WEEK 10 - Investigation

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (10)

friday (?) survivors Friday comes, but there is no alarm this morning. It seems as though today will go normally for once. Is it truly safe? Tentatively, you leave your safe haven. taken list profiles setting rulebook ENTER COMMAND_

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[antagonize]

[Yeah. For once Jason isn't going to crack any jokes at Luke's expense. This is already weird, considering he was making dick jokes about Machias's blown apart body last week. Oh, well. He's gesturing towards airlock in turn.]

Yeah, well. Looks like we have a two for one special today. [He sounds very calm, at least.] Elizabeth's outside. We're hoping you could fetch her for us, or — whatever.

[Vaguely... shrugs... Just do your thing, kids. It's not like the three of them can survive outside in space.]

[refactor]

[ Jack's arms are crossed pretty tightly when they enter, but at what Dave says, he does raise an eyebrow in light surprise. ]

Who's the other?

[chiseler]

[He looks pretty surprised too because nobody mentioned a second murder. This isn't boding well at all and there's an uncomfortable shift even as he cracks a small, grim smile at Roxy. Very funny, Lalonde.]

I'd like to know the same thing. But also...I know both of you can fly. Think you can sustain yourself out in space for a little bit? [Look he knows Sburb's a weird game and that they both have weird-ass powers, it's a Thought.]

[parodeity]

Totty, in the cold storage.

[ dave's expression had gone from curious to dead serious at elizabeth's name. she liked pizza? a stupid amount? and everyone liked liz. except, like, clover. shit. ]

Fuck. [ but, responding to luke with a half shrug: ] Normally? Yes. We've both been hella nerfed, though, so idk if our space-breathing is still a thing. Mom, I'll go out first, you go second only if I don't, like, implode.

[ dave...that's so reckless? he pauses. ]

Imma assume you asked Alice to open the airlock or something? Anyway, I guess we'll have to go in alone for this part. Give us a few.

[ PRESUMABLY ROXY WILL ARGUE DAVE GOING FIRST but whatever after her tag assume the homestucks put themselves in the airlock room and shut the door so they can like

fly out into space and retrieve a dead body shit this is a terrible bonding experience why doesn't luke ever invite them on nice bonding experiences ]

[muties]

... Well, shit.

[ understatement. poor elizabeth? and poor jason, a widower after like. half a week. god. ]

I'm sure it's fine, Dave. [ insert arguing and INTO THE AIRLOCK THEY GO

and fly into space to retrieve a dead body. they have a lovely conversation. roxy wonders aloud if jason and elizabeth consummated their marriage. they fly elizabeth back into the ship to be examined by her husband, father, and... brother? yeah ok luke is now elizabeth's brother. this is now the narrative.

continue on. ]

[al2955]

[ Space is very cold. But because homestucks are OP it's completely fine. They have to go a considerable distance to get to Elizabeth, but once they get her, she doesn't exactly protest in coming with them. Because she's dead and all.

Once they get back, Alice speaks to them in the airlock. ]

Before I allow you back into the ship, I would like the two of you to hit the button in the corner. It will release a harmless cleansing foam that will dissolve quickly.

[ And you can assume once they do that they enter the ship at large again. There's no residue leftover from the foam at all.

Once they get a chance to look, they'll notice a large amount of blood dried and frozen to Elizabeth's head. It's pretty matted. ]

[antagonize]

[LOOK. THEIR MARRIAGE WAS A SHAM. LET'S NOT MENTION IT AGAIN??? Also Luke is a shitty brother and Jack an even shittier father. Let's not.

He'll be carefully examining Elizabeth's head once they're able to look at her corpse. Where the heckie is all that blood coming from? Important questions they need answers to.]

You said Totty was found in the cold storage. Did he... what, freeze to death?

[al2955]

[ The blood can be traced to a gash on the top of Elizabeth's head. There's a lot of blood to sort through, though. Her blouse and even part of her skirt is stained with blood. ]