afterlogs | No more poison killin my emotion I will not be frozen

WHO: EVERYONE
WHAT: Interactions
WHEN: August 28 – September 1
WHERE: Anywhere and everywhere in this afterlife
WARNINGS: Cussing
SUMMARY: INTERACTION LOG you know the drill.

28th: Today seems as though it’s a normal day, right? Wake up, take a shower, walk outside to head to class and… the NPCs aren’t moving. Stopped mid-step they’re completely frozen all over the school grounds. Some may be in class already and frozen at their desks, others might’ve been frozen as they were walking to or around the school. Maybe you were outside just inside to see them come to a sudden halt. After an hour, they’ll return to normal and continue on as though nothing happened.

29th: The school festival is a month away and it’s time to start planning for it! Classes will get a free period to plan for it today and clubs will need to get together and talk about setting up special activities for the students if they want to participate. GET HYPED.

30th: Do you hear that? Outside of your dorm—in the hallway! It sounds like pitter patter of little feet running up and down the halls… a bunch of them too, and there’s even some little barks here and there. Open your door and SUDDENLY LITTLE SHIBA INU AND GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPIES RUNNING ALL ABOUT. Don’t deny them love, they’re ever so playful and fluffy.

31st: It’s so close to your day off—but the teachers decided they’re going to end this week with a math test. Ew, right? Hope you studied or this is going to suck.

1st: Even in the afterlife your uniform and clothes get a bit dirty from time to time, and it’d be pretty gross if you didn’t wash your underwear so go on, wash your clothes! Or… don’t. The washer’s broken—actually waters starting to spill out of it!!! Now you’re standing in a puddle, oops.

As always, remember there are basketball, kendo, drama and baseball clubs now so practices can be set up whenever you want! And if you want to do something outside of what we've provided, feel free to do so.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

'Pretty crappy'. Mm, I can see that. And I've always vouched for the idea that almost everyone should learn basic self-defense, or at least have the opportunity to do so.

If you know all of this and are a leader of some organization here, I take it you've been here a while?

I'd feel a little better about it if they did at least.

I'm not sure if I should be proud to say it or not, but I've been here the longest out of all of the current dead residents. Well, all but one but he's not exactly identifiable yet and willingly chose to give up himself, so I don't know that he counts.

How many are in this group?

It's possible to stay here for a very long time then. In all of your time here, has it always remained the same setting, or have any changes been made? Are we expected to go about this school life passively or to, ah, 'disappear' any time soon?

10 right now, with a few individuals teetering on the edge of joining. [ She's got some persuading to do. ] There used to be upwards of 60, but there was a situation. Most of the original members have willingly accepted their lives. There are only 3 of the originals here now, all three of which have already met the requirements and are a little confused about how it's even possible that we're here.

That's where the danger comes in if you don't want to disappear. It's your choice, but there are two ways to go about disappearing: Live life normally for long enough until you feel satisfied with having lived like a normal person. Which means if you do things normally, you'll disappear. The other is to find peace and accept whatever happened to you. This world is designed to be a place to move on from, but I won't stop anyone from wanting to stay either. I didn't stay here for so long because I was trying to get out, after all.

Sooo..... if I'm processing this correctly-- Mm. I'd say it's fairly safe to say that this environment, although peaceful, is far from 'normal' for those of my world. Ergo we may not be at risk for disappearing in that way. I'm not too familiar with the concepts of the afterlife; again, most from my world have only been introduced to a religion within the past five years--

---But if this place is available to us after death, even if only temporarily, making the most of it [ ~~abusing it~~ ] isn't entirely unappealing...! There must be other things to do here besides going about a school life or combat, yes?

You can do whatever you want pretty much. What were you thinking of?

I have two topics of interest, but one seems more plausible to look into than the other. One are these NPC beings. The other is the shadows.

The NPCs I'd say go for it. The shadows are a bit more tricky just because they're dangerous, they can swallow you up, and touching them has the same result. The only way to deal with them is to scatter them with a weapon. Gunshots, swords, anything works. You scatter them and they'll leave for a bit, but they'll come back eventually. From personal experience, getting swarmed and swallowed by a lot at once isn't fun either so don't ever go against them alone.

Mmm, I'll settle with them in the meantime, then.

But the shadows-- no one has ever captured or taken a sample of one?

That'd be pretty hard, since they're not solid. As NPCs they are, but once they're shadows they can move pretty much any way they want like big dangerous blobs. When I say swallow, I don't mean with a mouth. I guess "engulf" would be more like it.

What about scattering them with attacks, like you mentioned before? If one portion is small enough, would that be able to engulf an entire person? Or could it be contained in something?

[ Yuri sighs. She'd really like it if they could figure out more about them too but.. ]

They physically disappear when you scatter their bodies. It's kind of like they're both solid and gas at the same time. I think the only way to do that would probably be to get a bit directly from them and leave it roaming around, which would be dangerous.

[ And Yuri's not going to leave one hanging around if they can't even identify it as separate from the others and it could potentially harm someone. ]

You're not willing to take a risk to find out more about them?

I am, but I'm not going to risk other people. It isn't like you just get out of this place when they get you. You're stuck. You can't die, you can't be reborn, you can't think or feel like anything's real and unless someone saves you before it's too late, even if you realize it they'll just try to wipe you again if you find some way to reject it within yourself. It's hard to reject it too because what you see and experience is just... life, but without who you are. It's almost like a paradise but it's not real. And the people here, who still are, can talk to the husk of your body that's left but you don't remember the people you care about.

[ Yuri looks up at the sky for a moment, her hand on her arm, but it's only for a second. Actually doing that was.. well, it was something that helped her face everything, but it wasn't something that she could ever accept as a possibility. Not for herself or for anyone else. Her eyes turned back to Hange, resolute. There's a little smile on her face. It's been a while since she's accepted things, but because of it she knows what it is she's going to do no matter what. ]

Finding out more about them would be great, useful, but I'd put protecting the people here above that any day.

No more poison killin my emotion I will not be frozen

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