☆ WELCOME TO HELL, YE POOR SOULS.

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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

Monday, Ghost Network

[telecosmetic]

[Eliza flinches when she hears about the news that they'll have to go through her trial again. It seems no one suspected Kaine, despite him getting the most votes apart from One. So she'll end up sending a text over the network in a semi-panic.]

We can't let them fail this! Do you think there's some way to give hints without actually breaking the rules? There's a bunch of books in that library, right? Maybe we could signal something that way!

[zackthekiller]

[Holy crap the phone still works in death.]

What do you wanna do, drop one on someone's head or something?

[telecosmetic]

[She blinks a few times at the message before replying.] If it's too heavy, that would probably be a bad idea. But surely some of the books have titles that can give hints!

[zackthekiller]

... You know, that's not a bad idea.

But what could lead them to Kaine and not... Mia or someone?

[telecosmetic]

[She has to sit back to think about it for a bit, before sending another message that's also meant to go to the group in general.]

Does anyone here know if the name "Kaine" has any special meaning?

[theotherother]

I'd tell them if I could write a damn letter.

[But no, we can't do that because of a mana shortage or something.]

[telecosmetic]

Even if you could, we're not allowed to reveal culprits...

[theotherother]

Damn it!

[zackthekiller]

Wait, what happened to the letters?

[telecosmetic]

There isn't enough mana to send them anymore. I guess that makes sense, since more than half of us are on this side now... [That's an understatement.]

[selfloving]

Oh, now you'd tell them?

[theotherother]

[What to say here, there's got to be something that isn't assorted Linkin Park lyrics.]

Yeah.

[There we go.]

[selfloving]

[Jeez, Parker, use your words.]

There's nothing left to lose, is there? These are the ends of the earth. You can say what you want.

"To be your hero, I'd kill for you." Only you had a motive like that...at least in this case. Maybe that heroism can be a clue in and of itself.

[theotherother]

[He tried using his words. It sounded like some mid2000s teenager's book of emo poetry.]

...that could work.

[selfloving]

It isn't a bad idea, though we should consider delegating tasks so none of our goals are neglected.

Two things you must keep in mind:

1) They are trying to solve more than one case.
2) At the time of my conviction, they had wandered quite far from the path that would have told them the truth.

[telecosmetic]

Yeah...Kaine was the only one who didn't transform, right? Is there some clue we could leave that relates to that?

[zackthekiller]

I don't blame him. His outfit was fucking rediculous.

It's one thing to turn a guy into a girl, but another to just put a grown man in a dress.

[telecosmetic]

It wasn't even a good color for him...it had a crab design, right? Maybe we could find some books about crabs and drop them where someone can hear...

[selfloving]

A magical phone? That wand they found in... [Pause. She doesn't know if that ghost has a name.] the radio room.

Will they even remember, though? He never transformed, even under normal circumstances.

[telecosmetic]

...if we want it to be something they'll remember...his arms and legs got cut off, right? Do you know any stories where stuff like that happens?

[hawthorned]

Regarding Snow's case, it ought to be a simple matter of dropping a book about snow on the ground while one of them is in the library. By now they've worked out we reman here after death, and they will, if sensible, realize it's a hint. "Precipitation" ought to be vague enough that it doesn't bend the rules.

For the re-trial, they'll probably hold some kind of meeting to discuss it. Listening in to find out what their exact missteps are ought to be informative for us to proceed with steering them in the right direction.

[telecosmetic]

Yeah, but what if we can't interact with the world for that trial either!?

[hawthorned]

I'm assuming they'll hold a meeting to discuss the matter before the trial. We can intervene as necessary during that meeting, can we not?

[selfloving]

[Get ready for the snidest comment ever.] Better hope it falls in front of Miach, then. Given her predilections, that should be easy enough.

Sound idea, and with more guarantees than some of our methods. There are enough of us here that everything is better done in at least sets of two. Solitude will be our enemy is these final days.

[hawthorned]

Rather than hope, let's plan for exactly that.

[Considering the options they have, it doesn't take a genius to work out that Miach is clearly their best shot here. Sory Recette and Sera.... uh.]

Yes. But in case it proves to be too difficult to attempt redirecting, we ought to think of other was to signal that it's Kaine. However, if they're being serious about the case, they'd have to come to agreement that realistically only Kaine or Szayelaporro could have wielded the naginata to that degree of skill. If so, then a clue such as "pink roses blossom once" might do it. Snow, of course, being the one. Perhaps that one's too vague.