GRAVEYARD.

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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 6 PM EST / 3 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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Comments

[satisficing]

[HE DOESN'T LOOK AT LUKE, BUT HE CAN FEEL THE STARING.]

It was the curse.

[rav3n]

Yeah...

[AT LEAST TRY TO SOUND LIKE YOU BELIEVE HIM]

Uh--how are you feeling, by the way?

[satisficing]

[PUTS HIM ON THE "PLEASE BELIEVE I HAVE DIGNITY" MEME CHART.]

...Like shit, if I'm honest.

[rav3n]

[(in an unconvincing tone) HE DOES

His expression softens, though; he pushes his food aside, turning to look at him properly.]

You should get some rest. I can help you to the pods, if you need it. [He glances briefly at the screen, where Shouxue is now examining people's feet.] You don't have to watch this.

[satisficing]

[It takes a long moment if silence, but he finally reluctantly glances back at Luke for once.]

I want to.

[He looks at the television again, lips thin.]

It's the least I could do.

[rav3n]

Alright... if you're sure. Hold on. [He will get up and leave for a bit, then come back with the painkillers from the medkit!! He hands them over.]

Any wounds you've got should heal up on their own, but here--to help, in the meantime. [...He hesitates, glancing at the screen again before he looks back at Viktor.] Do you... can I ask what happened?

[satisficing]

[STOP, WHY IS LUKE SO NICE TO HIM!!!! This was his roomie's almost boyfriend (no). He looks surprised, but touched, and takes the painkillers.

HE TAKES THEM. Thank you, Luke. He follows Luke's glance back to the screen.]

Something... was wrong with Eunhyuk.

[rav3n]

[HE WAS CONVENIENTLY ABSENT WHEN SCIEN CAME TO BEAT YOU UP VIKTOR DON'T LOOK TOUCHED

He frowns, though, bringing a hand to his chin.]

So it wasn't a fluke, with Scien... [Being a fancy android and all "he's not an android" an android. Luke pulls up the IRIS, swiping over to his notes.] When you say "wrong"--what do you mean? Apart from--you know.

[THE MURDER... Sorry he's in investigation mode now even though he will be nice about it]

[satisficing]

[Nevermind, fuck all of you guys. He should barf the painkillers back up on Luke's pants.

He shrugs half-heartedly.]

Aggressive. He was extremely aggressive.

[rav3n]

[STOP LISTEN. He made sure you wouldn't get mcmurdered again first?]

Mm. [He just makes a vague noise of assent because he kind of got that from the injuries on Viktor's corpse but he doesn't want to say that.] And he didn't say anything to you? He just attacked?

[satisficing]

[:tails:

His eyes lower to sort of stare into the middle distance thoughtfully before they lift to the screen again. Frowns watching them struggle to find answers.]

He didn't say anything. I went to the cargo bay. It had things in there familiar to me, and I thought I might be able to use them. When he came in, he just attacked me, yes. There wasn't any hesitation.

I guess it caught me off guard. I expected to be able to communicate with him.

[rav3n]

[Luke nods, taking that in as he types. Just cursory notes, though; he puts the IRIS away right after, and gives Viktor a sympathetic smile.]

I would have thought the same. [He looks back at trial, where Shoma is now holding... a magic 8 ball? Okay. The captions be like [sloshing noises]] ...You might be able to get a message to him through the senior crew, after they're done with this. I'm not sure.

[Since theoretically...? Eunhyuk won't have a reason to rip his own heart out like Scien did...? Me realizing I think Luke left and didn't see Scien's recording HELP]

[satisficing]

[His brows furrow. He isn't sure how to feel right this moment aside from tired. Defeated maybe?]

I'll keep that in mind.

[A glance at Luke.]

You scared a good number of people, you know.

[rav3n]

[So valid, bestie. Fortunately it is no longer emotionshare so he can politely not perceive Viktor's depression too hard... normally he would try and be more comforting but there's not a whole lot he can do or say about fucking DYING and getting stuck in the helly belly so. This is the best alternative.

Except VIKTOR DOESN'T POLITELY IGNORE HIS TB IN EXCHANGE NO!!!! Luke's shoulders tense, though he keeps his expression neutral.]

...Yeah. [He can guess.] It wasn't-- [...] That wasn't supposed to happen.

[He thinks it's probably obvious that he would never chose to tb explode in a room full of people, but he refuses to let a single person think he knew he was 5 seconds away from death and just let it happen]

[satisficing]

[YEAH, he's going to turn the fucking TB back around on LUKE. Tired of never getting lore, only giving it.]

It wasn't? What happened exactly? None of us could do anything about your unexpected death.

[rav3n]

[HE CAN CERTAINLY TRY!!! Unfortunately being dead doesn't make Luke any less prone to hiding his problems,,,]

I wish I could tell you. When it was just me and Scien, I thought it might've been a bad reaction to the nanites, but with Eunhyuk, exactly a week later... [He shakes his head.] I think that theory's off the table.

[...But, grudgingly, since he doesn't want Viktor worrying about the others any more than he probably already will be--]

What happened with me probably won't happen with anyone else. [Not unless other people have space TB that he doesn't know about, which is possible.]

[satisficing]

[looks

at himself]

A lot of us are still thinking it's the nanites. Or, at least, they play some part in what is happening. But I wasn't...

[Gestures at THIS PLACE with a hand.]

I don't know if you've found anything else.

[rav3n]

[LOOK... HE JUST KNOWS NO ONE IS GOING TO GET MAGICALLY (STATIC NOISES) AND KEEL OVER LIKE HE DID if you have your own TB that's a you problem.

He sighs, running a hand through his hair.]

Nothing concrete in terms of answers, as far as... all this goes. [The NANITE MURDERS or whatever.] We're not sure why we're here, either--I thought it might have something to do with those pods our bodies are in, but Vash doesn't have one, so... maybe not. [FRUSTRATING.] Some odd things have happened here, though. We've been trying to keep track of them--I can show you our notes, if you'd like. It can't hurt to have more input.

[He still periodically combs the area looking for clues he missed but there are so many hours in a day and he can only eat so many easy bake oven pizzas]

[rav3n]

[OKAY WELL THIS IS HAPPENING AND HE'S IMMEDIATELY LOSING TRACK OF THIS CONVERSATION

THE SUBS ARE [BLEEDS IN KOREAN]]

[satisficing]

[He starts to say he will help, of course, BUT THEN PIXI JUST GETS DISTRACTED BY TRIAL.

He looks at the screen and frowns.]

That's where all the blood came from. He's sick...? I think.

[rav3n]

[AAAAAA LISTEN

He moves on instinct, darting up from his seat--but then the reminder of where he is catches up to him, and he clenches his fists at his sides, nails digging into his palms.]

...Is it--what he was talking about, with the monsters in his country? [Or is Eunhyuk just TB'D TOO in which case Luke is gonna squash his head like a grape]

[satisficing]

[He isn't startled by the emotional reaction. He doesn't look angry, or even happy actually as they close in on Eunhyuk.]

I don't know. He never talked to me about... where he came from really, except for the building he was in. There was a moment like this in the cargo bay... I assumed he had to be sick.

I sprayed him with the fire extinguisher so I could get back to the food court.

[rav3n]

[He watches as they restrain Eunhyuk, and though he slowly, methodically releases some of that tension, it's replaced by a heavy aura of frustration and distress. They can just be unhappy together.]

But he caught up?

[artificialsweetener]

[PIPING UP from where he's taking a Suika break to just WATCH THIS HAPPEN, nodding.]

It's a symptom of his illness, mm.

[rav3n]

[He is going to be getting his rancid vibes everywhere again because now he's depressed at the reminder that he isn't over there to help people, but he will at least try to distract himself by focusing on this, searching for some kind of pattern.]

What else did he tell you about it? Any similarities between us? [If they're still working off the nanite reaction theory... wouldn't it be funny if all the killers are just people who have something wrong with them already and all the normies are fine]