pc w/ charles

[applebough]

BEEEEEANS

Comments

[applebough]

There's a lot of value in face-to-face communication, even if it's in the virtual world.

[ Yuri sighs. ]

Charles, I have a favor to ask...

[riverbeans]

[he blinks.]

What is it?

[applebough]

I'm working with Shoma to rule out several aspects of our situation. For that, I would need several kinds of people. One of them is "not familiar with Eudora's technology before boarding".

So would it be okay if I could draw a blood sample from you? It's with a syringe and Io would be wonderful in not letting it hurt at all, since he's a professional.

[riverbeans]

[a pause]

Well, that wasn't the favour I was expecting, but sure. I did agree to Dahut and Scien, and I trust you more than I did them at the time, so why not?

[he won't even put caveats like he did with dahut and scien because he did not want two strangers with his blood back then.]

[applebough]

[ Honestly, that was very fair. Yuri also denied them at the time. She looks relieved at his answer though. ]

Thank you! It would help us a lot. I'm trying to get everything together by Tuesday so that Shoma and I can work on them with Io.

[ idk if you need to request an audience for this but as long as charles asks io by monday, he should be good... ]

[riverbeans]

[salutes. me, jan.]

Got it.

[after a pause, as he glances around the room—]

Now it's my turn to ask for a favour from you... sort of.

[applebough]

Yes?

[ ??? What could be so important that Charles took a quick look around the room for, she wonders. ]

[riverbeans]

[...]

There's something I want to tell you, Yuri. However, you can't tell anyone else—not the dead, or anyone else on this ship.

If you're not comfortable with having to potentially lie to them, then I'd understand. ... But I'd have to know that now.

[applebough]

[ Oh.

Yuri's eye widens a little and grows serious. ]

... Whatever the circumstance?

[riverbeans]

As of right now? Yes. [a beat] It's not a... drastic lie, if that helps. Just that if the topic ever comes up, you can't admit to knowing anything.

[applebough]

Alright. I won't tell anyone for as long as I live or potentially die until you tell me that I can explicitly.

[ No hesitation after getting that confirmation. ]

[riverbeans]

[he's quiet for a bit, as though deciding how to phrase this.]

I'm only allowed to tell one other person this, which is why you can't share it with anyone else, but I have a designation on the ship—meaning that I have some additional duties in the background. [...] It'll be easiest to explain by just telling you what they are.

I'm the one responsible for the trial items people receive on Friday.

[applebough]

[ closing my eyes bc charles getting promoted was real ]

Like the 8-ball, guitar, and the bird plush?

[riverbeans]

[haha........]

Yeah. I don't know what the items do before I choose them, and I don't know for certain who they go to—I pick a few names as possible options for the week and I learn the same time as everyone else does, at trial.

[please do not judge the semi-trend of accidentally sending killers items]

[applebough]

[ That's actually a really funny trend lmao ]

... So the only control you have over that is making a small name pool as to who receives it?

[ That's not much of a designation, she thinks. ]

[riverbeans]

And picking the item from a list. I can sometimes make guesses based off the item names, but they're only guesses.

[he shrugs, smiling sheepishly.]

... But while that was the big secret, there was something else about it that I wanted to tell you for practical reasons. I get rewards for completing my tasks, and they're also items from Scrap... with the same effect, essentially. [boosting energy, mental clarity, etc.] Though mine aren't limited to the week I receive them in, unlike the ones he sells publicly.

So if you ever need one and can't get one of the limited ones, you know where to find me.

[applebough]

[ She had a feeling there was more to it, but. Wow. ]

I'll note that... Does Scrap give them to you personally?

[riverbeans]

[he shakes his head, before taking a sip of his drink.]

I work with a senior crew member, who gets them from Scrap.

[applebough]

So the senior crew members know about this? But you can only get one of the items?

[ And for some reason he's chosen to pick people and put them on a list to be rng'd from?? ]

... Where do they even get this from? I wonder if it's the same limitations as them giving us heal guns that are unfortunately an older model.

[riverbeans]

The one I work with does, but not all of them.

[unfortunately for yuri there is no logic behind murdergame roles]

From the way they put it, at least in terms of what they give me, it's just a matter of what they can get from Scrap before the guy vanishes.

[applebough]

I see... I wonder if this means there are eight positions, one for each senior member. This is the first time I've heard about them too. The others I can think of are sending video clips and... strange notes at their door.

[ What a mystery. She won't even ask Charles on who the senior member is either, since there's no point in asking for now.

Wait.

Wait a minute. ]

--Those weird effects on Friday that many people have. I just assumed they were just... used to mess with us. I guess they could be from that too...? I received a genuine reward once though.

[riverbeans]

It's possible.

[takes a sip of his drink]

Maybe...? Though all of the other things, like the video clips and notes, have been useful to us. I'm not sure what the Friday effects do besides drive us all insane.

[applebough]

[ He's not wrong... ]

I suppose they will have to remain a mystery then. Oh, and I'll let you know if I don't manage to get any items. As for an anxious subject...

[ navel gazing ]

... I've been good about myself lately.

[riverbeans]

[he blinks, before he gives her a smile.]

Oh? How so?

[applebough]

I haven't felt as anxious as I usually do lately. I think that's a big improvement... I still do over some things, but it's toned down a lot.