week one

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Week 1

[After the initial introduction of the Overseers, the Champions were left to their own devices in investigating the part of the ship they have access to to their hearts' content. However, the doors that Blaze Dudely and Rox came through are locked tight and cannot be unlocked via PIP.

On Wednesday morning, the same voice that awakened them the previous morning chirps at them again from their PIPs at 7 am on the dot.



Enjoy your week, Champions.]

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Comments

[hellahighwater]

Oh- Blackwell. That school I told you about. Bunch of rich bitches and entitled pricks.

[theundertaken]

Ah. Yeah, I can see it. She definitely seems like the country-club type. Probably doing this for shits and giggles, watch the rabble fight amongst themselves...

[hellahighwater]

Throw out a catty remark and let everyone tear each other apart. So glad I don't go to that place anymore.

[theundertaken]

You used to?

[hellahighwater]

Back a million years ago, before they hiked the tuition and I...failed out.

[ Says so on the PIP in...not so many words, so. ]

Better off this way, it's become a real trashpit.

[theundertaken]

.....well, yeah. Probably shouldn't be telling you this as an adult or whatever, but I know a lotta people who dropped out and were fine. It's not really the end of the world.

So, were you going there just for normal high school stuff, or are you an artist too?

[hellahighwater]

...ha. If only my mom or step-douche heard that.

I was going for just normal school stuff. The science program there was pretty good, but...eh. I just didn't care in the end.

[theundertaken]

You can always get your GED later if you need it. I didn't do that, but it sounds a lot quicker than going through all four years. And if you need to go do other things to take care of yourself or whatever, then -

[Shrug. God, he is a wildly irresponsible adult. But also it seems like a dick move to lecture a kid about staying in school while they're kidnap victims in a spaceship and also he barely knows her.]

Got any idea of what you wanna do now? I mean, in a hypothetical where we aren't in fucking space jail.

[hellahighwater]

[ ...Isn't that just the question? Chloe hesitates and leans against the wall. She looks off into...space, actually. Literal space. ]

Fuck, man. I don't know. I've just been satisfied living day-to-day, but...maybe if I could get through the weird, unreal week of my life I left? I always liked inking things. It'd be fun to try doing it again, marking up the world with my pen.

Or, shit. Just a roadtrip. See something other than the shitty streets of my town.

[theundertaken]

Art's one of those things, you could probably make some cash on the road if you needed to. Wouldn't go on a roadtrip by myself, but. [Shrug. That's one thing he definitely can't advise, teenage girl wandering around on her own.]

What was going on when you left?

[hellahighwater]

I wouldn't be alone. I'd have one of my best girls by my side. [ Or both. If they can just find Rachel... ]

...A whole bunch of wild shit was happening. Kidnappings, an...imminent storm. Me and- well, my Max, we were trying to fix it.

[theundertaken]

...shit, just you two? I mean, no offense, but that's a lot.

[hellahighwater]

Why would I take offense to the fact that shit's fucked? ...Max seemed to realize how screwed we were from the start. It's taken me a trip to space to understand just...what we're up against.

[theundertaken]

I can see why. I mean, how do you really come to terms with stuff like that? [.....] Aren't, like, the actual police looking at the kidnapping thing?

[hellahighwater]

You're joking. That would require Arcadia Bay doing something about it. [ Bitterness creeps into her voice. ] Rachel's been missing for months and the cops just ruled it out as a runaway, even though she'd- ...she'd never do that. Just disappear and not tell me.

[theundertaken]

That's fucking bullshit. Did they even try looking for her?

[hellahighwater]

I doubt it. ...I've been plastered posters for like...weeks. Her parents've given up, but...I can't.

[theundertaken]

You and Max Prime?

[hellahighwater]

Yeah. Just...us against the world.

[theundertaken]

......heh. Yeah. I mean, it's nice you two have each other, but that's shitty.

[hellahighwater]

...Well, you never have a lot of people to count on anyway, so having one's good enough, isn't it?

[ It's funny, her voice is a little light and a little bitter, but she's keeping herself flippant as possible. ]

[theundertaken]

.......maybe. I guess. Can always find more, though, right?

[hellahighwater]

They need to stick around for that to happen.

[ ...Chloe clears her throat and shrugs. This has gone to multiple different places and all of them are uncomfortable! ]

It's whatever, you know? Life.

[theundertaken]

......yeah.

[UGH he feels like he should try to be comforting but he's known her for like three days. Let's just move on.]

Hey, c'mon, you can't just say you're an art student and not show me some art. Let's art.

[hellahighwater]

[ Oh no, suddenly she's weird about it all. ]

Drop out, remember? I was never good at the...you know, art stuff, just graffiti.