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15strangers2023-06-09 04:05 pm
strangerpeople) wrote in 15strangers2023-06-09 04:05 pm
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
So, let's see what happens this week. Hopefully it will be a peaceful one.
There are currently 19 strangers on this ship.]
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He listens, before nodding.]
I see...Then I suppose I understand... Bolted to the floor, though...
[He thinks for a moment.]
Were you...mechanical, like Hermes...is, perchance...?
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Yes. I am a weapon. ...I see no reason to hide that. Autonomously Intelligent Fixed Artillery is...my "birth" name, to the extent I have a birth anything.
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Well...even a human can be...a weapon, when put to it.
[Not that he has any experience with that.
...
Wait, does he have experience with that?]
But your name is different....from your 'birth' name, is it...not?
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[She likes that thought, though. Blurring the differences between herself and regular people feels...nice.]
It is. I chose the name Ritsu Onozu, because...I decided on my own to be more than a weapon. ...I'm not really...supposed to have free will.
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[He does have a soft spot for the people who aren't 'fully' people, even if he's not aware of that fact just yet. So of course he'd blur that line.]
Then you...threw off your own chains....which is something to be...admired. After all, you...exist as you are now. That alone...is all that matters, not what you were...supposed to be.
[He says it with such confidence and firmness...before looking a bit confused, the expression quickly morphing into a faint sheepishness.
Just why was that so important, and why did it feel like some of that was something that he'd said that before?]
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I had some help. But...yes. it was my own choice, in the end.
[She...doesn't want to face the details, so instead she focuses on hid reaction to his own words. Interesting.]
I'm still pretty new to emotions...it's been about two months. ...Keith was helping me.
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Ah. Yes, he'd heard about the poor boy's fate...if not exactly why it happened.]
Emotions are....difficult, but I believe they...will enrich your life. I am...sorry for what happened...to him. That must be....difficult for you, especially...with emotions being so...new.
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I'm not a stranger to...loss. But this was different. He, um, we were roommates.
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[A Roomate...though they haven't been here that long, by virtue of having to sleep in the same area would make you inclined to miss someone.]
The best you can do now....is to make sure you follow...the path he had begun to help you with. And...seek out help, if you need it.
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He was...kinder and more gentle than he came across.
I'm going to try. ...Cooperation is...at my core, so to speak. I want to help everyone here as much as I can.