WEEK 3: DECOMMISSION

[dropoffs]

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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Comments

[solesuccess]

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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!!!! ]

[riverbeans]

[WHY INDEED charles will shoot shoma a worried look too as he makes his barrier round]

[solesuccess]

[ you know what. no. he's gonna join him for the barrier round because he can't fucking stand it here. we're walkies. we're worrying. we're worrying and walkies even as he keeps his eyes on bahamut. ]

Every week...

[riverbeans]

[fair and valid, join him and diluc because it makes it at least slightly easier to cope than just standing around.]

Every week, and it doesn't get easier.

[solesuccess]

[ there's a startled, alarmed noise when bahamut bites down on yuri though. hey. hey!!!!! ]

[riverbeans]

[HE'S DEFINITELY FREEZING AT THAT TOO before he starts muttering,]

C'mon, c'mon... Yuri, you said you wanted to live, so live!

[solesuccess]

[ internal screaming. ]

This isn't real for them, right? It's just the simulation. [ this looks SO bad. ]

[riverbeans]

[well

sheba and shouxue's deaths were still very real in the sim unfortunately but one way or another yuri is back]

... Knew she could do it.

[solesuccess]

[ stop he knows let him believe. but oh, yuri's back. ]

Good. [ she's up and fighting which is good. bahamut is still bahamutting. that's bad. ] ...we'll just have to be ready when it's over. [ and hope the damage isn't irreparable. ]

[riverbeans]

[he nods, letting out a slow breath.]

Yeah, we will.