GRAVEYARD... 4!

[dropoffs]

GR͏∀VE̴Y͞A̵ЯD     18 DECOMMISSIONED

t̀h̡e u͝nḑerbe̸l͞l̵y ̸o͜f th̴è ̡şh̷i͠p.

 

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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CHANGES GRAVEYARD LOCATIONS LIVING SIDE STATUSES PROFILES AUDIENCES REPORTING PRIVATE CONVOS COMMS DOSSIER

Comments

🍰/?

[artificialsweetener]

[Who's that pokemon person Diluc's moving to set down?? It's Dahut! Wow!

His cute lil maid outfit that the Goth Galley blessed them all with is rapidly being soaked through pretty much across his entire body with blood like he is a fun Rorschach test or something. Though he's still alive for now, it's clear he's nearly unconscious and ain't doin so hot. His face and lips are deathly pale and blood oozes from his mouth, and he's shuddering and twitching.]

🔎 + ⛈️ / 6

[rav3n]

[And finally we've got... Luke! Who looks like he's seen better days. He's got multiple stab wounds--one in his side, one in his thigh. His left hand is missing, the wound poorly stitched, and he's got light burns on the right side of his body. Damn, can't win either way. However, he's in this, so isn't it all worth it in the end?

Oh yeah, and he's bleeding heavily from an impalement wound in his chest. Hm. He probably won't last long with that.

In his arms is Sheba, who is alive but probably looks like she'd rather not be. Luke clutches her to him, probably getting blood all over her (sorry Sheba), trying desperately not to let her fall.

He can't speak very well, but he manages to force out a raspy call--]

Help--

[Oh, he's crumpling. Down he goes.]

[verminous]

Seriously?!

[this is probably like. a detour from gregor's pacing in between the canteen and holodeck because he's been wearing a fucking path into the ground over there today tbh

running into YOU INJURED FUCKS puts a delay on that!! hand him one of y'all. god.]

[pyromance]

[ well since gregor arrived first diluc will—

—stare at him for a moment first, a frown finally creasing his features. he looks like he's about to turn the other way, but his expression shifts again, going blank.

he will pass dahut over to gregor. please take care of the green bean.

(dahut may be a little damp from all the blood on him, much of it also from diluc.) ]

[agamid]

[ gurgles blood ]

[ravenry]

[ IM STUCK IN CAPITALISM I HATE ALL OF YOU

Shouxue runs one she notices the rumbling and chokes on the flowers she has to cough up once she sees how many and who. ]

Speak for your death now!

[artificialsweetener]

[BUT WE LOVE YOU ARA!!!!!

Anyway he's too out of it and also being passed to Gregor to appreciate this metal comment.]

[rav3n]

[Sorry he is also too busy coughing up blood to answer her but he appreciates her willingness to take charge]

[pyromance]

[ having passed dahut over to gregor, diluc moves towards shouxue next.

now that his injuries are no longer being covered, she'll see he's bleeding from his shoulder, his torso, and also his chest. he's leaving a red trail behind him, everyone watch your step it's SLIPPERY in this kitchen. ]

...Shouxue.

[ unfortunately his injuries are very serious and very fatal. he blinks down, as if remembering them, coughs up an inadvisable amount of blood, and then crumples to the floor.

diluc ragnvindr is dead. ]

[agamid]

[ SWEET SHOUXUE he will not die in front of her since she already got that trauma from diluc ]

[agamid]

[ but also imagine if we all died specifically in front of her one by one how funny would that be ]

[rosebleed]

[First of all fuck all of you. There's a short scream at fully dead Scien.

Then she's running up and immediately torn — but after this week she goes for Sheba, collecting her out of Luke's arms with dutiful care and a paling face.]

What did you all do? Where — where are the shots? Where do I get the shots?

[She will personally kill you all with her bare hands if she has to]

[artificialsweetener]

[KABBY LOVE US!!! KABBY!!!!! KABBY!!!!! Anyway he'll be dying a slow horrific death in Gregor's arms over here.]

[rav3n]

[For a second, it seems like he isn't going to let go--he clutches at Sheba and looks at Rosamund with cold, wild eyes, as if he doesn't recognize her. But after a moment, he seems to remember where they are, and he reluctantly loosens his grip.

...

Okay well he would've had to do that anyway because he has one hand and he's about to pass out from blood loss but it's all about intent]

[agamid]

[ bleeds sadly next to scien please save our sheba ]

[discomfort]

[ owner has been under the impression that you all just let the cyoa people bleed out or something I'm gonna be honest ]

[artificialsweetener]

[STOP THEY DO THE HUMANE THING AND TAKE THEM BEHIND THE BARN FOR ONE LAST BEAUTIFUL GOODBYE BEFORE THE PEARLY GATES TAKE THEM AWAY!!!!]

[agamid]

[ he's so right ]

[pathematic]

[MY NAP!! I WAS SUPPOSED TO SNEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALSO IM NOT SHOWING YOU THE MAID OUTFIT FCK ALL OF YALL

anyway Eunhyuk will immediately head to Luke. BINCH!!!! he does have like a whole bag of medical shit that he just dumps on the ground for everyone to take, but his focus is solely on Luke right now, im so sorry. HOW BAD IS THIS IMPALEMENT WOUND? WHY AM I ASKING WHEN I KNOW HE'S GONNA FCKING DIE

immediately tries to stop the bleeding from his big ole wound, luke is probably bleeding from 5000 other spots right now,]

-- Luke.

[rav3n]

[NOOOOOO WHERE IS ALL MY MAID ART SMASHES MUG

Anyway how big. Hm. Shuffles notes... pretty big!! It looks like he got stabbed clean through with some kind of blade... maybe he fell on it? That would be embarrassing.

But with Sheba under Rosamund's care and Dahut doing SUPER great over in Gregor's arms, Luke has nothing to take his focus anymore, and the pain from all his wounds threatens to overwhelm him immediately. It's only crisis mode that helps him cling to consciousness, though honestly that's probably worse than passing out, because these wounds are gnarly. It also means his gaze lands on Eunyhuk, and when it does, his eyes widen. He grasps at him with his free hand, trying to speak through the blood and the pain.]

Sorry-- I'm sorry--

[Last week, he'd wondered what choice he would make, had he been the one to emerge from the rift. But now that the occasion has arisen, he's too delirious to make any choice at all. All he can manage is weak, useless apologies, over and over.]

[messy]

[now that i'm free from capitalism, she is literally getting here just in time to watch half of you immediately die like

🧍‍♀️]

[artificialsweetener]

[cyoas hit different when you're already dead...]

[perfectdistance]

[ In capitalism and standing here like Harley. ]

[polliwog]

[ did anyone take sheba so luke can like, die, he will do that otherwise. what state is she in. britt what have you done.

also if dion isn't dead yet he'll check on him i guess. ]

[uncoincidental]

[sheba doesn't die on the spot but she is completely fucking unconscious and also, like, bleeding? kind of crispy looking? one of her legs is bent at a weird angle. it's not fantastic!

anyway capitalism is eating me alive so just put her somewhere to nap or kill her while i perish irl, responses are slow because my work deciced to blow up]