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[cancrymods]

It comes to you suddenly, at the end of an unravelling thread of thought. A sudden, piercing sense of wrongness stops you in your tracks and sends you tumbling through rapidfire questions that you realize you have no answer for. How long have you been here? How long have you been doing the same things, over and over, blindly going through the motions of a routine? Just who are you, anyway?

Questions beget more questions and answers prove illusive until you arrive at the only things you know for certain: the first is that this place is Purgatory.

The second is that you're here because you're dead.

Oddly, this doesn't feel like a surprise of any sort. You don't remember how or why it happened, but it did and that's that. It feels rather as though you've been slapped awake and everything around you has come into sharp focus. You're in Limbo, where you've been wandering since you arrived here in Purgatory alongside all the other mindless souls who are acting out what little they remember of their original lives.

Still lingering is that horrible sense of something being terribly wrong. It hasn't dissipated with your realization of the truth – if anything, it's intensified. There's no way to tell what it is, but there's something going on here.

Maybe you should investigate – or at least see if there's anyone else here who's had the same realization as you...

[ OOC: Welcome to the very first log of Can Cry! For the first few hours, Executors will be free to explore and mingle among themselves. Mod replies will come in a few hours. If you're planning to investigate, please indicate that you're doing so in the subject line as your comment. ]

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ariel | ota

[seasharp]

[It's weird, how being dead doesn't hit as hard as it seems like it should. Maybe she knew, unconsciously? Maybe she was at peace with it? She can't say, really. She can't remember those sort of feelings about herself.

But it seems like the sort of thing she should've known this whole time, right? How did she forget? More importantly, how did she not notice how weird this place looks before? Until a little bit ago, everything seemed normal.

She wants to know more about what's going on. And, at some point, she finds herself chasing Spectres, for exactly that reason!]

Hey! Heeeey, come on, I'm talking to you! [...Very literally chasing. She's running to catch up with one just going about their day. Except she's not looking where she's stepping and at some point, the path she's running down just

stops

and her foot meets air.] A-Ah!

[oh there she goes

Well, not entirely, she's... hanging in there. Hanging onto the edge, that is. You could be here to help or, perhaps, you're just here seeing her scrambling back up.]

I-I've got it! I'm okay!

[does she. is she.]

[beknights]

[ Seal remembers little about themselves or the person they were before they died, but well-trained instincts remain.

As the strange person falls, Seal speeds up, closing the distance in a powerful burst of speed. They're not fast enough to stop her falling, but they're immediately kneeling at the edge to grip one of her hands, serving as an additional anchor she can use to pull herself back up. ]

[seasharp]

[She wants to insist that she's got it, she can get herself back up, but...

...Well, it's okay to just offer a little bit of support, right? It'd be rude not to use this. She pulls herself back up without too much.]

Ah... um... [Then she finds herself looking up, as she re-situates herself back up on the path. Oh. Hello, very... tall... person?] Thanks...

[beknights]

[ They crane their head to observe her. While they wouldn't know what to do if she was injured, it's another instinct left over. To check if someone is 'fine', that they have no injuries, because injuries mean more to others than it does to them.

They find nothing. They give her a small nod, a little dip of their head, and release their grip on her hand. After that...now what? They're at a little bit of a loss, it seems. ]

[seasharp]

[Ariel just stares. She might as well be drilling holes into their eyes with her stare, honestly, but, well. This is all a lot.

This is kind of awkward, actually. Maybe something to break the ice!]

...So, do you usually go around rescuing maidens, or am I special?

[beknights]

[ They stare right back!! Mostly because they don't know what else to do and they were taught, somewhere, that eye contact is polite and proper.

Oh that's a question. Hmm. This seems like a tough one. ]

« Helping others in need is
responsibility. A duty. »

[ It's just...a thing. They do it because...it feels wrong not to do it. Because why not? It's an instinct, something instilled. ]

Re: ariel | ota

[emberserker]

Really.

[Sayaka will hear someone at the side, leaning against a building with crossed arms and a frown.]

These idiots can't process half of what you tell them anyway.

[seasharp]

[Don't mind her as she just finishes scrambling back up. Gosh!]

I've still got to try, don't I? Or do you have any good answers?

[emberserker]

Unfortunately, I tried and none of them had anything helpful to say. It's probably better simply to look around the place to see what clues there are, because at least that won't lie to us.

[seasharp]

[...Part of her kind of wants to double down. But she did almost fall to her... second death? Can that happen? Well, regardless.]

Investigating the area, huh? I guess that could lead to something...

So, any leads, Miss Detective?

[emberserker]

It's Wolfsbane. Or at least that's the only thing that comes to mind. As for what I've found, nothing in this place makes coherent sense. Did you try the store?

[daughterofthemark]

Are you certain? Your situation seems perilous.

[Royal Veil extends a hand to her.]

[seasharp]

It's fine, it's fine!

[As she... slowly scrambles her way up. Ignoring that offered hand.]

Well, it's not like I'm going to die, right? Ha ha...

[g-get it, 'cause.......]

[daughterofthemark]

[Oh, nicely done!]

I suppose not... but goodness, what if such a thing were possible? Would there be a second purgatory?

[seasharp]

Ah... The first one seems weird enough. I don't think I could handle a second...

I'll just... avoid any more big drops!

[daughterofthemark]

Oh, are there other such drops here? I'm afraid I am still getting my bearings.

[Joke's on her, there aren't really any bearings to get.]

[crosscutting]

Aaaa, hang on!

[And there goes Pariah slamming down on the edge to grab Ariel's arm before she can slip further.]

Be careful! Didn't you see the road goes out there?!

[seasharp]

Ah-- Eheh, I guess I... must have missed it?

[At least with Pariah's help, she manages to hold on. And she starts pulling herself up. Come on, Ariel, it's like a pull up.

Wait, did she even do those before she died?]

[crosscutting]

How do you miss that?

[Luckily Pariah has some muscle to her, and after a few moments Ariel is back on solid ground! Just...give her a moment to catch her breath.]

Why were you chasing them, anyway?

[seasharp]

[Honestly, Ariel is gonna take a breather too. That was a little scary.]

I was just... trying to ask some questions... [She takes a deep breath...

...and immediately lets it out by raising her voice.] Geez, honestly! This wouldn't have happened if they didn't ignore me!

[herowalksalone]

[Hope had been watching Ariel's futile attempts from the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to ask her if she knew anything, because she was different from the Spectres she was chasing.

But the moment he saw her begin to fall, something triggered in him to rush over and try his hardest to help her out. He's glad that she was able to catch the ledge, because he arrives too late to actually do anything. Instead, he watches her climb back up. From below, he feels compelled to ask,] Are you really okay? No pain? [He frowns, a twinge of regret falling over him from being unable to help. Wait...] Can we even experience pain? Since we're... dead.

[seasharp]

[Don't mind Ariel, she's just

gonna lie here for a bit.]

'm more out of breath than hurt. [It's a little muffled. Give her a moment, she'll sit up.] Maybe try pinching yourself?

[herowalksalone]

That's... good. [He'll take her word for it, but will remain available if she does end up needing help.

Pinching himself, huh? He can try that. Hope takes a thumb and forefinger to his other arm and gives a quick but hard squeeze.] Yeah, that still stings. [He frowns.] So much for being dead and no longer affected by pain. What kind of afterlife is this? [It's both a rhetorical question and a complaint, and he doesn't expect any kind of meaningful answer.]

[crisantemo]

[While she's trying to scramble back up, La Luna is already closing the distance and reaching over to help. Sure she could be totally fine and not about to fall, but that's a chance she's not too willing to take!]

I didn't realise the roads just end like that.

[Her wanderings haven't taken her too far from the bustling centre, but that is now one hazard she's very aware of.]

[seasharp]

Neither did I...

[She's huffing a little as she makes her way up. The assist is appreciated...]

This is, like... way too dangerous, right? Right?