AUDIENCE 🚀 SCIEN

[dropoffs]

Comments

[egodist]

It would be very fitting for the nanites to conveniently stop working just as we're encountering an enemy who wants us all dead... though there are enough who say that the nanites are also suppressing their own powers.

[but he tilts his head then, contemplative]

I take it your relationship with him isn't exactly familial in the most common sense. Do you not want to go with him?

[dropoffs]

That would be incredibly bad luck. Plan Bs and escape plans are always great, though. Going with him isn't the problem. It's the rest of it. [ Attempts at human extinction, being a psychopath, etc. Mostly that Knives will hurt people. ] I can't just stand there and watch him do that, so we fight.

[egodist]

Plan Bs and Escape Plans will first require having even the most basic clue on how to get out of here, but I understand the sentiment of your statement.

[let them out....]

Fair enough. Do you suppose he could be so desperate to find you here that he would be willing to assist on the other side to bridge the gap? [a beat] Well, depending on how much he even remembers from interacting with us in dreams.

[dropoffs]

We can cross that bridge when we get there. [ Going to be... Week 3... ] He's worked with humans before, so... As long as he gets what he wants, I think he'll work with us. [ Nodding. ] Do you guys have a clue how well they remember?

[egodist]

Not yet. I've only begun corresponding them this week, but more chatty individuals like Dahut or Busybody might have a better idea.

[my npc cr......]

Are you open to using your own brother this way? I suppose you do get something out of it.

[getting back to the living...]

[dropoffs]

... We both get what we want, don't we? I come back and you guys come back. He would know we're using him, like he's using us. [ He's fine with it. ] Goals are aligned for now.

[egodist]

Do you anticipate a point in which our goals won't align?

[since 'for now' is a lot to be staking things on]

[dropoffs]

... Well, if I get back, who knows what he might do. Depends on his mood? And he's pretty moody! [ The Gamble. ] Maybe a hostage situation would do? That could make him angrier...

[egodist]

[



help.]

I see. And do you think he's strong enough to be able to overpower and outsmart everyone else on board the ship? There's no way to detain or remove him as a threat?

[dropoffs]

[ Listen... He's trying to help and he doesn't mind being a fake hostage or bargaining chip. He thinks about it for a long time. ] I'd rather you guys not have to handle him... If it comes to that point. Did you get a feel if the nanites have been neutralizing him over there? If they work, then he's just like anyone else while they're in his system.

[egodist]

[he shakes his head]

The method of communication for us is via dreams. He seemed to have access to his abilities in that...

But if he isn't using them in the waking world, I imagine the nanites act the same. Or do you think he would go along with pretending he's affected while posing as you when actually he's not?

[dropoffs]

Dreams. Kind of cool, but also kind of weird and personal. [ That's their private nighttime? ] ... With people dying weekly, it'd be easy for him to take out people he finds annoying and not get caught if he had his abilities, but Adrastea does have a lot of cameras. [ ... ] Still can't imagine Nai's tolerance being that great, so I think you're right.

[egodist]

Then for now, we'll proceed as though he's also afflicted by nanites.

[but i'm trying to free hei from this thread so,]

Is there anything else vital you think we need to know about him?

[dropoffs]

[ cool ] I think you guys got all you needed to know. Just... Be careful. [ YEAH ]