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...?

[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!

[toyska]

[hey don't like that]

[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]

[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--!

[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.

[chevaleros]

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

How...?

[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]

[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.

[headmt]

Look, it seemed like a good idea at the time-- [anyway everyone else in the room seems to be having a meltdown about this] Don't worry about 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]

[AHHHH WHY WON'T IT BUDGE]

What if we try ramming something into it?

[sengokus]

Ahh, I'll worry about it later—

[and he'll look around]

Alright, let's try again on three - and then if that doesn't work, maybe like... a crowbar or something...? Can we just - pry it open?

[dotcom]

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

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

[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?

[toesies]

[this is fine.]

[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]

[Sounds fine to him. He doesn't know why the sudden urgency, but that feels like the energy in the room right now!!!]

Alright. One. Two. Three.

[And hauling!]

[sengokus]

[mineo's not saying anything before someone else does!

but he will also try very hard!!!!



and after struggling for a few seconds]

... fuck.

[it's really not budging]

[headmt]

[Ugh, okay

in sweet loving memory of Beauregard, he'll try just

fucking punching glass

but again his strength score isn't very high and he just thumps it hard and hisses and recoils in pain.]

Fuckin' shite bastard son of a bitch--!!

[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. ]

[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?

[sengokus]

[IN BEAU'S HONOR

but mineo startles at that and - reaches out to wrap his fingers around molly's wrist to inspect his hand carefully]

—Whoa. Shit, you okay?