GRAVEYARD...3!

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GR͏∀VE̴Y͞A̵ЯD     18 DECOMMISSIONED

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Crushing pressure is the initial sensation you can recall upon awakening. The stench of fetid, hot steam fills your nose, motes of dust and dirt floating upwards to cling to your skin. Down you are pulled to the cold ground, and all at once you realize you have forgotten to breathe. As you gasp back to life, you are flung onto a pile of scraps and trash, as the enormous machine that spat you out grumbles a little, and then goes silent. You are whole somehow, alive... but at what cost?

Popping out of the grinder, you look yourself over and find that any injuries you may have incurred during your death will be healed. While the scars that remain from the process will serve as a stark reminder, you will be able to get up on your own two feet without issue.

Thin, tapering metal (?) claws unhook from overhead and lower themselves, proceeding to guide you around. Your clothing starts sticking uncomfortably to your skin in the humidity of this strange, new place. Overhead you can hear the tinny humming of flickering lights overhead, arranged in a singular, thin strip and snaking around the serpentine halls. Along exposed pipes, wires, and the walls, a rust-colored substance creeps in web-like patterns, climbing towards the ceiling lights.

The deep grinding and groaning of the ship begin to meld into one low, deep moan from all around. It dips and rises in pitch, and becomes sickening to listen to if you focus on it for too long. Maybe, it's the ship's way of saying Welcome, to the underbelly of the CSS Eudora, home of the decommissioned.

Some things to keep in mind, while amongst the dead:

💀 Mini-events will be posted on WEDNESDAY at 3 PM EST / 12 PM PST, and are due at the same time they are for the living. Any changes to the schedule will be announced in the graveyard channels.

💀 Weekly effects will still hit you here, in the belly of the ship. Mods will make sure to announce any special changes based on being the graveyard; otherwise, please assume everything is 1:1!

💀 While not perfect, there is a healing factor in place. It is extremely sluggish, uncomfortable, and does not negate the fact that you're injured and likely in pain. If the injury is too severe, you might wind up dying from it if left untreated. Again. If you have a pre-existing condition like an illness that has been exacerbated by factors beyond your control, you will find that for the time being these symptoms are at their most minor.

💀 That said, while double death is possible, you'll find yourself reviving after 4 hours fully healed, but feeling like complete garbage for the rest of the day. Message your mods if you find yourself getting killed while dead, though! There might be a special surprise involved.

💀 Your possessions, minus clothing besides what you're wearing now, can be found in the bunk pods and their storage. Yes, while it might not include clothes, it does include any Omegamart Promotional Items, Scrap purchases, home items, etc that you were in possession of. if you had a lot of things, the cubby might jam or have difficulty closing. Better organize. If you arrive on Saturday during trial, belongings will return at the end of trial.

💀 Communications, while you cannot text via I.R.I.S., you can still send messages through HER-MES. All other functions for I.R.I.S. are available along with direct data transfers. Dead can send private letters to the living! An inbox can be accessed from the family computer at the canteen. If you find it locked, it is because we are updating it.

💀 Living livestream is broadcasted on the TV screen in the canteen!
✔️ Upgraded Quality ✔️ Audio ✔️ Translit Captions that sometimes fuck up ✔️ Dramatic panning ✔️ Color

💀 Planet locations are free to use! Upon the Eudora landing planetside, you will find that as you meander through the various parts of the Belly you may run into one of locations of the current planet instead of where you were meaning to go. These locations are indeed still populated, but the people are more like wisps and will not react much to any conversation. Though you can interact with stuff there you cannot take anything with you out of the location "rooms".

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W5 WEDNESDAY : MINI-EVENT

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WORK ORDER !

WK 5 MINI-EVENT

It's Wednesday afternoon and they don't have communication aside from their family computer. Vash will just show up where most people are gathered, but they don't need to hear from him to see the effects on the Helly Belly.

Uh... More rifts opened.

CALLISTO

There are interdimensional rifts that open all around the Helly Belly. It doesn't matter the nature of the locations, tears blossom in their reality. If they try to peer inside, they won't get a good look of what waits for them... But perhaps they can hear incoherent whispers and voices, if they can hear it over a low groan that shakes the Helly Belly to its core.

THE SPACE IN BETWEEN

There are different types of tears that appear:

⚙️ Some tears will birth monsters and (hostile) rats. They look formed by flesh, similar to the flesh that covers the Helly Belly, but these monsters take different shapes. Some of these monsters may even look like they're from home (non-fleshy). Defeat them with what resources you have, even if it's a mop, and it will close these rifts.

⚙️ Some tears are harmless. They take you to a ship location on the living side. The difference here is that the ship is covered in a light pink haze and the structure is covered by familiar flesh here and there. It's ominous. It's quiet, but you think you can here someone's voice. These tears will naturally expire as long as they're visited. (You may receive a mod response for this one)

The graveyard as a whole may leave one item behind. In the case of documents, you cannot submit all the documents in one file and count it as one item. Submit in the comment below by tomorrow, 3 pm PST / 6 pm EST.

⚙️ Tears that reflect a character's desire and/or regrets, small or large. For multiple people in the tear, it will be some funny mash-up of both things. It does not need to be deep and can manifest in something like both characters spawn in a classroom, ready to present their powerpoint, but only in their underwear. These will expire as long as they're visited.

⚙️ A tear where you suddenly manifest cat ears and a tail and are compelled to hunt and run in the wild, you refer to each other and yourselves by your "warrior cat" names (BristlePelt, SilverTail, FernToebeans etc.) Your clan is RatClan. Some of you are born "warrior cats" and some of you are domestic "kittypets," you are obligated to list which one you are. You can return only when you hunt a live rodent in this tear and bring it back in your mouth.

⚙️ Tears that takes you to a beach. The tear will expire after you have a beach episode.

⚙️ Tears that are full of scrap and junk... You must clean this hoarding nightmare.

⚙️ My Little Pony tear, obligatory must announce your cutie mark. Tear is cleared once you Friendship is Magic'd.

⚙️ A tear that is normal, but you have hot dog wieners for fingers. Tear is cleared when you understand the struggle and assess your privilege.

Hello! Participation does not need to be turned in for this mini-event. With some participation, all these specific tears will disappear by Thursday morning.

ITEM SUBMISSION

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list item (link if needed) and living location by tomorrow 3 pm PST / 6 pm EST.

[polliwog]

hello, they will be sending the following to the church.

-a sack with DO NOT CHARLES written on it
-the sack is rustling
-inside the sack is a very large egg from the fistula, it is moving a little like this
-inside the egg, which they can crack but if it takes too long obviously there is a hole in it because they filled it with rats. also it is filled with angry flesh rats. i need to be clear it's a lot of rats and they WILL bite.
-in the midst of the rats is the vore report

thank you. please let me know if you need rat egg tags.

[rav3n]

[THEY HAVE BEEN FREED FROM APPLEBEE'S....... Luke is ehre. He is probably horribly hungover and exhausted. Did he sleep? Unclear. He's still so rust-covered. Gross.

But duty calls, and this one seems, like, important and possibly dangerous, so of course he is here. He peers at a rift... which one is it... WHO'S TO SAY.]

We'd better take care of these.

[artificialsweetener]

[Skips up behind Luke and tries to shove him in for the laffs.]

[ravenry]

[ time for you to rp a horse again ]

[rosebleed]

Unfortunately I would have to agree. Did Sidon bite Vash again?

[you're taking me to a regret void i am not rolling dice i am demanding to make up for lost cr time]

[uncoincidental]

[she gazes at the rift and adjusts her hold on a broom handle (she has broken the broom part off of it so that it's more like a staff. she is so ready to fight more rats!!

the dice have given us the scrap rift. she does not know this.]

After you!

[egodist]

[on the one hand scien is hungover, on the other he probably got more sleep in the last night than he did for most of his existence in the helly belly. so he's actually kind of doing okay?

in the desire and regrets rift, they will encounter this extremely good boy. he's waving over at them with a warm, friendly smile that makes you want to fall in love. boyish charm personified. tell me if you want this to be serious or goofy to decide the next course of action. oh yves i would do anything for you

at the beach rift, scien will actually look around kind of.... curious?]

Ah... this isn't bad.

[pathematic]

[YVESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eunhyuk looks on at the pale-haired boy, recognizing that boyish charm personified. He looks from him to Scien and then back again, wondering.

anyway i will choose goofy]

[artificialsweetener]

[BODYSLAMS INTO DESIRE AND REGRETS BECAUSE I TOO LOVE SEEING YVES AAAAA give me what ur heart feels. He raises a hand and waves back at Yves even though this is just a void illusion.]

I wonder what we'll have to do to get out of this one?

[HE IS ALSO SO DIRTY AND HAS A MOP IN HIS HAND he's been through so much with these fckin voids.]

[rav3n]

[I was going to give us a beach episode but the dice said no so I guess Luke is just here looking at his distant cousin]

This guy really follows you everywhere, huh...

R & D department

[rosebleed]

[I would like a serious one pls]

Oh. Hello there?

[Peering at this charming and unusual lad.]

[uncoincidental]

[the dice have given us desire and regrets... we can do either serious or goofy depending on what's not-spoilery enough that you feel comfy doing it! otoh if any option is too spoilery we can do the beach episode.

regardless of which rift they end up in, sheba looks from what they see in front of them to scien himself.]

[rosebleed]

A) Monster rift

[At some point you come across a battle already won! Rosamund stands over a grisly scene, pulling an arrow from the forehead of a (content warning) Helly Belly flesh rendition of a truly enormous and terrible spider/girl hybrid. There are also innumerable dead baby spiders all around, some shot but mostly stomped or bludgeoned.

She waves, sweating and heaving and definitely not crying as she pulls the killing arrow loose with a sickening squelch.]

Hiiiii! So, I took care of most of these, but there is definitely at least one running loose!

[please help]


B) Beach

[Beach!!! Here's her fit check. She's beyond delighted.]

This looks absolutely stunning! What should we do first?

a!

[artificialsweetener]

[me: i should tag b because dahut will be totally useless in a
me: but that's funny so

ANYWAY DAHUT IS HERE. JUST SURVEYING THIS CARNAGE SWEATILY. This is just that kimetsu no yaiba spider family, terrible. When Rosamund waves, he waves back with the confused air of someone who doesn't know how they got here (real, considering he was voidspat out to this.)]

Oh—! Um...!! I'll do my very best?!

[HE IS ARMED WITH A MOP.]

a!!

[rav3n]

[WE ARE MONSTER FIGHTING I GUESS apparently we are not too hungover for this... or maybe we are... let's just die and come back in 4 hours after it's all done

No just kidding Luke is too responsible for that. He picks his way over to join her in concern, ready to steady her if she seems like she's going to fall.]

Hey, hey--take a break for a minute.

[uncoincidental]

[it's BEACH TIME!!! beach episode means the injury effect is paused and her hooded cloak has been replaced with this.

she blinks, surprised.]

...I can't even remember the last time I've come to the beach just for fun...

b

[agamid]

[ rosamund looks so cute! dion however... ]

I half expect the water to become flesh.

b!

[pyromance]

[ diluc is wearing his default canon outfit at the beach, like a loser. ]

We could look for seashells, or hunt crabs.

[ oh look, a bonfire nearby... it's in the daytime though. a daytime bonfire. ]

...Are we interrupting something?

we do what we want

[pathematic]

[sticks them in a desires and regrets rift.... in that they are on a rooftop!! of a large and rundown building. there's clutter everywhere, lines of old laundry fading in the sun gently swaying in a nonexistent breeze.

there is also a young girl sitting on the edge of the rooftop, smoking a cigarette. Eunhyuk looks at her from where he's man standing as usual, though his gaze turns to Rosamund first.]

Watch your step. People like to leave gum here.

[artificialsweetener]

junk void;
[DAHUT KEEPS STUMBLING INTO THE VOIDS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED. He breaks his way out of one and another opens up right as he's stumbling dazedly into the light, covered in dirt, grease, dust and dual wielding a mop and broom. He disappears into it with a little shriek. Please save him.]

ragrats & desires void;
[This void opens up into a field of swaying flowers! It appears to be a cliffside area, with the ocean visible from over the edge, twinkling prettily under the colors of the late noon sun.

i steal from dana, you can choose goofy or serious!]

[polliwog]

a. violence void
[ either dealing with the monsters or one of the eerie pink haze voids, he is... slightly hungover from applebee's. he's armed with a broom with its head off its shaft, left with a pointy stick. he may be stabbing one of these lil bastards with it. ]

The rift yesterday was better. Maybe I should bite Vash again.

b. desires and regrets
[ tell me serious or goofy and i will generate something for you ]

*. wildcard
[ please just wildcard a rift i'm really fine with anything and my brain is completely empty. we can be warriorcat ponies. ]

[satisficing]

a. cats you cats you cats you cats you

[He is here....... tailed and eared! The tail is whipping.]

I am Mudfur, a kittypet who longs for the warrior life!

[He pauses, confused by what he has had the urge to say.]

A-Anyway, that rat is mine!

[STARTS SCAMPERING AFTER IT.]

b. 🏖️

[Sorry that Viktor looks so concerning when he has nothing on, YIKES!! He is in this which is so sexy of men actually toxic masculinity is disgusting to back to this THE CUT OUTS? His stupid purple right hand and stupid entire purple and metal melded right leg are on display, greasy, along with the runic scars, the brace, and a greasy left hand.

He is not maidenly sitting under an umbrella shockingly!! He is...........building a sandcastle.]

c. councils you councils you councils you

[Well, you are now sitting in a chair beside Viktor in a large, open room beneath a spotlight in front of a handful of council members.

They are definitely waiting on you to speak...]

[barriermaddened]

[The Violence Rift

Something comes crawling out of the rift. Seems like a fleshy version of this humanoid thing. Only a glance is enough to reveal that even its non-fleshy version would be hostile and deadly, too. As if that wasn't enough, several rat skeletons come crawling out of the tear as well, filling the Rat Race.

Sora doesn't flinch upon the sights]

Typical. Nothing that hasn't been done before.

[And, taking off the weights off some weightlifting stuff, so she can have the bar, she tests the weight in her hands. She addresses anyone who stumbles upon this all]

Help me with this one, won't you?

[The hot dig wieners rift

Sora has been staring at her fingers for a while. She has been trying to understand the struggle, but...look, the sight is so bizarre she keeps getting distracted by it]

How is it possible this is the only change? How would anyone wear gloves with hands like these ones? The lack of dexterity is alarming. Shouldn't the fingers have fallen off at some point, atrophied?

[She's thinking too hard about this all, apparently.

The Beach rift

There's Sora, with a white sundress and a pretty big hat. It's an unusual look on her, truthfully! And she's not sure what she's doing in this place at all.]

What are we supposed to do to get out of this one...?

[She has a passing familiarity with anime, but not enough to know what a beach episode has]