Week 2

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 2

[It's been one week on the Gigantic
and it's clear that Zero
is a big dickzzzzzsht



A week has passed. However, there is no denying anymore that the power Zero possesses is very real. One person is already dead because of this, regardless of what, exactly, the Gimme's role in it was.

There is also no denying that the ship is somehow powered by blood, if not made of blood entirely. Why? How? And what do the clues uncovered in the previous week have to do with it?

The watches, meanwhile have not changed in any way. Everyone is still in their color groups. The doors to the next floor are still locked as well. Perhaps those are also murder dependent. Which is...also not good. But at least there's food and laundry down here, so...maybe it'll get boring eventually, but for now, infinite confinement on the bottom decks of the ship may not be so bad. right?

...Right?



There are currently 18 strangers on this ship.]

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[pegasinister]

[He spins a finger, urging him on]

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes blinks. THen begins sort of walking in place.]

You mean you really haven't...? One attacked me while I was looking through the weapons yesterday... It was just there and then ItAttackedMe AndThenItLeft!

This shit is weird. Really weird. AndIDon'tReally LikeIt!

[pegasinister]

...

[Okay that's funny, so he keeps doing it to see how long Hermes maintains his idle animation]

Did it actually harm you?

[somuchshipping]

[He's still doing it.]

...OkayMaybeItDidn't ButItWasStillAttackingMe! It went right through me! How is that not an attack!?

[pegasinister]

Attack assumes intent. Did you see which way is was heading?

[somuchshipping]

How do you know what it intended!? And it went out of the weapons room. I didn't follow and went back to my room.

[pegasinister]

I don't, and neither do you. So until we do we must remain neutral.

[... if something charged HIM he would have attacked it first, but he's not above being a hypocrite]

[somuchshipping]

Then what was it doing?

[pegasinister]

I don't know. Here. Recreate what you were doing as best you can. We will see if it reappears.

[somuchshipping]

[Well...

Alright. Uh...]

[Hermes will just start scanning the shelves and racks of weapons, which is what he was just doing before.]

[pegasinister]

[And Hubert just Watches Ominously, waiting]

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes continues as he was doing before. He reaches the next aisle, mimicking his previous bout of looking around and examining.]

[pegasinister]

I know you're here... somewhere.

[That's not spooky to just Say at all Hubert!]

[strangerpeople]

[ A blue light is hovering near Hubert. After a moment, it rushes him. ]

[pegasinister]

[He absolutely startles- but after he got onto Hermes for bolting he can't just do the same thing. So he holds his ground, glaring it down]

[strangerpeople]

[ The light goes into Hubert. He's cold, all over, deep inside his bones. And then the light is expelled, with a hiss. ]

Shiiiit --

[pegasinister]

[The light isn't the only one that hisses. That feeling... it feels like death. He shudders as it leaves, but holds]

Shit indeed.

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes is enraptured when the light appears. When the light starts rushing toward Hubert, excitement wells within him. Is he going to see someone die!? For real?]

[But then, it just seems like the light simply dissipates after going through Hubert.]

...Aww.

[strangerpeople]

[ The light appears again, and rushes towards Hubert once more! ]

[pegasinister]

[Oh goddess damn it. He grits his teeth]

Hermes, observe in case I am disabled in any way.

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes listens. Hermes obeys. He pays as close attention to this as possible, though a part of him wonders whether or not blue orb x Zero is viable or not.]

[strangerpeople]

[ This time, the blue light stays within Hubert longer. The coldness is still there. But he should also be aware of -

There's echoes within him. Memories? But not his own.

He remembers being happy, his fiance is pregnant, she just told him. He has a job to do, but then they can celebrate -

But the job goes wrong, and he dies -

And he has nothing to do but to try to pass messages to others, and fail -

And the blue light slides out of him again, screeching. ]

[pegasinister]

[ the memories are not his... but they hit with an aching familiarity that almost sends him to his knees.

Dorothea's voice: "what if edelgard required you to marry?"

Petra's: "And one day you will be choosing me"

Ferdinand's: "Yes well... I bought it for you."

And Edelgard's... "Someone you love? You must tell me!"

He doesn't know this person and their loss so close to achieving happiness... but he can echo it. Things that could and would never happen. Not anymore. He gasps and covers his mouth with a hand, trying to regain his composure.]

...you... speak none of this until I do Hermes. This is an order.

[he turns on his heel and rushes out of the room... practically running away]

[somuchshipping]

[Order noted and will follow! Buuuut there's one thing he'll do after you run out. He'll run out as well! Whether or not he follows Hubert, though, is in the air.

Weapons room? Yeah, he doesn't want to go in there anymore.]