WEEK 2: DECOMMISSION

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WEEK 2 EXECUTION

WITNESSES REQUIRED.

 

ALL CREW PLEASE REPORT TO SIMULATION ROOM 001 AT 1300 HOURS. REPEAT, ALL CREW PLEASE REPORT TO SIM ROOM 001 AT 1300 HOURS.

ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY.

CALLSIGNS FEATHERY AND TRUSTFALL ARE TO BE EXECUTED FOR THE ACT OF MURDER AGAINST FELLOW CREW. SENTENCE ░̴░̵░̴░̵░̴EN ̵P̴E̷R̸ ̵A̵░̶░̴░̵C̸L̴E̴ ̸8̴8̴░̶░̴.̵2̵░̸ ̴O̷░̴░̷░̶░̴ ̵I̷N̷░̵░̷░̴G̸A̸░̴░̴░̷░̷░̷░̶░̸ ̶░̷░̴░̷ ̴░̴░̷░̵░̸T̵ ̴T̸H̴░̴░̷░̶░̴ ̶C̷H̷A̷░̵░̸░̷░̶ ̶A̵░̷░̷░̸S̷░̷ ̸░̸░̸░̸I̶N̷░̸░̴ ̵A̵░̷S̸░̶S̶.

THOSE CONVICTED: PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION.

As the clock begins to wind towards 1:00 PM, things on the ship are... quiet. The tension is thick in the air, trepidation abundant. You pulled off the impossible - but was it worth it? Some of you are with the convicted in the brig, waiting, waiting, and the Senior Crew among you are just as tense. A few sit in the brig alongside you, while others wait outside. Hope against hope, right? That maybe something can be done.

(If nothing else, Sheba and Shouxue aren't alone in all of this. You've made sure of that.)

But, much like at trial, there is a shift to the silence. A pair of pneumonic hisses resound in the brig, and the convicted are simply - gone. The tubes that are used to take them away to the brig from the conference hall are now used to transport them elsewhere. No one is expelled from the brig. No one is locked out. They're simply taken away. And then the Eudora's AI calls out across the ship, informing you of where to go. Even if you don't make your way there willingly, your feet will carry you there.

None of you have ever seen the Sim & Grav rooms deactivated in full, before, but you do now - the eerie, orange glow of the blank space, filled with a faint, pink haze when you first arrive, doesn't make a particularly inviting scene when you arrive. But you're brought to the main, largest room, used for large group simulations and zero gravity runs, where a sweet scent lingers as the pink haze fades. And once you've gathered together to one side, that's where you'll be staying - a shimmery barrier falls down to separate you all from what the Eudora has decreed will be an execution.

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IN THE SIM & GRAV ROOMS . . .

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[uncoincidental]

[the pneumonic tubes hiss, and sheba finds herself in the largest sim and zero gravity room.

...this is unexpected. her brow furrows a little, and she curls her fingers around something held in one of her hands. she looks across to where shouxue must be, biting her lip.]

PEANUT GALLERY

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[ well, the ship did say mandatory, and the senior crew are no exception to the rules. they will make their way to the sim & grav rooms, same as you all, and be just as helpless behind this barrier as the rest of you. no amount of finagling with the tech or trying to get past the barrier seems to work...

that being said, please be kind to your extremely sleepy mods. they may not respond quickly or may even be resting at this time! ]

[discomfort]

[ welp. owner is here, no longer with bazongas and is actually wearing the prosthetic arm. yay.

but he's just watching this quietly. ]

[naeddre]

[ah. well. execution is a little more explicit than it's been in the past!!! okay!!!

she's here, because of course everybody has to be, but she looks wildly hungover. she's also huddled in a coat, arms around herself as she stares through the barrier.]

[psynchroneyes]

[ My ass is at work I’m just here to establish Mizuki is present and watching and is probably unhappy about it. This teen on teen violence… ]

[messy]

[WELL. no one is getting thrown out on their ass this week but at what cost... harley is fucking booking it to the sim & grav room, coming to a stop in front of the barrier without slamming into it — but just barely.]

Shit, kid... So they're calling it what it is now?

[expiries]

[bad! these changes are bad.

he's squinting a little bit at the barrier, rubbing at his temple as they all wait for The Horrors to start.]

[kabari]

[ here to vibe invalidly as hungoverly as possible. ]

[verminous]

[fuck the smoking areas he's gonna need a cigarette for this

gregor's here, watching, his bug companion sitting on his head while he quietly smokes. sorry.]

[murdergate]

[ attendance is mandatory. a bitch even thought about testing that, but he's felt his legs move without his permission before. forget it.

in the orange-ish sweatpants from week 0 and a white tank. he lingers in the back of the area the peanut gallery is allowed in. the vibes have shifted from rancid to less toxic, more exhausted. ]

[solesuccess]

[ well this is going to turn out totally fine and normal!!!!

anyway yeah he's here and he's hunched down in his hoodie and just watching all of this carefully. hnnnngh. ]

Sure, now you're gonna call it murder when they're kids. [ hey. hey, what the fuck! ]

[teenrebellion]

[ kazuki has never moved so fast, brimming with electricity and nearly shaking with fury. ]

Execution.

[ he looks ready to hit something at any second. ]

[riverbeans]

[charles is here, in the same outfit he was wearing in trial and looking like he hasn't gotten much sleep yet again.]

... Should I be glad she's finally eating...?

[WHAT ARE BRITT AND ARA DOING TO US]

[roseoftexas]

[ oh, hey. he doesn't like the look of that message? bad? ]

So, it's not pretending to be something else anymore then.

[ it's just flat out there. execution. wow. ]

[barriermaddened]

[Sora is to a side, arms crossed, staring through the barrier impassively. Execution, huh...this time the system isn't hiding exactly what's going on...

But the simulation room is an interesting place, though. That's going to be intriguing]

[sexyasmieu]

[ anise sees the two of them, and this whole setup, and her eyes widen. there's a flicker of anger in her expression. ]

So it's just an "execution" now!?

[pyromance]

[ this is so very hateful of britt and ara!

anyway he is here. linefaced as always but the anger is practically incandescent around him.

...what is happening. ]

[perfectdistance]

[ He is here but he doesn't want to be. ]

[drymonster]

[ what the hell is this? who decided this? who's running anything on this fucking ship??

at least they've given up on the pretense that these sunday deaths are anything other than this, he guesses. under his breath, derisively: ]

Wish they were this forthcoming about everything.

[applebough]

[ She will be here to watch all of this with a straight face like usual. ]

[perfectpower]

[Shibari???]

[perfectpower]

[Anyone who thinks they're capable of judging someone else's crimes all on their own is wrong. I don't care who it is. There's no one alive who hasn't done something wrong, but that doesn't make retaliation right.

MAN.

He stays silent, but he bites down on his lip when he reads that.]

DECOMMISSIONING . . .

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DECOMMISSIONING

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, the following crewmate's user data is being sent to the CSS Eudora's backend. All located belongings of the crewmate have been surrendered for safekeeping, unless otherwise indicated, and access to the system has been revoked. Stasis pod disengaged from primary network. Thank you for your service.

SHEBA

STATUS D͠ECO͢M̴MI͡S̢S̵I͟O͞N̵ED

Ah...

This, again? ...only this time, there won't be anyone to catch me.

...

Felix... Jenna... Piers... Kraden... you'll be alright, won't you? ...you all have homes to go back to, anyway. We were always going to part ways. It's just a little sooner than it would have been, that's all.

...please... everyone else on the ship... get home safely.

I wish...

...

?!

Wait, ░̛͘͝░̶͠░̵̡͜͜░̸̷̨͟... No—!!

❝ mors certa, hora incerta. ❞

DECOMMISSIONING . . .

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DECOMMISSIONING

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, the following crewmate's user data is being sent to the CSS Eudora's backend. All located belongings of the crewmate have been surrendered for safekeeping, unless otherwise indicated, and access to the system has been revoked. Stasis pod disengaged from primary network. Thank you for your service.

LIU SHOUXUE

STATUS D͠ECO͢M̴MI͡S̢S̵I͟O͞N̵ED

Don't forget: 'The Raven Consort must not want for anything. Desire creates suffering. Once you've let it engulf you... that's when a monster will be created within you.'

That's what I've been told.

I'm sorry I wanted to be closer to so many of you, but thank you for letting me try.

❝ mors certa, hora incerta. ❞