『Elegante 005』► Audio

[skin_and_steel]

Question for you guys:

Ever notice how the people on this ship tend to be people that you couldn't stand back home? Hell, even a bitter enemy of yours?

It makes me wonder how deliberate Redd's choice is in plucking these people from our worlds. If it's a deliberate way to make the passengers' stay that much more hellish.

[He takes a deep sigh

Comments

[shenghuanzhe]

Simple answer is that Redd picks up people floatin' in the water.

[skin_and_steel]

...what do you mean, "floating in the water"?

[shenghuanzhe]

I mean look out the porthole, kid.

[Kage takes a moment to light up a cigarette.]

Redd chooses which folks floatin' in the water t'take along.

[skin_and_steel]

[Ed presses a hand to his forehead.]

Okay, then how do people end up in said water at all?

[He realizes he probably sounds like a fucking idiot right now.]

[heavyweaponsbot]

Yeah. I have noticed.

[skin_and_steel]

I mean, I've come across several people who... well, even if it's not technically enemies, it's people that makes their stay that much more difficult.

[heavyweaponsbot]

Hmnf. You and me both, boy.

[skin_and_steel]

...are they robots too?

[He still can't get his head around the idea of machines that can think for themselves.]

[intimacyphobic]

I wouldn't say the pattern is just enemies.

But the relationships seem to be slated for maximum pain.

[skin_and_steel]

[Ed nods. He's heard that same phrasing before.]

I remember a person telling me the same thing, and that sometimes your enemies were preferable to the people Redd puts on here instead.

[intimacyphobic]

Mm... yes. I mean, I wouldn't say I necessarily prefer my enemies, but they're in greater numbers than those... dear to me anyway, so it makes no sense that...

[She sighs.]

And for lack of anything better to do, I find myself mulling over what possible purpose this should all serve.

Because surely it serves a purpose. I can't imagine anything else. It's just too mind boggling to think all so random... or even for, well, say, the Captain's amusement.

But the circular thinking involved in any line of reasoning I can latch onto could quite possibly drive one mad.

[skin_and_steel]

The more time I spend on here, the less I think that Redd leaves anything up to chance, or that anything is "random". He's just watching his little ant farm, waiting to see what we do to one another.

[missmimmi]

Ah, well, my sister was brought on board, so it is not all bad.

[skin_and_steel]

Your sister, huh? So she was lucky enough to escape with you?

[He remembers hearing about the state of Mimmi's world. One of the rare cases where the boat was better than being home.]

[missmimmi]

It would seem so!

[tiny_miniskirts]

[Snicker]

I take it you've had the pleasure of running into Kimblee, as well.

... wait. Redd brought the Homunculi onto the boat?

[skin_and_steel]

He did. I know that Envy was on here for while, but hell if I know what happened to him. I know that Greed's on here as well, but he's the least of our problems.

[tiny_miniskirts]

And who would you consider a greater threat than Envy or Greed?

[skin_and_steel]

Envy's more or less gone from here, and he was the biggest thread on here for a while. Greed's.... well, he's more interested in his own goals than he is in playing his part as a Homunculus. I don't really view him as a threat so much as someone to keep an eye on.

Kimblee's already trying to figure out where he can find fuel for his alchemy. I can't say I'd mind if he was sent to the Brig, but I don't feel like getting shit from Redd just because we're from the same world and Kimblee decides to get trigger-happy with his alchemy.