sinking down, down

[facultwist]

Death is a drop into a blackness that swallows you. You feel the movement of not air but shadow across your face as you plummet, and there is no bottom. No crash.

If there is another side, you do not reach it.

It is neither the light of heaven or the fires of hell that greets you when you wake. And wake you do, to the buzz and flicker of old fluorescent lights.

You are laid out beside a full-size competitive swimming pool, half-filled with stagnant water. The doors out are blocked off by locked doors covered in caution tape. The locker rooms are long since emptied, paint peeling from the humidity. The only signs of habitation are a few pieces of scattered graffiti.

Welcome to your new home. There's no sunlight, no indication of time passing. Just you and each other and your thoughts. the stagnant water bubbles a little occasionally, but there's nothing in it.

Before long you'll realize that you no longer need to eat or drink. You might notice your hand go through something if you don't focus. You're a ghost now. What's that they say about unfinished business?

Comments

[bellpepperexercise]

Oh, uh…sorry I never told you before, but…Vanity stole your letter to me to make it look like you might’ve been planning to kill someone.

I…tried to make sure people didn’t get to read the whole thing, but she had the other half of it in her room.

1/2

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[ Rinne's eyes get very wide. ]

...

[ She blinks. Very slowly, her gaze turns to Vanity. ]

2/2

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

You used my will to hurt Kana-chan?

[ WEEWOOWEEWOOWEEWOOWEEWOO ]

[bellpepperexercise]

[…crap. Maybe Kana shouldn’t have run her mouth right now.]

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[ no bb everything out of your mouth is perfect ]

[trustheart]

Kick her ass, kiddo.

[sweetsynergy]

She's welcome to try, but I'm not giving any more free shots.

[...yeah she'd still get her ass kicked, yandere rage (yanderage) is the stuff legendary super-modes are made of.]

[thatsplato]

[sweetsynergy]

[sweetsynergy]

...You think this is worse than the part where I was trying to kill everyone, her included, don't you.

[ha ha, she's in danger]

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

You don't get to ask me what I think anymore, Vanity.

[sweetsynergy]

I wasn't asking.

[That feels like a yes, regardless.]

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

Stop talking. No one cares to hear your voice.

[ it is literally only holding kana's hand that's keeping her from using alena-sensei's technique and punching her again ]

[sweetsynergy]

[Opens mouth, shuts it.]

[Just shrugs.]

[Honestly at least this isn't just a reaction of "nothing".]

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

...

[ That...should be it. But. ]

The rest of our shared existence will not be pleasant for you. If I have a say in anything, I can promise you that. I'd suggest you attempt to learn remorse.

[rosewitch]

[OOOOOOOOH]

[sweetsynergy]

[Sigh.]

Don't act like anyone would accept it if I did.

[rosewitch]

Oh, boo. Boooooo.

[sweetsynergy]

Am I actually wrong? Even if a "sorry" remotely it, is there anyone here who'd believe it?

[There's not really an "Apology: Mass Homicide" section at the Ghost Hallmark.]

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[ A cruel smile spreads across Rinne's face. ]

Shhh. Now's the time for thinking. Not self-flagellation.

[sweetsynergy]

That's not self-flagellation, that's just stating facts.

[bellpepperexercise]

I wouldn’t hold your breath, Rinne. It’s easier for her to deal with people hating her.

[Kana can take a break from spiraling to be petty.]

[lifegoalsorwifegoals]

[ And, she's all sweet again, like a fucking sourpatch kid. ]

It's like folding cranes, Kana-chan. Even if it's unlikely, I can still hope for a miracle.

[sweetsynergy]

[An angry sigh.]

Fine, to you specifically and in this moment, I am sorry for committing attempted murder, actual murder, desecration of a corpse, and MAIL FRAUD, not in that order.

[bellpepperexercise]

Awww. See, was that so hard, Vanity-chan?

[Kana is absolutely not forgiving her any time soon, but she can pretend to be touched specifically to be annoying.]