catchall vira

[alteracion]

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week 0, monday

[alteracion]

[ Sometimes, you are in a weird holding cell place, and as you look around, you are mildly disturbed.

that's it she's just looking at the her clones with a kind of "hm, yikes" look on her face when she hears Vira ]

Do you see yourself in these, too?

[ gotta. double check. ]

[chevaleros]

[ Yikes indeed!

Ordinarily, Vira would greet someone with a smile, but right now she lets that fizzle instead and just. Stares at these weird pods. Her lips thin together. ]

Yes. Though I... don't know what we're looking at.

[ It's literally hard to comprehend the things in these tubes. ]

[alteracion]

[ grace... actually looks like she's thinking that over? ]

Some kind of illusion, maybe? I can't see you in any of these, so it's clearly an eye of the beholder thing. [ she taps? the glass? ] To freak us out?

[chevaleros]

[ Her gaze travels from tube to tube, trying not to linger too long on any one of them. It's unsettling to see herself inside. ]

That's possible. I don't see you either...

[ Maybe they can only perceive their own bodies, or maybe it's all fake. ]

I have to question why anyone would seek to frighten us, though.

[alteracion]

Why anything in this station so far is kind of the question. [ but grace does look away from the tube people because, hm, yikes, let's go with yikes ] This room might be part of a bigger puzzle. Maybe it'll change when something happens?

w0, friday

[chevaleros]

[ well then. ]

FROM: lord-commander
Grace, it's Vira. Can we compare notes on what happened last night?

[alteracion]

FROM: apexpredator
yes. do you want 2 meet somewhere?
&
did you hear it last night?

[chevaleros]

Yes, I did.

[ which should explain why she'd like to talk, dead body aside. ]

Let us meet in my room, whenever you have a free moment.

[alteracion]

omw

[ Grace does not explain this text even though she knows Vira is not familiar with texting, because sometimes things are a little freaky deaky! and she hates it! anyway, it doesn't take long for her to be knocking on vira's door, anyway ]

It's me.

w1 - wednesday

[chevaleros]

[ knock knock on grace's room door! it's vira's turn to pay a house visit. ]

Hello, Grace. Do you have a spare moment?

[ anyway she's holding something behind her back. no peeking. ]

[alteracion]

[ grace IMMEDIATELY tries to peek on what's behind vira once she answers the door, thanks ]

For you? Always. [ it's teasing and also, again, she's trying to look behind vira very visibly ] What do you need?

[chevaleros]

[ she is not swayed by the sweettalk at all, still carefully keeping grace's eyes off of the Surprise. ]

This time? Nothing. [ will she come ask grace to do something very dangerous with her eventually? almost definitely. they're in it now.] Actually, I was thinking I could help you.

[alteracion]

[ ???? ]

Help me? How?

[ with what, too, but, y'know, show her the surprise the most ]

week 1, saturday

[alteracion]

Vira! [ wherever she is. grace is here now ] I didn't get to check on you after Thursday.

[ and also today sucks but she doesn't want to talk about that ]

[chevaleros]

[ it's the medbay, actually! vira is looking over the pods. ]

Hello, Grace. [ it's okay, there were too many people in that kitchen for sure ] I'm okay, all things considered.

[ looks at today ]

[alteracion]

Yeah. Today was...

[ it, well. it was a lot. grace sighs a little ]

Stupid.

[chevaleros]

Yes, it was.

[ she's! frustrated. ]

If we continue to miss the culprits like this, we only invite more people to act.

week 2, monday

[alteracion]

[ grace is looking at rose bushes. this is incredibly important back drop. oh hey vira ]

The air here is nice, right?

[chevaleros]

[ the roses are important. in fact, vira seems to be assessing them, intent on making a bouquet. ]

Hello, Grace. [ she smiles, because yes—it actually is kind of nice. ] Yes—I must say I've missed the fresh air. [ as they know, this is fucking space i guess ]

[alteracion]

[ she looks at what vira is doing, curious, but doesn't ask jut yet ] Right? I never thought about how much of it was in the train before I got here.

[chevaleros]

[ right, her parent, the train. ]

I can't tell from your descriptions whether the train was a pleasant place to be or not.

[ zia don't be a coward give me mems ]

w2 - thursday

[chevaleros]

[ sometime after the pod ejects her, vira is going to come by to visit. she knocks at the doorframe of the medbay, perhaps more gingerly than is usual. ]

Grace? Are you feeling better—?

[alteracion]

[ grace looks up with a wince from where she was staring at molly's pod but smiles a little wryly when she sees vira ]

Define "better"?

[ she's not bleeding out so. probably! yes! ]

[chevaleros]

[ she smiles back, brief and obligatory before sitting near the pods. ]

Not dying...? You seem a little better, at least. Though it seems you all suffered a great deal regardless.

[ cyoas this game are a nightmare. ]

[alteracion]

We didn't have a great time. [ she'll? admit to that much. ] I'm still sore, but... at least I'm not stabbed anymore, you're right.