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completelycrazy) wrote2017-08-08 01:55 am
completelycrazy) wrote2017-08-08 01:55 am
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week 1 - vriska - tuesday night
[It's been a long day, so Newt heads down to the beach to hang out by the water while he listens to music. Having this little iPod thing is nice, though he's not sure how long the battery's gonna hold... He doubts the Chief will hook him up with a charger. Tragic.
Oh well. May as well take advantage while he can.
He's laying around in the sand (he is sO TIRED of sand already but there's no avoiding it, argh) with his earbuds in, trying to parse out any remotely familiar constellations in the stars above. It's picturesque and all, but he'd like it better if it was recognizable. Man, what a downer.]
Oh well. May as well take advantage while he can.
He's laying around in the sand (he is sO TIRED of sand already but there's no avoiding it, argh) with his earbuds in, trying to parse out any remotely familiar constellations in the stars above. It's picturesque and all, but he'd like it better if it was recognizable. Man, what a downer.]
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I still say that's a good outlook. I bet there's some kind of happy ending in it for you, though. It might just be tough to unlock. I know our odds against the Kaiju were garbage, but we managed to pull it out in the end.
[Which... also comes with it's own crappy consequences, but, bright side.]
oh shit i thought i did this, sorry!!
Anyway, hey. She's just kinda gonna. Look at him. A happy ending, huh. ]
I want to ask you about whatever the hell kaiju are, so remind me to come back to that. But there is something else I've been meaning to ask you, first.
What are you going to do? About this game we're in, I mean.
LOL no worries! <3
I'm not going to kill anyone, if that's what you're asking. [He doesn't sound offended or anything, though. It's a fair question.] I'm planning to keep my head down and help out however I can. Honestly, I haven't quite figured out what that means yet, but I guess we'll see come Friday. What about you?
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I guess that's what I'm asking! I think most of us would give that answer right now, if asked. But I am certain someone will cave, and people will start dying. Don't forget what one of those creepy clones said, either. Hal. He said he has something in place to make sure we die even if absolutely everyone refuses to kill, and between you and me, I don't think that'll be the case.
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I know. Not all of us are going to make it out of here alive. That's a given. My worry is that after someone caves, it'll create a domino effect. We'll need to execute whoever we think is guilty, apparently, and then there's the issue of partners. Three people will be dead come Sunday. At least.
[Sure, there's more than 40 of them now, but their odds are only going to get worse as the numbers dwindle.]
And it doesn't help that most of you are so young.
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[ Gestures vaguely with one hand. ]
I mean, you're right about the body count we'll have by Sunday. But as fucked up and terrible as that is by itself, it's actually going to get worse! Because we are all going to realize there is a killer in our midst, and since pretty much everybody is claiming they aren't going to kill anyone, we'll all know somebody's lying. Distrust will breed paranoia, and paranoia will breed dead kids everywhere, probably. Since you're right about that. There are a lot of teenagers here, plus that one itty bitty mini-human who is basically an infant. [ ... she means Laphicet. ]. Pretty strange!
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Yeah, that's what I mean about the domino effect. This stuff is only going to compound. And what's worse is that I don't think we're going to be able to avoid it.
[Oof. He is familiar with Laphicet and god does he not want to think about a ten-year-old here...]
I don't like the thought of us all getting thrown in the same ring together. It's not fair. [In fact it's the worst part about all of this, if you ask him.]
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Nope. [ ... blunt and straightforward as always. ]
No kidding! It is definitely an uneven playing field. There are ruthless people here who aren't going to give a shit right alongside your most staunchly moral hero types who'd sacrifice themselves before hurting anybody else! It's not a good mix for a game like this. A lot of people will die before the end.
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So what's your plan? Play along and hope you don't get killed in the process?
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anyway, his question makes her look thoughtful, and she's quiet for a space of time. ]
I don't know yet, [ she says, and it has the ring of honesty. ] I mean, for now, probably? I'll be honest with you. If someone on this island tries to bump me off, I have no qualms about killing them in self-defense if it's necessary. Beyond that, though... I guess my real focus will be on figuring a way out of this game. What about you?
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I'm not about to murder anyone just for the hell of it, and I don't see how me killing anyone would help any of us get out of here, but if push comes to shove... We have to do what we have to do. There's no point in lying down and taking it.
[He thinks for a moment, playing with the earbud cord as he does.] If I'm gonna die, the least I can do is fight back and maybe try to leave some kind of clue as to who my killer is. That'll at least help the rest of you get out of here.
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You've got spine. More than I would have expected from your run-of-the-mill human. I'd be willing to wager you have probably seen some shit.
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Didn't I tell you about how I saved the world? [did he?? he has no idea but he's pretty sure the whole island has heard about how great and brave he is at this point AND IT'S ONLY TUESDAY...]
I've been living in a world that's been under constant and immediate threat of destruction for more than a decade. That kind of prognosis really does a number on your psyche after a while.
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[ Vriska will lift both her eyebrows, smiling slightly. ]
I would like to hear how you got out of that one. Personally, as you keep pointing out!
you asked for this
[He takes his own advice and gets comfortable. He's not even sure where to start, really. Having to explain what Kaiju even are is not something he's ever expected to have to do. It's so wild being on an island full of people who've never even heard of them.]
So, Earth's been under attack for the past eleven years or so. These massive aliens, the Kaiju, were coming up out of the ocean through this thing called the Breach, a wormhole that connected our universe to the Anteverse. The Kaiju are huge, and when they first started coming through, we didn't really have a fix for it. The first one leveled three cities before we were able to take it down, and even that took three nukes.
[He could yell about how awesome Trespasser was all day, but, moving on... He's very much talking with his hands now, his voice brightening. Kaiju are so flipping cool, even if they're also, like, horrifying.]
Anyway, humankind banded together because the apocalypse was nigh, blah blah, we made the Jaeger program. Giant fighting robots specifically designed to fight the Kaiju. [He shrugs. The Jaegers are overrated.] They're the heroes, according the the world, but when I get back, I'm going to make sure everyone knows it was my research that sealed the deal. I'm a xenobiologist. I've been studying the Kaiju, trying to find weaknesses or clues that might help us figure out how to stop them.
After the last Kaiju attack, we were able to harvest a viable chunk of brain from the corpse, so I built this thing called a Pons system out of junk parts I stole out of storage. A Pons system is what the Jaeger pilots use to--wait, did I explain Drifting? Crap. Uh. Long story short, a Pons system allows two people to link brains. I used that to link brains with the Kaiju specimen, so I was able to figure out how to close the Breach, ergo, I saved the world. The Jaeger pilots would've been useless if they didn't have the info I was able to give them because I was the only one brave enough to risk the experiment.
[And he doesn't even sound as up his own ass as he usually does when explaining how great he is!]
I also met a Kaiju. Like, face to face. She almost killed me. Oh, they look like this, by the way. [He rolls over to show her the tattoos on his forearms.] That's Atticon and Yamarashi. The one I Drifted with was Mutavore, and the one I met was Otachi, but I haven't had a chance to get ink of them yet.