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Proto Badger ([personal profile] protoshepherd) wrote2015-03-03 02:21 am
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GRAVEYARD aka the locked basement LOL

[ You're dead. Either you were ousted and seemed as an ally of the Bad Badger, or the actual allies of the Bad Badger actually got to you.

You remember dying. If you were already dead prior to this whole game... well, you're alive again.

Your death may have been terrible. Poison, being stabbed multiple times, blunt trauma to the head, hanged... whatever. You can still feel the pain.

But... Where are you? You see white walls around you. You're in a hospital...? You're in a room, but there's no one else but you and a man in a blue costume. He doesn't want to reveal his real head, so he hides behind a mask. A badger wearing a blue jester's hat.

And... another person? Has that other person been there all along?

Then you remember being in a mansion. Was that all a dream? You try to figure it out on your own, but you can't seem to come up with an answer. If by any chance you look into the badger's empty black eyes, you might feel like you're being taken to a completely different place. It's as if you can see the mansion again. You can see the people talking, but if you try to call out, nothing happens. They can't hear you.

You avert your gaze from the badger, and those images disappear.

There's so much happening. Pain, and this crazy badger.

You, on the other hand, aren't wearing a blue costume. You have a white dress on, with an opening at the back. That was definitely not what you were wearing... or was it?

You have so many questions. But at least you're not alone. Someone can answer those questions for you. ]

--

[ NOTE Your characters will be able to see the events happening in the game while in the graveyard as long as they're looking at the Proto Badger. They cannot participate in any of the polls, or try to converse with anybody that isn't in this room. ]
devilsworkday: it's fucking people over (002. this thing i consider my only art)

[personal profile] devilsworkday 2015-03-06 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
...I'd like that, if you would be willing.
murimurimuri: (39)

[personal profile] murimurimuri 2015-03-06 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a moment where he looks just stunned at that. "How did you know?" is written all over his face.]
murimurimuri: (29)

[personal profile] murimurimuri 2015-03-06 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
[But then he just laughs and laughs and laughs.]
cardboard_journalism: (reveal-mode)

[personal profile] cardboard_journalism 2015-03-06 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
...
cardboard_journalism: (!)

[personal profile] cardboard_journalism 2015-03-06 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
[recoils back slowly into her corner...]
murimurimuri: (02)

[personal profile] murimurimuri 2015-03-06 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
[I need a drink]
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[personal profile] cardboard_journalism 2015-03-06 10:46 am (UTC)(link)


...Sss, sss, sss. Why not? We're all in this together, aren't we, Mr. Gavin?

You start? I don't want to repeat whatever you dug up.

turnaboutcoupons: (SIGH)

[personal profile] turnaboutcoupons 2015-03-06 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Palaeno's awakening might be almost comical to watch, as he goes through something a little similar to the Kübler Ross model.

First there's the denial, which is always the best part of it. That blissful void that comes from still having one leg in slumber land. If he's resting so comfortably, there's no way anything could be wrong. Then comes a bit of agitation because he's kind of cold, especially around his back area. Where's the blanket? ...Right, he doesn't have one. He's sleeping on the floor. A floor that's awfully soft all of a sudden, like he's sleeping on pillows instead.

A few memories seep through and he gets the distinct impression that there's something wrong with his stomach for some reason. Or rather, that there should be something wrong. ...Poison. Right. He cringes and rolls onto his side, pulling his legs up to his chest to try and curl into a little ball.

... No hang on. If he was poisoned, wouldn't he be dead? How could he be thinking about this in the first place if he were dead? The poison thing was just a nightmare! Sure, that was it. In fact, every horrible image flickering in the back of his mind must be part of one big nightmare. Please let it be a nightmare. If it was just a nightmare, he could go out and start the day fresh and put lots of extra effort into his work. He could even dedicate a jubilee to charity. That's bargaining with omnipotent powers, right there.

Then his eyes finally flicker open to greet the harsh reality. Apparently the 'nightmare' is still going on. Welcome to the depression stage.]
doubledefense: (... objection...)

[personal profile] doubledefense 2015-03-06 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she comes to slowly with a groan, but then remembering her last moments "alive" sits up suddenly ]


Ma-
doubledefense: (MILES AND MILES OF)

[personal profile] doubledefense 2015-03-06 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
yaaaaaugh. Oww.
damnjuanhessohotrightnow: (03)

[personal profile] damnjuanhessohotrightnow 2015-03-06 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[There is some laughing. Coming from the direction of the floor, where Matt is in a drunken heap once again.]

Amazing! I lost the bet!
Edited 2015-03-06 17:40 (UTC)
devilsworkday: turn your back on mother nature (004. acting on your best behavior)

[personal profile] devilsworkday 2015-03-06 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, if it's any consolation, if it truly is a nightmare at least you're not being left to deal with it completely alone.

Granted, the people who are keeping you company are probably neither consoling or helpful, but it. It could be worse...]


Mr. Palaeno.

[Kristoph's voice is perhaps surprisingly calm, particularly given the fact that he'd freaked out a bit upon arrival; he hasn't exactly been able to settle so much as he's had enough time to be able to give the appearance that he has, but it's better than nothing.]

You'll be feeling the effects of what they did for a while, but it'll start to pass in time.

[At the very least, the 'migraine' he'd awakened with had! If you're a bit more messed up due to death method...well, sucks to be you, he supposes.]
devilsworkday: sell you on me after all that I have done (001. but no words ever did sell you)

[personal profile] devilsworkday 2015-03-06 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately, I couldn't get very much out of it; I'm sure you've noticed how frustrating it is to speak to. But very well -

I received the win conditions for the game at hand, for one thing; it confirmed the presence of three 'Bad Badger' allies, and said that the rest of us would win the game when they were all killed. The other side, however, can also secure a win by ensuring that their numbers are greater than ours.

I was told that the police are all "locked up", in a place like this - surrounded by soft white walls. Apparently it's a house of some sort, though I doubt that thing's sense of perspective can really be trusted.

...I also asked whether it considered this to be justice, or something like that. It said that this has nothing to do with what's just or right, it seems to be more of a personal experiment. It said that both the Blue and Bad Badger think they're in the right, but they "have bad friends" - it seems our host has some sort of problem with this, and wants to find out "who's better."

I mentioned the contradiction between its supposed values and its actions - in killing Matt Engarde and Simon Keyes, that should also make it "bad", given that its criteria for what constitutes a bad person seems to be murder. It just told me that it didn't kill anyone, we did.
turnaboutcoupons: (SIGH)

[personal profile] turnaboutcoupons 2015-03-06 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Truthfully, this isn't much of a consolation. If he's going to be lying on the ground squirming with pain and a bit of panic, he'd rather do so in private. It could be worse, yes, but it could also be infinitely better.

Needless to say, Kristoph's approach isn't entirely welcome right now. It's good to see him up and about, considering he suffered a 'death' in Palaeno's near proximity, but that's the sort of thing that really just makes it worse in the end. What a horrible mental picture to get stuck with. It's experiences like this that make the softness of the walls and floor ironically fitting. Perhaps it won't be long before one of them crosses that line to complete insanity.

A quiet huff, almost a grumble escapes him and he closes his eyes again.]


... Death is supposed to be permanent.
devilsworkday: it's fucking people over (002. this thing i consider my only art)

[personal profile] devilsworkday 2015-03-06 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
That's true.

[And completely untroubling, from the sound of it; oh, he's fully aware that he's not particularly welcome here, he can actually read a damn room, unlike a few people he knows. Just the same, he'd rather like to keep his own grasp on sanity, tenuous though it may be, and like hell if that's going to happen if he can't at the very least pretend that everything is going to be fine in some capacity.]

However, we're not the only ones who have suffered 'death' in that place, and as such, we're not the only ones here. So either this is the worst afterlife anyone's ever conceived of, or there's something else going on.
turnaboutcoupons: (Serious | talking)

[personal profile] turnaboutcoupons 2015-03-06 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[To die or not to die, that's the question. With so many attorneys who've faced corpses before, it's rather hard to doubt that the bodies of Engarde, Keyes and Ms. Scuttlebutt were real. Yet, how can there be real bodies if their real bodies are, well, here? That doesn't make sense.]

... Even if this is some sort of afterlife, we may very well be wandering the house again within a day. That's what they did. [They being Matt and Simon, but he's too busy pretending to be a curled-up cat to figure out where they are so he can point at them.]
devilsworkday: sell you on me after all that I have done (001. but no words ever did sell you)

[personal profile] devilsworkday 2015-03-06 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Given the reason they were wandering the house, somehow I doubt you would be put to that sort of purpose; I imagine that sort of behavior will be limited to the Bad Badger's allies.

You're not suited to it, besides.
turnaboutcoupons: (SIGH)

[personal profile] turnaboutcoupons 2015-03-06 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[He just groans and turns his head slightly, his cheek pressing up against the pillowy floor. He knows he's not a killer and he's still thankful for that fact.]

That wasn't my point. ...Purpose or no purpose, it proves wandering is possible.
devilsworkday: i promise it will help (005. you can fool yourself)

[personal profile] devilsworkday 2015-03-06 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
It is, but we don't know under what circumstances. If it was something that could be done at will, I've no doubt we would have seen those two earlier than we did; we also never saw Miss Myriam, who's been in here just as long.
turnaboutcoupons: (Serious | talking)

[personal profile] turnaboutcoupons 2015-03-06 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[... He sure misses having one of those optimistic girls to talk to. Kristoph's sense of realism is too harsh for him right now. Let's just change the topic.]

I wonder who's next.
doubledefense: (whut!)

[personal profile] doubledefense 2015-03-06 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Maya! Maya, are you alright?


[ shuffling over there as quickly as this migraine will allow ]
feytality: how do I shot noodles (Food confuses me!)

[personal profile] feytality 2015-03-06 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
The badger head....? [OKAY, SHE'LL DO THAT]
feytality: I AM A MAYA AND WHAT IS THIS (What is this I don't even)

[personal profile] feytality 2015-03-06 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
---WHAT THE HECK?!

[welp]
feytality: (brb passing out)

[personal profile] feytality 2015-03-06 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[By this point she's calmed down, somewhat, so she just nods, rubbing at her own head]

I think we're supposed to be dead, sis....
feytality: she'll beat you up with her noodle arms (Does Maya have to smack a bitch?)

[personal profile] feytality 2015-03-06 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't listen to him talking about samurai! He's a creep.

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