[encrypted][video] Chasing my thoughts around and around

[credit_not_blame]

Guess who spent the night overthinking instead of sleeping? That's right, it's this bitch.

[Stacia usually looks sleep-deprived and annoyed in the mornings, but she definitely looks moreso today. She muffles a yawn behind her hand.]

I've got some new information, and some follow-up questions regarding it. I'm gonna summarize what I think is important too; if you disagree with my assessment 1) bite me, 2) add it in yourself.

Our problem is a murder-y redhead with tattoos and fetish gear and the ability to pull weapons out of her ass and know how many people you've killed. She's obviously some kind of supernatural nasty who may have been popping up on the Rig to do murders for a couple years. Her name might be Belle, and we got a weird story about how one brother killed the other over her because she was hot, but also invisible. She seems to be working her way up the org chart in finance, but she's not adverse to killing and torturing outside of it.

As for the new stuff: I received a series of texts from a mysterious and unknown source the night Robbie, Rogue, Saturday, and Data were attacked; which is how I knew shit was going down. This source told me where they were and that they were being attacked, and when I asked if they could give me anymore information, I got some...I don't know, Shakespeare?

I saw pale kings, and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
Who cry'd—‘La Belle sans Pitie
Hath thee in thrall!’

So my follow up question is: has anyone else seen any weird writing anywhere? Because our mysterious and unknown source is not answering my texts.

Comments

[xrater]

That's a bastardized version of Keats. His version was La Belle Dam sans Mercie, of course.

Of course, that doesn't tell us much. It's essentially a poem inspired by a story about a knight who's romanced by a fairy. Things end poorly, as fairy romances are wont to.

I wonder why the specific name change?

Also, why is this encrypted? I'm not going to argue with the decision, of course, but it does seem a bit illogical given that one of them might know something.

[humandroid]

[ Well, since it appears the literary education angle of this has been covered already-- ]

A message from an unknown sender appeared on the wall during our altercation. I am lacking sufficient information to speculate on their identity, but they informed us that help would be arriving, and to say GW sent us at the right time.

I will also be transcribing the contents of the monitor the killer was accessing, for further investigation into potential motives.

[ Just leave it at that, Data. Nice and to the point, as intended. No need to sidetrack.

...

He can't do it. ]

"Bite me"?

[wheyoftheadept]

[Saturday is sitting in her infirmary bed, bandaged and typing away. Alexa reads what she says as soon as she's done, voice tinny and mechanical through the speakers.]

I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH THAT'S USEFUL I LEARNED BUT SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HOW LIKE THE REST OF US DO NOT MATTER OR SOMETHING. SO MY MONEY RIGHT NOW IS ON SOME KIND OF MENTAL OR SPIRIT CONSTRUCT OR MANIFESTATION OF SOMETHING. USUALLY AUTONOMOUS PERSON TYPES WHO THINK OTHER PEOPLE DO NOT MATTER CAN NOT SHUT UP ABOUT IT BUT SHE WAS VERY MATTER OF FACT AND UNIMPRESSED WITH HERSELF.

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[just_rogue]

She's not human. Not fully I think anyway. For those that don't know yet, when I touch someone I take some of them into me, powers and such. But it's more than that, I also get their memories, thoughts and emotions.

This was dark, it was like watching a collector except she collected death and violence. It made me sick to my stomach just feeling it. And it wasn't rage, I've felt that and know the difference. She took pleasure in hurting and killing and making others do it too.

She's old I think, she felt...endless? I don't know how to describe it. But I'm not sure I could have taken her down at less than my full power and I've gone toe to toe with Thor.

Good news I guess is that someone else is working opposed to her, there were notes or something that came up behind her while we were fighting. Telling us to hang in there, that they would get help. I don't know who that was but I think they are probably the only reason we're alive.

Sorry I can't be of more help, still sorting things out in my head. Ask questions if you have them and I'll do my best to answer.