A Reckoning...

[strangerpeople]

[You are dead.

Where you awaken is not of your cabin on the train but rather firm earth, the skies above you being nothing but an inky blackness as for as you can see. And yet throughout the darkness, you are surrounded by soft lighting and peculiar music playing all around you. When your senses become less muddled, you will notice that the music playing is upbeat and joyful almost. But let's face it, you are probably thinking this is some sort of creepy hell that you got yourself into after biting the bullet.

It all depends if you find circuses to be such a place because that is where you find yourself. The setting feels more antique than what you may assume a circus to look like, more Victorian themed than what one can be called. First the sound picks up and then you can smell something delectable in the air, catching popped corn and fried sweets and maybe something to drink? It's more than likely here.

Going down the main way, you can see some classic carnival games such as skee ball, ring toss, balloon popping if you are inclined to try and take your mind of the fact that you didn't have a choice in coming here. But despite the joyous air of the circus, there are not many people here that can help you out...or are there?


Lost souls just like yourself who met with the same horrible fate...perhaps an accord can be struck. After all, it looks like you will be here for awhile.]


((OOC: Map for reference.))

Comments

[icanhearscreams]

... Any idea of the side effects if I do this, before I eat it?

[bendwiththewind]

That's why I'm suggesting this. There was not any when I had some but I'm more concerned about the taste.

[It would be a good idea to try the food.]

[icanhearscreams]

[He sighs.]

I don't really like being a guinea pig, but...

[Time to munch on a candy apple.]

[strangerpeople]

[It looks like a candy apple, smells like a candy apple but Yotsuyu was right about being concerned about the taste of it. Jun will not be tasting the sweet sticky caramel or the juicy apple...but sand.

Take another bite and it will persist.]

[icanhearscreams]

[He chews it, looks down at it, and spits out his bite. He takes another bite and spits that one out, too.]

Ugh! It's gritty. It tastes like sand.

[bendwiththewind]

That confirms it. I had thought it a trick when I had tried some myself but it is the nature of this place it seems. The drinks as well also have the same.

[icanhearscreams]

Is it this place in particular, or just because we're dead?

[bendwiththewind]

Nay, it is not due to your death. The place itself has something very off about it; while our Underground was where the 'dead' stayed [Double Dead?], that was not something within it.

[icanhearscreams]

Any idea what's causing this? You guys are the death experts, apparently.

[bendwiththewind]

None. Even this is something I have not seen before. The whole point of coming into this dark matter was to investigate and so far, no signs point to Noise.

This means we might be dealing with something unknown even to us. Such as that monster that attacked earlier; there was no sign of Noise influence.

[icanhearscreams]

Do you know of any sort of afterlife monsters besides Noise?

[bendwiththewind]

Tis what we have mostly dealt with. That does not mean other beings exist; it only means we must dig further to learn what to expect.