The group were talking a lot. There was a lot to catch up on.

"I like to talk!" Said Angela.

"It's been too qui-"

A muffled sound blasted through the air. It was the sound of silent gunfire.

Angela reached down to her stomach with her hands and looked on as blood pulsed up through her fingertips. Her eyes widened in terror as she looked around the room. Everybody was just standing there talking as the sounds of their voices rang quietly through in the distance.

"Angela...?" Said a voice from the crowd.

The talking died down into silence as Angela coughed up blood. It rolled down her chin. She looked down, hands still shaking and then back up at the crowd. So many faces looking concerned. No sign of anybody acting strangely. No sign of much at all...no sign of...

"ANGELA!" Shouted Lee as she fell down to her knees.

And then she collapsed on the icy floor. Blood trickled out around her body as she died.



You don't know what happened...but it's dark now. You always quite liked the darkness as a child but this is different. It's enticing but you miss the colour. You miss the senses and the sounds and the smells. It all happened too fast...your brain can't even catch up.

Are you....dead? Is this it for you? You won't be scared. You won't be sad. It's been such a long journey. So very very long and you're tired but you need to get back up and finish what you started. Why did this happen? It's too much to bear. The darkness starts to wash over you.

As a child you were fascinated by the darkness. You came up here to see desolation and destruction and you saw plenty. But...you were hoping you could enjoy them for longer. You only wanted to watch. Not for them to hit you. Not for you to experience them firsthand.

"I can undo all that has been done..."

The voice drains into whatever remains of you and suddenly the reality hits hard. It's all over. You try to cry out that yes, you want to undo it. You want to go back. You're not sure what happened and what went wrong but...you need to go back and live again. You had too much still to come...

But nobody is listening to you. You've been used to that your entire life, so no surprise it's still happening. You feel the fear come on now. It's cold and you're alone. You always tried to be alone but...you never wanted it really. You never wanted any of it. You never wanted any of this.

As it all drifts away into nothing you feel darkness overcome you entirely. It's not quite how you imagined it to be. You miss the light so very very much.

You have been killed. This is a sad event that no player wants, but it's part and parcel of the game. It may not be the end though as there are revives from death in this game.

Please ensure you still follow the game rules. You may post in your journal but do not attempt to contact any players outside of the game.

Oh well. Shit happens.

Four days later and it still stings big time. I put a lot of effort into this game and I'm really bummed to be out. I'd do almost anything (this may or may not be exaggerating) to be alive again.

Yeah it sucks. :(

I really hate to kill off people who contribute so much to the game. It's a lot easier if the person barely posts but the active people are so much more difficult to do. It makes the game what it is, but it sucks a lot.

I wish there was something more that dead players could do but I never quite found a balanced way to make it work.

:(

Was sad to see you go.

Here's a gif of Angela because why the fuck not?

Pollux @ 18/5/2013 15:31

:( Was sad to see you go.

And for the record, just because I'm dead doesn't mean I'm going anywhere. I'll find something to occupy myself with here somehow. I never plan to leave, in fact I'm very happy here and will be posting more often. Now, I'll admit it'll be quite boring with nothing to read but I'll manage.

This was the worst part of the game by far :(