[ stretching in the middle of the simulation room, which is currently displaying a sunny beach scene. he glances over a little warily when he hears someone come in, but charles doesn't immediately set off any creep alarms, so he offers a smile. ]
Aaah, even if it's fake, it feels nice after being stuck in that stupid room all day yesterday!
Takes some of the edge off the whole cold-void-of-space thing, anyway. The cabin fever must have been rough up here before they invented things like this.
Haha, I don't even want to think about it. One day of being trapped in the bay was enough, never mind our future of being stuck on this ship for a week without any outdoors.
Hm... maybe? I don't think most other planets even have air, but I guess these places must be able to sustain life somehow if they're sending out delivery orders.
You're right, why did they recruit a bunch of people inexperienced with space for a space crew? Isabel and Margaret are the only ones I've met who're right at home.
Right? There are even kids and a huge shark guy. Unless this is supposed to be a slapstick comedy sketch, I don't really know what they were going for here.
Tell me about it... Baiken talked about the possibility of someone else like an unhelpful acquaintance or an enemy signing our names for us, but I don't know how much I believe in that theory yet.
[hard to say one way or another.]
D'you think there's anything that would get you to sign, in theory?
[hi... charles is pacing around the ship, though he'll pause when he sees todomatsu. there's a lot of grief and shock and guilt coming from him, though a blip of relief comes through when he sees that todomatsu's okay.
though outwardly, for the most part, he seems calm.]
Yeah. He collapsed in front of everyone on the observation deck just moments before we blacked out—and given that everything we were experiencing through the nanites or whatever stopped then, it's safe to assume that was his moment of death.
... Not exactly. We were all feeling pains soon after being locked in, but none of us were sure where they were coming from. In hindsight, he was the source.
So... I think he already had health issues that he didn't want people to know about.
[ he's just kind of thinking about his mortality now again after pushing it out of mind for a long time... and then that in turn is making this feel more real. ]
Whatever it was though... it's scary to think that someone who seemed fine the day before can just end up like that all of a sudden, you know?
It's just— there are different kinds of death, you know? Or... maybe you don't know.
[ maybe nobody knows. it doesn't seem like it's like that for any of these people where they came from, so maybe it's not like that here, either, and that's what's really freaking him out. ]
There are the stupid gag ones where you come back in the next segment, and then there are the serious ones that actually stick. [ and sometimes there's a weird season finale that's somewhere in between. ] But that's— you don't just drop one of those right at the start of the season, let alone two!
Does seem like they were holding out on us, huh? I'm used to wearing the same thing since you gotta pack light when traveling, but still, it's nice to have some variety.
Ugh. I thought it was supposed to be a ploy to get at the actual killer. Like, if Dion-san had already refused to accuse him, then he wouldn't have been okay with him sacrificing himself in his place either and would have come forward to stop it before it got there!
I managed to get another supply [because i couldn't think of anything else to use the home item voucher on] so hopefully enough to last another few weeks, as long as I'm careful...
[ ...and then because it's still memshare week we're going into the void for a memory that i finally got the audio synced on after like 12 tries, jesus christ vlc. ]
Oh, we're getting into the deep questions now, huh? [thinks...] Well, depends on the family, right? There are people out there who wouldn't trade their siblings for anything, and there are those who don't get along.
I've never complained about being an only child, though sometimes it does seem like it'd be nice to have a sibling.
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weekend 0, saturday
Aaah, even if it's fake, it feels nice after being stuck in that stupid room all day yesterday!
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but at the sight of the beach, he looks around in mild awe.]
Right? If we can't actually go outside, this is the next best thing.
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[ even if you wouldn't be going anywhere anyway. said with all the authority of someone who came from spring 2021. ]
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he nods.]
And it sounds like we'll be arriving at the next destination in a week, so hopefully we can get some real air then.
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[he's a ye olde he doesn't know shit about space]
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You're right, why did they recruit a bunch of people inexperienced with space for a space crew? Isabel and Margaret are the only ones I've met who're right at home.
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Well... if nothing else, Sidon's a friendly guy, and the kids seem smart—but it is pretty messed up.
[NUTS & BOLT WHY DO YOU SUPPORT CHILD LABOUR]
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[hard to say one way or another.]
D'you think there's anything that would get you to sign, in theory?
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...Yeah, probably. But if I don't remember getting it, then this is a total ripoff.
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week 0, friday
though outwardly, for the most part, he seems calm.]
... Hey.
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Hey. [ ... ] It seems like no one really has any idea what happened, huh?
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[we saw luke die, but dahut was fine.]
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He just... collapsed? Like, out of nowhere?
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So... I think he already had health issues that he didn't want people to know about.
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[ that brings a pang of a more familiar kind of anxiety with it. ]
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[...]
You okay? Worried about a heart attack yourself?
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If it's any consolation, I don't think it was a literal heart attack in Luke's case.
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[ he's just kind of thinking about his mortality now again after pushing it out of mind for a long time... and then that in turn is making this feel more real. ]
Whatever it was though... it's scary to think that someone who seemed fine the day before can just end up like that all of a sudden, you know?
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[ how many times have i died?? seven??? ]
It's just— there are different kinds of death, you know? Or... maybe you don't know.
[ maybe nobody knows. it doesn't seem like it's like that for any of these people where they came from, so maybe it's not like that here, either, and that's what's really freaking him out. ]
There are the stupid gag ones where you come back in the next segment, and then there are the serious ones that actually stick. [ and sometimes there's a weird season finale that's somewhere in between. ] But that's— you don't just drop one of those right at the start of the season, let alone two!
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...I don't know. Okay? I guess? It's a lot to wrap my head around.
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he shakes his head. ]
Thanks, but I can just grab something from the vending machine. ...Anyway, it sounds like your group here had a worse night than I did.
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Hey, it's not a competition. I think we all had a pretty bad night.
week 1, monday
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Charles-san! Looking for something new to wear?
Honestly, I can't believe they had us wearing the same two outfits for more than a week when there was a place like this on the ship...
[ even as an anime character whose canon has made this joke he still has AT LEAST three visibly different casual personal outfits each season ]
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Does seem like they were holding out on us, huh? I'm used to wearing the same thing since you gotta pack light when traveling, but still, it's nice to have some variety.
w3, saturday
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... Rough time, huh?
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Guess that was expecting too much.
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Want a river bean?
[HE SEEMS LIKE HE COULD USE IT...]
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...Do those really not do anything?
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But if you really want something with an effect, I still have two of those happles that make you only feel happy for a few hours?
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Nah, save those for something worse. I'm fine with being angry.
[ ... ]
I'll take a bean though, I guess.
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[holds out a bean to him]
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eats it ]
...Thanks.
[ these really are pretty good beans. ]
How many do you have left at this point?
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I managed to get another supply [because i couldn't think of anything else to use the home item voucher on] so hopefully enough to last another few weeks, as long as I'm careful...
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[ ...and then because it's still memshare week we're going into the void for a memory that i finally got the audio synced on after like 12 tries, jesus christ vlc. ]
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... Is this what having siblings is like...?
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When all the siblings are total shitheads, yeah, pretty much.
You don't have any, huh?
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I'm an only child, for better or for worse.
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I've never complained about being an only child, though sometimes it does seem like it'd be nice to have a sibling.
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It's just hard for me to even imagine it. I've been stuck with the five of them since before we were even born.
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Heh. It's got its ups and downs, I'm guessing?