WEEK 3

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 3



[The week begins as last week began. But there's is a great difference-murder. It has happened. Blood has been drawn; it cannot be undone. The Game has made itself known. The Game is paramount. The Game simply is.

As morning dawns, those who were not present with the DEAD lock will find that the doors that were locked are now gone-and a whole new area has finally opened up to them. They will also find that they remember something they had not been able to recall beforehand. The question is, was it worth it?

And-is it you, or is the ship getting...colder as the hours go by? No, it's not just you. By the end of Sunday, the ship has started to dip into freezing temperatures. It might be difficult for people to bundle up-unless you're Brain, who will find his closet inundated with winter clothing that fit him perfectly.

Yup. This is going to be a long week, as if last week wasn't bad enough.



There are currently 16 strangers in this place.]

Comments

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Thanatos?


...


Um, ok! We'll come in, right Zack?

Uh, yeah! Sure!

[Time for him and his doll to go in!]

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes and the big, long doll are both hiding on the bottom bunk bed where the milkshakes can't reach them. Hermes smiles and waves excitedly.]

WelcomeToAoi'sRoom!

"Hermes, this room looks as terrible as you do! And so do those two nosey nuisances!"

Oh! I should probably introduce you to Thanatos! He's a Greek, like me! He's in charge of the death rate in Fortuna and makes sure that nobody's dying too much or too little.

"It's a thankless job that fuckbrain bozo like you two could never understand."

[Whoever Thanatos is, they seem to be very rude, don't they?]

[not_a_lego_maniac]

[Gasp!

Zack cover's Irene's ears!]

She's just a kid! You shouldn't use those words around her!

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes almost immediately pushes the face of the Thanatos doll into Zack's face as much as he can without getting rained on by smoothies.]

"I can use whatever words I please, and I can kill whoever I please, and I can hate anyone I please!"

Now, now, Thanatos, your breath smells worse than the smelly eye guy, soooooo MaybePutALidOnThat TrashCanYouCallAMouth?

Anyway! Hi,ZackJr! It'sReally,ReallyNiceTo MeetYouInPerson!

[not_a_lego_maniac]

[And is smooshed. Wow.]

You're not being nice, are you.

[To Hermes.]

Oh, this isn't Zack Jr. This is my baby sister, Irene!

[Has the doll wave.]

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes gasps, delighted.]

ABabySister!? IDidn'tKnowYouHadABabySister! Hello, Irene! It's very nice to meet you!

[Hermes holds his footclaw out for a handshake.]

Thanatos, you should say hi to her!

"Jump off a cliff and splatter; I'm trying to insult to this shipperfreak here."

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Big brother, the snake is not being very nice.

Irene! You shouldn't be not nice back.

I don't wanna jump off a cliff though!

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes pets the giant robosnake on the head which is something he doesn't really get to do at all.]

You don't have to if you don't want to! And don't worry, Thanatos is always like this. SoIrene! Can you tell me a little bit more about yourself?

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Well, I like plushies, and hugs, and milk, and my mom and dad, and of course my big brother!

[The doll bobs up and down as Irene "talks".]

[somuchshipping]

[Aww, how sweet!]

It sounds like you have a great life! Want to give me a hug?

"If you touch this skinny mound of pipe cleaner, you'll poke yourself and hopefully bleed to death! HAHAHA!"

Thanatos, you're just jealous because nobody can hug you because of how massively round you are!

[Hermes carefully places the Thanatos doll to his side and opens his front leg/arm things for a sweet hug.]

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Yay!

[And the doll gives Hermes a big tight hug!

Or, well, the best a doll can give.]

[somuchshipping]

[Robo huuuuuuuugs!

Hermes lets go after a while and gently pats Irene on the head.]

You're adorable! I bet you're friends with a lot of people!

"Not with me!"

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Well, she's only a year old, but...I'm sure she has friends in her nursery school.

And I have my big brother! I love him loads!

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes will NOT ship it.]

Aww, you two seem to get along very well for a brother and sister! I hope you like Zack Jr., too!

I've never been to a nursery. IMeanAsAStudentThere!

"You belong there even now, junk-for-circuitry!"

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Oh, I've never met Zack Jr. He's just in big brother's head!





Why is Thanatos so mean to you?

[somuchshipping]

[Wh- huh...! Hermes never really got asked this question before... He hesitates, looking a little embarrassed at not knowing immediately how to explain it.]

"...Because he deserves it."

Shush, you deserve it, too, buttface! Anyways!

It's sort of his personality and traits for him to be rude... See, he's really into being big and murdery and intimidating AndHeSpendsMost OfHisTimeInTartarus! And don't worry, nobody who he kills is real, Irene. We're both from a computer game!

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Oh, that sound neat!



Tartarus?

[Zack...actually looks confused by this.]

[somuchshipping]

It's Thanatos's prison! He's also the guard there, and he guards all the people that get put into there if they don't get thrown into the tutorial-

[Hermes shuts his mouth because he thinks he may have said too much, TIME FOR A DISTRACTION!]

"Any loser wimp that tries to escape faces KILLING HOUR!"

[Nailed it.]

[not_a_lego_maniac]

...That...so. Hm.

But killing is bad!

[somuchshipping]

"Fine, I'll just let you morons all just overpopulate and then starve to death! And I'll just hand my job over to some worthless mortal since they seem to know more than I do about the job I've been doing for eight thousand years!"

Yeah, sometimes what may been like a bad thing is actually a good thing! I sometimes help Thanatos with his job, even though he's an ancient pile of junk.

"We call it Killing Hour!"

[not_a_lego_maniac]

..................

[Uh, Zack? Earth to Zack. Poke poke poke!





Oh right. I. I don't have fingers. Like this. Shit.



Hey, Hermes, bud, I know you can't hear me, but help a narrator out, yeah?]

[somuchshipping]

Zack...?

...Zack?

...

Don't worry, it's only a computer game. Nobody in it is real, including us.

[not_a_lego_maniac]

[blink blink]

Oh. Sorry, mate, I...blanked out there. But...you're real here, you know?

[somuchshipping]

Noooooo, my shell being here in the real world doesn't mean I'm real!

[not_a_lego_maniac]

But...even so. You're here, right? If something happened to you here, you'd be...you'd be dead.