WEEK 3: DECOMMISSION

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WEEK 3 EMERGENCY

HOSTILE ENTITY DETECTED.

 

ALERT: EMERGENCY IN SIM & GRAV ROOM. 1 HOSTILE ENTITY DETECTED. LOCKDOWN SEQUENCE FAILED. SYSTEM REBOOT FAILED.

LIFE SUPPORT STABLE. CLIMATE CONTROL UNSTABLE.
SIMULATION PROCESSING & VALIDATING SYSTEMS OVERLOADING.

WARNING: PROCEED WITH CAUTION CAU░̴░̵░̴░̵░̴ C░̴░̴TIO░̴ CA░̴░̴ION AS̴C̴E̶ND CAUTI░̴N C̴░̴░̴░̴ON EIKO̴N C̴AU░̴I░̴░̴ CA░̴T̵I̴O░̴ DOMINAN̷T̸ CA░̴░̴░̴░̴ C░̴UT░̴ON CA░̴░̴I̵O̵N̴ A̴E̴THER C░̴░̴░̴░̴ION CA░̴░̴░̴░̴N CA░̴░̴░̴N D̸R̴E̶A̶D̶WYRM...

MANDATORY CREW DEPLOYMENT IN CASE OF NEEDED REINFORCEMENTS. SR. CREW DESIGNATIONS PLEASE BE ON STANDBY. CRE

As the clock begins to wind towards 1:00 PM, things on the ship are... quiet. 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.

A pair of pneumonic hisses, different in pitch this time—and the convicted is simply gone. The Eudora's AI calls out across the ship for a state of emergency in the Sim & Grav room. Even if you don't make your way to the location willingly, you find your feet taking you there.

The eerie, orange glow of the empty space greets you, filled with a faint, pink haze when you first arrive. 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. However, it is not empty... And it is not blank.

When the crew enters, they find themselves in the center of what looks like a massive tapered dome, spindly and tightly wound where they can't get a glimpse of the outside scenery. Its crystalline walls are a light pink in color with fiber grooves running along it. The floor is clear like glass and what they see below are threads of light and clusters of crystal stamens.

A voice echoes, "Return home, Dion... It's time to show the world the true power of Sanbreque."

Instantly, the protective shimmery barrier covers the crew in asylum when Dion appears in the arena with his lance. Only two may cross to the world beyond.

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THE WORLD BEYOND . . .

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[agamid]

[ At the heart of the Mothercrystal, Dion can't see the city of Twinside that lays at its feet, and perhaps that's for the best. He looks immediately tense when the others enter, gripping his lance and making no effort to cross the distance between him and them.

He looks less tired than the day prior, resolute. ]

Fear not. I shall make this swift—

[ He stumbles.

Once, and the crystal around them pulses with light. And then twice, one foot forward before he drops onto one knee. His lance remains tight in his grasp, digging hard into the crystal beneath him but damaging it little, if at all.

Slowly, his free hand rises to his face, and with the distance between them, they might not see as his eyes steadily begin to glow gold behind the gaps of his fingers.

Well, he's already down and ready to be executed. ]

[applebough]

[ Yuri doesn't have any time to admire the environment when she sees Dion stumble and she crosses into the world beyond. A thin red sword is in her hand. She could take the time to execute Dion right now--to give him a swift beheading, but there's something... off about this. She frowns and holds onto someone's shoulder. ]

... We should be careful.

PEANUT GALLERY

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[inquired]

[ fear not your execution is not as catholic as it could be. i'm not a coward ill comment

anyway temenos is here. arms folded, watching dion stumble, temenos' expression is placid and unchanging, but he's white knuckling his sleeves at his elbows -- oh boy and then when it's yuri, he squeezes even tighter. great. fantastic! hate it! WHO'S THE OTHER PERSON. ]

[pyromance]

[ well. fuck! ]

[drymonster]

[ todomatsu's here and fine, though he frowns at yuri... ]

Oof... they're really making her do this after Thursday?

[ and then nodd comes out after her and he just sighs and mutters under his breath. ]

Well, saw that one coming.

[expiries]

[as usual he's here, watching this with a frown. he looks a little bit surprised when two people enter.]

[riverbeans]

[well. charles is here, and as per usual he's in the same clothes he was in last night and looking like he didn't get that much sleep.

he tenses when he sees yuri and nodd up there with dion, before he sets off on the usual futile walk around the barrier.]

[discomfort]

[ gay drama and yuri has to deal with it. wow.

anyway, owner is here and just watches quietly while smoking his kiseru. ]

Ah... of course.

[roseoftexas]

[ well, this was already off to a terrible start with the alert and all of them being forced to show up whether they wanted to or not.

and then yuri shows up and he just lets out one short breath and goes completely tense, hand gripping his shoulder where it's resting before he exhales very slowly and very deliberately. ]

[solesuccess]

[


great! this is fucking terrible! anyway shoma is here, as usual, and he's sort of hunched over with his hands jammed into the pocket of his hoodie and frowning deeply at the barrier.

and then that intensifies first when he sees yuri, and then again as he realizes there are two people and it's dion and they know how this goes by now, don't they? man. can't anybody catch a break...?

and then there's also metis and he just. exhales loudly. WHY!!!! ]

[kabari]

[ i have nothing else to comment with so i'm bringing this back
]

[teenrebellion]

[ kazuki is. extremely tense watching yuri and nodd walk out there. it was always going to be bad, but this... ]

They really won't give anyone a break, will they...?

[perfectpower]

[Watching this like :man_standing: ]

[messy]

[the way the scenery would be so pretty if this wasn't also murder hours. god.

she kicks the barrier once because it's tradition at this point, and settles in to watch with a scowl — which deepens when she sees who ended up with dion.]

Can't catch a fucking break this week, huh...?

[sexyasmieu]

[ anise is watching warily when dion steps forward, but she sees the others and damn it, there's yuri and stupid nodd and his stupidly amazing fit, what an asshole.

god!! there's a look of anger and anxiety in her eyes as she clenches a fist at her side and watches. ]

[mansplains]

Are you kidding me....

[ yuri and nodd :((( ]

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[ once again; your NPCs are here, as this is still a mandatory procedure that requires all of them to be present.

it just seems like one of them isn't on this side of the barrier, today... ]

[baebladie]

[ The setting is set, it seems.

Blade watches the players set upon the stage, silent, focused on the scene in front of him...and everyone else.

What kind of spectacle will they be witness to today...? ]

[verminous]

[COOL. GREAT. HE'S LOVING THIS.

gregor is right up at that barrier, his human hand resting on it, tense.]

[frotag]

[ im waking up for one thing and one thing only.

ichiban was stoic upon seeing who's in the sim room with dion, but once he transforms... well. he can't help the awe that overtakes the confusion in his expression as he utters: ]

What the fuck is going on... he's like a dragon.

[bladeward]

[ im at work and have no idea what is happening, but keith and kosmo are here…..!!!!]

[rosebleed]

[Coming back from my coffee date with friends like :tails:

Rosamund has watched this is immediately in tears when Yuri goes down, a scream cutting from behind her hand.

Then she comes back.

Barrier be damned. Rosamund runs clear up and slaps her hands against it, ignorant of all reason.]

Let them out of there! Stop it! It doesn't have to be this way!

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.

DION LESAGE

STATUS D͠ECO͢M̴MI͡S̢S̵I͟O͞N̵ED

I had hoped for atonement, but it seems of even that I am not deserving.

Phoenix, I cannot keep my vow to you. For that, I am sorry.

...

Father... Was my existence a curse on our house?

If so, then at least I have been vanquished.

❝ mors certa, hora incerta. ❞