(For listed characters, see OOC thread later)
With the exception of hissing, clicks, and other machine noises. All was quite. Still. Nothing. No movement, no human sound at all, just the sterile noise of machines. That wasn’t entirely true, as the third deck was filling with water, and housed a damaged electrical system. There were also more than likely other sounds as well.
There was no one walking down the ships long halls, all was empty. Everyone had vanished.
Except for three.
Number Six paced up and down in front of the Captain’s cabin in an empty corridor of the ship, grumbling to itself in a quiet, musical way. For three hours Six had stood outside the Captain’s cabin, waiting for Its summon inside. Six wished that the Captain had paid more attention to his ship, instead of letting it get into such flagrantly nasty disrepair.
As it stood, Six was stuck alone in the hallway with the starship’s ancient custodian, a man named Jagar. It didn’t particularly enjoy Jagar’s company, as Jagar gave Six the creeps, simply because he rarely said anything, and always seemed to be around when you weren’t looking, but were in need of janitorial supplies. A long silence had passed between them. Jagar not paying attention to anything Six was doing due to his never ending mopping of the hallways, and Six ignoring Jagar to pay attention to the Captain’s chambers.
Six’s anxiety was soon relieved after a further ten minute wait. The door slid open, and the Captain slowly walked from his chambers. The Captain was a tall, clean-shaven man with a gruff way of speaking. Dressed like a navy Admiral, the Captain gave both Jagar and Six a short salute, then crossed his hands behind his back.
“I know,†He began. “I don’t need to inform you about our current troubles. As you know doubt know of them already…†Jagar simply nodded, and Six made a sound that sounded like a cross between a snort and a giggle. The Captain ignored both and continued.
“I’ve taken the liberty of enlisting a search party. Jagar said he’d finish the repairs… correct?†The Captain looked toward Jagar, who responded with a nod, but nothing else. “They should have arrived up here several hours ago…â€
Jagar’s gruff voice echoed throughout the corridor as he began to speak, “Did you check the scanners?†The Captain shook his head sadly, “No, they’re all off line, and I can’t get a hold of the security systems. One of us needs to check it out… Everything has gone offline, not all the security posts are offline, but I can’t figure out which ones are still on.â€
With a short nod, Jagar picked up his broom. “I’ll go then. Where are… er… The new arrivals at?â€
From his pocket, the Captain produced a small napkin. “I couldn’t, well, get my printer to work, so I had to draw it on this… I’ve dropped the four off in four empty storage rooms on the same deck, all within 50 feet of each other. Unfortunately… I don’t know which deck it is. If it all worked out correctly… They will all be on Deck 2.â€
Six simply shook Its head. “So you’re telling me,†Six began, it’s voice taking on a sultry tenor, “That you just randomly picked some… people, and dropped them on our ship?â€
The Captain took off his hat, and used it to wipe his forehead. “Six, I didn’t have time to do anything else, it was them, or nothing. I brought them at the last second possible. After them, I can’t bring anyone onboard until all our major systems are restored.†“I’ll go find them.†Jagar said quietly and spun on his heel, without any further instruction he walked back out the long corridor.
Crossing its arms over its chest, Six narrowed it’s eyes. “Captain. What exactly are you planning to do with these people?†The Captain turned and walked towards his cabin door once more, and muttered, with a sigh. “Find my people, of course.â€
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The storage rooms each connect to each other, and one central hall. There are six on each side filled with food supplies. They line up, three on a wall. EKDS5k and Janer are located on the first storage chamber on the left side. Valerie and Amal are in the storage room directly south of that. The door to the northern (EKDS’s and Janer’s room) is blocked off from their side, so that they can’t see the door, but Valerie and Amal can. Both exits to the hallway are clearly visible.