week one will not explain the tiny hands.

[toesies]

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[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?

[dotcom]

What?

[ oh. he pulls out his phone and types something out. ]

Doesn't work.

[ he'll go check the door which, you know, won't open. \

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . trying not to bang his head against the cupboard he just opened]

... got it.

[dotcom]

[ that's fine he is just going

to go try to open this pod even though no one else was able to. ]

[toesies]

[She seems like she's about to ask why that matters, before realization sets in.]

... Oh, fuck.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . yeah. he breathes in and out before straightening up.]

I'm gonna do my best, Sheila-san, but I think everyone - especially people who're injured - should try to be out of the way of the door, and out of sight we can manage it.

[once everyone's done freaking out over the pod but also he's not gonna tell them to get over it so he'll just. wait.]

[toesies]

... Well, we're not going to fit under the bed. And some of us are bound to have opinions about that.

[Not looking at anyone! Even though it is. Probably obvious who she means.]

What else?

[sengokus]

Vira-san suggested it - so I'm gonna try barricading the door. That way we can at least even tell if someone's able to come in here.

Do you know how to defend yourself?

[toyska]

[Chiming in:]

I can stay close to it, as a buffer.

[Oh finally he's being helpful]

[toesies]

I know a little self-defense.

[Will it help? Mystery.]

What can we use as a barricade? I suggest something that's hard to move on your own.

[chevaleros]

What are you—

[ her voice is sharp, but quickly settles once she realizes what he's talking about. ]

Does that mean someone's killing again tonight?

[sengokus]

[ . . . . ]

I don't know.

Maybe.

[and he frowns as he looks around the room]

.... but everyone who's injured needs to get into a safer spot - I don't know how feasible that is, but at least before we all get knocked out again.

[chevaleros]

[ that sounds good but she is not organizing this because she has a pod to beat the shit out of. ]

We can't leave here, and all the scalpels have been stolen already.

[sengokus]

[everyone is beating this pod hello]

... I mean even just - out of sight. I don't know if Suoh-san was targeted or if he was just the first person they saw. I'm not sure how any of that worked.

But if there's anything we can do to increase our odds of safety, we should.

[chevaleros]

[ sometimes you just beat the shit out of pods ]

I assume he was targeted, since he seemed to be awake during the struggle.

We can barricade the door, I suppose.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he looks thoughtful about it. and then just looks around the room for heavy shit to move.]

Okay.

[bonetiddies]

[. . . She'll wait for the conversation with Mineo to end, and then once that's done, reaching into her corset and handing her a scalpel.]

[chevaleros]

[ she looks a little surprised, but curls harrow's hand back over it. ]

Keep it on you, please. I'm armed already.

[ even though it doesn't mean they can save each other. ]

[bonetiddies]

[Whispering to her.]

If you're sure. I've several to spare.

[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...