DEADLAND

[petoskeymods]

[Some time after your character dies, they will wake up in their bunk in camp. But something is wrong here, so very wrong.

Venture outside, and you will see that you're still in camp, but it's trapped in a foggy twilight. Time doesn't seem to pass, and it's quiet. Too quiet. No animals, no breeze, nothing.

The only sign of anything living is in the trees, where dozens and dozens of ghostly figures roam. Sometimes they might come into camp, but you'll probably have to go out to meet them if you want to talk to them. They all seem to be watching camp, but are shy and might flicker away if they're approached.

Finally, in the chapel in the lodge, there is a shadowy figure. It looks like a preteen, perhaps? Maybe 11 or 12 or so. But that's about all you can get from it at a glance.

But you're here now, and there are things to do. Where will you start?]

Comments

[seekingsunrise]

No... no you're right.

[Sigh.]

Sorry. I guess I'm just bitter about him.

You want a truth or a dare?

[particlebarrier]

...yeah I know. I shouldn't have been joking around like that.

[He offers a bit of an apologetic smile.]

Uh,.. I'll go with truth.

[seekingsunrise]

[He sighs again, scrubs a hand over his face, fingertips scratching at his sideburns like he expects to feel stubble even though they're dead. ]

I like it when you joke around. Even if I'm stupid about it sometimes. [And he reaches out to set a hand on Lance's arm, giving him a reassuring squeeze before letting his hand drop.]

Hmmm... truth... [Truth is a dangerous thing to offer. He could ask something potentially embarrassing but he bites his lip, thinking, probably way too hard on this.]

If you could visit anyone else's world, where would you go?

[particlebarrier]

[The touch on his arm gets him to look down, but he doesn't give it any further attention.]

Hey, not all my jokes are zingers, so you can tell me to knock it off.

[He grins.]

But that one's easy. I wanna go visit everyone's worlds. I wanna see everything there is to see out there before I die. [....] For real, I mean.

[seekingsunrise]

You don't wanna go to mine. [He shakes his head a little. He knows everything is fucked for Eos.] Unless we can go back in time.

[particlebarrier]

Hey, you're gonna be in your world, right? That totally makes it worth seeing.

[seekingsunrise]

[ budfbjkfsdnjk LANCE THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS AND HOW IS HE SUPPOSED TO NOT HAVE FEELS WHEN YOU SAY THINGS LIKE THAT!!?!?

Excuse him while he chokes on air, turns bright red and has to look away.]

Ifrit's wrath, Lance.

[particlebarrier]

[So that's what it's like. Well he's enjoying this bit of role reversal where it's Tal blushing and not him for once, so he just bursts into laughter.]

Alright, come on. Truth or dare, make your choice.

[seekingsunrise]

I don't know that either are safe with you.

[Glaring dramatically because how dare you laugh at his misery? He deserves it]

Fine... Truth?

[particlebarrier]

No faith, huh.

[Which may or may not be legit, but....]

I'll shoot that question right back at you. Where would you like to go, if we're able to go to other people's worlds?

[seekingsunrise]

Easy. Yours or Nine's. I wanna see space the way you do, that sounds absolutely fascinating. But a lot of the animals that I know, the ones no one else here does, are extinct in my world. They're still around in Nine's so it'd be really cool.

I might actually get to see a cactuar. [Oh no, Lance... you've unleashed the monster. Seriously he looks so. fucking. geeked. just mentioning cactuar.]

[particlebarrier]

[.... ah that's really cute. It's not a thought he really wants to have, but Lance likes watching other people being enthusiastic about their geeky interests. usually he doesn't understand a word of it when Pidge and Hunk are doing it, but this one seems doable.]

I have no idea what that is. Tell me?

[He can't really help but smile here.]

I'm so sorry he's like this

[seekingsunrise]

Cactuar are only the best creatures in all of Eos! [Cactuar fanboy go go go]

Okay so they're a kind of mobile, sentient cactus. They're incredibly fast and they're super rare. Scientist barely knew anything about them even a decade ago before the Night fell. They're really mysterious~

But there's documented sightings of them going way, way back into antiquity. AND!! There was this one time, oh man, the stories around the Night of 100,000 Needles are insane. Supposedly a ton of cactuar, they're usually solitary creatures, gathered on the Causcherry Plains in Duscae and were causing all sorts of problems until this group of Hunters came in and managed to wipe them out but not before taking an awful lot of damage. Cactuars have the best attack. 1,000 Needles in one go.

[That last bit is said dramatically, conspiratorially, leaning in like it's some sort of secret. And then...]

1,000 NEEDLES!!!

[With the little spin and if Lance doesn't dodge it's going to turn into a tickle attack.]