DECEMBER EVENT PART TWO: ALL IS BRIGHT

[sailmods]

[the silence breaks on the 26th much as it did on previous nights, with one huge exception: a sound, discordant and eerie, resounds throughout the resort, coming from seemingly nowhere.

all are free to wake up and exit their rooms; it appears that the party really got started out in the hallway. a few might find that they’ve woken up alone, despite not falling asleep that way. I’m sure it’s fine.

unless you're waking up with the newlyweds or in teen cabin. for now, they just need to open their eyes.]

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[serialskiller]

As Murderbot wakes up to that sound, it looks immediately for Helena, not bothering to slip shoes onto its almost birdlike two-toed metal feet, engaging its energy weapons immediately.

[decrypter]

She's exactly where it would have left her, hand automatically reaching for the cane she'd set by the bed last night, and sitting up.

"SecUnit?"

There's something not right about that alarm they just heard.

[serialskiller]

"Something has gone wrong. I need you to stay close to me. There may be danger, but I will keep you safe." A glance at Bastion's recharging form, before it reaches out into what is not the feed, what will never be the feed, and pings the omnic, trying to alert it to the trouble. "We will. Get dressed, warmly."

[decrypter]

She's about to respond, when the distant sound of screaming reaches her ears. Something has gone very, very wrong.

So all she does is nod as she gets up, immediately moving to get clothes and comply. From the sound of it, Bastion is still asleep, but hopefully not for long. Whatever's going on, none of them are truly safe here.

moved the tag!

[configuration_birdwatcher]

Bastion's dark optic flickers cyan as their autonomous regulation system receives a high-priority alert and sends the signal to wake up their higher processes. There's a quiet electronic sound as the light behind their optic flicks on and they rapidly look around the room, frantic on general principles about being woken up at 93% charge. Where's Ganymed- oh, right.

SecUnit's wary posture and readied weapons suggest that something dangerous has already happened or is about to happen, maybe both, and they were unaware of the situation until now. This is exactly why they hate charging from their power core.

// Status?

[serialskiller]

"Unknown. Noises outside including screams. We're going to keep Helena safe while we figure out what's going on. Secondary objectives, find others who are combat-capable. Erin, Cassandra, anyone with guns. Defend those who need defending."

It puts a hand on the doorknob.

"Ready?"

[decrypter]

"Wait."

She's going to get a coat and a scarf, too, because who knows when they'll be back here. But she has been dressing fast, and grabs her glasses last, before latching onto Murderbot like a shadow. If someone's out there...

Pressing her ear to the door, there's no sounds to be concerned about. Okay. They can proceed.

[configuration_birdwatcher]

Bastion's on their feet now, holding their gun arm out at the ready. They make an acknowledging whistle to SecUnit and Helena, backing up the construct and the human as they proceed into the hallway.

There's been a struggle outside; one dead human embedded in the wall, one dead non-human crumpled in a pool of green blood, a torn-off door and more blood scattered around. Bastion recognises the casualties as Ava and Tendi, neither of whom they'd considered easy to kill or prone to making murderous enemies.

[serialskiller]

"Fuck. Helena, if you feel things on the floor, or the carpet seems wet, ah. Keep your distance. There's been some violence here."

It stays close to the human, protective. "No immediate signs of hostiles, though. Doesn't mean they're not out there."

[decrypter]

She can smell the blood before she's warned - it's too familiar, and immediately, she's on edge. No sound or sense of bloodlust, though, so while there may be corpses, they might proceed further.

"How bad is it?"

This said while she's staying very close to the others. No sense being reckless.

[configuration_birdwatcher]

// Two corpses and a blood-splatter trail to the stairway. Some damage to the room. It's red blood, so it didn't come out of Tendi, but that's what the majority of the passengers have.

// The blood is below body temperature. It wasn't deposited immediately before we awakened. So it's probably not from an injured killer lying in wait at the bottom of the stairs right this very moment.