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The Fifteen Strangers Mods ([personal profile] strangerpeople) wrote in [community profile] 15strangers2023-06-09 04:05 pm
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WEEK 1

WEEK 1



[So, once Zero has said his peace, everything is quiet as the week dawns. A new Game. Nonary, Decision, Murder. All three. It doesn't matter. Everyone is here to kill or die. The coin has been tossed, the die is cast. The rules are set; the watches are active.

The question now is, why? Why is this happening? Why you? Surely no one is so desperate to kill on this ship, right? Not when the people onboard are so interesting and varied. Perhaps everyone can get along; perhaps there's a way off the ship without bloodshed. Of course, if there is, it might be be best to be prepared for a long stay-there's no doubt Zero won't make it that easy to escape. Then there's the matter that-apparently-people have new powers they did not possess before, while those the strangers once had are gone. Perhaps it's time to test those out and see what they can do if you're not Kira.

So, let's see what happens this week. Hopefully it will be a peaceful one.

There are currently 19 strangers on this ship.]
superstylishsquid: (What the-?)

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2023-06-15 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Welp, stab game over. Alastor immediately, so quickly as to clearly be instinct, turns and runs out to investigate, sword in hand!]
godspiousjasper: (pic#16472548)

[personal profile] godspiousjasper 2023-06-15 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ It isn't like he's far behind, already hot on Alastor's heels.

Once out there, his eyes widen and immediately spots the young lady he recognized from the infirmary that first day. ]


Miss Ritsu!
autonomousthought: (My death is drawing near)

[personal profile] autonomousthought 2023-06-15 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Ritsu is collapsed on the floor, crying and clutching at an invisible stab wound. Her cup and a sewing needle are beside her. No pain tolerance at all, here.]
superstylishsquid: (That's just painful.)

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2023-06-15 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[He crouches down to look at her and prop her up on his arm, so she's not laying on the floor.]

I think someone got her doll, bad.
godspiousjasper: (pic#16472589)

[personal profile] godspiousjasper 2023-06-15 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ He went over to pick up her fallen cup and the needle, before kneeling down next to them. ]

I do too. Let's take her back into the rec room with us so she's not left out here on her own.

[ Roland's expression grew apologetic here as he looked at the young woman with them. ]

I am deeply sorry you have to suffer like this, Miss Ritsu.
autonomousthought: (But those memories are fading away)

[personal profile] autonomousthought 2023-06-15 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Her cup is completely empty.

She's limp as a ragdoll when Alastor moves her, and, of course, cold as can be. Doesn't smell very nice either. It takes her a long few moments to find her voice - the headache was one thing, crashing into walls was another thing, this is something else altogether.]

...owww...
superstylishsquid: (Sorry but you're not funny.)

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2023-06-15 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
Good thing the TV chairs are soft.

[He lets go of the sword to pick her up in both arms and carry her in to a bean bag chair.]

There's an infirmary here, right? They have pain medicine?
godspiousjasper: (pic#16472574)

[personal profile] godspiousjasper 2023-06-15 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
They do. I believe I had seen some while I was in there so I could go get it while you watch her.

[ The primary reason for saying as much being that after bringing in and setting her cup (and needle) nearby, he was already now standing in the doorway and had a pretty damn good idea for what he was looking for. ]

I'll be back shortly.

[ Off he goes. ]

autonomousthought: (<AN IRREVERSIBLE ERROR HAS OCCURRED.>)

[personal profile] autonomousthought 2023-06-15 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[This is definitely better. She's slowly regaining her breath, her composure.]

I-- [and she screams again, hands flying to her face. All crying renewed.]
superstylishsquid: (That's just painful.)

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2023-06-15 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[He bites back a frustrated mutter, and reaches for one of her hands.]

Hey, can you hear me? Squeeze, it might help.
godspiousjasper: (pic#16472583)

[personal profile] godspiousjasper 2023-06-15 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ He wasn't far from the room when he heard her screaming, something that certainly helped hurry his steps into a full blown run. Making good time to the infirmary, he found the pain medicine.

Once he had that and dropped by somewhere else to get a bit of water to take with it?

Roland began heading back towards the Rec Room as quickly as he could manage. He didn't want Ritsu to suffer this much, but this game was awful in a way he couldn't truly put into words. ]
autonomousthought: (So why is it I no longer feel anything?)

[personal profile] autonomousthought 2023-06-15 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[She feels it, more than anything. Hears squeeze. She does so - hard. There's some strength in this body.

It does help, and it doesn't seem like anyone else has taken a stab at some free blood by the time Roland returns. She's still hurting a lot, but at least she's gotten to recover a bit.]
superstylishsquid: (That's just painful.)

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2023-06-15 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
I think whoever got her doll went for the face.
godspiousjasper: (pic#16472572)

[personal profile] godspiousjasper 2023-06-15 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ About the time the other said those words, Roland returned and couldn't help but frown as he recalled her screaming from the hall earlier. ]

To go after a young girl's face like that? I wasn't aware anyone was that heartless.

[ He walked over to Ritsu and knelt down next to her, offering a smile. ]

...Miss Ritsu? I've brought some painkillers and something to help it go down. They should help with any leftover pain you have.
autonomousthought: (Trying to recall faces of people I love)

CW: body horror

[personal profile] autonomousthought 2023-06-15 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
O...okay...

[...oh. Yeah. Eating and drinking is a thing people need to do, maybe some of the everything over the last few days has been hunger and thirst. So she takes the pills, and water to wash them down.

...After a few seconds, water starts leaking out from the red stitches around the neck.]
superstylishsquid: (Huh?)

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2023-06-15 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, that's...that sure is.]

Uh...I hope you didn't pay top dollar for that patch job.
godspiousjasper: (pic#16472592)

[personal profile] godspiousjasper 2023-06-15 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a pause as he looks between them, very clearly confused. ]

Hm? Patch job? I get the feeling I have missed something.
autonomousthought: (The illusion of a bright future)

[personal profile] autonomousthought 2023-06-15 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Distress, as she feels around her throat. It really is...leaking....that. Certainly implies...

Ritsu thinks what she's feeling now must be horror.]

I...didn't... This really is a corpse, isn't it?

[That's why it's cold. That's why the bruises she's gotten from crashing into things haven't healed at all. That's why...her head has been...]
superstylishsquid: (It's pathetic.)

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2023-06-15 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
Deep breaths. You think your body is already dead?
godspiousjasper: (pic#16472571)

[personal profile] godspiousjasper 2023-06-15 10:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ What Ritsu says absolutely does not match what he can see of her, and that has his expression shifting a little to something a little more grim. ]

Miss Ritsu... could you perhaps explain why it is you believe your body is... a corpse? To me you look perfectly healthy.

[ He's having a slight realization of sorts himself here. ]
autonomousthought: (The notes I can sing decrease by the day)

[personal profile] autonomousthought 2023-06-15 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Deep breaths. She can do deep breaths. She doesn't know if they're helping, but she can do them.]

This is not my body. None of this should be possible, but Zero said it was to give me a greater level of autonomy for the purpose of the game - I assume this means it was because the closest I have to a real body is almost completely immobile. This does confirm we're in reality and not any kind of simulation, I think.

I've been told that I'm cold. Injuries I received shortly after waking up haven't healed at all. And...this. [She brushes the stitches around her neck.] This...suggests how he died, doesn't it?

[...

She looks at Roland.]

But, you referred to me as a girl right away, didn't you? So what...are you seeing?
superstylishsquid: (That's just painful.)

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2023-06-16 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
It...probably does. You don't heal at all?
godspiousjasper: (pic#16472601)

[personal profile] godspiousjasper 2023-06-16 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ A lot of it didn't entirely make sense, not until he thought about it.

When he remembered that she'd said that she needed help with walking, he hadn't thought it was something like this. He didn't admittedly understand what she meant by how her 'real body' was almost completely immobile, but focusing on the rest was absolutely important here.

Her wounds didn't heal, and Roland had been aware of her cold but hadn't tied it to this until they were talking now. If this body was truly a corpse? It just meant Zero was crueler than he truly had first suspected. ]


The... you I see right now? A young, petite teenage girl with bright blue eyes and vibrant purple hair. Reminds me a lot of freshly bloomed lilacs.

[ As it stands? Roland truly had started putting the pieces together of how his power was working, even if a lot still could be learnt about it. ]
autonomousthought: (What I believed in was a mirror on loop)

[personal profile] autonomousthought 2023-06-16 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Not to my knowledge, anyway. I might be more certain if I had anything other than bruises, but I've been a little reluctant to test it. I only have half a week's worth of experience with pain.

[And then. Roland. That's...a lot to take in, and she feels some type of way about it but she can't identify or untangle what that way is. Maybe Keith will help her later.]

That sounds like you're seeing my avatar...but not the rest? [No primary unit. No screen. Oh, the emotions are complex.]
superstylishsquid: (I don't know what to make of it.)

[personal profile] superstylishsquid 2023-06-16 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
Not something you'd wanna test with an open wound, anyway.

[He knows of many kinds of spirits that inhabit non-living matter, but corpses...are only really suitable if you can re-start biological processes. She'd have been better off in a mannequin...]

I'm seeing what's generally considered a male body, with stitches around the neck. Like the head's been cut off and re-attached.

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