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[a voice from everywhere and nowhere.]
What about it.
What about it.
Well. [gestures vaguely] We'll see when you ask, won't we.
... When things have been the same way for a very long time, and then something happens very quickly to change it, it can be... scary, I think! When you know how things worked, and you don't know if things will still work the same way after, or at all...
[she trails off. she opens the package.]
[she trails off. she opens the package.]
[his gaze is fixed on him, drinking it all in, though he can't help but imagine the face above him as having much less skin...
he pulls him as deep down as he can manage, swallowing hard.]
he pulls him as deep down as he can manage, swallowing hard.]
[ While on her tiptoes, but she folds her arms on top of the counter, resting her chin in them as she watches Friday open the package. She really should have dragged a chair over to stand on like she did last time... ]
I... think... we might have to do more scary things. To make things change for the better. [ A pause, speaking slowly as if she's trying to figure out what to say. ] I... don't like staying here and using people's suffering as fuel. And I wanna live somewhere off the ship someday...
[ Inside the package is... two plush puppets!A very old regain. The one with button eyes is supposed to be Jenny obviously. And the other is Friday. (Pretend they look something like this, but better than this sketch....) ]
...I have a lot of dolls already, so you can have them. That's Little Jenny and that's Little Friday.
I... think... we might have to do more scary things. To make things change for the better. [ A pause, speaking slowly as if she's trying to figure out what to say. ] I... don't like staying here and using people's suffering as fuel. And I wanna live somewhere off the ship someday...
[ Inside the package is... two plush puppets!
...I have a lot of dolls already, so you can have them. That's Little Jenny and that's Little Friday.
He's still leaning close to the door.
"In theory... could someone generate enough suffering prior to an on-board death that that death would not incur a penalty? Would it be possible to generate so much anguish and so much pain that the boat would experience a net positive? I recognize that the amount of suffering required would have to be immense..."
"In theory... could someone generate enough suffering prior to an on-board death that that death would not incur a penalty? Would it be possible to generate so much anguish and so much pain that the boat would experience a net positive? I recognize that the amount of suffering required would have to be immense..."
That deal with Robert on the last excursion, was he real like us?
After talking with Tayrey in the infirmary, Cassandra heads down to the end of the corridor of passenger cabins, and stops at the door to Cabin 157.
She doesn't let herself hesitate before knocking, because if she hesitates she may never manage to do this.
She doesn't let herself hesitate before knocking, because if she hesitates she may never manage to do this.
[he tightens his hand around the one resting on his hip, abandoning the attempt at restraint as his hips rock forward. he can't keep himself from chasing the pleasure threatening to overwhelm him.]
Oh, yes, yes... [his body is wracked with shudders, visible for once now that there's flesh on top of bone, his voice stutter-stopping over mindless words as he tips over the edge and comes.]
Oh, yes, yes... [his body is wracked with shudders, visible for once now that there's flesh on top of bone, his voice stutter-stopping over mindless words as he tips over the edge and comes.]
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[a long pause.]
That isn't how any of this works.
That isn't how any of this works.
As real as you or me.
[so, y'know. not.]
[so, y'know. not.]
... I know. [and she doesn't know how she feels about that. she was never made to feel in the first place.
a pause. her hands slowly pick the dolls up, one in each, her face turned down towards them. for a moment, she is silent.]
... I'll take. Very good care of them.
a pause. her hands slowly pick the dolls up, one in each, her face turned down towards them. for a moment, she is silent.]
... I'll take. Very good care of them.
[he holds him down through it, gripping his hip tightly. after, he pulls himself slowly off, sitting back on his knees. there is a moment of visible contemplation before he says, at length:] Gross.
...If I asked you what I can do to make... changes, would you be able to tell me?
[ She doesn't think she'll get an answer, but she ought to try asking anyway. She had meant to ask Sparkles some questions while delivering cake a while back, but that conversation went a different route... ]
They're puppets too. They can fit on your hand. [ Helpfully explains, in case Friday did not know that. ] You can change their nicknames, if you want.
[ She doesn't think she'll get an answer, but she ought to try asking anyway. She had meant to ask Sparkles some questions while delivering cake a while back, but that conversation went a different route... ]
They're puppets too. They can fit on your hand. [ Helpfully explains, in case Friday did not know that. ] You can change their nicknames, if you want.
[his face scrunches up in playful disgust as he laughs.]
Just what a man loves to hear.
Just what a man loves to hear.
Sounds like a personal problem.
[he wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, and then looks up at him, grinning widely.]
[he wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, and then looks up at him, grinning widely.]
Um...
[ A lengthy pause. ]
You were the first person that was really nice to me! I remember... when you told me it was okay to eat the food in the buffet. And you gave me my first star sticker! At the sticker party. I'm... not sure if you remember. It's okay. I'm sure you were just doing your job, but... it was... a lot better than how things were, back where I came from. Thank you. I just... wanted to tell you that.
[ In case she disappears soon. She wanted to say something nice. Too many people from back then are gone. With Jade and Clarke's recent disappearances... she does worry about being next. ]
[ A lengthy pause. ]
You were the first person that was really nice to me! I remember... when you told me it was okay to eat the food in the buffet. And you gave me my first star sticker! At the sticker party. I'm... not sure if you remember. It's okay. I'm sure you were just doing your job, but... it was... a lot better than how things were, back where I came from. Thank you. I just... wanted to tell you that.
[ In case she disappears soon. She wanted to say something nice. Too many people from back then are gone. With Jade and Clarke's recent disappearances... she does worry about being next. ]
"Then please, enlighten me. I was under the impression that these 'death taxes' were to offset the increased cost of resurrection. Is there another purpose behind them, or is it simply something that's beyond a price?"
(At least it wasn't behind her.)
She manages to suppress any too-sharp startle reaction, and turns to face the little shadowy figure. "Hello. I have a message for you from Ari Tayrey."
She manages to suppress any too-sharp startle reaction, and turns to face the little shadowy figure. "Hello. I have a message for you from Ari Tayrey."
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