GRAVEYARD

[pandatreasure]

[You know you must have died—nothing is ever easy around here, certainly not quick, so you must remember burning, bleeding, falling, dying?

And yet. You're waking up.

Do you recognize it here, once you pick yourself up off of the hard floor, maybe half-strewn across a couch or beanbag chair? This room died, too: you're in the library, good as new and maybe better than that, only barely smelling of burnt paper and you only sometimes kick up ash, just like those old wounds that finished you off only ache every now and again, dully.

The book selection isn't quite the same as you remember it—all the bad erotica that didn't die is missing here, sorry to say, but so are the books on everyone's home worlds. Snoop around enough and behind the librarian's desk, you'll find tablets: one for each participant of the game, and with enough experimentation, you'll find the one that reacts when you press the button. You're already logged into your Recyclr account and can read the feed, but the same rules apply: 140 characters, one tweet a day. The voting app is gone, replaced by a sort of security monitoring kind of app. Characters can view different rooms of the school, or even place a few side by side so they can view a few at a time, and they'll be able to see the living go about their day to day lives. There's even an archive of recordings, but only the important ones: murders, executions, investigations, trial highlight reels, and major events like libraries being burned down. Was watching yourself die once not enough? Boy have I got good news for you!!!

It's kind of exciting that you can go around touching stuff, probably, despite being super dead and vaguely transparent in a way you notice like your own breathing; you don't and then you do and it's all you can think about, but your tangibility only extends to the inanimate: try to touch any of your fellow deceased and you'll find that you just pass right on through like touching cold air.

The windows aren't bolted up with those big metal plates on this side of things, but look out of them anytime and it's just pitch-black and still outside, so that's demoralizing. There is, of course, the door out of the library—but for now it's locked up tight. Whatever is a ghost to do?]

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Day 20

[suppressthedark]

[mmWELP.]

...And that's why he's the ultimate detective.

[Goddamn, 4 for 4.]

[liveronhersleeve]

Damn. He's been busy. [She's. Not sure how to feel about this development.]

[suppressthedark]

Thought it was a little too quiet...but good on him, I guess.

['I guess' because he's still the one who'll have to deal with being responsible for someone's death, but...Honestly, Shuichi's done this before.

He's still impressed, though - just goes to show how out of his element Ichigo really was.]

[liveronhersleeve]

I'm surprised he actually managed to get that much detail out of them. To know not only who killed who, but to work out the circumstances - those must be confessions and not just. Figuring things out.

[purrtagonist]

[watching this with a slow smirk, somewhat fond]

He's pretty amazing.

[suppressthedark]

[Ichigo is obviously impressed, but...Also, why kaiba? He'd vote Ulaz if he had a vote, just because, well...

...Illya is important to him, and you don't fuck with Ichigo Kurosaki's people.]

...Makes me realize just how badly I messed up whenever I tried to figure things out in trials.

[Just scratches at the back of his neck with a wry, slightly-self depreciating grin.]

[purrtagonist]

[and that is exactly what Akira meant by popularity contest earlier. at this point, with so many killers, people vote for who they don't want to die the least]

. . . reminds me of how completely and utterly bullshit this entire system is.

[ha. . .]

[flamingprick]

Wow, and here I thought he was kinda clueless.

[Rin's glad he was wrong about that though.]

[purrtagonist]

Absolutely not.

[pretty firm!]

He was the only one to comment on the fact that Akechi and I were suspicious. The only reason I was able to throw him off is because there was some. . . thread of truth to our play fighting.

[Phantom Thieves know how to put on a show]

[flamingprick]

[WAVING AKIRA OFF]

Whatever, the past is the past. I'm glad he made it out of this, though.

[Assuming it's over now, since there's less than 10 people left.]

[suppressthedark]

...Really?

[RIN MY DUDE...]

[flamingprick]

Well I didn't talk to him that much! I didn't know he was secretly smart like that!

[worldcup]

I mean, I'm enjoying this. I wish we had popcorn to properly enjoy this.

[suppressthedark]

[Illya sweetie...]

You've got to admit - this was a pretty quiet trial compared to all the rest.

[worldcup]

It really was. It's boring.

[very_good_end]

...Huh. He actually got it.

[suppressthedark]

Well, yeah. Did you expect him not to?

[respendent]

[ Hiyori listens in for a minute.

And then is getting up, going out of sight, and breaking his tablet. ]

[suppressthedark]

[...Hiyori...

Ichigo just watches him go, a small frown on his face.]

[suppressthedark]

[WELP PART TWO]

Goddamn.

[J...jesus. Look at how much kaiba and or illya was loved.]

[worldcup]

... It's too bad I didn't make a bet on who they'd vote for. I would have won.

[purrtagonist]

[heh. . .]

[tiredly]

And that is that.

[chosemyfate]

.....

[Well that happened. ]

Akira wasn't kidding when he said when the trial nears the end is when it gets... interesting.

[cluelesscavewoman]

I would have voted for Kaiba-dono. Though I would not have known the things I know from being here...

[That extra info is kinda helpful]

[chosemyfate]

[Well, I'll be...

The kid got it. ]

.....Huh.