A ritual on day fifty? [ it's drier than the desert. dick hums in thought ] Room to the left of the cargo bay. Turned out to be a dungeon. And not the sex kind. There was... [ god, he's got a pile of notes he starts to take out, but he explains as he takes them out: ] Some kind of monster in there? It wasn't a demon. Worse. Bigger and nastier. Couldn't see, so we played the world's most dangerous game of hide and seek while trying to find keys and a heart to get out of here.
[ the first thing he hands over is a map, though! it's bloody. ]
The heart was inside a demon strapped down in the medical cell. Tamamo... I wasn't there, but she told me she cut off one of her tails to shut it up while she took out the heart so her and Kagachi wouldn't get spotted.
[He'll take this map but he's also going to end up staining it a little with corpse goo. Oh well. He's also turning it a little.]
Knew this ship was full of monsters. Is it still alive down there? Probably want to make sure nobody else goes down there, like, ever. [But he's not thrilled to hear about Tamamo and he frowns softly.] ...I'll have to go see her later.
I'm guessing you found the keys if you got out. Where were you when this was going on?
[ he nods at the tamamo comment but then. he. hm. ]
It... turned into salt?
[ DICK WAS ALSO NOT THERE FOR THIS SO HE'S JUST ??? ]
We originally split up to cover more ground, but the medical cell and security office were both locked. There was another locked door that needed a keycard, but that one led to outside the dungeon. Medical cell needed a keycard and the security office needed a six digit code. We met back up to share the notes we'd found in the numbered cells-- there was a hint for the code and the keycard for the medical cell. I went with them to look over medical, but when it became clear we wouldn't find our exit key in there, I split off to try the security office while they got the heart.
[ he takes out the paper with the hint that reads: "Found him… what was left of him. It’s moved on, now. We have to hurry. Security office is password locked, though… but I found a hint? It’s six digits… some sort of sequence, but I haven’t gotten it yet.
-WHERE YOU STAND NOW -YOUR ROAD LEFT TO WALK -THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
What’s that supposed to mean?” ]
39, 11, 50. Number of days it'd been since the start, number of them left, and when the ritual has to take place.
Salt. [What the--okay, whatever, he shakes his head and focuses on the more important stuff.] ..."it" must've been that monster but the next question is how did it get on the ship in the first place? What is this boat? Where are we? This isn't normal and we thought it was because Polly summoned demons but this isn't the first time.
[He nods to the hint though.] And it worked. Do you think that means the last group was supposed to do the ritual on that day, too, and that's the real reason they failed?
... I don't think the last group managed to get the heart. Let me--
[ anyway dick has all the notes through the power of my own convenience, and they all look like pages from the same journal. it's not a pretty picture ]
The demon was tied up on the medical table when we got there, and it was already opened with the heart ready to take, according to Tamamo. There was blood in a few of the cells.
...you think Ryan was our narrator? Or someone else? [...the thing is, he can absolutely understand all of the sentiments in these notes. How else would people learn, and also, yeah, getting home is a priority. He sort of sympathizes, but also thank you, Ryan F and co, for tying down a demon for them.]
Their loss was our gain in that case. All we can do now is use it. So how do we do that?
[ but going by the recordings, it doesn't make much sense for their narrator to die killed by that monster. he shakes his head with a hum ]
Ritual circle, day fifty, those seven items. We've got all the pieces, now all that's left to do is learn how to put them together before our eleven days are up. [ he pauses because. god, it's like seven am now, so: ] Ten, now.
[He finally moves, heading for the conspiracy wall that's all over the place and pulls out another sticky note to slap onto the wall. He writes the number 10 on it and circles it to stare at it. A bit of zombie goo slides down the side of his face.]
Tonbokiri said they received a message that said "The seven must come together as the catalyst for escape." Katy said they got one that says "The escape route has been located." We know there's thirteen of us with roles even though we still don't know what the fuck those roles do. I thought maybe finding the thirteen would mean something but my job was...I don't know.
[He reaches into his pocket then and pulls out a blue jar.] Plus I don't know what this is and it doesn't open. So. We're back to square one. [He's mostly mad and frustrated and unhappy everybody got wrecked. Again. It's fine.]
[ dick. follows because he is considering forcefully rinsing him down if he has to. sorry juncat ]
Nikkari's the one who got that clarification. It's what he said, but... we should check in with him to be sure. What do you think it is if it's not that?
Dunno. The green jars were something to slow cell decay so maybe this is something to speed it up. And if they are demon tears, why hide them among the other jars? [He'll shower, god, but he's also stuck with his own thoughts and finds those more important than personal hygiene at the moment.]
Why did Escha find the shoes in a supply closet? The locations haven't always made sense. [ he's standing in the bathroom with junpei kind of. ushering him to get undressed and not in a sexy way for once. shoo!!! shoo!!! ] Here's a better question on those tears-- the demons don't have eyes.
[That's a fair point. Both of those things, and at this rate he doesn't seem to care that Dick's there so he'll slowly strip out of his gross clothes. RIP leather jacket, you did well...but it also means he's unpacking the ahegun, the dick-knife, the documents, the blue jar, some first aid supplies, a scalpel, a singular brass knuckle and being very careful with his pants that have other things in the pockets. It's only when he's in his boxers that he stares at the shower like he's trying to figure out what he's doing before he'll turn on the water and wait for it to be warm enough.]
Uh, yeah they do. [Hm.] Or, at least, it's possible they do. The zombies had one eye each among their dozens of sharp teeth.
[ dick just. looks at all the stuff and picks up some of it to start washing what needs to be washed in the sink. that inventory is so relatable dick cannot say shit. laundry day is going to be hellish. ]
Those with hosts, sure. But the true ones, like the one we found strapped to the table? They don't have visible eyes. Visible teeth and claws, but no eyes.
...good point. Then...I don't know. Maybe the real demon is that giant eyeball that's ominously watching us from somewhere we haven't found. [He shucks off the boxers and gets into the shower, kind of closing the curtain/door/whatever the fuck.
There's also a slight squeak of water slipping like he's moving around and followed by two gentle thuds of something being set down.]
Still can't picture what they're all for though either.
Wow, leave the eye of providence alone, it just wants to see us naked and dying. Only maybe not at the same time.
[ dick's voice is. so dry. at that joke. anyway, he hums ]
Maybe... Summoning circle the same way we do the current one, but instead of the items we've got it's those. Knife for killing it? [ dick dries some of junpei's dirty stuff and sighs, muttering a bit to himself: ] If we make it out of here, I'm training Tim for exorcisms.
[There's another light thud, followed by a long pause of consideration.]
Maybe tell the eye of providence to stop being a goddamn perv. [Grumbling. His tail moves to hang out of the side of the tub.] ...we know the knife works to kill the demons. The pendant I have no clue about. The dildo I have extra no clue about, or the butt plug. Like are we supposed to summon a different demon, fuck it and kill it? That wouldn't even surprise me anymore.
[Dry away. He'll just be here, sitting in the bottom of the shower and staring at the ceiling.]
[ dick can see junpei's silhouette in the bath, so, first off: ]
Seriously, actually wash yourself or I'll do it for you. Water's not gonna cut it. [ anyway, mother hen mode aside-- ] If they're all things we have to wear while we stand in a circle, I call not it on the sparkly dildo.
[ he did not call not it on the butt plug, the fool ]
Yeah. [That's either an agreement or it's a shut the fuck up, but he seems to be busy letting himself think about something else.] You can take the butt plug then.
[Yeah. He'll say it for him. However...] Candlesticks, candle holders, a pendant full of dust, a dildo-shaped gun, chalk, a dagger, a lighter, holy water, and that demonic summoning book. Those were all the prizes we got that very first week. What do those things half in common with what we have now?
The demon tears could be tied to the holy water. The sparkly dildo could be like a candle, and the butt plug a "holder", in theory. The shoes have holy water in them...the dagger and knife have pretty obvious tie-ins, same with the pendants. And the heart...maybe the lighter. The thing that starts everything.
[ call out post to junpei for immediately going for it. anyway, junpei tries to step out without soaping up and he will hose him down, but dick will let it go for now. ]
I don't know that it's a direct 1 to 1 with everything, but something like that might be possible. Or we just stand all of the rest around in a circle, shove the heart in the middle and stab it like in a movie.
[ dick is obviously taking this conversation as seriously as junpei and isn't just like, too exhausted to speculate as he leans against the counter and thinks ]
[ ah. dick scrubs a hand over his face and tables his jokes for now, then. ]
The... corpses you found, right? [ dick hasn't directly spoken to junpei about it, but he was around to hear what he told others while he, you know, suffering performing first aid on a bunch of people again. ] Not sure. The previous group didn't make it, remember? There's no telling how much of what happened to them applies to us, too.
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[ the first thing he hands over is a map, though! it's bloody. ]
The heart was inside a demon strapped down in the medical cell. Tamamo... I wasn't there, but she told me she cut off one of her tails to shut it up while she took out the heart so her and Kagachi wouldn't get spotted.
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Knew this ship was full of monsters. Is it still alive down there? Probably want to make sure nobody else goes down there, like, ever. [But he's not thrilled to hear about Tamamo and he frowns softly.] ...I'll have to go see her later.
I'm guessing you found the keys if you got out. Where were you when this was going on?
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It... turned into salt?
[ DICK WAS ALSO NOT THERE FOR THIS SO HE'S JUST ??? ]
We originally split up to cover more ground, but the medical cell and security office were both locked. There was another locked door that needed a keycard, but that one led to outside the dungeon. Medical cell needed a keycard and the security office needed a six digit code. We met back up to share the notes we'd found in the numbered cells-- there was a hint for the code and the keycard for the medical cell. I went with them to look over medical, but when it became clear we wouldn't find our exit key in there, I split off to try the security office while they got the heart.
[ he takes out the paper with the hint that reads: "Found him… what was left of him. It’s moved on, now. We have to hurry. Security office is password locked, though… but I found a hint? It’s six digits… some sort of sequence, but I haven’t gotten it yet.
-WHERE YOU STAND NOW
-YOUR ROAD LEFT TO WALK
-THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
What’s that supposed to mean?” ]
39, 11, 50. Number of days it'd been since the start, number of them left, and when the ritual has to take place.
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[He nods to the hint though.] And it worked. Do you think that means the last group was supposed to do the ritual on that day, too, and that's the real reason they failed?
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[ anyway dick has all the notes through the power of my own convenience, and they all look like pages from the same journal. it's not a pretty picture ]
The demon was tied up on the medical table when we got there, and it was already opened with the heart ready to take, according to Tamamo. There was blood in a few of the cells.
[ press f for ryan f and his companions ]
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...you think Ryan was our narrator? Or someone else? [...the thing is, he can absolutely understand all of the sentiments in these notes. How else would people learn, and also, yeah, getting home is a priority. He sort of sympathizes, but also thank you, Ryan F and co, for tying down a demon for them.]
Their loss was our gain in that case. All we can do now is use it. So how do we do that?
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[ but going by the recordings, it doesn't make much sense for their narrator to die killed by that monster. he shakes his head with a hum ]
Ritual circle, day fifty, those seven items. We've got all the pieces, now all that's left to do is learn how to put them together before our eleven days are up. [ he pauses because. god, it's like seven am now, so: ] Ten, now.
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Tonbokiri said they received a message that said "The seven must come together as the catalyst for escape." Katy said they got one that says "The escape route has been located." We know there's thirteen of us with roles even though we still don't know what the fuck those roles do. I thought maybe finding the thirteen would mean something but my job was...I don't know.
[He reaches into his pocket then and pulls out a blue jar.] Plus I don't know what this is and it doesn't open. So. We're back to square one. [He's mostly mad and frustrated and unhappy everybody got wrecked. Again. It's fine.]
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[ before there is zombie guts all over their room. although-- dick looks at the jar ]
It's not the demon tears?
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No, I'm sure it is but I don't know if they're actually demon tears. Do we know for sure they were supposed to be demon tears and not something else?
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Nikkari's the one who got that clarification. It's what he said, but... we should check in with him to be sure. What do you think it is if it's not that?
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Why did Escha find the shoes in a supply closet? The locations haven't always made sense. [ he's standing in the bathroom with junpei kind of. ushering him to get undressed and not in a sexy way for once. shoo!!! shoo!!! ] Here's a better question on those tears-- the demons don't have eyes.
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Uh, yeah they do. [Hm.] Or, at least, it's possible they do. The zombies had one eye each among their dozens of sharp teeth.
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Those with hosts, sure. But the true ones, like the one we found strapped to the table? They don't have visible eyes. Visible teeth and claws, but no eyes.
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...what if it's demon saliva or something instead?
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[ it's wry. he's keeping an eye on junpei to make sure. he gets in there eventually :T ]
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There's also a slight squeak of water slipping like he's moving around and followed by two gentle thuds of something being set down.]
Still can't picture what they're all for though either.
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[ dick's voice is. so dry. at that joke. anyway, he hums ]
Maybe... Summoning circle the same way we do the current one, but instead of the items we've got it's those. Knife for killing it? [ dick dries some of junpei's dirty stuff and sighs, muttering a bit to himself: ] If we make it out of here, I'm training Tim for exorcisms.
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Maybe tell the eye of providence to stop being a goddamn perv. [Grumbling. His tail moves to hang out of the side of the tub.] ...we know the knife works to kill the demons. The pendant I have no clue about. The dildo I have extra no clue about, or the butt plug. Like are we supposed to summon a different demon, fuck it and kill it? That wouldn't even surprise me anymore.
[Dry away. He'll just be here, sitting in the bottom of the shower and staring at the ceiling.]
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Seriously, actually wash yourself or I'll do it for you. Water's not gonna cut it. [ anyway, mother hen mode aside-- ] If they're all things we have to wear while we stand in a circle, I call not it on the sparkly dildo.
[ he did not call not it on the butt plug, the fool ]
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[Yeah. He'll say it for him. However...] Candlesticks, candle holders, a pendant full of dust, a dildo-shaped gun, chalk, a dagger, a lighter, holy water, and that demonic summoning book. Those were all the prizes we got that very first week. What do those things half in common with what we have now?
The demon tears could be tied to the holy water. The sparkly dildo could be like a candle, and the butt plug a "holder", in theory. The shoes have holy water in them...the dagger and knife have pretty obvious tie-ins, same with the pendants. And the heart...maybe the lighter. The thing that starts everything.
...or maybe I'm just talking out of my ass.
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[ call out post to junpei for immediately going for it. anyway, junpei tries to step out without soaping up and he will hose him down, but dick will let it go for now. ]
I don't know that it's a direct 1 to 1 with everything, but something like that might be possible. Or we just stand all of the rest around in a circle, shove the heart in the middle and stab it like in a movie.
[ dick is obviously taking this conversation as seriously as junpei and isn't just like, too exhausted to speculate as he leans against the counter and thinks ]
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What do you think the likelihood is that our current hosts are gonna go the way of the old ones?
[Ah.]
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The... corpses you found, right? [ dick hasn't directly spoken to junpei about it, but he was around to hear what he told others while he, you know, suffering performing first aid on a bunch of people again. ] Not sure. The previous group didn't make it, remember? There's no telling how much of what happened to them applies to us, too.
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