[004] [Audio + translated text] rare derpa derp moment

[skinbrand]

[There she is, eyeballing her communicator, and mid-yawn a jet of what Nel hopes is water smacks the back of her throat

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[ntjstapwn]

They squirt you if you don't post something often enough.

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[skinbrand]

As incentive?

[Nel's thoughts jump right on ahead.]

... Assuming you know more of it, do the measures get progressively more drastic?

[Not that she sees the freaking point of it, other than "Hey! Let people know you're alive!" Which can be done just as well by knocking on various doors. She is still unhappy.]

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[ntjstapwn]

Something like that.

Not really, but it seems people who go long periods without posting--either on their own or replying to the squirts--are very likely to disappear.

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[skinbrand]

[Now there's food for thought.]

Without fail? They all disappear?

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[pimp_hat]

Cuz Redd be outta his damn mind. I mean why da hell did I get handcuffed to my bed?

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[skinbrand]

[Nel's lips flatten into a white line. Waking up chained to her mattress had been the rudest wake-up call of her life, second only to a wingless dragon finding her tent during a shift swap. Lucky for Nel, she's a light sleeper.]

I wonder if we aren't a pet project to him. I can't yet think of another explanation for why he would give incentive to use the communicators.

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[pimp_hat]

Wouldn't exactly suhprise me if we were. He be holdin' us prisonuh but be giving us free reign ovah most da boat. Ain't sure what puhpose dat be suhvin'.

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[skinbrand]

There are a good deal of messages talking about the Golden Shore. If it exists, and assuming it's where we are going, theoretically he could be letting us run mostly amok until we arrive and he's rid of us. Adjusting behavior, here and there, when it may be called for.

[She keeps her wondering if they're well-fed cattle in a virtual slaughterhouse private. Kevas doesn't need to hear it.]

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[only_one_raoul]

Pray that this is the worst you will experience on this ship.

[Audio + translated text] HERDMAET

[skinbrand]

[She might have prayed before. Now? Praying never exactly gave her peace of mind, but she used to glean a measure of comfort from it, being a habitual practice more than a desperate plea for help.]

I don't like to knock at the gates of wolves, with all due respect. The worst I've seen to happen here could have been avoided by some forethought.

[Text + Audio//French] /knocks antlers affectionately :3

[only_one_raoul]

[Ffffff damned women taking the things he says figuratively literally.]

As you wish.

[She's kinda right though. Raoul's second death certainly could have been avoided if he hadn't been foolishly curious that one night. His first as well, but asking Raoul not to meddle with Erik is like asking the sun to stop being so bright. The third... well, call it an overreaction and bad luck.]

It's not as though anyone listens to me anyway.

[The last part is spoken, and quite irritated. Looks like he doesn't expect her to hear or understand it.]

[Audio + translated text] /BELATED GIDDY HOOFSTOMP

[skinbrand]

[Oh, Raoul. You and your borderline psychosis where the Phantom is involved.]

Oh?

[She detects and interprets his irritation, is unimpressed and unsympathetic.]

Have you been doing anything to make others ignore your input?

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[notwhatiwas]

You haven't spoken enough.

[Matter-of-fact.]

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[skinbrand]

Enough for him? I am nobody's entertainment, sir.

[Nel is a god damned lethal weapon, dammit. Only her queen is allowed to pluck at her puppet's strings!]