week one will not explain the tiny hands.

[toesies]

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[toesies]

[Well. Well, well, well. The door locks on them once again, and Sheila opens her mouth as if to comment on it. Except—

One of the pods is running.

And the sound of someone's tiny fists pounding against the barrier reaches the group's ears.

Sheila shuts her mouth with an audible click of her teeth, freezing up.]

[dotcom]

[ ....


he looks at her, then at the pod. ]

That...?

[toesies]

[She seems to unfreeze when he speaks, and immediately runs to the fucking pod.]

We have to get it open! Come on!

[dotcom]

[ all the dudes beat them to it, and he is just

very impatiently watching them struggle. ]

Goddammit.

[toesies]

[YEAH SHE

IS JUST GOING TO GROWL IN FRUSTRATING AND KICK IT AFTER A BIT.]

Stupid fucking pod, goddamn it!

[toyska]

[Okay this is going to make him sound like a huge asshole but--]

Why?

[Not in a "why bother" sense but more like "are we sure this isn't a fucking maneating alien or something" sense]

[toesies]

[She doesn't stop struggling with the pod, but she shoots him an incredulous look.]

Because there might be someone stuck inside! Why else?

[bonetiddies]

[Harrow, who is sprawled in the corner of the room, cleaned of blood but now weirdly slimy and sticky, immediately unfolds herself with a sharp hiss of pain and runs to the pod.]

Get it open! Get it open!

[sengokus]

—Okay, okay, but don't...!

[JUST RUN FOR IT WHEN YOU'RE INJURED HARROW - he's going to try to get to it before she can just in case

and of course it won't open]

What the....

[headmt]

[oh mineo goes for it too, so just. running into him, that's fine.]

I'm not going to try kissing anyone to open anything this week.

[sengokus]

[yeah they collide a little but he'll at least try to catch molly if he seems off-balance

but also]

—Why would you?!

[WHEN HAS KISSING SOLVED ANYTHING]

[toesies]

[IN THE MIDDLE OF HAVING A MOMENT OVER THIS POD:]

What?

[toesies]

[AHHHH WHY WON'T IT BUDGE]

What if we try ramming something into it?

[headmt]

[well we tried opening it but everyone seems VERY insistent that we open this suddenly? Looking around for something to ram with? A bed????? his strength score isn't that high.]

Isn't it just-- it's probably just another illusion, correct?

[sengokus]

[he pauses - ]

... has anyone used this thing before? Turning it off all of a sudden won't hurt the person inside?

[he's not sure how tech works but

he'll regardless look around to see if there's anything they can use to just. slam into the healing pod]

[headmt]

[okay he does not have to be kicked in the ribs this week, he'll immediately go over and try and struggle the stupid pod open!]

Fuck, it won't--!

[toyska]

[hey don't like that]

[toesies]

[this is fine.]

[chevaleros]

[ vira stares at her, wide-eyed, then at the pod. she still looks injured, but patched up. quietly, stunned: ]

How...?

[dotcom]

[ he just. watches them continue to not open it, getting more visibly frustrated. ]

I don't know. It might not...

[chevaleros]

[ it's an illusion, she tells herself. but she watches alongside him and then eventually just lets out a frustrated noise and runs over, probably to throw herself at this stupid pod. ]

[dotcom]

[ he does not stop her, and honestly he will probably join her in a moment when that doesn't work. ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . after a few more unsuccessful attempts he's just glancing at takeru and vira as he tries to look around for something else to get the door open]

... we can keep trying, even if it's, uh, 'not'. I'm not cool with maybe leaving somebody.

Can someone check out the door and texts, just in case?

[toesies]

Do you think...?

[Why isn't it opening? Someone open the fucking pod!!]

[chevaleros]

I—I'm not certain what to think.

[ she has probably worn herself trying to beat this thing open. ] It could be an illusion, but if it's not...