you don't? Or you like them in a different way.

[NAKED MUZET]

[schismanic]

[ naked muzet

who is drifting pretty aimlessly at this point and is probably both horizontal and upside down. ]

She lived among them in a way I have not. I wasn't to be known about, after all.

[selfservinglove]

Wasn't to be known? Or didn't want to be known? Two different things.

[Just. Watching her. Wheeee.]

[schismanic]

Our... father, you could say, created both of us for very specific reasons.

[ she explains this languidly, very easily, like this is all just normal stuff? ]

She was a decoy. A lure. Bait, to draw his enemies out from hiding.

I was the one who was meant to eliminate them while they were blinded, busy chasing after the wrong Maxwell. I hid for as long as they did, on the other side of the world entirely.

[ so. the former. ]

[selfservinglove]

....

[Huh. A sibling who works behind the shadows while another goes out and bonds with others...]

[Well, still different, from the big picture.]

So she was just...meant to be used. While you did all the work.

[schismanic]

She was meant to be, but she cast aside that particular purpose in order to save those dear to her. Despite being human then, she'd believed herself a spirit - and a spirit's purpose is the most important thing to them.

Without knowing the truth, she threw it away - and in turn freed herself from the role she was meant to play.

[ the words seem harsh, but she seems... fond, recounting them. ]

Perhaps that is where she and I differ.

[selfservinglove]

...

Do you want to be freed of your own role?

[schismanic]

A spirit's purpose is everything to them. It is their reason for being, the purpose of their existence.

[ she's usually not too far from human, maybe, just a bit of an airhead, just a bit out there, but this is... ]

Maybe some humans could understand it too. That's what my sister thought. That we are not so different - except, even she said that perhaps, the difference between us was that even the most dedicated humans might find that there are things more important to them than duty.

As for me - if I do not have a role, then what have I left?

[selfservinglove]

...

More important than duty?

[He thinks about that for a moment.]

Family, perhaps... [Another pause.] And I suppose that's the answer to your question. If there is no role...at least you have the people you love.

[schismanic]

The people I love, you say?

[ she parrots it, like it's something strange. ]

Yes, of course. I was alone for ever so long.

I won't ever go back to it. I refuse it. To that end, I have to be a big sister Milla can be proud of.

[selfservinglove]

You refuse your role?

[Hm.]

But is your sister aware of that? Would she care that you've gone so far for her?

[schismanic]

My, what ever could you mean? My role is to serve the Lord of Spirits.

[ there's something in the way she says it that's satisfied, like a cat that's got the cream. there's also something vaguely amused? at his assumptions and how he seems to be piecing things together.

but is she going to clarify or correct any misconceptions? haha. ]

As that happens to be my sister right now, what reason have I to complain? She's the reason I'm no longer alone, after all.

[selfservinglove]

...

So she's your Lord. And you are willing to serve her until the end of days. [Hm.] But your role, then. Where you kill humans...does she care about that? I thought you said she liked them.

[schismanic]

She wasn't always Lord of Spirits. Who do you suppose held the title before her?

[ n_n ]

[selfservinglove]

...Your father?

[schismanic]

In as much as he could be called one, anyway. But that's correct! And now he's not, now that Milla's gone and taken his place.

[ but she'll throw him a bit of a bone. ]

To preserve the world, I once had to kill everyone who knew about the Schism. I did it all to protect the land of Rieze Maxia. That was my purpose.

But the Schism is gone now.

[ soooo, you know. looks back at a few tags ago. haha! ]

[selfservinglove]

I see.

[Sure, you go and murder people for the sake of this Schism thing, or whatever.]

So now that your duty is done, you just do whatever your sister tells you to do.

[schismanic]

I wouldn't quite say that. My duty isn't done. I lost it.

[ there's a very big difference here. ]

[selfservinglove]

...

Did the Schism go away, or?

[schismanic]

Dispelled, once it was decided that the two nations were not to continue on as they were.

[ this explains nothing. ]