The End of the Chase

[airlockedmods]

[After several enlightening mishaps and meeting several well-intentioned aliens, the clues from the scavenger hunt have led both teams to the pool on the west side of the building. There are several other aliens milling about, staring up at the windows to try and find the green one.

The last clue has been received. It's time to regroup, find where to go next, and confront the mastermind of this... network-sponsored scavenger hunt.]

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[airlockedmods]

This doesn't really seem like somethin' built for eight. No offense!

[airlockedmods]

I have taken very good care of my friends, thank you.

[airlockedmods]

Right, sorry, ma'am.

[It's just really not a big ship?]

[stitch_in_time]

Yeah, we think the ones runnin' it before they hauled off were a bunch of interns. Big corporations like InterGal count them as about half a person each. So just a bit cozier than a lot of us'd like.

[For now.]

[He nods towards the back of the ship.]

Care to see the accommodations the studio gave us before we actually woke up?

[airlockedmods]

Uh...okay, I guess...

[At this point he kinda doesn't?]

[refusedtoleave]

There was a box of green goo when we first woke up...We think it was one of the interns.

[airlockedmods]

Y'think they left someone's BODY here?

[ratherdoweddings]

I thought it was their bed!

[airlockedmods]

Well, that could be.

[refusedtoleave]

[She shrugs.]

I don't know. It was bright green and slimy, I wasn't touching it.

[stitch_in_time]

[Oh come on, he's just on a ship with nine people who are basically strangers and most of whom are large enough to physically overpower him and have told him about a vast corporate conspiracy against them. What's the worst that could happen?]

This way, then. Brave heart, Jayce.

[And it's a pretty short trip to abandoned VR pods, unless someone's seriously misunderstood the relative scale of the Temerity.]

These are were we woke up, in what I'm guessing was broadcast as the season finale.

[He gives one of the empty pods a knock.]

Still not completely sure how they work, besides a basic brainwave reader and sensory feedback, and between you and me that's saying something.

[airlockedmods]

[This is how minor Internet celebrities die, isn't it?

Jaycee follows quietly, and places a hand on the pod as it's indicated to peer inside. Though he still has his projection on, there's a click like claws as he taps on the glass window.]

Yeah, we saw all this. Other guys're all in ones just like these, too.

[stitch_in_time]

Pretty elaborate for something that's supposed to just be a setpiece, yeah?