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

[violentenvies]

[...Salieri decides against making a comment about what the road to Hell is paved with.]

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.

[alchemistake]

Heh, well...I've had a little help.

[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.

[violentenvies]

[Salieri moves to follow, with a small chuckle]

I don't doubt that for a moment. And that was mine, then?

[alchemistake]

It was supposed to be.

...did it work?

[violentenvies]

[sldhfs Varian. Salieri is just going to pause, stopping them both before just...going to tug Varian in by the hand so he can give him a hug]

...it did. It might take a few days to sink in completely but...it was a rather effective verbal kick.

[alchemistake]

[Oh. The hug...this one is different. Much less emotionally charged and desperate (but still plenty of both), and one that Varian will return readily. Gently, but tightly.]

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.

[violentenvies]

I should've known indeed.

[at that, though, there's a frown that creases his brow]

...to that end, how are you doing?

[alchemistake]

...better. Getting my memories back helped. And I was able to sort things out with Rina, so like...barring all of the trauma that got me to this point? I can't actually complain all that much about where I ended up.

[Besides the whole being dead part.]