chiseler: (and as you step back into line)
Luke Castellan is a liar ([personal profile] chiseler) wrote2016-08-10 11:21 am
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That Time They All Met in the CQ

[Let's be honest, nobody had time to info-share Monday what with motives going live after they came down from the top-level deck and also…you know. The whole awkward thing with the corpse. That happened.

Arrangements are made, the whiteboard's been moved and…there's a wedding.

What the fuck, Cradle.

Either way, assume that Luke found your character in person, sent a message via Furry Passing or contacted them via some other means to inform them about a group meeting up in the Captain's Quarters after the wedding to talk about their findings from the day before.

He's not a leader, and it's probably clear from the way he's leaning against the wall next to the whiteboard and dumping handfuls of space-brand Skittles into his mouth.]


All right…so this happened. [This, of course, being the top deck.] We were all up here yesterday and so we should probably start figuring stuff out. It weirds me out that Alice let us up here now after all this time. [He shrugs.] Who wants to go first?
tevinteriscoming: (magic. 3)

[personal profile] tevinteriscoming 2016-08-11 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Our motive this week is to bring the dead back to life, even our dead. Every week, we've wondered whether the motives can really be trusted. Alice has never offered proof. But this week, she could hardly make this offer if she didn't have the ability to follow through. If someone succeeded and she didn't bring them back, her bluff would be called.

No man left behind, she said. No man left behind, and when this is done, we'll be well. The playing God referred to - we assumed creating life, but I wonder if it isn't also averting death.
kwamoflage: (🐈 brie)

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[personal profile] kwamoflage 2016-08-11 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[for some reason, it's this asshole who pipes up from Adrien's shoulder:]

It's not completely outside the realm of possibility. Bringing people back from the dead isn't an easy affair, but with enough power at your disposal... Well, this ship has plenty of that.
monsieurchatastrophe: (do laundry & mop & shine up)

[personal profile] monsieurchatastrophe 2016-08-11 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[that is probably the most useful Adrien has ever seen Plagg be in his whole entire life, if the befuddled look on his face is anything to go by. s...till:]

Um. Alright. Why, though? If Alice-- River-- if she had the power to get rid of the aliens from the start, why make us go through this insane game in the first place? That's what I don't understand.
tevinteriscoming: (serious. 7)

[personal profile] tevinteriscoming 2016-08-11 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Looking at Plagg with interest. Sorry, Adrien, but you aren't as interesting to him as your magic cat that is obviously a demon bound to you in cat form.]

I take it you've experience, then. Typically, it is out of the realm of possibility for we mortals, or at least, advisable possibility. But if the Admiral believed it to be possible - do recall that the Furry Passing message we received included a man doing testing with his own dead wife, and the Admiral herself expressed hope she wouldn't be cross with him.

As for River, it seems they evade her notice somehow. She can kill them, but somehow only within the confines of this program. Maybe the program itself was set up to show River how to find them? Otherwise, as we've seen, they can survive even the death of the body they inhabit.
kwamoflage: (🐈 boursin)

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[personal profile] kwamoflage 2016-08-11 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
[his eyes narrow at that and he harrumphs, burying himself deeper in Adrien's collar.]

Maybe for your mortals. Your magic does seem to be on the weak side. Adrien, I'm hungry, when is this meeting over?

[he is a shitty cat through and through]
monsieurchatastrophe: (a few new paintings to my galle)

[personal profile] monsieurchatastrophe 2016-08-11 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
We just got here, stop picking fights. [he can't glare at his own neck but he can give a helpless shrug at Dorian] We did stop someone back home trying to resuscitate someone else, but that required a sacrifice, so... I don't know what he's talking about exactly. But with advanced enough technology, maybe it doesn't even require magic.

[anyway]

Can they survive? It took a lot to get him, I've heard, but the way people described that fight... whatever was possessing Rhys wasn't doing so well in his corpse.
tevinteriscoming: (concerned 5.)

[personal profile] tevinteriscoming 2016-08-11 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Raises an eyebrow for about one second at the blatant rudeness, before laughing. The fact that it insulted his magic just makes it more interesting.]

Does it seem that way to you? To me it seems that you can only use yours once per day.

[He should probably not be picking fights with the demon cat back, and yet he is.]

Typically sacrifice is how it would be done. Blood magic. But that's what we've been practicing here, after all. [Adding a slightly sheepish afterthought.] Well. Speaking only for myself, among present company.

I do think they believe us able to kill them. Bull was told to kill one to achieve a pardon, so presumably it can be done. But maybe this is the only way to extract them without the death of the host.
kwamoflage: (🐈 chèvre)

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[personal profile] kwamoflage 2016-08-11 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
And that's once enough. This is the longest break I've gotten in ages, and if it wasn't for all you other folks and your attachment to murder, it'd be perfect.
Edited (PLEASE ASSUME 1/2 FOREVER I GIVE) 2016-08-11 03:00 (UTC)
monsieurchatastrophe: (paper mache a bit of ballet and chess)

[personal profile] monsieurchatastrophe 2016-08-11 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[adrien's life is suffering, and he's giving the stink eye to both Dorian and his cat, now]

All that aside, if reviving people is so easy, then why does it need to be specifically catching them post-murder? There's something that doesn't add up, but I don't think we know enough about the aliens or however this project work to guess.
tevinteriscoming: (thoughtful. 1)

[personal profile] tevinteriscoming 2016-08-11 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Truly sorry for disturbing you. I'll try to be more considerate of your rest in the future.

[He wants. To know more. About its magic. But that's a discussion for later.]

No, I'm not sure either. The concept of just. Reviving anyone is too easy. Whatever your friend says, death isn't a matter of flicking a switch. But I think we're dealing with something with Alice's limitations. What she perceives her role here to be.
kwamoflage: (🐈 brie)

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[personal profile] kwamoflage 2016-08-12 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
You should be sorry.

[Plagg then decides to stop being lazy and flies in close to Dorian, glaring at him. according to all laws of aviation there is no way a plagg could fly]

I already said it wasn't easy. You could at least try to listen when others know more than you. [he zips back to hover next to Adrien] Undoing death is a pain and not worth all the cheese in the world, but humans desperate enough have always found ways around their problems.
monsieurchatastrophe: (and so I'll read a book)

i meant 1/2 why do i try. this is 2/2 fuck me

[personal profile] monsieurchatastrophe 2016-08-12 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
A ... pain? [he shakes his head and mutters] We're talking about that later. [louder, to dorian:]

Do you think if we asked her about her role and what the captain assigned her to do according to what she knows, Alice would be able to tell us anything? Or even want to.
tevinteriscoming: (distracted. 1)

[personal profile] tevinteriscoming 2016-08-11 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? What has she offered you?

She offered the Bull proof as well. If you can really call it proof.