Adrift 002

[onlythefishiest]

I woke up and t)(oug)(t I was back on t)(e meteor! It's not quite t)(e same, t)(oug)(. Less glass tubes and staircases and no treasure c)(ests! T)(e windows are s)(owing a lot of stars, but we're not moving, so we must be becalmed.

Can salmon tell me if t)(is a normal t)(ing? Does t)(is plaice often just turn into somet)(ing else?

T)(is is very ---EXCITING!

Comments

[cyan_maid]

Sometimes Paradisa takes us to strange places like this. It's not too usual an occurrence, though.
Are you somewhere on the Lewis and Clark as well, Feferi?

[onlythefishiest]

Being in t)(is castle is going to be more fun t)(an I t)(oug)(t t)(en!

I don't know! I )(aven't found anyone or anyt)(ing to tell me. Just a lot of rooms and corridors! Some of t)(e rooms mig)(t )(ave )(ad people in t)(em before, but not any more.

[cyan_maid]

Gosh, I wouldn't call it fun, but if you'd like to think so, then I won't stop you.

You don't know?
Aren't there screens everywhere, telling you what's going on?
Not that they're as informative as I would like, but still.

[onlythefishiest]

OF COURS-E ITS FUN! Life would be very boring if not)(ing elver )(appened!

I )(aven't seen any screens! At least, none wit)( any information on. It does seem to be a very bug s)(ip, t)(oug)(, so maybe I'm just looking in t)(e wrong rooms.

[cyan_maid]

Hmmm...
Who else is on the ship with you? Have you seen anyone else?

[onlythefishiest]

I )(aven't seen anyone alive yet!

I'm still looking around. T)(ere's a lot of rooms to cover, t)(oug)(, and if everyone else is doing t)(e same t)(ing I mig)(t not ever see t)(em! 38D

[cyan_maid]

Could you please let me know if you see someone, somehow?
There are quite a few people I haven't seen here yet, and though this ship could be rather big and we might just be missing each other, I'm starting to worry.

[onlythefishiest]

Yes, I can do t)(at!

There's a couple of ot)(er people asking w)(ere everyone is, too. I wonder if t)(e castle did t)(at deliberately? Set us all adrift to flounder separately?

[cyan_maid]

Gosh, I can't think of why!
Unless...

Unless it sent people to the ship we're supposed to save? The Event Horizon?
I don't think it would be TOO much of a stretch to assume so.

[onlythefishiest]

From w)(at I )(ave read from ot)(er people, it seems t)(e castle mig)(t )(ave a sense of )(umour! 38o

Is t)(ere anyt)(ing special about the ot)(er s)(ip I could look out for?

[cyan_maid]

I'm not sure.
All I've learned is that the Lewis and Clark is connected to it in order to respond to some sort of distress signal.
It's also got something at the center called a Gravity Core, and if it's activated, it could create a black hole!
That sounds like a bunch of hooey to me, but I don't think erring on the side of caution would be a mistake.

[onlythefishiest]

W)(ale, if t)(is is t)(e -Event )(orizon, I t)(ink it responded a little too late for t)(e real in)(abitants! T)(ere's a lot of blood in some of t)(ese rooms

I will go )(ake a look for t)(is core. Do you know w)(at it's meant to look like?

[cyan_maid]

Blood?
Hold on a moment! Why would there be blood??
And no, I'm not sure what the core would look like, but are you certain about the blood?

[onlythefishiest]

It's too t)(ick to be water, and it )(as t)(e rig)(t smell for it. )(uman blood is red, rig)(t? Brig)(ter t)(an Aradia?

I don't t)(ink it's t)(at new. It's a little bit tacky, so I t)(ink it's probably not anyone you know!

[cyan_maid]

Um, yes, our blood is red.
I don't think it would be anyone I know, but for blood to be there at all...
There's definitely no blood that I can see on the Lewis and Clark, so you've got to be somewhere else!
That it's there at all is troubling...

[onlythefishiest]

It would explain the distress signal! 38)

W)(atever caused it doesn't seem to be around rig)(t now, and it is only blood! T)(ere's no need to worry. Maybe somet)(ing was )(ungry and )(as left since, or maybe t)(ere was a battle, and t)(e survivors were taken away by t)(e winners?

[cyan_maid]

That's...
Still really troubling to think about!
Where would anything hungry or any winners go? There's nowhere to escape to outside, just space!

[onlythefishiest]

Maybe t)(ere were ot)(er s)(ips. Or maybe it was a space w)(ale! T)(ose t)(ings are vicious! T)(ey will eat almost ANYT)(ING!

[cyan_maid]

Erm...
I wouldn't know a thing about space whales, so I suppose I will have to take your word for it.
Make sure you and everyone else keep your eyes peeled and stay safe, okay? Just in case.

[onlythefishiest]

It was a JOK-E! T)(ere are no space w)(ales, UNFORTUNAT-ELY! 3XD

I )(ave met some people! Well, some living people, and also some more dead people. I managed to surprise Colette and Dextera, but not the robot wolf. No-one else, yet, and no-one from )(ome.

[cyan_maid]

Dead people...?



Er, you know what? I won't ask about that.
If you do see someone you know, just be sure to stick with them!

[onlythefishiest]

I WILL!

Look out for yourself, too! Just because your s)(ip looks less dangerous doesn't mean it is safe!

[cyan_maid]

I'll try.
Thank you.

[kid_apocalypse]

Heh, yeah, this happens sometimes. A month or so ago, a bunch of us got sent into space for some phoney-baloney sporting event thing, but that was the first times I'd ever gone through it.

[onlythefishiest]

)(-ELLO, -EVAN! Are you okay? Are you on t)(e s)(ip wit)( t)(e screens, or t)(e s)(ip wit)( t)(e former people?

[kid_apocalypse]

I'm on the Lewis and Clark, which from everything I've been hearing is the safer of the two ships. I've been hearing things about there being blood on the walls on the other ship?

[onlythefishiest]

YUP! T)(ere is )(uman blood ---EV-ERYWH-ER--E. 38o

[kid_apocalypse]

Human blood?! That's no good at all! We've gotta get you guys out of there as soon as we can!

[onlythefishiest]

It is just blood. 38o T)(ere is no need to worry Y-ET!

If somet)(ing else )(appens, t)(en you mig)(t need to worry!

[kid_apocalypse]

Well, it's a bad sign is what I'm saying. Nothing good ever comes from having blood all over the walls, you know?