voidmissions | [M15] ENEMY: UNKNOWN

On opening their eyes, Voidtreckers will feel a sense of disorientation, a dizziness to their vision and inside their head. Both clear quickly, letting them remember where they came from: in the midst of a mission, some unknown entity jumping them, and then —

They're here. Wherever here is.
They stand in an empty room. The lighting of the room stings their eyes after how dark the rest of the station has been. The walls, ceiling and floor are all bright white, tiles. There is no visible door, no windows.

After the disorientation comes fear. The hairs on the back of their neck stand up. For those with danger sense, these senses are going haywire, even though any other abilities are still not working. The feeling can be pushed down, it is similar to the air of expectation at the start of a horror film, the anticipation of fear rather than being in a truly dangerous situation. It might be that they have been on the train long enough to have felt it before.

Heavy footsteps sound, it is almost impossible to tell where they are coming from as the echo through the empty space. The feeling of dread grows until part of the far wall slides open with a mechanical hiss.

Filling the doorway are two huge figures, around seven foot tall and bulky. They are in large metal suits, almost like power armour, black with highlights of gold. They wear a mask that covers their whole face. It is impossible to see the figure inside at all. Their breathing comes through heavy and raspy and when they walk their footsteps are heavy. The door closes behind them and their presence makes the room feel smaller. One of them scans a green light over the voidtrecker.

"Do not be alarmed. Under sections ninety six of Inter-dimensional law and on behalf of the Void Ministry we have intercepted Voidcraft designation Voidtrecker Express as part of ongoing investigations. You have been taking part in a simulated excercise to gauge your skill and strength. No harm shall come to you or your crew, you are protected by inter dimensional law. You have been chosen for questioning and we ask that you comply. You have the right to refuse our interview but we have the right to hold you until our investigation is complete or one week in standard void time has passed, whichever is longest. Complying with us will ensure our investigation is more efficient."

The inspector talking pauses here, as if giving the voidtrecker time to take in that information.

"Do you accept our interview?"

ENEMY: UNKNOWN

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"We will ask your other crew members to confirm," one of the Inspectors nod.

"Since meeting the entity, have you experienced any side-effects? Have you or your fellow crew members also experienced any of the following during your time in the Void: unexplained illnesses, dizziness, hallucinations or mood shifts that do not seem to have a clear cause?"

Briefly Inigo wonders if reliving the stabbing in his dreams could be considered a side-effect, but he's pretty sure it's not what these people are looking for. In fact, he's pretty sure he recognizes those symptoms - weren't they the ones of void sickness? Sheesh, it's been so long since they heard about that..

"Not as far as I know," he simply answers. "I've been feeling the same as ever."

Unexplained mood shifts included.

One of the Inspectors nod in acknowledgement to the answer, then the other asks, a moment after that gesture: "How many individuals in the void have passengers been in contact with, from the void?"

"Is there anyone that is in contact with the voidcraft itself that you know of?"

.. now this is a more difficult topic. Inigo will gladly offer up information about himself, and the information he did give about the other passengers felt harmless.. (And, well, he sure doesn't mind voicing his complaints about the train, considering those just feel deserved at this point.)

But his mind immediately goes to Anan. And he's not sure if it feels right for him to mention her, not even though he wants to trust these people.

"As far as I know, no one is in contact with the train." That much he can say for sure. Even Anan seemed to have a hard time reaching them. "I don't think it really listens to anyone, other than the distress signals it receives."

He says that part first, to give his brain a bit more time to think about what to answer to the other question. Still hesitating, even now, before he decides to go with something a little more avoidant until he's sure of these waters.

"And.. um, I mean.. we meet a lot of people on missions. Some of our group have probably talked with them about the void."

The pair stand in silence as Inigo answers, never shifting more than in miniscule ways, closer to statues in their posture. Facing him, difficult to read.

"Does this include places that are unaware of the void?"

But the last of what Inigo says seems to take their interest, in that same monotone way.

"I'm not sure," he says, which is the truth.

"Maybe?"

That's a bit less of the truth, since Inigo's true hunch lies closer to probably, if not definitely. But Inigo is a team player, and he's not here to throw anyone under the bus. Even when he thinks they might have done something really dumb.

Which is why he immediately shoots into something more defensive. It's not really emotionally defensive, the air still keeping him reasonably calm, but the words are definitely defensive in context.

"If it happened, it's since no one taught us anything. Everything we learned during our journey, we had to find out ourselves. The train threw us into all of this without preparing us, without teaching us anything about travel through the void. Even though it's a completely foreign concept to every single one of us."

[M15] ENEMY: UNKNOWN - THE INTERVIEW

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