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

[threwabone]

[why is this her life-]

Well, are there any other guys in red you have a crush on? Because unless red is a literal kryptonite for you, I don't see why you would be a goner when someone wore it.

The doll's words, not mine.

[superstylishsquid]

There is a guy in red who technically owns my soul, maybe it means that.

Come to think of it, he's also a cheese obsessed loser...

[threwabone]

Still, unless the red clothes actually does something about that, like...giving him power or something, I don't think that wording makes sense.

Unless you want to admit that's the cheese obsessed loser you have a crush on.

[Is...is she taking on a teasing tone?]

[superstylishsquid]

Actually, Joe's red outfit does give him power. Are you familiar with the sentai genre?

[threwabone]

...huh?

[That

That's a no]

[superstylishsquid]

Right...he doesn't have any superhuman powers on his own, aside from a near bottomless stomach, but he has a bracelet that gives him a whole set of special abilities. It also comes with a free superhero outfit, that happens to be red in his case.

[threwabone]

...please don't tell me this is basically Power Rangers rules.

[BECAUSE IT'S SOUNDING A LOT LIKE POWER RANGERS RULES]

[superstylishsquid]

Alright, then I won't.

[Because yeah, it's basically Power Rangers rules!]

[threwabone]

[HEAVY SIGH]

Okay, so you live in a world with Power Rangers rules...

Wait, how do you even know what Power Rangers are? That's like if Saturday morning cartoon characters knew each other.

[Ignoring any of the crossovers that actually happened...]

[superstylishsquid]

Because I live in the world that runs off of sentai rules, but I'm from the underworld of the normal human world, Saturday morning cartoons and all.

......Plus, I can actually visit any world that features in a movie, if I want to.

[threwabone]

...sure, why not, everything else in this place is insane.

[May as well accept these things.]

This still doesn't answer whether or not you have a crush on one of the cheese obsessed losers you've talked about.

[superstylishsquid]

I don't! [Though the way he's turning...violet? in the face and ears might say otherwise.] Joe is my rival, and my only interest in him is fighting until one of us is soundly defeated.

Dante isn't even that, he's just the guy I would be supposed to serve if he even remembered I exist.

[threwabone]

Okay, probably not the Dante guy then.

[Shouldn't he be out of Hell? Eh, she never read that book - and never will, probably.]

Quick question, what color do demons blush in? Because if it's purple, you're not helping hide it.

[superstylishsquid]

[Burying his face in his hand! ...Too bad his pointed ears are still visible.]

I miss my helmet...every demonic species or unique devil has different biology.

CW: Allusions to Homophobia

[threwabone]

[...okay, maybe she should back up a little bit.]

If this is about me saying you like a guy, I'm not trying to joke about that. I don't what it's like in Hell, or in a...Super Sentai world, but uh...let's just say I hope they're not like my world, for things like that.

As far as I'm concerned, you can like whoever you want. I'm not going to judge.

[superstylishsquid]

......Oh, right, that is a thing humans get hung up on.

Gender isn't really a thing most devils even care about, except the ones who used to be human. I don't have any preference between men and women, I just have standards higher than...that.

[threwabone]

Okay, just wanted to clear that up.

Because I don't know if your standards are really that high.

[Back to your regularly scheduled teasing.]

[superstylishsquid]

[Tail lashing!]

They're high enough that I'm not going to be attracted to an idiot who needs to be reminded his actual girlfriend is waiting for him to come find her.

[threwabone]

[Oh. Right. The guy has a girlfriend. She forgot about that...

Actually, there's something that's been bothering her for a bit-]

Okay, this will sound random, but what exactly is her name? The girlfriend.

[superstylishsquid]

Silvia, why?

[threwabone]

[...

*Looks at watch*

*Looks at Alastor's profile*

*Looks back at Alastor*

*Back to the watch*]

Okay, that's more complicated than I expected.

[superstylishsquid]

[Yeah, she's not the only one who's looked at the profiles...]

Lemme guess, you expected a certain amount of...dislike, between me and my rival's girlfriend?

We've actually gotten along since our first meeting.

[threwabone]

Well, that, and if both her and that Joe guy are on here, I'm...not sure what that means.

[Crushes? Mutual respect? Can't just be neutral feelings if they're likes, so what more could it be?

[superstylishsquid]

Well, I am pretty fond of Silvia. She's nice company, and impressively gutsy for a human.

[threwabone]

[She looks at her watch again. Thinking...]

You know what, if you can think of a reason why Joe is listed as one of your likes without you having a crush on him, I'll let it drop.

[For now, anyway. She may be planning to have a conversation with Hermes at some point.]