WEEK 1 - Online

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the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (1)

monday (41) survivors It had been three days since you had awoken. The ship was still quiet, except for the low hums of enigmatic machines with no apparent purpose. You awake, like usual, to dim lighting and poor rations. Perhaps being on the ship had grown monotonous — it was, perhaps, amazing how little anything seemed to happen in space, a final frontier of malaise. That monotony is crushed by a voice echoing through the narrow hallways. Reformatting . . . Reformatting . . . Reformatting complete. The Pygmalion is online. Welcome, travelers. Please assemble in the meeting room. Your presence is mandatory. Silence falls once again. A minute or so passes, and the lights around the ship finally brighten, the walls looking more alive and more unfamiliar — as if you must relearn the ship's interior once again. The robots on deck begin to make rounds, nudging and pushing at the ship's passengers to make their way to the meeting room. You hear the doors behind you lock. It seems there is only one path to take. ENTER COMMAND_

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[puzzlesss]

[ ah.

yes.

another game with murder and death and... he sighs. almost as if he expected it — which you might think, considering how calm he is. ]

Of course. This is how these things always play out, isn't it...

[ MURDER GAME NUMBER THREE WOOOHOOOO ]

[socloverit]

[INCHING HER CHAIR CLOSER AND CLOSER TO LIGHT AS SHE READS THE EXPLANATION and glaring suspiciously at everyone else, like she expects the murder to start right this second or something]

[puzzlesss]

[ why do the fields always end up in this bullshit. he's certainly not going to say "they're probably not going to murder" because he knows how some humans are when put in these circumstances and, yes, some of them will probably murder.



.... jesus christ!!! ]

Thank you, Clover. [ for reading, that is. and, as he puts a hand on her shoulder: ] And don't worry. We'll be fine.

[ but really. not this shit again. ]

[socloverit]

[of course people are going to murder but damn usually the people in charge just leave the "also you've gotta kill each other" bit implied]

Yeah, of course.

[But she relaxes a little at the hand on her shoulder, even if anyone who moves too suddenly definitely still gets the if-you-come-too-close-to-either-of-us-I-will-murder-you-myself-right-here-do-you-wanna-go glare, even when she moves to lean against Light's side.] I know. [They always have been.

BUT SHE'S STILL WORRYING, NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN]

[parodeity]

I mean, I figured it was some brand of bullshit but this takes a certain amount of cake.

[ 0/10 would not retweet ]

[puzzlesss]

Well... Yes. It seems your original assumption of our captors adhering to the "uncool cliches" was correct.

[ would also not retweet tbh!! why is it always murder and death ]

[parodeity]

Yeah, I'm always spot on when I least wanna be.

[ thanks, universe. ]

Eh. I'd rather do the dying shit than the killing shit, so. Whatever.

[ although he's also fully prepared to defend himself. ]

[puzzlesss]

Ah, I would avoid saying such things out loud, Dave. Someone might take you up on that offer.

[ stop making morbid jokes light. but he continues: ]

Which would be unfortunate, as I'd rather see you survive to when we get to the bottom of this—and after that, as well.

[ you're cool junpei, anddd obviously, he likes cool junpei. ]

[parodeity]

Despite the preference, I'm not exactly plannin' on layin' down and saying take me, I'm yours.

[ LIKE, HE HAS A SWORD, GUYS ]

But hey, same here. on me surviving, and rather seein' you survive. You're funny as shit.

[puzzlesss]

[ clover probably got to his sword on the ninja info cards and refused to pronounce that shit, so does he truly know ....

... no he does. swing it at people, dave. ]

My sense of humor hasn't ever been quoted as a reason to hope for my survival, but I'm pleased to hear it's satisfied you enough.

[ ... ]

Here's to laughing lightly at the face of our captors in the future.

[parodeity]

[ dave will totally swing it at people. cool junpei wants to live???? he also wants the light sibs to live because. they are awesome. ]

I'm down to laugh lightly, but we can also full out guffaw at them because. These "motives" should be a trip.