WEEK 3

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 3

[As Marie said: so much for trust and resolve. Two people are dead, and there is very little anyone can do about it now, no matter how much they would have wanted to sacrifice themselves.

In particular, with Marie's words during the trial, it's clear that time is limited. Or is it? Marie is also capable of omitting the truth when it serves her needs, especially when it comes towards the Strangers and their still-missing memories. In any case, one can only hope they don't fall for her tricks again, even though getting away with murder would - apparently - save at least one life.

There is something else, as well. When everyone wakes up the morning, they will find that information on their wristwatches has been updated to reflect their new number - and something new about their powers. Not only that, but a new floor has opened up above Floor 1 for everyone to explore. Maybe more can be found on just what, exactly, is going on.

Is Marie telling the truth? Is the universe really ending? Or is it just another means of getting what she wants? Whatever is happening, people will need to be more careful around her - and one another. Who knows what Marie will offer next - or what your roommate or new friend is now capable of as a result. Especially since it's now known, thanks to Marie's actions during the trial, that everyone has definitely lost some memories. And unfortunately, no one seems to have regained any of them so far - or if anyone has, they haven't said a word.

If trust and resolve was ever needed, it feels like now is the time to try and find all that.

There are thirteen people in this place.]


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Comments

[crouching_sin]

... She's pregnant?

[That's. Disturbing.]

I found some stuffed animals and dolls in vials of acid in the lab.

[fashionfever]

I'd like to hope she just feels her biological clock ticking. Nest building instincts, stuff like that.

[She's saying this with an almost unnerving active cheeriness. For some reason she hasn't taken her own egg yet...]

[stealsyourduelist]

Now, I may have called her a harpy, but surely that doesn't mean she'd make an actual nest with eggs...

[fashionfever]

Can you put a blanket fort past her, though?

[SHE REALLY SEEMS LIKE THAT TYPE]

[stealsyourduelist]

[Yeah she does.]

She is a bit... childlike, herself.

[losergod]

At least she doesn't eat children.

[ Is he teasing you, Rosie? He absolutely is. ]

[stealsyourduelist]

[Or just horny! But he'll just smoothly navigate away from either one of those mental images.]

Well, someone is, according to the graph I found.

That's a strange thing to do to a doll. Do you think someone was testing their properties?

[backuphero]

Okay, but say it is her... you don't think she's got us doing this to make it easier to pick one of us to be "dad", do you?!

[HE DOESN'T WANNA BE MARIE'S HUSBAND!

But regardless, he's cradling Grant against his chest almost as though he's covering the egg's non-existent ears.]

[fashionfever]

Oh my god! This is why there were only three girls!

[losergod]

[ NOPE. NOPE NOT ENOUGH NOPE IN HIS ENTIRE BODY-- ]

I only identify as male at the moment, thank you!

[ GOD NO HE DOESN'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT MARIE WANTING HIM LIKE THAT? ]

[backuphero]

My God...

[He hadn't even considered that part... his own mom was basically doing the job of two parents after a point, after all.]

[vividsins]

No.

[ He is not going to be someone's boytoy. ]

[stealsyourduelist]

... And I thought the designer viruses were the most disturbing idea I'd come across this week.

Though the minigames have certainly been ... domestically inclined.

[He's UNCOMFORTABLE?]

[fashionfever]

Next week, cleaning contest!?

[backuphero]

Please, God, no....

[He doesn't want to be proven right about this. He doesn't want to be any kind of right about this!]

[crouching_sin]

I don't know. Given how it was just pieces of it... it seems like it was destroyed. Acid wouldn't eat just a chunk so cleanly... possibly. I wouldn't be surprised if Marie tore up a stuffed animal and shoved it into vials.

[stealsyourduelist]

Marie doesn't seem to be the one doing the experiments around here. That was proven when she reacted adversely to the corn smut... from what I can tell, the only researcher is the one who writes on the library books and in the notebooks in the lab.

There is someone hiding amongst our midst. Or possibly around it. What I have learned, other than their taste for strange food and their lack of respect for libraries, is that he or she is not human... and there's something about their biology that can be used to 'create' anything they like. Somehow, this entire base is made of that component from their body. Though I can only imagine how potent it would be if that's true.

[losergod]

[ C suddenly looks very uncomfortable at the mention of someone's body being used to create things.

But he... doesn't say anything. ]

[stealsyourduelist]

....

Know something about this, do you?

[crouching_sin]

From their body? Hm. Well, that would explain why the material of the base seems a bit strange. If you could show me those exact notes later, I would appreciate it. I might be able to make a bit more sense out of them.

[theserpentsmiles]

They also seem to have significant wanderlust, and they like dogs.

...The way the floor and walls can do things supports it being somehow biological, though...it's kind of a weird, cold feeling when it sucks you in. Not warm, like you'd expect.

[losergod]

She could have congenital adrenal hyperplasia. She's certainly rammy enough to have the symptoms. She may not necessarily be pregnant.

[ Hi, he was studying to become a doctor. ]

[stealsyourduelist]

Oh, I doubt it's anything congenital. The chart showed a drastic change from its previous condition... the writer of the document believed it to be pregnancy, so I believe we might as well assume the same until new data comes to disprove it.

If anything, the area of doubt is whether or not it refers to Marie. The only thing I truly know about the subject is that they have a partly cybernetic brain.

[And he talks about this fairly easily for someone who has been a Ye Olde in every other way.]

[losergod]

If the change was sudden and recent, then yes, pregnancy is actually far more likely. I... I don't think it's Marie, though. Unless she's in the very early stages, she's not showing the proper signs. We've known for awhile there must be someone else around here, right? The books, some of the things we've found lying around...

In fact, this reminds me that I found a defaced painting in the art room. Clearly Marie's work, but the painting itself had a note asking someone not to do exactly what she likely did, and it's clearly not directed at us. Someone else is here. I just don't think we've seen them.

[stealsyourduelist]

That's what I thought as well, to be honest. [Jonathan is just fun to tease...]

The other one here appears to be the one behind all of the research. I'm not sure if that research was conducted on herself or not... there seem to be yet more parties involved.

For example, a woman in her 20s was brought up... as the target for a virus designed for specific individuals, which cannot be cured with medicine.

The person writing the document wishes to ensure that this virus succeeds.