11 | the words you scribbled on the wall with the loss of friends you didn't have

[the_vishual]

Tranquility.

[ Chase's voice is hollow, face void of emotion. She's addressing her communicator by holding it up and pointing it at her face, somewhere in one of the hallways. Slowly, her lips turn to a frown. ]

The walls are painted red, but not with blood. There are three--past. Present. Future. More line the walls but these are the focus, these are what's meant to be. It's Tranquility.

[ Her lips quirk, though through the entire thing she doesn't blink but if you look quickly, there's a flash of purple in her eyes. ]

There's a cross, there's man on a cross and then there's whispers. Keep your secrets and guard them well. There's no violence, only in the paintings, but just in case--just in case. Don't speak to the walls, the walls can hear.



[ Heaven's Fence Encryption 100% - Tyke, Captain Kirk, Spock, Tony Stark, Neal. ]
Some of you told me to contact you before this. I felt a warning was appropriate to the general crew.

Neal told his secrets and now they know. They never forget. [ She clears her throat, and, finally, her gaze falls downwards, finally blinking. ]

Mr. Smiley is not part of the Tranquility. But he's laughing as he paints them and there's--there's...

It's not just machinery in holes. Not just parts. Mind the gap, the gap might bite back. [ Even if she doesn't understand it, she figures it bears explaining. ]

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[toasterprophet]

All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again.

[Concerned, but intrigued. Something big is clearly going down.] Is there anything I can do to help, Chase?

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[the_vishual]

Number two. [ She's glancing quickly and the encryption, and, deeming it appropriate, decides to speak freely. ]

The entity known as Mr. Smiley is not a part of the ship. He's the one that painted them. And the stuff below.... Not all of it is engines.

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[toasterprophet]

You consider it your duty to protect the ship and its crew. So you seek to warn them.

Will the entity cause harm if left alone, or only if given attention by wandering too close to the truth?

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[the_vishual]

My guess is that if we stay away, they'll be less inclined. But given the nature of this ship... There's no way to tell.

[toasterprophet]

[Thinking out loud.] And since the endgame of our stay on Tranquility is to seek out its mysteries, we can't help stumbling over them sometimes.

What can I do, Chase? I want to serve God, and you're my sister in His service. I want to help. I know it can be hard to bear visions no one else can see.

[the_vishual]

I wish there was a way to show you.

[ A beat. ] Is there?

[toasterprophet]

...Maybe.

I've been shown things before with you, about you and your world. Can I come see you?

[the_vishual]

Of course.

action; because it's just too cute to confine to plurk

[toasterprophet]

Hours later, Leoben's head was still whirring, as concern about the darkness he'd seen lurking mingled with wonder and the smug elation he always felt after a vision. After learning something others didn't know. But he kept his movements soft as he reached over to take a mug - about an inch of the hot chocolate he'd made her left still left - that had begun to droop in Chase's small hand. Setting it down, he closed the copy of the Ghansgraad he'd been reading from, and offered it to her like a favorite teddy bear.