WEEK 11

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (11)

monday - thursday (14) survivors Sunday's trial was only mere hours ago, but you find yourself faced with a new week on The Pygmalion. When you awaken, you will find the ship restored to its previous state, all areas interfered with during the murder looking mostly the same as they did before. It seems you have more exploring to do. The robot in the cafeteria has prepared another breakfast of various foods. (OOC: Please submit your murder proposals by 9 PM EST Tuesday.) taken list profiles private conversations setting rulebook murder proposals ENTER COMMAND_

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[socloverit]

[okay so Clover has firmly established that Fuck This Guy but that last bit catches her attention and she actually leans in, voice quiet and cold.]

What do you mean they've helped us more than we know?

[if the fact that she's actually talking to him isn't enough indication, the look on her face screams that he should probably be careful how he answers this; most people she cares about are dead and this is highly relevant to her interests.]

[tevinteriscoming]

[Reakly obviously unsettled by the fact that she's talking to him at all. That wasn't what he was planning to happen he thought they'd had an arrangement. But yes. Okay. He'll just be very matter of fact and impersonal in his response.]

After the Furry Passing update a few weeks prior, some characters representing those who died here have been sending brief messages to a few individuals. At first it seemed an obvious hoax, but there have been a few potentially corroborating details. I don't know how many of us have been receiving messages; we've been told to keep the information close. But that hardly matters now. Dave was one of the ones they were speaking to.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

Wait, what? What kind of information?

[and wow leave Dave alone that's not his fault smh]

[tevinteriscoming]

[Listen it is absolutely not Dave's fault but also it's a huge disaster. The whole reason they were hiding these things was to keep the aliens from finding out.]

What little they can piece together from where they are. They have access to information sometimes. Much of it we've eventually learned here ourselves, but belatedly.

I'm sorry, I wish I could say more, but I can't tell you more than what Dave already knew. Still, I trust them. I trust the information comes from a helpful place, and I trust that at least in some sense, we really are communicating with them.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

That's... Insane.

[he'd gotten the corrupted letter from Frankenstein but hadn't believed it, and even though he was ready to accept the potential "revival" through the project, the actual speaking with the dead part is a bit... much.]

How can... where are they?

[tevinteriscoming]

[His lip twists slightly in concern at the question, remembering something.]

Somewhere else. I thought on the ship somewhere, but it turns out they may literally be inside the Furry Passing game. At any rate, it's nowhere we can get to.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

Inside the game? That's... [he looks at Luke for two seconds before shaking his head and turning back to Dorian] All of them?

[tevinteriscoming]

[Giving Luke a suspicious look himself?? What have you guys been talking about.]

It's only speculation, but the theory, I believe, passes muster.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

[~it is a mystery~ ghost emoji]

... Could we... bring them back out?

[he's not sure he wants to ask, because it feels like a crazy thing to want and ask, and because-- well. Clover's right there.]

[tevinteriscoming]

Don't ask me. It may be possible. Whether we'll manage it is another matter entirely.

[Trying to be nonchalant about this although he clearly isn't.]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

... I hope so.

[normally he'd be more optimistic but like give him a little bit]

[chiseler]

[Okay look both of you are giving him looks for different reasons and it's weird. But Adrien gets a reassuring look and one that says he'll talk to him later about all of this if necessary, and Dorian gets one that's a lift of the eyebrows. Sorry bro, business as usual.]

[socloverit]

[listen as much as she enjoys (or like, as close to enjoying as she can do anymore) watching Dorian squirm because of her, she doesn't like breaking the status quo either? and apparently this answer disappoints her because she just flops back into her seat, arms crossed, frowning.]

That's nothing new. [mutter mutter harrumphs, she was expecting new information!!! but she's back to the usual furiously ignoring him now, things are back to the way they should be.]

[tevinteriscoming]

[Internally rolling his eyes!!! They can talk to the dead, no big deal. Why couldn't he share something cool! But know, he assumes from her words she's received a message, too.

So, he'll add one more thing. He doesn't want to mention what he learned about the motive last week; it's too likely to upset her and then where will he be? But he does think she deserves to hear what he knows, so he'll take the risk just a little.]

Last week, the AI offered us something entirely impossible, as she does each week. For the first time, however, it was an impossible offer she would have been forced to prove. Think of what it would have meant, if someone had succeeded, and she wasn't able to do what she'd offered.

[He doesn't trust the motives, but that one, at least - he doesn't think it would have been a motive if it wasn't possible for her to make good on her word. And Alice privately confirmed to him that someone who died on the ship would have been revived right away.]

You must, and will, make up your own mind, I imagine. Just a thought.