If they do not know who committed the crime, they cannot trust any of us. But we also have fewer reasons to trust a ship that is supposed to stop threats.... if it has stopped nothing.
[ it's a double-edged blade kind of thing. shouxue seats herself on one of the cushions. ]
[Whether that's the way of the real world, or that's the way this story is written, she can't say. Can't decide if this is another story at all. If it isn't, then what the hell is she doing here? How?]
I think that there must be...I can't quite say whether there's a force or another person interfering with the ship, but with all that's gone wrong and how things ended last week? It seems likely to me.
But I don't know why an enemy of the company would want to see us hurt each other. [She drums her fingers on the end of her seat.] Perhaps I'm reaching too far for explanations.
It's natural to want it all to make more sense, for any kind of justification. There may be a bigger reason that all of this is happening, but it is hard to see it with so little to go on.
[ it's very frustrating. she has never had answers handed to her, but there is usually more for her to go on. ]
The ship gets less trustworthy every day that passes by, but even if there is something abnormal interfering with it, a competitor to the company doesn't seem that likely.
I don't know. People will do an awful lot to get a little bit of money. [She knows of some horrors of capitalism.] I knew a boar who tried to erase Death itself, and he was going to supply armies with weapons for wars that could never end.
[Though it hadn't been his main goal. Rather a pleasant side hustle on a grim revenge plot.]
Still, it's a puzzle, and we've scarcely been given any of the pieces. And the worlds among the stars are so far apart...I wonder how we'll gather them all.
There are easier ways to sabotage or obtain money than causing whatever is happening on this ship. [ she doesn't know capitalism, but she knows enough merchant families doing their best (or their worst). ] It'd be easier to crash this ship and collect what's on it.
[ that does sound like an intriguing story, but with the next day hovering over them, she doesn't have the energy to ask after it. ]
We collect them bit by pit or piece by piece, or we'll stay lost forever.
That is true. [Rosamund purses her lips.] Or maybe we're the product after all. Someone could be watching this for fun. Making bets.
[She doesn't trust higher powers not to get their kicks from mortal suffering. Whether that applies to just herself or everyone here remains to be seen.]
I wouldn't like that at all. [She turns to the other girl and offers a bracing smile.] Maybe it'll be slow work, but I don't mind getting my hands dirty. I won't give up so easily.
There's a way out of this. We just have to keep digging.
[ she doesn't like that idea at all, and how severe her frown is doesn't hide it. she doesn't think it reeks of a higher power yet, but that's mostly because her canon's higher powers don't really operate like that. ]
Until we dig up more evidence, I won't jump into any conclusions yet. I don't think there's nothing to be found. If there is a way to end up here, there is a way to end up out of here.
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[ it's a double-edged blade kind of thing. shouxue seats herself on one of the cushions. ]
It isn't fair, but most things aren't.
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[Whether that's the way of the real world, or that's the way this story is written, she can't say. Can't decide if this is another story at all. If it isn't, then what the hell is she doing here? How?]
I think that there must be...I can't quite say whether there's a force or another person interfering with the ship, but with all that's gone wrong and how things ended last week? It seems likely to me.
But I don't know why an enemy of the company would want to see us hurt each other. [She drums her fingers on the end of her seat.] Perhaps I'm reaching too far for explanations.
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[ it's very frustrating. she has never had answers handed to her, but there is usually more for her to go on. ]
The ship gets less trustworthy every day that passes by, but even if there is something abnormal interfering with it, a competitor to the company doesn't seem that likely.
[ she doesn't know how cutthroat capitalism is. ]
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[Though it hadn't been his main goal. Rather a pleasant side hustle on a grim revenge plot.]
Still, it's a puzzle, and we've scarcely been given any of the pieces. And the worlds among the stars are so far apart...I wonder how we'll gather them all.
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[ that does sound like an intriguing story, but with the next day hovering over them, she doesn't have the energy to ask after it. ]
We collect them bit by pit or piece by piece, or we'll stay lost forever.
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[She doesn't trust higher powers not to get their kicks from mortal suffering. Whether that applies to just herself or everyone here remains to be seen.]
I wouldn't like that at all. [She turns to the other girl and offers a bracing smile.] Maybe it'll be slow work, but I don't mind getting my hands dirty. I won't give up so easily.
There's a way out of this. We just have to keep digging.
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Until we dig up more evidence, I won't jump into any conclusions yet. I don't think there's nothing to be found. If there is a way to end up here, there is a way to end up out of here.