[M15] ENEMY: UNKNOWN - THE INTERVIEW

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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?"

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ENEMY: UNKNOWN

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Comments

[mustknow]

"Surely you understand if you are unwilling to share even the data gleaned from putting us through torment without our consent, then you must be treated as any other captor looking for convenient victims. I have no reason other than your word to believe you are not yet another foreign force torturing my fellows and myself for your own profit and gain, or merely your entertainment."

The young researcher spreads his hands at his side, an almost helpless gesture. "As things stand, you have supplied no evidence that you are not such beings, and until provided anything to the contrary, I cannot in good conscience cooperate."

Which is ... terribly unfortunate, but as he can't even tell if these are actually people.. "I would very much like to, but I don't even have evidence you actually exist, and are not illusions conjured up by magic or drugs to make me believe otherwise."

[voidtreckernpcs]

"Identification can be offered, but was not part of your request," speaks one of the individuals. "Your request demands data of your passengers. We will not supply information on passengers travelling with you without their consent. If you refuse to cooperate under the belief that no proof of our existence can be given, then state so now. An interview will not be forced. We have explained our objective."

[mustknow]

There's a pause. "I'm sorry, we must be relying on faulty translators, I fairly explicitly requested it be shared with all of us, and myself alone if that was somehow not allowed. Additionally, if you are aware of the train's actions of late you should be well aware that any reasonable person enduring what we have will want evidence and proofs."

[voidtreckernpcs]

"Our position will not be repeated, and your terms for cooperation to this interview shift, as does your reasoning. This is your last chance," one of the suited figures warn, "to agree to an interview. If not, then this conversation will end, and you will wait with the others for our inspection to end."

"Agree or decline," speaks the other figure. "Will you cooperate?"

[mustknow]

Word games. His latest captors want to play word games and twist what he says to their ends. They obviously already have their outcome planned, a thought that thins his lips but his irritation otherwise doesn't show in his expression.

"In that case, given you are my jailers and tormenters, and you have shown no willingness to cooperate in turn in favor of continuing to imprison and torment, it is my duty to resist."

'Resist' in this case doesn't seem to mean immediate attack, for he does not approach or otherwise suddenly engage in violence. Tricks and lies. Was that all this reality knew how to do? More manipulations, more deceit, more illusions and falsehoods..

[voidtreckernpcs]

"Then you will be taken to where others of your passengers wait as we continue our investigation." Without either of them moving, the door from behind them slides open again, the view of a corridor visible. "Come."

A haze falls over Xehanort's senses, an awareness he will only have for a split second, before they're lost to him entirely. He will come to standing - as he come to before, within the smaller room - inside another, where others will be present.