the mark of those who cannot be saved

[stagemanagers]

[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! ))

Comments

[disharmonizes]

Well, I wasn't going to go along with whatever the Wizard had in mind, I mean, how boring would that have been?

[It's Discord. He'd never just go along with anything.]

But it's really quite incredible what you can get done with just a few supplies from the nurse's office. If ever there was a time to try blowing things up...

[alchemistake]

[...]

Wait, you made explosives??

[HOLY SHIT??]

[disharmonizes]

Six of them, to be exact! I had been reading chemistry books in the library, the nurse's office had supplies and... Well, not that I could test them first, but it certainly worked alright.

And when else was I going to get a chance to set off an explosion near the Wizard?

[alchemistake]

You- you made bombs with supplies from the nurse's office?!

[All of a sudden, Varian's not as concerned with everything else they were just talking about as he maybe should be.]

And you used them against the- during the-! You have to show me what you did!

[disharmonizes]

I can certainly demonstrate.

...Well, mostly. Not entirely the same, of course, as I was in the blast radius at the time. The chain reaction was quite something!

[Honestly, they're both great at priorities right now.]

[alchemistake]

[Why talk about consequences for your actions when you can talk about explosions?]

I bet. I really hope you caused some damage up there. ...f-for the Wizard, I mean. I hope the others were okay...

[disharmonizes]

Yes, well... hopefully. I couldn't exactly make much of a controlled blast, but I should've been far enough away from... most everyone.

[alchemistake]

[Varian nods, brought back to that trial room, thinking about everyone up there...and it reminds him of something.]

Discord- you remember everything now, don't you?

[disharmonizes]

I do indeed. A solid amount of lost time, all back in place once again.

[alchemistake]

Okay. I wasn't sure I'd get to ever tell you, but...my dad is okay.

[He smiles a little, a sad, bittersweet thing.]

Rapunzel and I were able to free him from the amber after all. The Wizard just made sure that was something I'd forgotten.

[And hey, now he's dead for his efforts.]

But...I still really appreciate your offer to help me.

[disharmonizes]

That's... Well. It is a relief to hear. I'd been worried about that promise.

[It had been an... unfortunate situation, where he knew he couldn't keep that promise and keep everyone safe.]

I'm glad I didn't end up breaking that one, at least.

[Sure, only because the promise is pretty much null and void on account of it being unnecessary, but like. Listen, he's going to take it.]

[alchemistake]

This...probably doesn't help much, but it's starting to get harder and harder to keep promises here.

[Like, he promised Rina he'd love and protect her and lmao look where THAT got him...]

Maybe it's easy for me to say since I've been here for a bit, but...it's really not your fault.