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.]

Comments

[superstylishsquid]

[He frowns, and his tail swishes to curl partway around his legs.]

...Most would disagree with you that it doesn't matter.

But yeah, a lot of details get lost or blurred by the time they make it into the history books, so it's always a good idea to think about things for yourself.

[threwabone]

[She sighs, partially out of frustration, partially out of exhaustion.]

I will. May as well - life keeps throwing me for loops, philosophizing about it may help with some of it.

But hey, good to know now that morality is more complicated than I thought, right?

[Better now than when it could bite her in the ass.]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[A chuckle. On...a lot of things. Anya's comment, Alastor talking about the history books...

Servants were formed by such perspectives, after all.]

Indeed - so complicated that one may yearn for the days when things were black and white.

Yet, I believe it is also beneficial to embrace those shades of gray, as it were. What is important is that you eventually come to learn what it is - and what it is not - that you can personally accept.

[superstylishsquid]

Better to think about it when it's theoretical, instead of waiting until you're the one who has to make one of those hard choices.

Considering the rules our 'hosts' have laid down, I wouldn't count on it not coming up eventually.

[threwabone]

I can do that much. Figuring out what I can or can't deal with. Shouldn't be...impossible.

[Not gonna say difficult, because it absolutely will be.]

And hey, at the very least, I get an extra week to stew over it without having to worry. I won't say anything else about this..."motive," but I don't think anyone here has shown any real interest in it.

[And yes, she did do finger quotes, because even if she's not verbalizing that it's terrible, she can sure as Hell imply it.]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[Yeah, he's making a face at the motive.]

I still cannot decide if I should be impressed at Zero for realizing how little some are willing to end a life for, or insulted that he assumed that it would work on us.

[Words Moriarty is going to eat come friday: that]

[superstylishsquid]

Especially with what's on the line if someone goes for it and gets caught. Not only is it an insult to our standards, but does he really think that is going to motivate someone to pin their lives on getting away with it, if just getting out of here hasn't?

[threwabone]

That, and it would be an insult to anyone that did die. "Congrats, instead of dying to find a cure cancer or bring back the dead in way that doesn't cause zombies, you died for a cheeseburger."

It really just feels like a middle finger to...pretty much everything anyone could stand for.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Yes, it would be a rather damning insult to the one who passed on.

[A sigh.]

But, this hypothetical situation is merely the worst case scenario at the moment. Let us hope no one among us is so...stunted as to kill for such reasons as those.

Honestly, I'd take even a mere dislike or argument over...that.

[superstylishsquid]

Right? At least offer something valuable or hard to come by.

...Unless this is the real motive. Spit out everyone's worst secrets, hope one of them offends someone enough to kill over.

[threwabone]

If that does end up being the case, I'm willing to ignore everyone else's secrets just so Zero can't say it was a fifty bucks that got someone to murder.

[For some reason she can just sense that's what he'd claim. She can feel it in her soul.]