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[invisibilitea]

I heard-

[There is a nervous, jittery pause. Actually, if anyone is listening closely, those first two words? They were pretty nervous and jittery, too. Clearly something has rattled Annie, something that she is not saying.]

-I heard-

[Try again, try again.]

I heard something. In the darkened corridors, well, not precisely in them, because I don't go in there, but it sounded like something moving-

Someone, please say, I'm not going mad. I went to look and I saw some lights begin to come on, and then I left, because-

Well.

I think everyone here knows why.

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[talkingaintdoin]

[Zoë is here in her official capacity and she appreciates your attempts to calm yourself down, Annie.]

Where exactly on the ship did this happen? I'm a member of Security. It's probably best you don't check it out yourself. Let us handle it.

[invisibilitea]

I couldn't-

[A pause.]

Where the lights are dim. I didn't mean to go that way. I wander, when [when Mitchell is sleeping] I can't sleep, and that's where I heard it.

[talkingaintdoin]

Understandable. You're not the only one who wanders. Still, this boat is big and I need a more precise area than "where the lights are dim".

[Zoë is a member of SEC just because she wanders. And it helps with her memories of being a soldier.]

[servator]

I know another of our team's gotten to you already, but I need you to stay calm. If they know you're there, they may have followed you.

Are you somewhere safe?

[invisibilitea]

I-

Oh, do you really think it followed me?

[It's Mitchell she's worried about, of course it is.]

[servator]

I'm not sure. It's definitely possible.

Were you alone?

[yardbird]

You're not goin' crazy... I've been hearin' things out there, too.

[invisibilitea]

Oh, I-

Thank God.

[yardbird]

[Unless it's some kind of mass hysteria thing again. But Murphy's not even going to go there to rattle Annie even more.]

Just... stay away from it. Or, don't go by yourself. [Bad shit always happens when you're alone.]

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[technologist]

Do you remember which level it was?

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[invisibilitea]

I think, maybe - three?

[She doesn't actually know. This is really just a guess]

[nowi_wins]

Moving? Was it a ghost? Is the ship haunted?


[Jumping to conclusions is fun.]

[invisibilitea]

Excuse me, what do you mean, haunted? I'm sure if there is a ghost on board they are lovely!!

[video]

[blackmagus]

[ Fortescue knows from experience that someone telling you you aren't crazy, and that they're experiencing the same thing, is terrifically comforting, and so she replies with this in mind. ]

If you mean the groans, then, yes. I heard them. You're not going mad.

[ Or she's mad, too. What a great thought. ]

[invisibilitea]

I thought, maybe-

Thank God, really, thank you as well.

[brainsqueeze]

I heard them.

( And saw a change -the darkness of the corridors receding a little. Not that she's yet gone down to look. Not when it could just as easily come back )

[invisibilitea]

Now, now it's just-

Do you think there is something in there?

voice;

[humanistic]

Did this just happen?

[actually, no--]

Annie, where are you?

[invisibilitea]

Mitchell, Mitchell, what if it's following me?

I can't just-

[She's frightened but she doesn't want anything to hurt Mitchell]

[nokidstuff]

You heard it, too?

[Huh. No, wait, that's not the important thing here, even if her mentioning it did ping his curiosity enough to reply. Hello, stranger. What is important however--]

Wait. What do you mean everybody knows? What's down there?

[invisibilitea]

[Is that a child?]

Um.

There are monsters, in the halls.

How long have you been here?

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[altercate]

Ignore it. You know how this place is.

[invisibilitea]

I don't think that's very comforting, Derek.

[just_be_liz]

I'm afraid I don't actually know why. [new arrival alert, whoops.] Are you okay, ma'am?

[invisibilitea]

Yes, yes, I'm all right-

There are monsters. Inside the ship. Real ones.