R1 DEADLAND

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round 1

R1 DEADLAND

[it’s strange, for the people who were already dead, the shift in scenery is sudden and complete. For those who have just arrived? It’s like you’re back where you left?

How strange.

But if you ever need her, you can always reach out to the guardian of this place.]

LOCATIONS
Note: locations lag a week behind the living counterparts

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Boring - how the heck? Did you really just trip? [NO CAPES, HENRY!!]

A-And I didn't see you, you know? I'm not haunting anyone... I'm not even sure I could.

What, no, come on. I'm not that dumb. [GEEZ.] Viral tackled me.

[Damn it. That's so anticlimactic. He didn't even know it happened!]

No, no, I mean... It wasn't real or anything. None of it was real. They were making us see stuff that wasn't there all week. Or, um. People, specifically.

Hallucinations, you know. As our newest "motivation".

Viral? But - [Yoosung is in shock. First his neighbor to the left kills him, then his neighbor to the right kills his former roommate? What's wrong with this class?]

I'm sorry they tried to use me against you. That's really... really terrible.

[It's frustrating, but his anger is subdued. If Henry was seeing him, does that mean he became important to him? ...Somehow, he feels like he doesn't deserve that, but he tries to bat away that thought.]

Killing someone to make a hallucination stop, that's no different than what they did to us in the entrance exam. Didn't they all know better?

I don't actually think he was trying to kill me. He was kinda trying to stop me, I guess.

[He thinks about that, for a second. Yeah, Viral was definitely trying to stop him. And he actually frowns at that.]

...Which, honestly, I think is way worse. It's not like it helped any.

...What were you trying to do?

[He glances back at the head. Something with that? It really raises so many questions.]

Oh.

I was trying to kill Oswald.

[Ah. There's Henry's usual casualness about murder, although when it comes to Oswald, it's not like it's a surprise. He practically promised him he'd try to do that, and... although he's uncertain of if it's the right solution to the problem or not, in retrospect Yoosung can't remember a single time he's told him that at least he shouldn't do that. Yeah, deep down, he'd be happier if that guy died too... though something inside of him must have died a long time ago, for him to accept that so easily. But Henry was seeing specters of Yoosung... perhaps he simply remembered that in the last conversation they had, he wished they would stop Todd. And if Viral hadn't interfered.... well, who knows what could have happened. After a moment, Yoosung just puts his face in his palm.]

Viral, you stupid jerk.

Right?

[He's so glad that Yoosung sees it his way. Not that he would've been swayed if that wasn't the case, because there's not really anything anyone could do to convince him that maybe Todd did not deserve to die.

Because obviously, he super did.]

I think I had a pretty good shot! I mean, I had one of those... uh... [goddammit he's from medieval fantasy land give him a moment...] ...the little handheld zappy things? I don't know what they're called.

But I think I could've done it, maybe.

[Maybe. At least the chance of accomplishing something is better than the certainty of accomplishing nothing.]

I mean, it wasn't one of my top ten plans for murdering him, but I was kinda impatient.

You mean a taser!?

[Where did he even get one...?]

I can't believe you actually did get a shot at him.... I mean, you were hallucinating and everything. Wouldn't that make it hard to focus on stalking someone?

Probably. We don't really have those back home.

[They just use thunder tomes for that, like normal people.]

Nah, not really. I saw a whole bunch of people for days, so I learned how to tune it out a little.

Besides... he was pretty messed up himself.

Really?

[Yoosung looks interested, but then groans.]

But that means that was probably the best shot any of you were going to get...

Probably, yeah. I worked so hard on all my murder plans, too. Not to mention figuring out his schedule and everything... I bet he's gonna change that now, too.

But hopefully someone still figures out a way. I really wanted to kill him myself, but... I guess I'll accept someone else doing it, so long as he still bites it.

Oh. You meant it when you said there was a top ten, huh... learning his schedules and everything...

[The "glad he's on my side" feeling is back. He was stalking him that thoroughly? ...Then again, there's no real difference between that and what Seven can do. ...Or Saeran. There's a comparison he doesn't want to make at all. Yoosung swallows down his sudden nerves, deciding this is a good time to change the subject.]

... W-Well, hey, I saw a new floor opened up before I found you! They have an art room and stuff... we could make better Todd effigies. For um, curses, or whatever!

[He has no idea if that's how cursing really works. He also has no idea that it might be weird seeing him next to the paints. No one's told him anything...]

I had a top hundred.

[He says this with... a surprising amount of seriousness, for Henry.]

Oh, did that only just open up here? I dunno, though, all my curses aren't all that effective here. But I guess I should see if that's changed now that I'm dead and all!

...I dunno about visiting the art room, though.

...I really thought you were doing them, though. [ANOTHER. SIDE GLANCE. AT. THE HEAD. Apparently he can eliminate 'curses' as the reason for it. His change of location suggestion was honestly a lot about getting away from that thing. He's hoping if they move, he won't pick it up again. He doesn't want to look at that face, dead or alive.

Anyway, Yoosung's noticing that his voice got more serious (the goosebumps it gives him are a tip-off. His prey instincts have increased.) Not just about his staggering number of murder plans, but about the art room too... perhaps he should be more concerned. Even if Henry is acting the same as ever and treating his death like an anticlimax, that doesn't necessarily mean he's okay, right? But why would the art room be a sore spot. He doubts Oswald ever goes there.]

You don't like it there... Does it have something to do with the hallucinations?

It's not so much that I mind being there.

[But, it seems Yoosung doesn't know. Well, sure, why would he? It's not like he was actually around for all the stuff Grantaire did. Just his body.

Well. No reason to ruin stuff for him.]

...Ha ha, you know! I saw way too much of the art room while I was getting stuff to decorate the hall before I bit it? I kept having to run back to get more paint, too.

S-Seriously? [That Henry would art so hard he'd get sick of it is surprising. Well, he did draw with Yoosung a little, but that's a much larger scale.]

If you did that much of a mural, I guess that means any changes on the living side of the school don't affect us... but that makes sense. No one's noticed us renovating the faculty office either as far as I can tell.

But I'm surprised that didn't count against you for vandalism if it was on the walls... [He frowns, slightly, in concern. Henry was reckless in more ways than one this week. And in the end, it got him killed. There's no point in saying anything about that now though, since there's no rules now that they're dead. So he just sighs slightly and puts on a small smile.]

Well, is there anything else you need instead? I was thinking if any more victims showed up, I wanted to assist them, but you're being too cool about it!

Eh, I guess either it technically wasn't vandalism or they just didn't care that much. I wasn't really thinking about if it was breaking a rule or not at that point! I mean, I just drank like, four of these alcoholic energy drinks or whatever?

I was preeeeeetty out of it!

[Like. Seriously. He could see into forever.]

Ha ha, sorry, am I ruining it? Should I be all gloomy and depressed? I mean, I could try to be, but I think I'd be bad at it!

I've always been pretty okay with death and stuff.

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