WEEK 5: DECOMMISSION

[dropoffs]

WEEK 5 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.

CALLSIGN UNGEZIEFER IS 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.

WOULD THE CONVICTED PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION.

As the clock begins to wind towards that time once again, things on the ship are... quiet. The tension is thick in the air, trepidation abundant. Despite it all, you were able to find the killer, but at what cost? Some of you are with the convicted in the brig, waiting, waiting, and the Senior Crew among you are just as tense, some running systems checks anxiously in wait of whatever anomaly may be about to occur. A few sit in the brig alongside you, while others wait outside. Hope against hope, right? That maybe something can be done in the face of all these anomalies, week after week?

But, much like at trial, there is a shift to the silence. A sharp pneumonic hiss resound in the brig, and the convicted is simply - gone. The tubes that were used to take him away to the brig from the conference hall are now used to transport him elsewhere. No one is expelled from the brig. No one is locked out. And then the Eudora's AI calls out across the ship, informing you of where to go, a mandatory execution once again... but when has it never not been mandatory? Fear, anxiety, pain, rage... feel it, hold fast to it. Even if you don't make your way there willingly, your feet will carry you there to that wretched sim room once more.

The Sim & Grav rooms are deactivated in full - 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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Comments

[roseoftexas]

[ looks down at him for a moment, and then back at the battle behind the barrier. ]

Probably not. But if anyone knows their way around them, it'd be Rodya.

[solesuccess]

Yeah. For sure. They're, like, trained to handle these things. [ that doesn't change the fact he's nervous about this suddenly but it's fine. ] But...

[ but what if an E.G.O. is extremely powerful and amplified by being afflicted? what if he doesn't voice that out loud actually. ]

Yeah. If anyone can handle this, it's Rodya. [ a ]

[roseoftexas]

[ not sure we like the air getting chilly but i'm sure it's totally fine. ]

...

[ all they really can do is assume that rodion will be able to handle it, in the way they expect she can. no pressure, babe. ]

... [ he nods. ] We can cover any injuries when she gets out.

[solesuccess]

[ things he's concerned about: double corrosion. rodion's safety. gregor himself. yuri having to watch all of this, actually. there are so many factors to this that are a little too intense. no pressure, rodya!

but yeah. he's just folding his arms over his chest, gripping the greasy, rusty elbow of his metal-cased arm. ]

Yeah. Pods are open and we have heal guns left...as long as people brought them with them today.

[roseoftexas]

[ oh there are so many things to be concerned about no kidding. but right now he can only focus on the immediate aftermath and what that might be for the person fighting for her life in there.

the rest... the rest can come afterwards. ]

Right. [ ... ] Even if they didn't, we can move fast.

[solesuccess]

[ can they outrace gregor's shapeshifting bug arm. can they.

regardless, he nods and goes silent again to watch this because this just got, like, ten times worse. oof. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ honestly i think gregor should shatter the barrier and take out half of us. ]

[solesuccess]

[ :amen: ]