I'm not calling you a ghost, just stop haunting me [ Week 10, Thursday]

[chiseler]

[It's about 8pm when Luke sets plans into action. Initially, he'd kept things between himself, Adam, Grell and Dorian. He hadn't anticipated that Dave would also be contacted by someone from the other side, nor did he anticipate the other things that had happened this week.

It takes a lot of convincing. It takes convincing the others and vouching for Dave, ensuring that no, he's pretty sure Dave isn't an alien and yes he does understand the risks of bringing someone in. But he feels like it's important that they all talk and start to put this puzzle together.

It doesn't hurt that all of them had also explored different sections of the top deck, too.

So it's Thursday evening shortly after dinner that he rounds up the group and tells them to wait in the chapel for him. The doors lock once they're all inside and the lights are low, but at least they can all fit comfortably in here and it's less conspicuous than the viewport. Like on Tuesday, Luke's leading the discussion and he leans back in one of the pews, looking at the other four thoughtfully.]

We are gathered here today because...well, a bunch of dead people are talking to us. [That's about it.] We should compare notes further and see if there's any sort of answer we can come up with. Who wants to go first?

Comments

[erythristic]

What do we define as hostility, however? The anger and hate that's a predictable result of this game? As much as I agree that we should protect her - and I will, with my blood if necessary - it would be difficult to write all who simply mistrust her as potential threats. One can understand that she keeps us alive, keeps this ship running, and still despise what's happened. She told me that she anticipated us to hate her from the very beginning.

[it's not trying to contest Adam - she's sincere in wanting to hear his answer on this.]

[antietam]

Trust me, I understand that. I don't mean simple name-calling, but people who are trying to make plots against the AI or deem her the real enemy are more suspicious.

And obviously, we all know why people would feel that way at all. But the fact is that she's the lesser of the two evils.

... I'm also not sure why keeping an eye on people who show signs of mistrust would be that bad. We have to be aware of everyone, don't we? [ He's valued for his suspicion for a reason. ]

[erythristic]

It's not that it's bad - it's that we have to be as discreet as possible. Knowing exactly where we need to look aids us, so that we might conceal instead of accidentally coming off as paranoid.

[because that never worked out for people.]

[antietam]

I know, but we really have nothing else. As far as we're aware, there are no other signs of who's possessed. There's nothing that we can narrow down.

[erythristic]

They probably anticipate some sort of trick or bluff to get them to tip their hand, don't they.

[antietam]

They're not stupid. [ So yes. ] The only thing that gets them to react strangely is when one of their own becomes threatened. Rhys and Elizabeth with the poisoned wine, for example

We didn't think anything of it, but maybe we should have.

[erythristic]

...threatened, huh? That's not something impossible to pull off.

[someone please stop Grell Sutcliffe.]

[antietam]

[ Nope, he's smiling. ]

It's a bit harder now that people have had time to develop friendships, but they can't be that good.

[erythristic]

Why, Adam Parrish, someone would suspect you of plotting with that expression.

[antietam]

If I were, the AI would be here trying to offer some weapons.

No, I'm suggesting.