[SIDON IS SO NICE AND OPTIMISTIC AND FOR WHAT!!!!! FOR YOU TO KILL HIM NEXT WEEK?! Viktor at least stops trying to fight him on the spirit of uplifting.]
Something else is going on, yes. Hopefully we can find out before it becomes worse than what happened the last few days.
[ realest tag in the world. imagine wanting to talk to people after a nine hour meeting. sidon's stamina—social and physical—is doing okay, not one to tire easily in general, but it's replaced instead with a little twist of emotion, restless. ]
He was forthcoming, I think. [ he finds that scien often is, in his own weird way. ] But I don't know that he completely understands what happened, either.
To me, it sounds as though—something affected his thinking.
Shoma spoke of things that in past tours that have done similarly. But this is... very extreme. And there are those unexplained ship malfunctions as well.
[ vibes are that he is deeply, deeply uncomfortable with this. he doesn't like machines behaving this way. ]
[THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE RESPONDING WITH THE SAME DEEP UNCOMFORTABLE FEELS WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NANITES HAHA. AAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Everyone hated that.]
Yes.
[He has his fingers laced around the crutch; the thumbs do this very quick, repetitively silent tapping against each other as he thinks.]
The nanites maybe. The issue with machines, for as wonderful as they can be, is that it is easy to disrupt them if you know how. And who truly know what kind of cargo we're picking up at our stops. Plenty could be dangerous.
[ EVERYONE HATED THAT!!!!!!! the more viktor talks, the more he hates it. it's like a squirmy, uncomfortable feeling. link has died to so many constructs......... ]
Is there anything we can do? Find who might be disrupting it? [ fin bristle ] Now more than ever, I wish Scien and Dahut's nanite studies could carry on.
[Damn, what is he, chopped liver? (Sidon wouldn't know about his desire to study it.)]
I can't say where we would begin looking yet, if there is even a person controlling the nanites. The ship first, I assume, before we consider the fact this ship belongs to an organization.
That's possible. [ he's a leader figure even if he's just a huge dog jock, so he gets that damage control is a thing. ] Either way, I do not want to depend on them much.
[ just because he likes the junior crew, and they need more looking after frankly. his vibes dip a bit, serious. ]
Though I did speak to Io earlier this week. About medical treatments—and there is only so much they can provide if people do not see them. [ his thoughts turn to luke with regret, but flicker back quickly to the present ] So I hope you will not ignore your pain, if it ever grows worse.
[ listen... sometimes you don't have time to do audiences and have no npc cr so you want to depend on all your lil blorbos instead ]
...As strange as the nanites are, if they must be in our blood, then they should provide some benefit! [ FREELOADERS!!!! he sighs lightly, picking up on viktor's frustration and resting the lightest hand against his glass bones shoulder. ] Thank you. I know you must be tired of listening to me, but it puts me at ease. [ to hear that he won't just randomly cough and die like luke, hopefully. ]
also hate seeing sidon from behind and remembering how his entire head is just the whole shark stuck onto it]
I'm at least not...
[He shakes his head. Not the way his lil shoulder sinks under the weight of Sidon's massive hand. He doesn't try to escape it, though. The last thing he got from Jayce was this very thing. :')]
You're not a bother. I... appreciate the kindness people have shown me here. I'm just... a little stubborn, I guess. I've always had to be.
[ zoras really do be having entire marine creatures attached to their skulls. also not the jayce lore... arcane makes me sad ]
You are stubborn! [ just agrees ] But that's part of what makes you so resilient.
[ even if his body is made of paper mache. it's sad that this was a necessity for him. he wishes that it didn't need to be, but also he doesn't mind who viktor is because of it. ]
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How is your condition?
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He is startled, but not badly, and he straightens up to try pretending like he wasn't melting over on the crutch.]
I'm alright. Just resting for a bit.
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I hope we arrive at a day soon where you don't feel you have to be strong around me.
[ he is a prince! well. maybe most princes expect people to put on airs, but to him it mostly means he'd like to be relied on. ]
You did well today.
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Sorry... Habit. I've always had to pretend to be that way around everyone.
[God forbid someone have a disability, or something. People really just out here ostracizing you for differences.]
I would thank you if I believed I did anything worth it.
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You did. So many of you were brilliant! It can't be helped that the results still feel so... [ unsatisfactory? it's not a strong enough word ] tragic.
It is behind us, but I feel there is so much yet we don't know.
[ actually scien is going to explode tomorrow ]
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Something else is going on, yes. Hopefully we can find out before it becomes worse than what happened the last few days.
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but yes good please accept his optimism even if it's not happiness today. it's hopeful yet sad hours. ]
Have you spoken with Scien? Even after talking to him, I did not fully grasp what had compelled him so.
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Not yet, but I do plan to go in a while.
[Being social for 9 hours an as introvert? Grueling. He wants to expire.]
Did he not say... or did he say it in a cryptic way?
[That'd track.]
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He was forthcoming, I think. [ he finds that scien often is, in his own weird way. ] But I don't know that he completely understands what happened, either.
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Did it sound as if he had been possessed by something...?
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To me, it sounds as though—something affected his thinking.
Shoma spoke of things that in past tours that have done similarly. But this is... very extreme. And there are those unexplained ship malfunctions as well.
[ vibes are that he is deeply, deeply uncomfortable with this. he doesn't like machines behaving this way. ]
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Yes.
[He has his fingers laced around the crutch; the thumbs do this very quick, repetitively silent tapping against each other as he thinks.]
The nanites maybe. The issue with machines, for as wonderful as they can be, is that it is easy to disrupt them if you know how. And who truly know what kind of cargo we're picking up at our stops. Plenty could be dangerous.
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Is there anything we can do? Find who might be disrupting it? [ fin bristle ] Now more than ever, I wish Scien and Dahut's nanite studies could carry on.
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It might.
[Damn, what is he, chopped liver? (Sidon wouldn't know about his desire to study it.)]
I can't say where we would begin looking yet, if there is even a person controlling the nanites. The ship first, I assume, before we consider the fact this ship belongs to an organization.
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Do you believe that the senior staff has no hand in it?
[ sidon does not doubt people, this is not a leading question. he's curious about viktor's take on it all. ]
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...
[His expression is thoughtful in the face of Sidon's expectancy.]
Not necessarily, but I do think they may be hiding the severity of what's happening so they do not incite panic among us.
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he lets out a long hmmmm. ]
That's possible. [ he's a leader figure even if he's just a huge dog jock, so he gets that damage control is a thing. ] Either way, I do not want to depend on them much.
[ just because he likes the junior crew, and they need more looking after frankly. his vibes dip a bit, serious. ]
Though I did speak to Io earlier this week. About medical treatments—and there is only so much they can provide if people do not see them. [ his thoughts turn to luke with regret, but flicker back quickly to the present ] So I hope you will not ignore your pain, if it ever grows worse.
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It's funny to hear Sidon, the nicest fuck here, be skeptical of the overlords. Not that he disagrees. It's just funny.]
We may have to depend upon them for certain access to things, but I think we can manage just fine on our own most of the time.
[There are too many big brains here for that not to be the case.]
I... had plans to perhaps speak to them at the start of next week. Mostly about the nanites. I'm... alright. The nanites are keeping me stable.
[There's some frustration. To be cured, and yet... do it himself.]
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...As strange as the nanites are, if they must be in our blood, then they should provide some benefit! [ FREELOADERS!!!! he sighs lightly, picking up on viktor's frustration and resting the lightest hand against his glass bones shoulder. ] Thank you. I know you must be tired of listening to me, but it puts me at ease. [ to hear that he won't just randomly cough and die like luke, hopefully. ]
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also hate seeing sidon from behind and remembering how his entire head is just the whole shark stuck onto it]
I'm at least not...
[He shakes his head. Not the way his lil shoulder sinks under the weight of Sidon's massive hand. He doesn't try to escape it, though. The last thing he got from Jayce was this very thing. :')]
You're not a bother. I... appreciate the kindness people have shown me here. I'm just... a little stubborn, I guess. I've always had to be.
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You are stubborn! [ just agrees ] But that's part of what makes you so resilient.
[ even if his body is made of paper mache. it's sad that this was a necessity for him. he wishes that it didn't need to be, but also he doesn't mind who viktor is because of it. ]