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[idkmybffbloodwing]

So, most 'a you already know that a few of us did some exploring of the deeper parts of the ship last month, and found a painting that seemed dead set on stalking us through the hallways. Jaye put up pictures of the thing if you missed that somehow. If anyone with chemistry skills has some free time, I've got a bottle here with some of the paint, or whatever it is, that I flaked off of one instance of the painting, since we thought it might be helpful to know what exactly a moving mural is made of. Lemme know if you're interested.

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[interns]

[ lIKE A KID VOLUNTEERING IN CLASS-- ]

I will!

[ a beat ]

I mean.

I can take a look at that, if you'd like.

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

Glad someone's willing to check it out. You a regular with the science department? I can drop it by the lab sometime if you want.

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[interns]

I'm there most of the time, yes, on level three. And I'm just glad to be doing something that might help. There's only so long I can stare at the samples taken from the dead monsters from when we first discovered the maze however many months ago...

[ s-so frustrated ]

But this, this I can do. I think we have the right materials to run tests. If not, we can improvise, for sure.

[sufferances]

So you're saying it moved?

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

Sure did. At first we thought it could just be different versions of the same painting, but they were identical, not just similar. An' then one night we went to sleep, an' woke up with it looming over our heads in the hallway. Hadn't been there before. I wouldn't have thought it possible, but it looks like it is.

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[sufferances]

It might not be alive. It could be something else.

[ where's bonnie when you need her. ]

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[northerner]

Are you sure it's a painting and not some manner of creature?

[ old nan had stories about wild shit like this bro ]

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

Dunno how it could be alive without organs or anything, an' the pieces I broke off sure seem like paint, but that's one of the things we want to find out, of course.

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[northerner]

The organs may be cunningly hidden, but seems an impossible thing to guage.

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[tumbleweeds]

You doubting your banner?

[ SHE IS OFFENDED SHE WAS THERE SHE HAS THE PICTURES. :V ]

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[northerner]

I doubt the very nature of this ship, but never my banner.

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[faithlessly]

[ he has to echo the others here because this sounds all sorts of trippy. ]

A painting that stalked you?

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

Yeah. Or, someone stalking us an' using a creepy painting to tell us about it is probably more accurate.

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[faithlessly]

[ that sounds like a lotta effort. then again, creepy spaceship. ]

Did you guys, I don't know, touch it or anything? [ bc tbh he'd probably shoot a stalking painting or whoever himself. ]

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[doggedly]

Hang on, it moved on the wall, as in, on the bare wall? By itself? Not-- through picture frames or anything, right, just on its own?

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

Uh huh. Just on the wall. By itself, though? Probl'ly not. Someone had to be controlling it, an' I'll give you one guess who the likely suspect is.

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[fuckinghysterical]

I don't know anything about these paintings, but from the sounds of it, someone should just pour paint thinner on those walls and put a stop to this painting following thing, heeheehee.

[LB: expert adviser on this sort of thing, clearly.]

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

[He chuckles a little at her suggestion.]

Next time I go in there, I'll bring you along, LB. You can be in charge of that.

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[tumbleweeds]

[ Sounding a bit annoyed, though it's by some of the responses: ] People miss a lot.

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[supfirehawk]

[ Lilith shares your feelings, Jaye. ] That's the vibe I'm getting too.

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

No kidding. Guess it's good I said something, or half the ship'd go on not knowing any of it happened. No wonder people keep wandering off an' losing limbs.

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[handelaar]

So you're Jaye's friend.

[Nope no questions about the paintings. Zero questions about the paintings.]

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

That a problem?

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[jurisimpudent]

[The muttering on the other end of the line is sarcastic - but it's also muffled and distant. Someone did not actually intend to be holding down the transmit button when making his snide comment.]

Why am I not remotely surprised?

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[idkmybffbloodwing]

[Well, well, if it isn't the overzealous security jerk. He can't quite help but smile to himself.]

You gotta problem with takin' samples for scientific analysis, "officer"?

[Why yes, those sarcastic quotes are quite audible.]