( DEPARTURE )

[abhoth]

SURVIVORS: 42 At 6:00 PM on the dot, everyone who has died during the ritual will awaken in their respective beds. Whole and unscathed, it would be far too easy to say that everything has been nothing but a fever dream. But the truth, as always, is far different from what the heart yearns for. For the first time in five weeks, night falls over the City of Yuggoth. The sun no longer hangs over your heads, its presence dark and oppressing. Instead, a soft, blue light shines down from the sky. It's not quite the moon, no. The Unclean's avatar is still visible in the sky, after all. But it's comforting. It's the promise of new beginnings, of newly forged bonds, and pacts that neither heaven nor hell are capable of tearing down. Does this singular moment in time make everything they've been through worth it? No, probably not. But this is the end. Their journey is over. Now it's time for forty-one (41) individuals to choose their destination, while one (1) is left behind. The unmarked room between the Kitchen (still wrecked — thanks, Tsurugi) and Laundry room is now open. Faceless men will be giving away baseball caps, pens, keychains and all the splendor of Yuggoth, as well as glossy photos taken throughout the ritual... for most, it will be a photo of their dead body and the manner in which they died. Yikes. A toy machine has also been left here, with a sign that reads TELEGRAM FUND: DEPOSIT YOUR CLUE TOKENS SO EVERYONE CAN CONTACT THEIR FRIENDS. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANDERSEN, SO DON'T ASK. - ABIGAIL. Manning the Curio Shop won't be the only duties the faceless men have been relegated to, however. They'll be hunting down everyone but the new facilitator in order to give them a bus ticket. The destination and time of departure will be blank upon initially receiving it, but as soon as one thinks of where they want to go? Both fields will be filled in, and will be adjusted accordingly if anyone has a last minute change of heart. It seems like, in the end, it's up to the residents to decide whether to return home or to catch a ride with one of their new friends. Starting from 6:00 AM on Tuesday morning (a fact only discernible thanks to the Grandfather clocks, as the sun refuses to rise again), double decker buses will roll by the motel to pick residents up. There will be several buses, each one remaining at the entrance for fifteen minutes and the next one arriving after an hour long interval. Bus tickets will refuse to change after the first bus has arrived, so try not to be too indecisive lest you wish to remain in this realm or strike a deal with the Unclean. On the bright side, there are at least two to four days before everyone has returned home. May as well get those final goodbyes over with, right? It's a wrap, everyone! Thank you for the wild ride, and don't forget to check out the Love Meme and TL;CR Meme. You can use this post to thread out those last goodbyes. ( quick navigation ) ic rulebook | locations | statuses | room assignments private conversations | ic profiles | graveyard | full navigation

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[ninjay]

[ you can also spot jay in various places this day.

like kaito, he stops by the curio shop but it's not to go shopping. he's sitting at the table in it, looking at a wikihow explanation of how to rip off your fingernails with forceps. his expression is fairly unreadable, so it's hard to tell if he is thinking of it fondly or is just annoyed about it. it's probably both.

besides that, you can see him just wandering around. he's holding the ugly as shit otter plush that dipper gave him?? it's hideous but he's keeping it. he's also taking with him a few other things, but the otter is the only thing clearly visible aside from the friendship bracelet he made with mabel. ]

[pinesfortruth]

[TACKLES JAY TO THE GROUND

in a hug!!! this time!! so you know maybe he won't fall to the ground??? look he's not a huggy person he just thought it'd be funny]

[ninjay]

[ WAR FLASHBACKS

ok no. jay has been surprised every time someone has hugged him post-reveal, and that is still the same here. at least this time, it's less surprise that someone else doesn't hate him and more because dipper definitely does not seem the hugging type. ]

Oh no. I'm being mugged.

[pinesfortruth]

Give me all your jewelry.

[but Dipper moves the hug to the far more appropriate Trying To Squeeze Your Neck With This One Armed hug. its a chokehold and a hug!! two in one special.]

[ninjay]

[ maybe lynching really was the preferable route after all. ]

It wouldn't go with your outfit.

[ i hate that jay actually has jewelry since he wears earrings ]

[ninjay]

It was a gift.

[ it's actually a punishment to a bet jay lost to dipper, but whatever. it's a gift now. ]

You look terrible.

[ninjay]

They're going to unironically love it, I think. That's the worst part.

[ they're going to put it up in display and it's going to haunt jay forever.

he sets it on the ground though, since holding it gets a little tiring. ]

You don't regret this, do you? Not like it matters if you do at this point since the choice has been made, but...

[nowyouseeit]

[definitely catching him in the curio shop because I mean, where else would they meet?]

[he takes a seat next to Jay-- it's the seat he usually took during their weekly meetings-- and makes a face at the wikihow cards]

I wonder what we would've had to sacrifice next had we stayed here another week?

[ninjay]

I would say an eye, but I already covered that so it would be a little redundant.

[ goddammit abigail. ]

Our tongues? Ah, but that would make discussing what we discovered difficult.

[nowyouseeit]

Toes? They didn't do toes.

Oh, or maybe our noses?

[there's some wry humor in his words. it's easy to joke about cutting off body parts when you do that four weeks in a row, huh]

[ninjay]

[ he is so desensitized to cutting off his own body parts. it's terrible. ]

I wonder how breathing would work without the nose... through our mouths, I suppose?

[crushcard]

[ Guess who is also holding a disgusting plushie - except that his is a tentacle beast from the curio shop, and the only reason why he bought it? It's actually for his brother.

Anyway, it doesn't matter, because he's catching Jay at the curio shop, looking at the wikihow guide. That looks terrible, by the way. ]

... I'm assuming that-- [ gestures at the how to rip off fingernails guide ] --was how the body parts ended up at the front desk.

[ninjay]

It's also how we checked people's roles and whether or not they were a Prophet.

[ see, there was a reason why they didn't share that tidbit with light and kaiba. because it's terrible. ]

It took about twenty minutes for everything to regrow, and that was actually worse than cutting it off in the first place. [ he makes a face. ] Last week, it should have been ears, but the Unclean pettily burned them after we discovered Girge.

[crushcard]

[ Eh. For what it's worth, he doesn't seem bothered by that tidbit. I hate his canon, since child torture is a thing, that's why he's 100% not bothered. ]

Ah. [ He won't push, or ask any more about that, at least. ] Colour me unsurprised at her pettiness.

Is this where you all met up every week?

[ninjay]

Everyone Monday at six.

[ which is also why none of them were ever around during the evening events on mondays. ]

The staff kept an eye out to make sure no one was around to see us go in and out of the room.

[fauxtetsu]

Hey... Jay?

[ He's eyeing that ugly otter plush. Like, obviously they wouldn't have that so he could get one... But it's cute in his opinion? His sense of taste is out there for being a 10 on Mira's chart...anyway! ]

Do kids around your age like stuffed toys? My brother is close to that, and they have octopi in the store.

[ It's a goddamn octopus he's not telling Urashima what it's supposed to be. ]

[ninjay]

[ jay gives nagasone a look that basically says "we both know they're not octopi" but he does not comment on it. ]

I think it depends mostly on the person. But... they probably do make a nice gift.

[fauxtetsu]

[ Jay gets a return look with hand gesture that says "They have tentacles. Tentacles!". He could say it's a demon... Cephalopod though. Maybe. It explains the extra eyes. ]

Okay, thanks for the input. I'll grab one later.

[ For the otter...-shaped elephant in the room... It's big right? ]

Was that a gift from someone here? Craftly?

[thawedheart]

[Yukina fins Jay in the curio shop - it seems natural to see him there, after all. She can't help but peek at the card he's looking at, and she also can't help but make a slight face when she sees it.]

...I won't miss that part.

[Her voice is soft.]

But I will miss... seeing you and Kaito-san every week.

[ninjay]

[ he snorts at the face she makes. yes, cutting off body parts is indeed fairly low on the list of things he will miss about this place. admittedly, that list is made up of entirely of people. ]

I had no idea what to think about the two of you when we were first put into this room together.

[wristbands]

[at least this time she is not going to hug him out of nowhere, but she will come up to him in the shop with a picture of her death in keychain form. it very clearly depicts jay stabbing her, the photo captured right as the light leaves her eyes. she holds it up to him with an... almost nostalgic look on her face.]

You really took the "fast and clean" thing I said to heart, huh?

[ninjay]

[ CHIE WHY ARE YOU KEEPING IT ]

It didn't really seem like the mood for tortuously slow. I may have upset someone.

[ it's a joke. ]

[wristbands]

[SHE NEVER SAID SHE WAS KEEPING IT but also. she got a relatively tame death? like if she was kaiba or aloy she would never be taking it.]

Yeah, me.

[...half joke, half serious.]