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AL-2955 ([personal profile] al2955) wrote2016-08-16 07:22 pm

trash bin PART TWO

the pygmalion. . .

???



OPENING PROGRAM . . .
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_PROGRAM CRASHED
_PROGRAM REBOOT?
>N
>SCAN PROGRAM
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_PROGRAM CRASHED
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>EMERGENCY LEVEL
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>EMERGENCY LEVEL
. . .
_EMERGENCY LEVEL LOADING
LOADING. . .
LOADING. . .
LOADING TEXTURE-NIGHT-SKY, TEXTURE-FULL-MOON, TEXTURE-DIRT-PATH, TEXTURE-CAMPFIRE
LOADING SOUND-CRICKETS, SOUND-GRAVEL, SOUND-WIND, SOUND-FIRE-CRACKLING
UPLOADING USER
UPLOADING USER
UPLOADING USER
UPLOAD SUCCESSFUL
TRASH BIN


It feels more like an electrical zap than dying. Dying might feel a little bit more like falling asleep, but this is harder, more painful. If you've ever been electrocuted, the feeling might seem familiar; the discovery you make when you open your eyes, too, is likely very familiar. It's the night sky. Stars twinkle, a fire cracks warmly. You sit up and observe the surrounding area, and it's like you've woken up in some sort of canyon. The fire burns brightly, the moon shines beautifully, the crickets sing, and it is ... peaceful.

Mostly.

You know you're dead. This must be, then, the after life? Or something like it, at least. The horizon stretches on forever, the dirt and gravel seemingly endless. The moon is so big and bright, it's like you could reach out and touch her. There's a shed not too far from the fire, only but a stone's throw away, as if someone else might have made it, and then went inside it. Approaching it, you can see the light glowing inside it through the dusty windows that are littered with fingerprints. A computer screen, so large and wide that it's baffling, sits, waiting. Turning knob reveals that the shed is unlocked, and stepping inside... it doesn't feel any different from the outside.

A chair sits in the center of the room, a strange contraption strapped to the head of it. It looks like it would lower itself upon the head of whoever dares to sit on it, and wires from it's bottom curl up towards the machines attached to the screen. Several smaller desktop screens sit beneath the giant monitor. They, too, are hooked up to the machines scattered around the room, to the ominous one perched on top of the medical chair, and they blink, as if fighting to stay alive without use.

Pressing the giant monitor on, it lights up, and displays, strangely enough... a security camera feed. You push the button. It switches to another room. Again, another room. Again, another room. So on and forth.

You peeping tom! But no one can blame you, in the end. You might as well digitally haunt the rest of the ship until the game ends, and AL-2955 can clean out the trash bin.

...Right?


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[personal profile] qundercover 2016-08-17 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Don't worry, he's got a good eye for this type of thing.]

Never been resurrected before, so can't say for sure if that's what it feels like.
tacklefordwhimsy: Think local, not global (That was unfortunate)

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[personal profile] tacklefordwhimsy 2016-08-17 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Shelley was in the shed when it all started. What's the word for this situation? Uuuuh...'dizzying'. That's the word. Shelley feels horribly disoriented for a couple minutes, covering her ears from the screech, and when it's over she looks around as if she expected to see something unusual.

Everything seems to be intact, though]


...that was freaky.

[To say the least. The short transmission did reveal her a couple details, though. She makes mental note of it for next time she contacts the living]
breakshot: (pic#10246936)

1/?

[personal profile] breakshot 2016-08-17 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ As the seams of reality are literally torn apart, Machias struggles to yell, scream, hold onto something in an effort to not get swept in.

And then he's met with a familiar sight. Machias's eyes are wide and his mouth has fallen open as he struggles to comprehend this, well, whatever the hell this is. ]


Wha... I...
breakshot: (trudge along)

2/3

[personal profile] breakshot 2016-08-17 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's glancing around! And almost immediately his hand is reaching out to touch the nearby wall, checking to see if it's real. ]

We're back? ... W-We're back on board?
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[personal profile] muties 2016-08-17 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ this is still kind of weird (not the dead part, just in general) and roxy has. no clue what she expects for a day-to-day in Death so she's not sure whether to be seriously fucked up by the world's trippiest earthquake combined with what makes her wonder if she somehow is actually drunk again. honestly she could use a drink right now what the shit. ]

Ok, is that normal.

[ someone kiss her corpse and bring her back that was a little terrifying and she's 60% sure she spotted dirk strider rapping existing in the distance and she's not sure what to do with. that. SOMEONE CONFIRM WHETHER SHE SHOULD GET USED TO THAT. ]
breakshot: (severe blow)

3/3

[personal profile] breakshot 2016-08-17 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ LET'S POUND THAT FIST INTO THE WALL TO BE SURE and get back to our regularly scheduled-- ]

What the hell is going on?!
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[personal profile] baptizer 2016-08-17 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ Of course, the first thing she goes is to the shed - the focal point of everyone's morbid discomfort. She rushes in, looking as if she saw a ghost. ]

Does the - is it still the Pygmalion on the screens?!

[ She saw him - Booker. Oh hey, Shelley, let's just pretend they caught up and all that good stuff. ]
isodope: (■ wait)

[personal profile] isodope 2016-08-17 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Hancock was already covering his ears the moment Machias began talking, because he knows where this was going. Once he thinks it's safe he'll remove his hands.]

Yeah this is pretty great. And suspicious as hell. We should watch ourselves... looks like not everyone is here.
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[personal profile] deformity 2016-08-17 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh... Machias, really, our ears have suffered enough.

[ Bro, do you not remember that loud screech that just happened...!

Allen puts a hand against the wall to steady himself and then he starts cautiously walking forward. ]


We seem to be back, but where are the others?
booklore: yelling!! (♪ —what you're falling for)

[personal profile] booklore 2016-08-17 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ Lavi starts rubbing his ear. Ouch. Machias has some sturdy lungs on him. ]

They've got to be somewhere nearby. Maybe they're in another room? [ And then (because there hasn't been enough yelling yet), Lavi puts his hands to his mouth and starts shouting. ]

MATTIE!! SHELL!! ALIEN GUY!!
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[personal profile] qundercover 2016-08-17 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[sighing???? Listen if this buddy comedy needs a dad around Bull is happy to provide the disappointment.]

You know it's smarter to scope a place out before you go announcing your presence by screaming it, yeah?

[Listen, he's big, he can start to herd everyone together to at least some semblance of everyone on their feet and ready to start moving.]
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[personal profile] baptizer 2016-08-17 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ tw: your sons murder victim

Just kidding. There's no way Elizabeth would know it's normal but she's not too happy to have seen a familiar face of her own too. Even if it was brief and mixed with painful sounds. ]


Not that I know of - no.

[ #awkward ]

Didn't get the mention of it when I got here.
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[personal profile] breakshot 2016-08-17 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ Be the dad figure we don't deserve. Quell the shitchild's angry shouty issues. Meanwhile Machias nearly stumbles when his fist doesn't meet the surface as expected. With a frustrated curse slipping loose as he dusts himself off, Machias quips back: ]

I'm aware of that, but you can't seriously tell me you were expecting us to end up back on--

[ It seems the absurdity of this situation is enough for Machias to temporarily put aside any misgivings he previously had. Nevermind that, however, Machias stops when they spot the newcomer walking out. ]

Wait, look over there. [ Keeping his voice level and quiet, he'll point them out. ] Who's that?
isodope: (■ dismiss)

[personal profile] isodope 2016-08-17 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
[He lowers his voice as well, unsure if the person walking out is friend or foe.]

Looks like... some guy? I dunno, never seen him before. Beginning to wonder if we're even back on the ship proper.
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[personal profile] tacklefordwhimsy 2016-08-17 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Let's see...

[In the screens Shelley can see Adrien sans arm, Jack being the usual jackass self and everyone else being in various states of stress]

Yes, that's the Pygmalion! They seem to be okay and not dying right now.

[Which is rather good, last time freaky stuff happened everyone alive almost suffocates to death]
Edited 2016-08-17 01:47 (UTC)
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[personal profile] deformity 2016-08-17 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ who dat

Allen puts his hand to the wall again, just in case, and makes a face when it inevitably goes through. Any hopes of being alive = dashed. ]


Do you think he'll be able to see us? [ He cups a hand to his mouth, but instead of yelling, he whispers really loudly. ] PSST, hey, you!
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[personal profile] booklore 2016-08-17 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Lavi looks between the group and the new person carefully. If they hadn't appeared, he probably would have started jumping back and forth between the walls but now...

Now he takes a few steps back so he's behind the group and starts observing them. ]
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[personal profile] qundercover 2016-08-17 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Despite his warning exactly two seconds previously and everyone else immediately quieting down in suspicion, Bull immediately lights up, anyone between him and the guy is getting promptly shoved out the way as he moves towards him.

He's still got his own hangups and quirks though - enough to keep him still standing at least swinging distance away for now - he may already be dead, but he doesn't know if it's an alien, a demon, or an illusion. He's still not going to hide how happy he is to at least see Krem's face. Also, practically yelling.
]

Krem! How the fuck are you doing?
Edited 2016-08-17 01:55 (UTC)
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[personal profile] breakshot 2016-08-17 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
... Honestly, what was that again, something involving scoping out the perimeter before announcing our presence? Are we just tossing that right out the window now?

[ Bull, are you there? Are you listening? In either case, Machias shakes his head and approaches carefully, stopping before the parlor. ]

It doesn't sound like anyone knows we're here, but let's be careful. We don't know what will happen.
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[personal profile] isodope 2016-08-17 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Haha....ouch. Yeah, he'll just pat Bull's arm after that happened. Poor guy.]

Ah, lay off him Mariachi. [He smirks and shrugs.] At least we know who the mystery guy is now - and that he can't see or hear us. Let's see where he's going off to.

[And Hancock will walk toward the lounge.]
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[personal profile] qundercover 2016-08-17 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Thank you Hancock for being a FRIEND. He can't help the brief look of disappointment, it's a pretty harsh reminder of your mortality that your alive friends can't see you. He doesn't say anything to Machias quite yet - at least he had a good reason to yell!!!]

Right. Best to keep an eye on him anyway.

[ Still obviously bummed, doing the george michael sad walk into the lounge.]

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