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[nakesnakecobracobra]

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[ On an ordinary day, Medusa walked with purpose. She knew exactly where she was going, exactly what she was doing. On ordinary days she walked only briefly and for the most part she studied. Mostly she stayed in the library or the common room of floor 7, a large textbook in hand. This was not an ordinary day.

There was a somewhat complicated facet to this particular flood. She had gathered bits and pieces just listening to the network, but she wanted specifics. How does it work, what’s the mechanism, and how is the Admiral involved?

Today, she is conducting an observational study. She walks from the bottom of the ship to the top, seeing what there is to see and taking mental notes of everything. ]

Comments

[canfindrope]

[Perhaps she will observe Red walking striaght into her, then - not that there's much time, as the woman rounds about the corner... A look of surprise on her face as she tries to pull to a stop.]

[nakesnakecobracobra]

[ Medusa decides after a moment to pause herself. Clearly Red had something she wanted to say to her, assuming she didn't go around making idiotic faces like that normally. Not something Medusa would put past her. She grins at the thought and waits for Red to come back. ]

idk maybe useless?

[darknessb4me]

[Arthas is still wearing a slightly-off smile and is generally loitering around the first floor waiting for Sarah and responding to communicator messages.]

useless is totally acceptable in arthas

[nakesnakecobracobra]

[ She quirks an eyebrow when she sees him, but smiles. He looks utterly insane. She rather likes it. ]

Are you feeling any better?

[ Because you kind of looked like you were killing yourself, earlier. ]

<3

[darknessb4me]

Much.

[He looks up at her, smug.

Oh. Okay, that hurt. But he's not going to show it.]

He thinks this flood can shut me up. He's wrong.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

That's right. You can't let a little thing like pain control you. [ There is no sarcasm here, which should be creepy on its own right. ]

You're stronger than that, aren't you?

[darknessb4me]

Of course I am.

[Smirkface.]

Pain is a teacher. [Muradin's words.] You don't always have to accept the lesson.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

Though the lesson might not be what it was originally designed. Pain can teach us many things.

[darknessb4me]

It's a crude instrument. But I've always preferred effective to subtle.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

Yes, I can see that. [ She's heard the stories. ]

Subtlety would be unlike you. You care so little what other people think.

[darknessb4me]

I used to. It held me back.

[Pain is an effective teacher.]

[nakesnakecobracobra]

It would, wouldn't it? We can't have that. [ She eyes him like a gambler picking a horse. ]

You have far too much potential to be held back by something so petty.

[darknessb4me]

Are you getting at a point?

[nakesnakecobracobra]

No, not at all. [ Her stomach turns, but it doesn't show on her face. ]

Just making an observation.

[darknessb4me]

[Okay, well, he's done villain monologues before, he knows what they sound like. This one doesn't like straightforward, though, so he'll wait for her to get around to whatever she's angling at in her own time. The nostalgia is nice.]

I know what potential I had.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

[ He'll be waiting a long time, but Medusa is fine with that. ]

Why the past tense? You think you don't have potential anymore?

[darknessb4me]

I'm dead.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

So am I. I don't intend to stay that way.

[darknessb4me]

[Arthas snorts.]

Do you have a plan?

[nakesnakecobracobra]

I always have a plan.

[ True enough, although her stomach rolls. ]

The details still require some work.

[darknessb4me]

What do you need?

[nakesnakecobracobra]

A perfect understanding of the mechanisms of the barge. [ Not much, right? ]

[darknessb4me]

You'll want to get ahold of someone from the engine room.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

The engines don't interest me as much as the floods.

[darknessb4me]

Nobody's figured those out.

Why?