WEEK 6

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 6



[Fifteen X-Passes. You've finally done it. You can now go free. However, the price has been steep. Too steep.




True, you can leave. Anyone can, now. But simply leaving may be a bad idea. After all, who knows what else Zero has up its sleeve? Who knows what's outside of the HMHS Gigantic? How will they survive? How will they eat? And those are the easy questions that need to be answered. After all, the mystery of Zero, the mystery of Zack, the mystery of who is the cause of all of this and why-those things are also seemingly impossible to answer without some preparation. There's also the new area that's opened up that may yet yield more for the survivors to mull over.


Rushing is surely a bad idea. It's time to prepare. Take the time to get ready for whatever is outside. Stock up on supplies. Write what needs to be written. Say what needs to be said. Get ready for the possibility that whatever is out there, whatever the answers are-they will not be easy, and they will not be quick.


More than that, but-where are all these cuts coming from on your body? Hm. Maybe you keep bumping into things or scratching too hard. Did everyone save Roland get super clumsy or something all of a sudden?


Well. Maybe the answers to all that are just around the corner. So. Let's get ready. The end is near.


There are 8 9 strangers currently on this ship.



Wait. Nine?]

Comments

[15unknowns]

...I'd figure out something. Somehow. And they're not stuck on the ship like I seem to be, anyways.

[exequte]

... yet.

We're trapped here, though. And supposedly its... forever, if the door is opened then closed.

I don't know how much I believe that, but given how many other strange things have happened here maybe its reasonable...?

[15unknowns]

Like I said, the old asshole that's not Charon is able to leave the ship whenever the hell he wants. If you can figure out how he does it, you might be able to get back into the ship. I've never been able to catch him in the act myself, but still.

[exequte]

That seems kind of a risky promise, when we're worried about the lives and freedom of our friends, though....

[15unknowns]

[His head goes down at this.]

I know. This whole thing is messed up. If I'd been stronger....if...maybe if I'd been faster.

Maybe none of this shit would have happened at all.

[exequte]

Is there a chance that....

You're a ghost. Might you be able to go somewhere we can't, or maybe even talk to Charon, the ferryman of the dead, to get information about all that we don't have?

We need something definite if we are going to make definite choices.

[15unknowns]

I...I can try.

Give me a few moments. Uh.

And someone catch Roland. I should probably possess someone else when I come back.

[And--out he goes!]

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes catches Roland before Alastor can.]

[godspiousjasper]

[ Just suddenly not being possessed out of the blue still never became something one could adjust to, even if he'd kinda been present for the conversation as it is.

He blinked a couple times, looking up at Hermes with a smile. ]

Thanks, Hermes. I appreciate the assistance.

[superstylishsquid]

[Alastor is still there fast, ready to help Roland to his feet.]

You alright?

[godspiousjasper]

Just a bit winded. That was the longest he's possessed me, yet.

[ As normally he'd have been able to catch himself. Now it just feels like he was physically exhausted and his legs didn't seem like they wanted to completely support himself firmly right now.

So don't mind him leaning against you a bit, Alastor. ]

[superstylishsquid]

[When has he ever minded?]

Maybe that means he's getting stronger.

[godspiousjasper]

I think so too. That's a good sign.

[ A small hum and he closed his eyes for a second. His strength sure isn't completely gone but there's almost a sort of tingling in his fingers a bit now. ]

1/2

[15unknowns]

[Soon enough, he comes back.]

I can't...ind him-

2/2

[strangerpeople]

[And then he jumps back as the Gimme blinks in, carrying a...gun over his shoulder. We think.]

Hnnnrrrrgh hrrrrngh hrrrhrrgh hrrrrnghrghggggrrrh!!

[He seems excited.]

[exequte]

Oh! Uh! Hello!!



Um. Are things going well on the other side, then?

[strangerpeople]

Hrrrrngh!!!

[NOD NOD NOD. In fact-wait.


What is he doing with his finger and why is he going towards the door?]

[exequte]

Huh?

The door?

... are you saying we should open it? Will that really be okay?

[strangerpeople]

[Well, he was going to etch a message into the door, but. Do the living really want to hear something akin to fingernails on a chalkboard?]

Hnnnrgh. Hrrngh hrrrngh Mrrrrrnnnn.

[exequte]

[Honestly at this point she'll take it.]

Please, Mr. Charon.... We need to know what to do.

If we open this door, is there a chance we would be trapping our friends on the Gigantic? Or should we listen to Nero and leave...?

[yesorwoof]

I am saying this about someone whose vocabulary is "hrngh" and "hrn't", but Charon has given us more to work with than Nero. I'm listening. Or rather watching.

[superstylishsquid]

That briefcase was Pandora?!

[strangerpeople]

Hrrngh.

[Shrug. But probably.]

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes cannot help but bounce in place and giggle in excitement. Because THAT... is awesome.]

[15unknowns]

Holy shi...arn a guy..time!