☆ 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

[hawthorned]

Rogue magical girls huh...

[She'll raise an eyebrow at that, considering it. Ultimately she wouldn't have been surprised if none of them were ever going to be sent back home at the end of the game, but if they're this concerned about rogues getting out of a pocket dimension, then perhaps there's a pinch of validity to it. She'll think about this in depth later, but for now she'll soften her own tone.]

I suppose... if the original creators of the system felt there was a genuine danger of our escaping from this dimension, that'd warrant an intervention. They are allegedly watching unfolding progress on the ritual.

What does the ritual involve, exactly? I'm not familia with the occult, but rituals ... do they not usually involve making sacrifices or offerings to bring forth something from the other side? What's the sacrifice being made if there is meant to be one?

[perfectbeing]

[Children, please.

But no, this is some good conversation. So Szayel lets it go until he has something to say.]

While we may have all been fitted with the "magical girl mold" so to speak, it isn't as though some of us didn't have abilities beforehand if that is their concern. [And have them back...when they're not as useful. So salty.] I do wonder what this system entails that they would have no qualms with simply killing us rather than assisting us with this mess.

[He understands scrapping things and starting over, but this is a bit much. Only because he would be the "scrap" in this case.

But yes, the ritual. Admittedly, this was something he was originally completely indifferent about when he first heard about it. Obviously it's a bit crucial now. Dahlia has his primary concern in mind with that question, so he'll look to Rose to see if she has an answer. For something as hefty as resurrecting multiple dead people, he expects the price to be equally hefty.]

[raisingproject]

Usually such a process does involve sacrifices of the physical, mental, soul, or other natures. I have checked for hundreds of years for every scrap of information I could find and,

[she puts a hand over her face as she sighs heavily. Her neutral tone shifts to something exasperated.]

this 'ritual' only costs spiritual energy and the blood of the caster. There is no series of carefully orchestrated events. No body count. Nothing like that at all. Just spiritual energy focused through ten souls, and sent outwards, reviving them and then the rest.

We don't even break the chains holding our powers at bay. We're revived right back into the cages that are snuffing our senses and blinding our eyes. 'Shit is whack yo.'. [She drags her hand down and shakes her head.]

The rest is moving the energy, which anyone with spiritual power could do but perhaps the fact a Goddess will be doing said revivals is why the cost is negated. Zange will never give me a straight answer on that.

Of course if they murder her we'll still be sodas with straws sticking out of us. So it might all be moot speculation.

[hawthorned]

[As Dahlia herself has no powers to speak of, that news isn't as hard hitting for her as she suspects it might be for Szayel. She glances very briefly at him, subtly trying to catch his reaction to it. Upon further reflection, she looks back at Rose however.]

When you say we're revived back into our cages.... do you mean we're brought back to Town A or to our original worlds?

[A beat. That's too much said about her opinion on her supposed eventual fate back at home, and she knows it. Scowling more at herself than anyone in the room, she clears her throat.]

I-in any case, I doubt the others will kill her right away. There's been multiple mentions of this reviving ritual that they won't make hasty decisions. The most impulsive of our group are dead now.