GRAVEYARD

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Reflexively, you curl tighter. Just another minute. Just another minute of sleep is all you need, but the sun waits for no one. Wait. The sun? After many days and nights with only moonlight to guide you, your eyes snap open and your pupils contract at the light.

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Bask in this euphoria for however long it lasts, until your memory snaps back against your mind like a rubber band. Weren't you dead? No matter how you met your end, you certainly remember dying in vivid detail. The pain that corresponds to the last moment's of your life chooses then to make itself known, trying to wriggle free from your skin almost literally. That mark on your skin wasn't there before either.

Take a moment to breathe and get your bearings, and really take everything into focus. The warm rays of sun that dance upon your skin are colorful and fragmented like a kaleidoscope, the effect of being filtered through stained glass. Of all the places to wake up, it seems you're inside a church that's no stranger to you, St. Mary's Basilica. While the odds are good you've woken up with company somewhere near by, the glint of gold from the altar will likely catch your attention regardless—embedded deep in the altar stands a golden staff, two sculpted wings draped down its sides.

While some things are the same, and some things are different, there are still more questions than answers. But the inscription engraved into the roof of the ceiling of the Church, now visible in proper lighting seems rather apt: Welcome to Krakow (again).

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[tokihanate]

Is that real. What bad tastes. [ and more #yolo, let's poke it too]

[umbralant]

[ It feels real enough, yup. This would probably be better served on someones wall given that it has a backing that looks like it could accompany several screws. Poking it though reveals... jingling? Looks like there might be something inside.]

[tokihanate]

[ Ugh, now he's gotta get that now. Why is he doing this. But he goes to grab it and see what's inside. ]

[umbralant]

[ The angle of the deer's head and neck means he's really got to get in there to grab whatever's jingling as its deep inside the head. Once his hand is one with the deer the texture will feel familiar. It feels like a whole lot of keys. ]

[tokihanate]

[ Oh lord, it's going to be a hassle isn't it. He pockets the keys and puts back the head and looks around for anything that they go to before he heads to the next location, the main square.]

[umbralant]

[ I mean there's an entire keyring here, and not that many locked doors in Krakow. But welcome to the main square, where are you trying those keys? Or where are you searching for a locked door really. ]

[tokihanate]

[ Look, he's got no plans to sleep, so it's fine if he has to try every single keyhole he finds, with multiple keys. (This is why you had lackeys to do the work for you).

Since Elliot says he'll go for the bookstore first, he'll go around to the clergy housing ]

[umbralant]

[ Shousa, please love yourself.

After a likely hours long task of trying every keyhole in clergy housing, none of them fit any of the keys on this keyring. Gonna keep going? ]

[tokihanate]

[ He's embracing the defiant side!! Since his body's being a little shit, he'll do everything in his power to not do what it wants.

Anyway, when he's super tired and said body just wants to lie down, he'll go to the washroom and wash his face and hopefully all the tired down the drain too. ]

[umbralant]

[ Good as new! ... or at least better than before. There's nothing to see here other than that new mark he's sporting. ]

[tokihanate]

[ That's... slightly familiar. And sort of in bad tastes, combining his powers into it and on his scar. It's like a reminder and his brain hates it.

He holds his head and bends over the sink for awhile and just breathes, until he stops thinking about anything. He breathes heavily for awhile and marches on.

The post office time? ]

[umbralant]

[ At least it's plenty quiet for him to collect his thoughts (or forget them really). But off to the Post Office it is. On first glance everything looks the same (even the mailbox outside), so what are you interested in investigating? ]

[tokihanate]

[ First, keyholes. Second, any interesting items or whatever else catches his eyes. ]

[umbralant]

[ The door leading to the backroom is a number pad unfortunately, and there's no other locks or keys in sight. But since you're looking around... it looks like the mail chute leads to the very same backroom. ]

[tokihanate]

[ If you're expecting him to crawl in there-- fine, he'll inspect what can be done about it. If not, he can get something to just smash the numpad. ]

[umbralant]

[ Good news! It looks like Hyoubu can totally fit through the mail chute even if it'll be a bit snug. Heading inside? ]

[tokihanate]

[ Ughh he's too old for this, but what's it matter anyway. Off he goes! He puts hands in front incase he has to land head first. Since things hurt, best to have even a little caution, even if he's throwing it all into the wind. ]

[umbralant]

[ Into the wind Hyoubu goes and at the end of the chute he discovers... well it's a fairly large room of a sort but it's kinda hard to see in here because there's no windows. Hopefully he brought a source of light, but that can probably wait because as soon as he's tumbled out of the chute a pair of blue eyes greets him. They blink slowly, not moving from their spot in the corner. ]

[tokihanate]

Hello again. [ He'll wait to let his eyes adjust. It's not like he can see in the dark, but he's used to moving in the dark of the night. He'll keep a close eyes on the eyes, unafraid of them, but ready to block if needed. ]

[umbralant]

[ Slowly the creature stirs, scales and a glimpse of fangs reflecting off the blue light. And in a completely shocking turn of events, it coils and then pounces. Round 2? ]

[tokihanate]

[ Time to use more defense, if this one's bigger than the little things at the theatre, it might pose maybe more of a threat. And he gropes for something that he can use to strike at the shadow, but if can't find anything he'll try to dodge and let it hit the wall behind him. ]

[umbralant]

[ It's dark and there isn't anything immediately within reach, but dodging and letting it hurt itself in confusion is a solid strategy. Also a slightly messy one, because just like before it poofs and turns into those dark scale like crystals.

Monster defeated! But it's still pretty dark in here. ]

[tokihanate]

[ Phew. It's a bit sad that they're so weak.

He definitely didn't think to bring any light so he figures he can look for the door to open it and prop it up with something. If he opens the door maybe he can see a chair or something too to hold it open. ]

[umbralant]

[ Hand exploration it is! After some awkward flailing in the dark, Hyoubu will find the door which is mercifully simple to open from this side. Swinging it open is enough to bring some ambient from the windows here (but it's still on the dim side so some squinting might be required). Once he's procured some kind of door step he can see that this seems to be a mail room, though it's mostly empty aside from the large machine installed on it's innermost wall. ]

[tokihanate]

[ That was probably very awkward yes. And one assumes that machine isn't for sorting mail is it. Oh well, let's go with the patented poke at it. Or poke at it with keys if there's anything for that. ]