[ and just like that, the execution is over. the simulation glitches out, and it's the eerie orange glow of the room deactivated.
liu shouxue is dead. she lays wide-eyed in a slowly forming pool of her own blood, head severed from her body, staining her perfect silver hair.
sheba is dead. her body is twisted, bones broken from impact, blood slowly oozing from her nose, her mouth, gaze wide in shock.
the floor is damp from rain water. it was real for them today. why wouldn't it be real for all of you?
the pink haze floats through the disengaged sim room again, fainter now, before it and the sweet scent fades completely and one of the mundane screensaver modes of the sim room kicks in. it's just a room, as if nothing happened. ]
PLEASE RETURN ALL DECOMMISSIONED CREW TO THE STASIS BAY.
[ the eudora's toneless AI announces this request, and then the barrier flickers, and the senior crew will be allowed passage to retrieve the two girls from where they fell to rest. once they do, the barrier flickers - then disappears, and everyone is free to go. your I.R.I.S.es will ping twice. happysunday! ]
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liu shouxue is dead. she lays wide-eyed in a slowly forming pool of her own blood, head severed from her body, staining her perfect silver hair.
sheba is dead. her body is twisted, bones broken from impact, blood slowly oozing from her nose, her mouth, gaze wide in shock.
the floor is damp from rain water. it was real for them today. why wouldn't it be real for all of you?
the pink haze floats through the disengaged sim room again, fainter now, before it and the sweet scent fades completely and one of the mundane screensaver modes of the sim room kicks in. it's just a room, as if nothing happened. ]
PLEASE RETURN ALL DECOMMISSIONED CREW TO THE STASIS BAY.
[ the eudora's toneless AI announces this request, and then the barrier flickers, and the senior crew will be allowed passage to retrieve the two girls from where they fell to rest. once they do, the barrier flickers - then disappears, and everyone is free to go. your I.R.I.S.es will ping twice. happy sunday! ]