☆ 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

[zackthekiller]

Huh...?

[He glances up at the person who is talking to him.]

... Zange?! How the fuck are you able to hear me?

[crossingout]

I was always able to hear ghosts. After all, I'm a goddess! [No shit, Sherlock.]

Do you want to hear the kicker? I always had my powers from the very beginning.

CW: gory death threats

[zackthekiller]

... YOU!

[Zack furiously attempts to swipe a hand at Zange, forgetting for a moment that he's worn out and incorporeal.]

YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE! I HOPE THAT HUNTER RIPS YOUR GUTS OUT AND TEARS YOUR HEAD OFF!

[crossingout]

Enough of that. I plan on staying alive to perform the revival ritual. And the hunter can try to kill me, but I can play to her weaknesses. No matter how much of a mind reader she is.

[zackthekiller]

Wha-

BULLSHIT! You just want more mana to trap us all here and leave us to rot!

Why don't you be more helpful and FUCKING GET US OUT OF HERE?!

[This is worse than prison in Zack's mind. There's the jailor, staging right in front of him, looking down on him with that smug look in her eyes, and it's physically impossible for him to so much as touch a strand of hair on her head.]

[He's a prisoner to her whims, and he HATES IT.]

[crossingout]

You know nothing about me.

[Her language is cold and it shows in the empty look written in her expression.]

I've been trapped in this world for over a thousand years, only able to watch. My power is limited. Although I should thank you for the anger regardless, since I use that as fuel. [No joke.] I've been doing as much as I can, without breaking the rules placed upon me.

[zackthekiller]

... What?

[Sorry to cut off some of your anger resources, but what you just said threw him off.]

Aren't you the asshole running this bullshit?!

[crossingout]

That's why I said you don't understand anything.

[zackthekiller]

... Then what the hell is going on?!

[crossingout]

I'll make this simple and short for you: the baton was forced upon me. If I don't do these games, I die, along with my entire world.

[zackthekiller]

...

[Now it sounds like a supernatural version of his old job.]

So, who died and made you Queen M?

[crossingout]

Cerise, along with all the others in the original game she held.

[zackthekiller]

... Cherise...

The girl from the museum!

[Thanks for the infodump Recette.]

[crossingout]

That's right. I didn't kill her, though. She just got herself killed.

[zackthekiller]

But this world stayed... And you can't get out.

[None of this makes fucking sense. Why didn't these magical girls just leave him in that murder building instead of dragging him here?]

Did you just hear of this ritual thing?

[crossingout]

I've been looking and I just found out about the ritual about a month ago. It's difficult when you're using as much power as you can to search through various worlds for a proper revival thing that works with my powers.

[zackthekiller]

... And the keys?

[Zack was smart to leave the keys he had with Crown.]

[crossingout]

I can't touch them.

[zackthekiller]

...

Think that might give you away, if you're the only one who isn't looking for keys out of what... Five people?

[crossingout]

I haven't been caught yet! And besides, I can just say I missed it.

[zackthekiller]

[He's glaring daggers at you.]

[Curse you for being alive and a jerk.]

[crossingout]

You know, glaring at me isn't going to help you at all.

[zackthekiller]

What the fuck am I supposed to do, then?! Throw rocks at people and go "boo?"

[crossingout]

Don't be stupid. The living people still need to find the areas where the keys need to be placed. You can at least put markers down for that.

[zackthekiller]

... Oh, right...

Is there a specific order for this, or do we just need to put keys in certain places?