☆ WELCOME TO HELL, YE POOR SOULS.

[raisingproject]

Magical Girl Raising Project

Graveyard

The last thing you remember is dying. Whether it's by murder or execution, that's was all it. But surprisingly enough, you wake up in the hotel room that you were assigned in, as if you had never died to begin with. However, once you walk right outside, you'll start noticing that while this is the Town A you remember, there are some slight differences that you notice.

The first thing is the fact that while you can see those who are still alive, they simply cannot see you. In fact, they pass through you, as if you were a ghost. And spoilers: you kind of are one, now. The second thing is that sometimes, if you look at a building for too long or too closely, you'll notice that it fizzles a bit, almost glitchy.

But that's completely fine, isn't it? There is, however, one more thing to keep in mind: there are voices of other people, mumuring. Of course, these other people, unlike you, don't have a complete shape; they're just a silhouette of themselves, looking like static.

However: it wouldn't be Town A without an announcement, would it? Of course not. Hence why upon rearriving, there will be a message, typed out:

Welcome to the afterlife, everyone. This is a greeting message to introduce you to how exactly this works. You have the ability to send one message to the living a week, so choose your words wisely. Of course, there are limitations to what you can say! You cannot reveal the mastermind's true identity, even if you know it. You cannot reveal a culprit or a victim, even if you know it.

Also, all messages will be sent to all players during the trials. If there is no trial, the message shall be sent on Saturday. You may investigate as you wish. If you have any questions to ask of me, please leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Comments

[telecosmetic]

[Eliza wakes up, her hand clapped over her neck. But when she pulls it away...she's fine. Trembling, she gets out of bed, looking around, before going over to wake up her Pokemon.

They don't notice her.]

Dragon? Crown? I'm here! Look over at me! Please, look at me! [It takes her door being opened by someone else for her to realize she's dead, and so she leaves.]

...Zack, you're okay. Thank goodness. [She tries to hug him, but of course it fails.]

[She'll be wandering around town, trying desperately to find anyone who can see her. She might end up seeing her own dead body at some point.]

[crossingout]

[ And the person who notices her is... Zange? Apparently? Who is in an area away from the crime scenes. ]

You look rather frantic, but I guess that's a bit normal for newcomers.

[telecosmetic]

Z-Zange? You're dead too? What happened?

[crossingout]

I'm not dead. I just can see dead people.

[telecosmetic]

Oh... [She sounds relieved.] So can you take a message to the others?

[crossingout]

I would if I could... but it'd be suspicious if I somehow told the others that I could talk to ghosts, wouldn't it?

[telecosmetic]

Well, you could tell them something that was private between me and them! I...I talked to a few people in private before this...

[crossingout]

That's not the point. Why do you think I can see and hear you guys?! I'm the only one who's had their normal powers ever since the beginning!

[telecosmetic]

...really? How did you manage to keep them?

[unidolize]

...Eliza-san?!

[ no....no, why eliza? she didn't deserve this-- ]

Eliza-san, what happened?

[telecosmetic]

[Oh hi Dia. Hope you don't mind a hug.] S-someone was lurking outside Zack's room...I distracted him. [She manages a weak smile.] Zack's alright, at least...

[unidolize]

...No...they...they took you instead.

[ dia will certainly hug her in return, rubbing her back comfortingly. ]

I am so, so sorry, Eliza-san. You did not deserve such a terrible fate.

[telecosmetic]

[Eliza leans into the hug.] At-at least I'm not alone here. [She pauses.] Is Ryu-Beyond here as well?

[unidolize]

...Yes.

[ that is a look of disgust on her face, and it's there for all of three seconds before she gives her another gentle smile. ]

I will take care of you here. Please don't be afraid.

[telecosmetic]

[Eliza doesn't notice that look of disgust, too busy keeping her face buried against Dia's shoulder.] Th-thank you...I'm not afraid, if both of you are her too...

[She pauses.] Have...have you met Zange yet?

[unidolize]

[ ... ] Do not go anywhere near Beyond Birthday, Eliza-san. He is dangerous.

I am speaking with her right now.

[telecosmetic]

We're...already dead, aren't we? What can he do to us here? [Her voice is soft.]

[beyondmoe]

[Well, look who it is! It's the guy your team mom warned you about. He's where you might expect - the movie theater. Though he's not looking at the screen... he seems pretty annoyed.]

[telecosmetic]

[Eliza pokes her head in, then blinks when she sees Beyond sitting inside. Well...she didn't go looking for him, after all.]

R-Beyond?

[beyondmoe]

[He looks up at her voice - "Beyond."]

...Yes. I suppose I'll answer to that now.

[There's no need to keep being "Ryuzaki" if Beyond Birthday is already dead, after all.]

How are you, Eliza?

[How was death?]

[telecosmetic]

...confused. I just...woke up fine, after that. [She touches the left side of her neck again.] And kind of worried. Zange revealed a whole bunch to me...

[beyondmoe]

She ... spoke with you?

[This is backdated so excuse him being out of the loop.]

When was this?

[telecosmetic]

It was...after I just got here. She told me...she's the Mastermind. [A pause] But, um, she doesn't want to be! Fav is the one forcing her to run these games, because otherwise-otherwise her world will be destroyed!

[beyondmoe]

The death of the world... well, maybe she can swap mine in. I'll have to have a chat with her myself.

[This is probably a joke but... No one would miss the death note world, probably? It'd be a good 'fuck you' to L!]

....So, who was it?

[Eliza's killer. It would probably be easy enough for him to determine who it was, but why bother, when the dead show up here anyway? A waste of effort frankly.]

[telecosmetic]

You'd probably have to kill her and become Fav's new master, from what she explained... [Eliza isn't sure what else to say here.]

...I'm not sure. It was pretty dark, and he was outside Zack's room. So I...distracted him. [She's...pretty sure it was a guy, from what she could see of the body shape.]