WHO DUNNIT?

[afterlifer]

WHO: YOU! And you! And you and you and you! ALL Y'ALL.
WHAT: Liveaction Cluedo Event
WHEN: Evening today!
WHERE: Town area, starting in the restaurant.
WARNINGS: MURDER. Except minus the actual dying. Because of the already dead. Oops.
SUMMARY: Dinner turned murder mystery with costumes. More details here.

Everyone's been invited to a giant dinner courtesy of the Shinda Sekai Sensen at the restaurant in town! It looks like maybe a few people have been strong-armed into coming, but.. oh well. They're there to have fun and enjoy a good meal, right?

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[screwdrivers]

[ UH ...

Just looking a little uncertain and glancing down, unsure. ]

Uh, sorry to ruin your fun, but ... I'm not gonna be doing anything like that, so ...

[ A pause. ]

Is that the whole reason you came over here?

[tenminutes]

No, I came over to talk to you because you looked like a loner at the end of the table.

[ At least she's honest. ]

[screwdrivers]

[ Ajkh;sdgkjh wow, way to make him feel awkward! At least she knows she's not talking to some enthusiastic guy who's going to be able to match her, though!! ]

H-Hey, do I really look like that?

[ Maybe he's a little more self-aware and ... awkward about how he looks to others now. Sob. ]

[tenminutes]

Absolutely, but who could blame you? You're dead and obviously no one's come up to try to bother you into not moping to yourself at the end of the table. Good job on actually showing up to a group thing like this though! [ She smiles, a little warmly almost? ] You'll get along.

[screwdrivers]

[ Akjh;sdgkjh.

The warm smile isn't exactly going to make up for what she said before it, and his gaze quickly drops downward, his expression turning to a deep frown. He doesn't need to be reminded that he's dead. And he doesn't need it pointed out that he's moping by himself.

Mmnn, just ... going silent for a moment then. He's not really sure what to say to that. ]

[tenminutes]

We're all dead. You're not the only one. [ Most roundabout way to tell him that he doesn't have to suffer alone GO. ]

[screwdrivers]

[ WHAT ...

UH ...

That still doesn't fix his problem, sob. It's not like he wants more people to be dead or anything! Why would knowing that fix anything. ;; ]

How's that supposed to make this better?

[tenminutes]

Because you're not alone so you don't have to sit at the end of the table moping alone. We've all been through bad things, too, even if not everyone remembers them. So, I want you to smile.

[screwdrivers]

[ Aah, at least the girls got good intentions. She doesn't seem to be trying to upset him with this kind of conversation, at least. And he's having trouble being upset at her for very long. ]

That's a lot easier said than done, you know ...

[ Sorry. ;; ]

[tenminutes]

You'd be surprised what a little practice can cover up.

[screwdrivers]

How do I even practice that sort of thing?

[tenminutes]

[ She smiles. ] Just like this.

[screwdrivers]

[ Well. She certainly makes it seem easy.

Maybe ... attempting to smile a little awkwardly then ...? ]

H-How's this?

[ It doesn't exactly make him feel any better and he doesn't think he can really keep it up as much as she does though ... ]

[tenminutes]

You'll get there.

[screwdrivers]

[ Mmnn, dropping the smile a little then. ]

If you say so.

[tenminutes]

Anyway, if you end up with some kind of truly real smile, you're probably going to disappear anyway so don't worry about it.

[screwdrivers]

[ jsh;sdgkjh what — ]

So you mean I can never be happy in this place?

[tenminutes]

You can be happy, just don't get too content or satisfied if you want to keep existing. You'll get erased if you do that and your soul will reincarnate.

[screwdrivers]

[ ... Well. THAT'S NOT VERY PLEASANT ... ]

A-Ah, uh — got it. I guess.

[tenminutes]

Other than that, you can do anything you want. I recommend not following the rules, since you can disappear just by living normally long enough too. But if you get hurt, you'll heal. If you get "killed," you're already dead so you can't die again. You'll just get over it. It won't even take a full day, even if you get chopped up.

[screwdrivers]

[ ... WELL ...

This is definitely quite the, uh ... unique place. Fitting for an afterlife, but still ... weird. ]

... I'll try to remember all that, then. I don't really want to disappear.

[tenminutes]

No one here wants you to disappear either. So don't forget! Or I'll have to come remind you.