Your New Life

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Another New Life

You wake up to the sound of surf, much, much closer than you've ever heard it unless you moseyed down to Puffin Pier back in the old days. What old days...? Why, the days when you had a body, of course. The memories are probably coming back by now, jumbled along with everything else you lost. What a wake-up call.

But at least the ocean is real, unlike your dubiously fragmented remembrances. This little island out in the middle of nowhere sports a crude sign reading DUCK DAMNED ISLAND that seems like it's really railing against whatever fate you've been left to. There are little seashells and sparkling fragments amongst the sand to the left of your face. If you look further, to the left and right, it seems you're not the only one who's woken up here; it's considerably less cushy than your last wakeup, but maybe that's not a bad thing.

Here, you're free, albeit... kind of incorporeal, as you'll soon find out. The island is covered in pretty little trees that don't quite form a forest, bowed over the really beautiful sandy beach that is way prettier than the one on the mainland. One, slightly rickety treehouse -- bare of anything, because incorporeal ghosts don't need furniture, of course -- peeks out from between the leaves. This is, apparently, your home away from home now.

Finally, there's a small bay-like area on the island that leads you to a strange-looking storm drain, marked with a symbol that's not-quite-an-apple. Stepping in will wash you alllllll the way back up to Puffin Pier, right where the sewers normally let out.

Oh, and once you step onto the mainland? You're now a duck. What kind of quacking afterlife is this.

((OOC: the tldr; about death is here!))

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[aurevoirx2]

[ Full on laughing now. He might lose this game, but this latter half of the game has been funny. ]

[driftedaway]

[ This is absolutely ridiculous, but he's sure having a lot of fun. ]

Hehe, I'm an escapist!

[ 12 on an escape roll, let's gooooo! ]

[aurevoirx2]

Then you got the warp totem? What?

[driftedaway]

The cavern can't keep me down there!

[aurevoirx2]

This quarry cart again.......

[driftedaway]

[ Why all the quarry duels? ]

At least I have two warp totems now.

[aurevoirx2]

I don't know how you're managing this luck.

[aurevoirx2]

[ Did he just... move forward then go back to the same space? ]

[driftedaway]

[ And then he got immediately KO'd after that... ]

[aurevoirx2]

We're so close to the end but why can't get to those property...

[driftedaway]

Yeah... Also, why do you keep winning all the duels now?

[aurevoirx2]

Do I? [ He's just rolling without thinking at this point... ]

[driftedaway]

Hmm...never mind.

[ lol at winning the last few duels ]

[driftedaway]

—Ah, there goes one of my warp totems.

[aurevoirx2]

[ We're so close...... ]

[driftedaway]

[ C'mon, 2 Willow Lane... ]

[aurevoirx2]

Ah. [ He won?? Somehow?? ] That was... a close game, I think?

[driftedaway]

Congratulations, Otonashi! That really went down to the wire, didn't it?

[ Too bad he lost the last few duels before Otonashi landed on 2 Willow Lane! ]

[aurevoirx2]

Maybe if you didn't get knocked out... but that ended the game for us at least. [ Phew. If only they could feel more tired because that was mentally something else. ]

[driftedaway]

It definitely took a while, but I guess that's just intrinsic to Monopoly.

[ Yeah, it was certainly a roller coaster in terms of luck. ]

Anyway, this rule list worked out well! Think it's ready for the seal of approval?

[aurevoirx2]

Yeah, it should be okay. Maybe a couple of edits that we discussed while playing.

[driftedaway]

Ehehe, I'll write those up then. [ And with that, Keito cheerfully bring out yet another stationary paper to start writing everything up nice and neat. ]

I feel like it's been too long since I've messed around with the rules of a game like that.

[aurevoirx2]

[ It's almost like he's back to normal for a second? ]

Yeah, I haven't played around like that much since... maybe since high school started?

[driftedaway]

Really? Not even a few house rules here and there?

[aurevoirx2]

I don't think Hinata and I have ever done that...

[ Look, Hinata doesn't need to be more confused in life. ]