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curtainsdown2021-06-12 11:09 pm
stagemanagers) wrote in curtainsdown2021-06-12 11:09 pm
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the mark of those who cannot be saved
[You remember dying. Maybe the memory is clear and bright and your body still aches from the cause. Maybe it was fast enough that you didn't feel it and don't remember what you went through. But no matter how you went out, that's no excuse for truancy! Which is to say: you are still in the school.
For those executed, you will wake up in your beds. The dormitories look exactly as they did when you first arrived, without any of the changes or personal effects you and your dormmates might have made. The only real difference is that the little cot in Ambassador isn't there.
For those who were victims, you will wake where your body was discovered. All of your injuries are gone, and you feel fine. It's almost like you're still alive - but you remember what happened to you. It couldn't have just been a dream, could it?
The school looks much as you remember it, save perhaps for a few key differences. For one, there's no groundhog murals anywhere. Where things were green on the other side, like banners or paint, you'll find that here they're blood red.
The doors, for the moment, are still locked. Looks like even death couldn't free you.]
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5
(( ooc: Welcome to deadland, everyone! It mostly resembles the school here, and new floors will be revealed after new people die. For example, the second area will unlock after the week 3 dead arrive, and so on. Also, all dead characters will wake up at their actual canonpoint, with all lost memories restored. Have fun being dead! ))
For those executed, you will wake up in your beds. The dormitories look exactly as they did when you first arrived, without any of the changes or personal effects you and your dormmates might have made. The only real difference is that the little cot in Ambassador isn't there.
For those who were victims, you will wake where your body was discovered. All of your injuries are gone, and you feel fine. It's almost like you're still alive - but you remember what happened to you. It couldn't have just been a dream, could it?
The school looks much as you remember it, save perhaps for a few key differences. For one, there's no groundhog murals anywhere. Where things were green on the other side, like banners or paint, you'll find that here they're blood red.
The doors, for the moment, are still locked. Looks like even death couldn't free you.]
(( ooc: Welcome to deadland, everyone! It mostly resembles the school here, and new floors will be revealed after new people die. For example, the second area will unlock after the week 3 dead arrive, and so on. Also, all dead characters will wake up at their actual canonpoint, with all lost memories restored. Have fun being dead! ))
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It's a bit of a walk for Varian to get to what he wants to show Salieri, but he'll likely be able to notice something is very off long before they actually make it to the edge of the field...
It's, well. The corn. And it is not at all like it was before. It's been decimated, most of the area run over and trampled into the ground. The scarecrow is once more ominously missing.
He'll just...let Salieri take that in before he'll explain why he's even showing him this.]
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....ah. That is a change.
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[He's going somewhere with this, stay with him.]
Now, would you believe me if I told you Rina did this?
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?????]
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...when I first woke up here, I went to look for her. Understandably, she didn't want me around her. She was...scared of me.
[He looks over the corn, trying not to focus his gaze too hard in the direction of where he'd run that night.]
But after a couple days...she came to me. She dragged me into the car, and...
[He gestures with a nod of his head.]
This happened. But I didn't bring you here just to show you property damage.
[Varian's shoulders relax a little as he looks over at Salieri out of the corner of his eye.]
I thought Rina would never want anything to do with me ever again. I would have understood if she didn't, even if I never meant to hurt her. But, she...she's too good. She gave me a taste of my own medicine, and after that...we talked, for a long time. We worked it out.
[...]
I guess what I'm trying to tell you is...if Rina could forgive me, then I think the others would forgive you, if we ever get out of here.
They're...good, too. Better than most of us...
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"--she's too good." Varian says, and Salieri can almost hear the echo of-- (unlike me)-- another sentiment that might follow. Because he things it, too, of himself. But Varian continues and Salieri listens; he takes in the rest of what he says.]
...I can only hope. [quietly. It's what he has now; only hope. Hope that maybe they could forgive him for this. That those who are better, those who are good, could perhaps... (Best at Being the Worst but still good, still better--)...perhaps. He can't let himself hope too much; he can't have that much expectation of Him, of Them. But perhaps, with time...]
Thank you.
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[Varian looks up at Salieri, giving his hand a little squeeze.]
Just...focus on forgiving yourself, first.
[The path of hate is a dangerous track
You take one step and it's hard to turn back...]
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...that seems like a tall order. [a bit dryly]
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[Believe in him who believes in you, Salieri.]
What you did was stupid and reckless, but you did it with good intentions.
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I'll...endeavor to do so.
[sorry, Varian, he may be lying right now. Fortunately for him, he's fairly accomplished at that...but he does offer him a small, strained smile]
You've certainly become very wise in the short time we've been apart.
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[He nods towards the school, gesturing for Salieri to follow him back inside.]
You'd be surprised what motivates you. A little kick in the seat of your pants is a good enough reality check, sometimes.
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I don't doubt that for a moment. And that was mine, then?
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...did it work?
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...it did. It might take a few days to sink in completely but...it was a rather effective verbal kick.
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You should have known I wasn't going to let you die and then spend eternity feeling sorry for yourself.
[Which may sound harsh, but...]
I don't want to see you follow my bad example.
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[at that, though, there's a frown that creases his brow]
...to that end, how are you doing?
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[Besides the whole being dead part.]