[ WOW!! TEASING ME WITH THIS ALMOST DEHELMETING, AREN'T YOU!!!!!
Catching their translucent state does give her the slightest of pauses, however, and she blinks a few times, as if not quite believing what she may have seen. Yet she catches herself a moment later, approaching as if nothing were amiss. ]
A little, but it's so cooooold.
[ For dramatic effect she suppresses a shudder, rubbing at her arms. ]
Yeah, my prosthetics don't really love it that much, to be honest with you. [ laughing a little, synthesizer properly kicking in as they fix their helmet. ] I packed a lot of those hand warmers into a muffler when I went down to make sure we were properly docked.
[ they rub at the sides of their neck with both hands, fixing their shirt collar, but also - nods. ]
Oh, yeah, we have a bunch. It'll technically be a requisition but we can go get them out of the cargo bay storage if you want to stock up now. Don't even need to drop it off in your locker.
[ there's a - crack, which sounds more like metal clicking into place than actually cracking your neck. weird. but their shoulders slump like they feel better. ]
Alright, let's head down. Good news is that the cargo bay is climate controlled.
[ She wonders, briefly, if maybe she should ask what the hell is wrong with him instead. ]
It's—well. About what's going to happen from here on. Everyone expects that we're going to have even more deaths, and that there's a reason it's happened twice now.
[ She leaves it at that, waiting to see what his input on the matter is. ]
[ she could ask. there might be an answer for that.
but... for this question, ganymede's steps slow a little before a sigh eases its way unsteadily through the synthesizer. ]
... the message from the higher ups is pretty lackluster, isn't it? Customer service in a nutshell. Promising an answer while still talking around the problem. Corporate throwing money at it in the hopes it'll go away. [ we promise that this is going somewhere. ] The rest of the officers... we're going to go a little rogue, so to speak, to try and find an answer faster than they're promising. Because we don't know if there's a reason - but I'm not saying that there might not be one.
[ She listens, as they continue; when he finishes, Mizuki's shoulders ease, a hint of relief in her demeanor. ]
Me neither, though... if I'm going to be honest, I'm bracing for the inevitability that it will.
[ And if she—and most others, if not everyone—end up wrong by the end of the week, she will never be happier to be proven wrong. ]
Not to sound like a downer or anything. I am really glad to hear you say that, because I want to find an answer too, and it'll definitely help to know you guys are on our side.
So am I. So are a lot of us - passenger and officer both. We're going to try and find backups, some kind of failsafe somewhere, but... we don't know how well it'll work.
But we have to try as much as we can, however we can. I won't give up on it.
[ looking at her, though there's no emote on the visor to indicate anything. at least the words are determined. ]
... we're just as much in the dark as you guys, as it turns out. Not really a big fan of it, considering we're supposed to be responsible for your safety.
[ they... consider that, for a moment. you're as much of a victim in this, she says, and they stop walking altogether now. there's no one else around, in this aimless hall of the eudora, and - they do nod, when mizuki asks that.
it would be best, if they could see it. if ganymede could show the other officers, maybe see what they can figure out from whatever it is the passengers find in their own investigations.
[ ganymede reaches up, unclasping where their helmet makes a pressure seal for protecting them in the event of an oxygenless environment. it hisses, and then they lift it up.
the face underneath has been through it, wetware wrapped around throat, neck, and dipping into clavicle - though that's partially hidden by the high collar of his shirt as he looks back at her. ]
[ Her own steps come to a halt a few after his do, looking on in mild surprise as he reaches to unfasten the helmet. And then her eyes grow wide; there isn't an immediate response from her, but it does come quickly enough: ]
[ when i alluded to them being just as in the dark as you guys, haha! we meant it! ]
Mizuki - [ it startles a laugh out of him, hearing her say that. it's not as full of good humor as it could be, and his voice is a little rougher than it probably ought to be, but. still, a moment of brightness. ] Hey, we have to make things right for everybody. So I'm not about to let you do all of the clobbering we've got ahead of us.
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Catching their translucent state does give her the slightest of pauses, however, and she blinks a few times, as if not quite believing what she may have seen. Yet she catches herself a moment later, approaching as if nothing were amiss. ]
A little, but it's so cooooold.
[ For dramatic effect she suppresses a shudder, rubbing at her arms. ]
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Yeah, my prosthetics don't really love it that much, to be honest with you. [ laughing a little, synthesizer properly kicking in as they fix their helmet. ] I packed a lot of those hand warmers into a muffler when I went down to make sure we were properly docked.
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[ In this house we love old injuries that hate the cold. ]
Do we have those around? Because I'm about to make this place out of stock.
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Oh, yeah, we have a bunch. It'll technically be a requisition but we can go get them out of the cargo bay storage if you want to stock up now. Don't even need to drop it off in your locker.
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[ there's a - crack, which sounds more like metal clicking into place than actually cracking your neck. weird. but their shoulders slump like they feel better. ]
Alright, let's head down. Good news is that the cargo bay is climate controlled.
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Sweet. After you!
[ And for the sake of (gestures at thread) I will assume they're on their way. That way I can say, as they're heading down: ]
... By the way. If you're alright with it, there was something I wanted to talk to you about.
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even though their joints (maybe?) make terrible noises. shhh dw about it we're going to cargo. ]
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It's—well. About what's going to happen from here on. Everyone expects that we're going to have even more deaths, and that there's a reason it's happened twice now.
[ She leaves it at that, waiting to see what his input on the matter is. ]
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but... for this question, ganymede's steps slow a little before a sigh eases its way unsteadily through the synthesizer. ]
... the message from the higher ups is pretty lackluster, isn't it? Customer service in a nutshell. Promising an answer while still talking around the problem. Corporate throwing money at it in the hopes it'll go away. [ we promise that this is going somewhere. ] The rest of the officers... we're going to go a little rogue, so to speak, to try and find an answer faster than they're promising. Because we don't know if there's a reason - but I'm not saying that there might not be one.
I just don't want anyone to lose anyone else.
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Me neither, though... if I'm going to be honest, I'm bracing for the inevitability that it will.
[ And if she—and most others, if not everyone—end up wrong by the end of the week, she will never be happier to be proven wrong. ]
Not to sound like a downer or anything. I am really glad to hear you say that, because I want to find an answer too, and it'll definitely help to know you guys are on our side.
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But we have to try as much as we can, however we can. I won't give up on it.
[ looking at her, though there's no emote on the visor to indicate anything. at least the words are determined. ]
... we're just as much in the dark as you guys, as it turns out. Not really a big fan of it, considering we're supposed to be responsible for your safety.
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I can’t fault any of you for that—at this point, I’d say you’re as much of a victim in this as the rest of us.
[ Perhaps even a touch more so, if what she’s heard is anything to go by. ]
How about I shoot anything I find your way, then?
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it would be best, if they could see it. if ganymede could show the other officers, maybe see what they can figure out from whatever it is the passengers find in their own investigations.
but... ]
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the face underneath has been through it, wetware wrapped around throat, neck, and dipping into clavicle - though that's partially hidden by the high collar of his shirt as he looks back at her. ]
I think you're probably right about that.
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... Shit, Gany. What— what happened to you?
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[ he doesn't seem particularly surprised or offended by the reaction, at least, even as he flexes his fingers against his helmet. ]
... it's like we're coming out of a haze, but things still aren't clear.
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We'll make this right—I swear it. I'll make sure their nuts and bolts aren't the only thing hurting by the end of this.
[ if ya know what i mean, ]
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Mizuki - [ it startles a laugh out of him, hearing her say that. it's not as full of good humor as it could be, and his voice is a little rougher than it probably ought to be, but. still, a moment of brightness. ] Hey, we have to make things right for everybody. So I'm not about to let you do all of the clobbering we've got ahead of us.
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[ Her own wry chuckle barely has any humor in it as well, but the corners of her mouth do twitch into something of a grin. ]
Alright, alright—I guess you do deserve the first punch. Maybe two.