STORY STARTER
Submitted by Petit-Mythe
Your protagonist finds themself in a graveyard where each stone has the deceased’s last words inscribed on it. One gravestone catches their eye...
CORRECTION
Make yourselves comfortable.
Yes, you may put that onto the floor.
And could you—_I'm sorry what was that?_
Yes, of course. it was yesterday... Quite truthfully, I am still shaken; It was _disgraceful_—certainly to the burial grounds. You see, I go through a path there, near the bent gate and just before that overgrown and rather scraggly bush at the—
The graveyard off West Street, Kudzu Cemetery.
Indeed. It's just a path.
And I was there, and a certain headstone caught my attention. It was the flattest thing, hadn't ever been _touched_ by the looks of it too. But, it had this marking, like a graffiti tag or vandalism of some sort. Actually, I am _not_ sure of what it was.
No, it was text—
Okay.
Yes, it said, hm, maybe I _should not_ say that here.
May I?
Of course. I understand.
It said, "**IF I AM KILLED FOR SIMPLY LIVING**," and it continued, though it sounded _rather_ harsh, "**LET DEATH BE KINDER THAN MAN.**"
Hm. I could not make sense of it.
_No_, man is rather kind. I agree.
Mhm, of course, it frankly makes _no_ sense. Death couldn't be kind; that's not possible. Death could not be that. It _couldn't_.