[Eunhyuk blinks. He's been in dreams before already, but it still takes a moment to reorient himself. They might have gotten better locations (doubt) this week, but the Helly Belly is still the Helly Belly. Fleshy and gloomy.
He can't remember the last time he saw rain, but he hears the sound of it, and the air is nice and cool on his already cold skin. But more importantly, his eyes go immediately to the woman seated on the bed.]
Hello, Adrastea. [...] I'm sorry that it took me so long to contact you.
It's alright. When Io and I first were getting visitors, the others didn't initially believe us when we brought up strange dreams. Then, they started getting them, too.
We're remembering them a little more readily, as time goes on.
[ she's got her hands braced on the edge of the bed as she looks up at him, thoughtful. regarding him. there's no obvious wetware, in a dream, but there's a faint whirring sound that he might recognize as a camera lens focusing - a flicker of light in her eyes, and then it's gone again. a dream settling into place, separate from reality. ]
Ah... [ reaching to touch under one of her eyes, briefly. ] My wetware was damaged, that week. They did actually bleed, in the - I suppose waking world. He'd caught me when I was dozing in the medbay for a heal.
Metis or Io would likely have a more spiritual or philosophical answer for it. My brain reflecting my physical state, responding to the block that's been put down. That sort of thing.
[ but she does go quiet as she thinks. ]
Ganymede came up with them. Something about them being the moons of a planet in their solar system - of the eight of us, they're the most familiar with space travel and technology. Everyone was issued or chose callsigns, from our superiors and down to you now. We're just stuck with them now.
Mm, that's correct, in a way. A bit more of a sentimental way to put it.
I'm used to many roles, in my line of work - outside of this rustbucket, that is. Becoming Adrastea was just taking on another mask or moniker for what I needed to do.
[ quiet, then - as lightning strikes outside: ]
We really did spend weeks thinking that we'd signed up for this godsawful ship, believing that our previous crewmates had just left us for promotions, leaves, retirements. They're probably all dead, and now here we are.
...He killed Dimia, after she told him that she didn't like the joke he made. He said he felt so angry, and that he kept feeling angry even after he was in the brig.
... that was when I took over. [ it sure is suddenly very stormy, in this dreamscape liyue. but it's still the room, still the little modest house, so there is that. ] It was intended to be a temporary solution, until we figured out where to go from there - the brig, that is. But he...
Dimia - what was her last name? Do you have her department? She wasn't intelligence staff.
her eyes close as she seems to be reflecting on it. when they open again, there's an overlay effect for a moment - her aqua greenish eyes are a very bright cerulean blue for a second, then back to what they were when he stepped into the dream. ]
... she was. Didn't really have much of a sense of humor, but was always helping others - Europa liked her company, when working under her, which is hard to say about him most days.
[ something about that doesn't seem to surprise her, but she cups one elbow and raises that hand up to rub at her temple as she tries to remember. ]
It's a possibility, if he snapped. He was a coward and a cheat, but he wasn't violent. And the more that this tour goes on, the more that we're learning, the higher the chances that you all might not have been the first to have been hit by whatever is going on here. [ adrastea pauses and looks at him, before reaching out with the raised hand to lightly touch his arm. ] And, in the - Helly Belly, you're all alright now? That's gone?
[it's affection week heehee, so Eunhyuk will raise his hand to hold hers,]
Yes. I've felt like myself since I got there, and so have the others.
[thinking]
I'm grateful for it, but that also means we can't run any tests on our side. [NOT THAT THE LIVING CAN EITHER.... but look,] Our only lead is the one you mentioned -- that it's happened before with the previous crew.
[ we're holding hands now. she doesn't seem to mind this overly much, at least. affection week.
it's also kind of reassuring to see him mild mannered again, so it helps. ]
Glad to hear it. Only you three have come to see me, so far, and no one that's seen the... afflicted has recalled anything that'd tell us otherwise in their dreams. Better to know, though.
[ anyways. she shakes her head a little. ]
Our tests are a bit in the air on our end, unfortunately. But the nanites have shown typical behavior, no changes on Thursday nights compared to what they are at other points of the week, so we're looking into something on or in the ship.
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tadaaa
[ more ghosts... ]
Hello, Eunhyuk. It's been a while.
OH MY GOD.... BABY YOU ARE MY ANGEL
He can't remember the last time he saw rain, but he hears the sound of it, and the air is nice and cool on his already cold skin. But more importantly, his eyes go immediately to the woman seated on the bed.]
Hello, Adrastea. [...] I'm sorry that it took me so long to contact you.
WEHE
We're remembering them a little more readily, as time goes on.
[ she's got her hands braced on the edge of the bed as she looks up at him, thoughtful. regarding him. there's no obvious wetware, in a dream, but there's a faint whirring sound that he might recognize as a camera lens focusing - a flicker of light in her eyes, and then it's gone again. a dream settling into place, separate from reality. ]
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...I'm glad. [hmm, does that mean...
tentatively,]
Luke said that your eyes started bleeding when he asked about your code-names. Do you remember the reason why the eight of you have them?
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Metis or Io would likely have a more spiritual or philosophical answer for it. My brain reflecting my physical state, responding to the block that's been put down. That sort of thing.
[ but she does go quiet as she thinks. ]
Ganymede came up with them. Something about them being the moons of a planet in their solar system - of the eight of us, they're the most familiar with space travel and technology. Everyone was issued or chose callsigns, from our superiors and down to you now. We're just stuck with them now.
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listening, then]
Callisto said you chose the same theme in kidnapped solidarity. That you all woke up without any memory of signing contracts, just like we did.
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I'm used to many roles, in my line of work - outside of this rustbucket, that is. Becoming Adrastea was just taking on another mask or moniker for what I needed to do.
[ quiet, then - as lightning strikes outside: ]
We really did spend weeks thinking that we'd signed up for this godsawful ship, believing that our previous crewmates had just left us for promotions, leaves, retirements. They're probably all dead, and now here we are.
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regardless, eunhyuk steels himself anyway]
You're not wrong. I came because I wanted to ask you more details about them. ...Do you remember Althalos?
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... Althalos Truegust. A coward with a bad personality.
He was my superior officer, yes.
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...He killed Dimia, after she told him that she didn't like the joke he made. He said he felt so angry, and that he kept feeling angry even after he was in the brig.
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Dimia - what was her last name? Do you have her department? She wasn't intelligence staff.
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Dimia Montagu. She was a military officer. She... seemed like a kind person.
[in that her first concern was that the rest of them were trapped]
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her eyes close as she seems to be reflecting on it. when they open again, there's an overlay effect for a moment - her aqua greenish eyes are a very bright cerulean blue for a second, then back to what they were when he stepped into the dream. ]
... she was. Didn't really have much of a sense of humor, but was always helping others - Europa liked her company, when working under her, which is hard to say about him most days.
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[maybe because the crew would have had to dealt with the consequences, or maybe for althalos himself]
Do you think Althalos was like us? Me and the other killers.
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It's a possibility, if he snapped. He was a coward and a cheat, but he wasn't violent. And the more that this tour goes on, the more that we're learning, the higher the chances that you all might not have been the first to have been hit by whatever is going on here. [ adrastea pauses and looks at him, before reaching out with the raised hand to lightly touch his arm. ] And, in the - Helly Belly, you're all alright now? That's gone?
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Yes. I've felt like myself since I got there, and so have the others.
[thinking]
I'm grateful for it, but that also means we can't run any tests on our side. [NOT THAT THE LIVING CAN EITHER.... but look,] Our only lead is the one you mentioned -- that it's happened before with the previous crew.
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it's also kind of reassuring to see him mild mannered again, so it helps. ]
Glad to hear it. Only you three have come to see me, so far, and no one that's seen the... afflicted has recalled anything that'd tell us otherwise in their dreams. Better to know, though.
[ anyways. she shakes her head a little. ]
Our tests are a bit in the air on our end, unfortunately. But the nanites have shown typical behavior, no changes on Thursday nights compared to what they are at other points of the week, so we're looking into something on or in the ship.