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[de_void]

Hello boys and girls, apparently it's time, once again, for the hallways to start messing with us. [stiles spreads his arms wide, expression wry.

there's no chance he's getting caught up in all the dramatics revolving around the hallways this time around, as much as he'd like to go information gathering right now, he's only just started to find his (metaphorical) balance up here. and there's people here he'd rather not leave behind if he got lost, besides.

so instead he's sending a call out to the people, hoping to get a few volunteers.]

Thankfully creepy murals popping up in the hallways is relatively tame in the small picture, but I'm trying to keep an eye on the bigger picture and I think these just might help. And that's where you guys come in:

If anyone comes across one of these murals in their time in the hallway, I'd like to hear about it. Pictures would be amazing, but I'll take what I can get.

[he shrugs.] I'll take any other weird tidbits about this place that you think might be interesting too.

I've already got the last couple of recon reports, as well as the doc's helpful timeline but I'll take anything. I know some people actually got the chance to walk around Arima when we made that stop, so if anyone has anything from that special little trip, I'd be interested to heard about it.

Comments

[priceoffreedom]

Do you think that there's something about this series of events that's related to Arima?

[de_void]

If you're asking about whether I think anything that's happening now is related to Arima, the answer is no. If you're asking if I think Arima has anything specifically to do with us being in this ship at all - which I guess isn't all that specific, but you know what I mean - the answer is probably not.

But it might. And even if it doesn't, learning about things that people picked up on the colony could at least give me a better idea about this place we've all found ourselves in as a whole.

[priceoffreedom]

What makes you think that?

[Not said like it's a bad idea. More along the lines of someone who is curious about the logic involved.]

[de_void]

Okay, it's like this: the clues we pick up in this place. There's a context to them that a lot of us aren't actually all that likely to understand unless we have a better grasp of this universe as a whole.

And considering this is a confined location with confined data, any context we manage to pull from the ship alone is going to be insular to the ship. Which might give us some of the clues, but probably not all of them

Think about when you're convicting someone of a crime. You need evidence and a motive. Without the evidence, you have no proof. Without the motive, you'll never understand why.

And sometimes, when you're lacking a little in the proof, the why can go an awful long way.

[priceoffreedom]

I'll send you my notes.

[de_void]

Sounds good. If you ever want any follow up just let me know.

[alsohawkeye]

What sort of things from Arima are you looking for?

[de_void]

anything you might have heard that sounded like semi-current events, anything weird you might have seen that reminded you of the ship.

anything that caught your attention, i'm not picky i'll take it all.

text.

[iceboxed]

they're not just in the hallways

text.

[de_void]

where else then?

mms.

[iceboxed]

[there's no reply at first. but a few moments pass before a picture is sent instead. a shot of the floor of his room, and yet another mural to add to the list. this time, it's a clawed hand reaching out from beneath his bed, red with faux blood. there's more to it, but that's the part he'd woken to. and it's also the only part he's willing to share with anyone else.]

text.

[de_void]

[it's a shame this is text because you just missed the whistle of near appreciation stiles made for that grotesque little masterpiece.]

how delightfully macabre.

[altercate]

I went down to Arima.

[ beat, then-- ]

What are you doing, Stiles?

[de_void]

What does it sound like I'm doing?

voice.

[wiped]

Why are you asking? Do you know something?

voice.

[de_void]

Define knowing something. What kind of knowing are you looking for here?

text;

[doggedly]

i put a moustache on one
would you like a photo of it

text;

[de_void]

is that any sort of question at all of course i do.

text;

[doggedly]

[--or, really, image attachment. and it comes after a short delay because wizards and techynology, man, but, eventually--

Here is a photograph of a wall, on which someone has done a mural of a white figure reaching long arms through a very black hole. Its head is a bit too long to appear truly human, but someone has taken the time to painstakingly paint a large black moustache across what might be its upper-lip region (if it had lips).

Ta-da!]

text;

[de_void]

it's a real shame that this isn't audio or video because i really need to applaud that work of art.

text;

[doggedly]

you can save your applause & give them to me later if you like
ill never turn down applause

text;

[de_void]

i think i can manage that.