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“I am good at being Captain, okay? And I’m good at being alive. And I’m especially good at being both at once.”
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“NO BIGGIE!!!”
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One minute…
One minute and 15 seconds…
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One minute and 15 seconds after they stormed out of the Oxygen Room in anger,
One minute and 15 seconds after giving the remaining members of the crew their tasks,
And one minute and 15 seconds,
After they got into a big argument with an old friend of theirs,
An old friend they were at first happy to see again after the incident,
An old friend who they gave a job to them as the Skeld’s Head of Security,
And an old friend who said to them,
In just 5 little words:
“I wish you were dead!”
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Honestly, what was Purple on about?
It was their own darn fault that the oxygen is no longer stabilised on this ship,
Thanks to their illegal Petmate Heracles.
I mean, they should know.
Because according to Rule 67 on the Captain’s Manual,
Bringing in all kinds of Petmates onto the Skeld is illegal and not MIRA-Approved.
And also not fun…
Well to be fair, that’s what the page about it said on that book.
Plus they don’t know if the lights getting cut off was also caused by Heracles just like the Oxygen,
But that’s the explanation that they’re going with, so yeah…
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Oh and also,
Why would the Head of Security,
Someone that they have been close to for years now,
Say those awful and not so fun words to them.
Them! Captain Red!
Captain of the Skeld!
Someone who wants to make sure that everyone on this ship is in perfect order,
Someone who they had to work endlessly at MIRA to get that promotion,
And someone who just wanted to see their old friend again by giving them a job as the Skeld’s Head of Security,
Hoping to bond with them some more and act like the incident back when they were interns never happened.
And this is thanks they get?
After everything they did, so that they can have Purple come back to work for MIRA again ever since the incident?
You know, for all they care about,
If there’s someone who should've been wished for death upon them,
It would be Pur-!
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No…
No…
What are they thinking?
That’s bad…
They shouldn’t be thinking of that stuff…
Especially to someone who they used to be friends with…
Maybe,
Maybe it wasn’t Purple’s fault that the crew all suffered from Hypoxia a few minutes ago,
But because they have known them including their pet Fishmate for a long time,
Red has doubt that is the case,
Since again,
Smuggling Petmates is really bad and not fun.
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Whatever, you still have a job to do.
A job you gave yourself as the Captain.
A Good Captain.
The Greatest Captain in the entire universe,
And you are not gonna let MIRA down.
So just stop thinking about what Purple just said to you a minute ago,
And get on with it already.
The whole crew, and even the entire Ship itself is counting on you.
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All of you have to do,
Is head to the Admin Room,
Find the Override Code for the Oxygen,
Wait for both the lights to come back on and Purple to put in the first code inside the Oxygen Room,
Then everything will be back to normal,
As they should.
Besides,
It shouldn't be that hard of a job.
It’s basically just punching in a code on the machine,
So that the oxygen came come back online again.
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Just like what they said to the others,
It’s No Biggie…
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Right?
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Red should be glad that it was only the lights that has been taken out,
And not the power to the entire ship.
Otherwise they would’ve resort to using the good old captain’s kick on the door to the Admin’s Room.
Which logically, isn’t the best choice to do so.
Since the last time they did it,
They accidentally knocked the emergency handle on the Medbay’s Door down.
So much for being a strong Captain, am I right?
Nevermind that,
Your’e here now.
So let’s just get this over with,
And prove to your old friend,
Your old buddy,
That you really are a Good Captain.
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Alright, the Admin Room,
Been a long time since you’ve been inside this room.
Probably because you spent most of the time in the Navigation Room playing vi-
I mean, making sure the ship stays on-course.
Yeah…
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So, wanting to make sure that the Override Code really is inside of here,
Red takes out the book from their backpack, {The one that covers the plant growing on their back. Yeah I also believe that Cuwupi’s theory is true.}
And starts flipping through the pages on it,
Before eventually lading on the one that they need to find out if that really is the case.
And it is.
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Rule 19: If the Oxygen should fail, then head to both the Oxygen Room and the Admin Room, where inside them will be an Override Code for you and a buddy who is in one of those 2 rooms will be able to punch in. Also you must do them at the same time for teamwork! Yay!
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Yep, that checks it.
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So if they were an Override Code inside the Admin Room,
Where would they be?
With the lights being out,
It would be really difficult to try and find something as simple as a override code for the oxygen,
But luckily for them,
That doesn’t have to be the case.
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Because with the Virtual Map still being on,
Giving off the only light inside the Admin Room,
Red was able to find the Override Code that they need.
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Great, now they can punch in the code and get the oxygen system running again.
And so they put the book away, and head towards the override code system.
While also being very impressed in themselves for finding it very easily,
Even with the lights being off.
Just like a Good Captain…
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Alright Red, this is it.
You’ve found the override code inside the Admin Room,
The Virtual Map is giving you the only source of light inside,
And you only have about 5 and 30 minutes of oxygen left,
You got this.
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But, hang on though.
Which code are they supposed to punch in again?
There has never been an incident revolving around the oxygen,
So they unfortunately don’t have a lot of experience in which numbers of code they must put in,
In order to get the oxygen system up and running again.
Welp, gotta read the book again,
That’ll give them the answer that they need right now.
Because again,
That thing is the only thing making them and even keeping them as a Good Captain.
But unfortunately for Red,
As soon as they try to open the backpack for the book,
They find out that the zipper is stuck,
Really stuck…
So much so that it feels like someone put glue onto the backpack,
Especially the part of it that has the zippers.
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Great…
Just great…
Very great…
That book was the only thing they have for knowledge,
Especially on how to be a Good Captain of the Skeld.
Now, what are they gonna do without it?
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Well they can’t ask for MIRA for help since the comms are down,
They can’t ask the other remaining members since some of them are still doing the tasks that they gave them,
And they still feel betrayed and mad at one of them because of what they-
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No…
No…
Stop thinking about it Red.
Stop thinking about it.
It’s alright.
It doesn’t mean anything to you.
So just stop.
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Alright, now then,
How are they going to figure out the second part of the code?
Well then, at least their mind is still intact,
So I guess they should start thinking.
Which is what they exactly did,
By rubbing their chins and closing their eye visor to think.
Primarily thinking back to the sticky note on the Oxygen Room’s Override System that had the codes on them.
Alright thinking, don’t let me down.
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Just to recap,
The code for the Oxygen Room’s Override System was 12345 right?
Yep, that’s actually correct.
So for the one inside the Admin Room.
Perhaps the code would have to be,
With it also making logical sense,
67890.
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And guess what?
That answer was correct,
Because as soon as Red was done thinking,
They see another sticky note on the override system of the Admin Room,
Which immediately gives them the answer that they thought about,
Which thankfully happens to be,
67890!
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That’s it!
That’s the code!
That’s the second part of the override code!
They solved it!
They figured it out!
Huzzah!
All hail to the Greatest Captain of the Skeld for solving this conundrum.
Just like how they solved the murder behind the other 4 crewmates.
Guess like Purple was totally wrong about them.
They do got what it takes to be a good captain,
And they’re gonna wear it like it was a badge of honour.
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Alright, now that you have gotten the code,
It’s time to punch them in.
Well of course, after the lights turns on,
And Purple puts in the first part of the override.
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But why wait?
After all you are the captain of the Skeld,
Including yourself.
So you should be the one to put in the code first,
But only a test run.
Just to see if the code for it actually worked.
Yep, just a test run and nothing.
What am I a liar? No way.
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And so with anticipations high,
Only 4 minutes and 30 seconds left before you start experiencing hypoxia again,
And with help from the virtual map inside the Admin Room.
Red prepares themselves to punch in the code,
To prove once and for all,
That they are indeed a Good Captain.
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“Okay Red. This is it. You can do this. Just type in the code, and the system will be up and running again. {Takes a deep breath} You’re the Captain, you got this.” The Captain said to themselves.
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And so just like that,
They reach out to put in the first number of the code,
And…
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!!!”
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Wait…
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Wait…
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Wait a minute…
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What’s-
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What-
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What’s going on?
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What’s happening?
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Something doesn’t feel right…
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Something doesn’t feel right at all…
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Their chest is hurting. But why?
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Their vision is getting really blurry. But why?
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And they’re feeling something.
Something that’s causing them to feel like something is squeezing on their chest.
Like a rope or a big bear hug or something like that.
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But why?
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Why are they starting to feel all those things?
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With their chest feeling very heavy,
Their visions starting to blur,
And their breathes starting to speed up, and not in a good way,
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Just as they were about to punch in the first number of the code?
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Just why?
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What is actually going on here?
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Why do they feel like they are,
Suffocating?…
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Oh great…
Let me guess?
Are they starting to experience the symptoms for Hypoxia again?
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Is that it?
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Oh good, their favourite…
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But seriously, can’t believe that this is happening to them.
Just as they were about to punch in the number 6 on the override code.
And then the rest of the numbers for the second part of the code too.
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Is that really it?
Why their body is acting up this way?
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Black, Cyan and Yellow better get done with fixing the lights quickly,
Overwise everyone will be dead by this point.
And they can not let this happened.
Because if they’re suffering from hypoxia,
Then everyone-!
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Wait a minute…
If they think it is hypoxia.
Then?
Why are there still 3 minutes left on the ticking clock?
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Plus, if it really was hypoxia,
Then why don’t they see any signs of it on themselves?
Almost like…
They don’t have Hypoxia,
At all?…
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The 3 main symptoms of that condition for when the oxygen gets cut off was very simple.
1. Loss of Judgement,
2. Euphoria,
3. Blue Skin.
That was the only way you could tell if your’e experiencing them or not.
And if something happened to the oxygen to LEB it happened. {Pun intended.}
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So then, how come, they,
The Captain of the Skeld,
Don’t seem to be experiencing those 3 symptoms?
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I mean, now that they think of it, {Or well at least try to…},
They don’t have any loss of judgement,
Since despite everything that’s happening to their body,
They’re still trying to press the code on the override system,
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They don’t feel eurphoric,
Since they’re not hallucinating stuff,
And just have a very blurred vision, which started to annoy them a bit.
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And they don’t have any blue skin,
Apart from Blue the Hot Doctor.
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If it aren’t those 3.
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Then why?
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Why?
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Why do they feel like they’re being suffocated by something?
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Why do they feel intense fear?
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Why do they feel like their breaths are getting a lot more faster and a lot more irregular.
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And why do they keep thinking about what Purple said to them back in the Oxygen Room!?
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!”
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Just why!?
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What is happening to them?
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What’s going on?
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How come!?-
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Oh…
Oh no…
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Oh no…
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Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no…
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Not this…
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Not this stuff again…
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Not again!
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Don’t tell me that they’re having another one of those?
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Isn’t it?
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Please don’t tell me it’s…
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It’s…
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It’s!
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!!!”
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Oh god…
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It really is…
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Isn’t it?…
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Red was familiar with Panic Attacks…
The feeling of losing control,
The feeling of fear taking over your mind,
The feeling of thinking that your’e a failure and that everything is your fault,
And the feeling of not knowing what to do, so your mind just started to overrreact?
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They know all about it…
Cause they’ve experienced this feelings,
Multiple time in their life.
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Heck, they still remember the first time when they had their first panic attack.
When they were about 7 years old,
And lost their parents inside a shopping mall back at their hometown.
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The first time they experienced this feeling, was torturous to say the least.
As they didn’t like it not one bit…
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It felt like someone was strangling them,
It felt like someone was crushing their chest really hard,
It felt like their lungs were burning,
It felt like their heart was about to explode from how fast it was going,
And it felt like,
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It felt like…
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It almost felt like,
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They were going to die…
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All alone,
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With no one, even bothering to help them with their current situation…
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Thankfully though a kind, old security guard did managed to find them, calmed them down and help the little one find their parents.
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But even after then,
This wouldn’t be the last time they would experience something like this one.
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Because during the rest of their live,
The panic attacks kept coming back…
In one way or another…
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They had one when peers from their old school started making fun of them for no reasons whatsoever,
They had one after nearly dying from a really tall railings just giving up, back at the old MIRA Headquarters and when both they are Purple were still interns,
They had one thinking that Purple died when the reactor exploded and set everything in their old colony ablaze,
And the last time they had one,
Was when they were promoted to being Captain of the Skeld,
And realising that they don’t have any experience nor any training in being one,
Let alone pilot the Skeld itself without any autopilot to help them.
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But here’s the thing…
Here’s what separates them from what’s happening inside the Admin Room right now…
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With those ones,
They always had someone to comfort them and even help them calm down,
And regain control of their own mind again.
From both fear and anxiety…
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They were also shown that despite their initial thoughts,
The ones that caused them to have these kinds of moments,
It turns out to be okay,
And there was nothing for them to worry about anymore.
Or,
They just think about a happy moment,
And boom they feel calm and safe again.
That always happens with the ones that happened to them back in the past…
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But…
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Unfortunately to them…
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This one,
Was not like the other panic attacks that they had,
Back in the past…
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Because this one,
Was a lot more worse…
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A lot more unfair,
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And a lot more sad,
Then the last one they have ever gotten…
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They don’t have anyone inside the Admin Room with them,
To comfort them and even help them regain control of their own mind from Fear and Anxiety.
With everyone else doing their own task at the electrical room,
Or are just waiting inside the Oxygen Room for the lights to turn back on,
Because again,
They ordered the crew to do what they have given them.
While the Captain themselves, elected themselves to go to the Admin Room to punch in the second part of the override code.
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Secondly, there was nothing to remind them that everything is going to be okay.
They still have 3 minutes of oxygen left,
The lights have been cut out,
4 crewmates have already died,
And a few hours ago,
Orange, the HR Rep of MIRA and someone that they have also known for a while,
Turned out to be the alien who likes to kill!
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Nothing was okay…
Everything was not okay…
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This whole trip was supposed to be a simple one.
Especially with it being their first trip as the Captain.
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Take the Ore+ to the MIRA Headquarters in Indrustria and that’s that.
But no…
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Thanks to everything that happened on this ship,
This whole trip has become a nightmare!
Even to them honestly!
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And worse of all,
No matter how hard they try.
No matter how they try their damn best to think of a happy moment,
One that would hopefully stop the fear from taking over their mind,
It just never happened…
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All they could think about was that argument they had with Purple back in the Oxygen Room.
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They try to ignore,
They try to silence,
And they try to plead with their own mind to stop it,
To stop all of this from replaying in their head…
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But it wasn’t enough…
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Nothing was enough…
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It was pretty clear that unlike last time,
The Panic Attack was winning the wars…
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Especially since,
Red could still hear those 5 little words from their old friend.
Someone that they’ve wanted to see again for the longest time…
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And it sounded exactly like how Purps said to them a few minutes ago…
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!”
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!”
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!”
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!”
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!!!”
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No…
No…
Please no…
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God-dammit Red!
Snap out of it!
Stop thinking about it for one seconds, please!
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Stop it!
Stop!
You are not going to lose a battle against what your friends said to you.
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!!!”
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Besides, you were supposed to be doing what you commanded yourself to do.
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Head to the Admin Room,
Find the Other Override System for the Oxygen,
Wait for both the lights to turn on and Purple to punch in the first part of it,
And then punch in the second part of it.
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Not fall onto your knees,
Hugging yourself in an best attempt to comfort yourself,
While having a freaking panic attack over something,
That shouldn't been easy for you to ignore!
God, why are you acting like a freaking wuss right now!
Your’e Captain Red!
Captain of the Skeld!
And the best one that MIRA has even seen!
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So act like one, for god’s sake!
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But…
That moments…
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Those words…
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Those words send by their good old friend,
Someone that they had known for, since they were both kids,
And someone that they worked years and years for them to finally give them a job at MIRA as the Head of Security…
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It was just too much for them to ignore…
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Too much for them to try and forget,
And too much for them,
To think that maybe,
Just maybe,
Purple might not actually mean it all…
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!!!”
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God…
Those words hurt…
They hurt like hell!
It felt as if they were stabbed in the heart at that moment.
It hurts so badly!
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But…
At the same time…
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There's no way that someone who they had been close to,
Would actually mean all of that…
Right?
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I mean…
Purple doesn’t actually wished for them to die, right?
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Purple doesn’t actually hate them, right?
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And Purple,
Still at least, forgives them for the incident,
Without even saying it?
Right?
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!!!”
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No…
No…
It’s true…
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They did mean it all…
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They do hate them,
They do blame them for everything,
And they do think of them as anything else,
Other than a good captain…
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Because all they see in Red,
Was an egotistical captain,
That haven’t changed at all,
Even after the Incident…
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No…
No…
No…
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No!
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They don’t believe it!
Red doesn’t believe it one bit.
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They’re a Good Captain,
They’re a Great Captain,
And they’ll prove otherwise that they can still be that.
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They’re not gonna let this horrible moment in their head torment them any longer!
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They can power through this intense feeling of fears,
They can still punch in the code despite the blurriness,
And they can still get through this.
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They can still win against this stupid panic attack,
Just like all of the other times they have gotten it.
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And so despite the fear,
Despite the moment from the Oxygen Room still playing in their head,
And despite themselves still feeling weak,
With their breathing still going way to fast for normal Amongii,
Red was able to pick themselves up,
And put on as much of a brave face,
As they could.
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“C- C- C-Come on…come on you idiot. Your’e…your’e the Captain. And..Captain’s…are supposed to brave. S- s- so stop hypoventilating. Stop…acting like a coward. And punch in that code. You can do this. Please…just…do this already. Don’t let it win. Don’t let it…win!” Red said to themselves while still suffering from the effects of the panic attack.
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And so…
Just like last time,
They stand right infront of the Override System of the Admin Room,
And while their right hand was still clutching onto their chest,
Thankfully though their left one was still free…
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And now…
It was time…
To punch in,
The code!
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I can do this…
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!!!”
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I can do this…
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!!!”
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I can do this…
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“I WISH YOU WERE DEAD!”
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I can do this!
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I-!
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“Oh. There you are.”
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And just like that…
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They were hit with another moment,
That brought out the intense fear inside of them…
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That being the death of White the Contest Winner…
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The first death ever,
On the Skeld…
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Especially during a Pizza Party,
After they all nearly died during a hull-breach.
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One that they, the Captain chose to host,
In order to get the other crewmates off their back by softening the blow with it…
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And it was still as traumatising,
Terrifying,
And despair-inducing,
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As how they remembered seeing it,
For the first time…
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No…
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No…
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No…
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Not again…
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Not this moment again…
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They thought,
They thought they were done with this…
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Why did their mind had to remind them again?
Why?
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Soon enough,
Everything goes really,
And terribly downhill for the so-called Good Captain of the Skeld…
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As they were taken aback by what they just remembered,
Just as they were about to put in the code.
Despite the blurry visions and all.
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Soon…
Their mind starts attacking them once more,
With all of the bad stuffs that happened on the Skeld so far…
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From White’s Death,
To seeing Blue’s ripped off face on the monitor,
To reading a page on the book that revealed that Lime was right about there being Aliens in space,
And they like to kill…
To seeing Lime’s dead body, and being revealed that Orange was the one who killed them,
And then to having to eject them from Space,
By having everyone vote on it to do so.
And even though they all did say aye,
It still didn’t stopped them from thinking that,
The Alien Imposter killed Orange…
And took over them as their host…
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It…
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It…
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It was all too much to handle…
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No…
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No…
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Not again,
Snap out of it, Red.
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Your’e strong,
Your’e brave,
You are a Good Captain,
And a Good Leader.
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So please…
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Just…
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The memories keep on replaying in their mind,
With no chance of ever stopping…
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And despite their best to try and ignore,
To forget about them so that they can focus on the task,
Just like with that moment of what Purple said to them,
It was inevitable…
…
And they do not like it, one bit…
…
…
…
…
…
“No…no…stop it. Stop thinking about them. Your’e fine. Your’e…your’e alright. Captains do not show fear, and so…so..can’t you.” Red tried to say to themselves in an attempt to stop the fear from taking over their body.
…
…
…
“I’m afraid you already have.”
…
…
…
“Please…No…no more. Just- Just- do the task. Do- do the task. Just get on with it already, please. The- the whole cr…crew is counting on you. And you are their Captain. So…please…just…” The Captain said to themselves again,
But unfortunately which each times their reminded of all of the bad things that happened on the Skeld,
The more time…
…
They start to lose themselves to fear and doubt…
…
…
…
“CHAOS HAS FOUND A NEW HOME!”
…
…
…
“White’s Dead Body!”
…
…
…
“Hey Blue, what’s wrong? You dead in there or…some…thing?”
…
…
…
…
…
…
“Please…please…just…just…”
…
…
…
Before eventually…
…
All the Captain could do now,
Was hyperventilate for now end,
Even if there was only 2 minutes left of oxygen…
…
…
…
…
…
No…
…
No…
…
This can’t be happening…
…
This can’t be happening!
…
How come I,
The Captain of the Skeld,
Is losing to something like a Panic Attack,
For the first time ever?
…
…
…
Please…
Just…
Just…
…
Just, calm down…
…
…
…
Stop crying…
…
Stop hyperventilating…
…
And stop thinking about them…
…
Your’e a Good Captain…
…
And Good Captains never-!
…
YOU ARE NOT A GOOD CAPTAIN…
…
…
…
…
…
What…
…
…
…
…
…
YEAH, YOUR HEARD ME…
…
…
…
YOU ARE NOT A GOOD CAPTAIN…
MORE THEN ANYTHING,
YOU ARE A BAD CAPTAIN…
THAT’S WHAT YOU ALWAYS ARE…
AND DON’T PRETEND THAT ISN’T THE CASE…
…
…
…
N-
No…
That’s not true…
…
That’s not true at all…
…
…
…
…
…
OH YES IT IS, CAPTAIN RED…
…
AND YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
…
IT’S BECAUSE YOU LET ALL OF THIS HAPPENED…
…
…
…
…
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LETTING SOMEONE WITH NO EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER IN PILOTING A SPACESHIP, HAVE A GO ON PILOTING THE SKELD,
HAVING THE SKELD GET A MASSIVE HOLE FROM AN ASTEROID,
WHITE’S DEATH,
BLUE’S DEATH,
LIME’S DEATH,
ORANGE BEING THE IMPOSTER AND THEIR ORIGINAL SELF BEING TAKEN OVER, AND POSSIBLY KILLED BY THEM…
…
THAT WAS ALL ON YOU…
…
…
…
A GOOD CAPTAIN WOULD NEVER LET SOMEONE DRIVE AN ENTIRE SPACESHIP WITHOUT ANY TRAINING WHATSOEVER,
A GOOD CAPTAIN WOULD NEVER HAVE THE SHIP BE DAMAGED TO THE POINT WHERE NOT ONLY THE COMMS ARE DOWN BUT THE REACTOR IS ALSO ON A FRITZ,
A GOOD CAPTAIN SHOULD KEEP EVERYONE IN LINE AND MUST LIE TO THEM IN ORDER TO NOT FREAK THEM OUT OVER SOMETHING AS MINUSCULE AS ALIENS BEING REAL AND THEY LOVE TO KILL,
AND ESPECIALLY…
ESPECIALLY…
THEY NEVER LET ANYONE,
AND I DO MEAN EVERYONE ON THE SKELD,
DIE IN SUCH HORRIFYING WAYS!
…
…
…
IT’S YOUR OWN FAULT THAT 4 CREWAMTES DIED,
IT’S YOUR OWN FAULT THAT THERE IS NOW ON ALIEN INSIDE,
IT’S YOUR OWN FAULT THAT NOW YOU HAVE TO TELL THE REST OF THE CREW THAT IT’S NO BIGGIE,
WHEN ALIENS BEING REAL AND THEY LIKE TO KILL IS ACTUALLY A BIGGIE!
AND IT’S YOUR OWN DAMN FAULT,
THAT ALL OF THIS HAPPENED,
BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT A GOOD CAPTAIN!
YOU ARE A BAD ONE!
A BAD CAPTAIN THAT MIRA SHOULD’NT HAVE TRUSTED TO BE IN CHARGE OF BOTH THE SHIP AND THE CREW IN THE FIRST PLACE!
…
…
…
Shut up!
Please shut up!
I didn’t mean to.
I didn’t mean for all of this to happen.
I just-!
…
…
…
PURPLE IS RIGHT YOU KNOW…
YOU REALLY DO DESERVED TO DIE!
…
THAT WAY ALL OF THE OTHER CREWMATES CAN BE BETTER OFF,
WITHOUT YOU MESSING IT ALL UP!
…
…
…
I MEAN,
WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF SOME OF THE DEATHS HAPPENED TO YOU?
…
…
…
I-
What?
No I-…
…
…
…
WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF YOUR TORSO GOT SLICED IN HALF INFRONT OF EVERYONE?
…
WOULD YOU LIKE IF YOUR OWN FACE GETS ACUTELY RIPPED OFF, AND YOUR JUST LEFT STANDING THERE IN YOUR OWN BLOOD?
…
WOULD YOU LIKED IT IF ORANGE STABBED YOU IN THE VISOR, PICKED YOU UP AND FILLED YOUR BODY UP FROM THE INSIDE BEFORE EVENTUALLY EXPLODING?
…
AND WOULD YOU LIKED IT,
IF YOU WERE EJECTED FROM THE SKELD IN A TRASH CHUTE,
INTO SPACE,
AND THEN EXPLODE INTO A MASSIVE PINK GOOD MESS!?
…
WOULD YOU LIKE ANY OF THEM?
…
NO!!!
…
THAT’S EXACTLY HOW ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE FELT WHEN THEY HAD TO SUFFERED THROUGH THEIR FATE,
YOU STUPID, STUPID IDIOT!
…
…
…
Stop!
Please stop!
No more…
No more!
Please!
…
…
…
…
…
YOU ARE A BAD CAPTAIN,
A BAD LEADER,
AND A BAD FRIEND.
…
WHY DON’T YOU DO YOUR GOOD OLD FRIEND PURPS A FAVOUR…
…
…
…
AND DIE!!!
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
They can’t stop…
They can’t help it…
…
They can’t stop crying,
They can’t stop hyperventilating,
They can’t stop thinking about everything that had happened on the Skeld,
And they can’t stop thinking about how the voices in their head is right,
And that everyone would be better off without them as the captain.
…
…
…
They’re not a good captain,
They’re not a good captain at all…
…
…
…
Just some pathetic loser,
Who is now just sitting there on their knees,
Trying to stop the moments from being heard by covering their head,
Crying like a freaking wuss,
And not doing everything in their power to overcome it,
And complete their own task.
…
God what a pathetic idiot they are…
…
And now because of their own fears,
Their own doubt,
And their own stupid overwhelmed mind,
As it keeps repeating itself those moments in their head,
Especially those 5 little words that their friend said…
…
Everyone is going to die from Hypoxia…
…
And it will be exactly,
Their fault,
On why it happened…
…
Just like what their berating voice said…
…
It…
It can’t end like this, right?
…
It can’t be the end, right?
…
How…
How can they do this?
…
How can they get up from this?
…
And how…
…
How can be sure,
If they really are a good captain,
If all they have done,
…
…
…
Was mess everything up…
…
Just like how they messed up their friendship,
With Purple?
…
…
…
How?
…
…
…
…
…
I guess…
It really is the end?
…
…
Huh?
…
…
…
…
…
No…
…
…
…
No, it is not…
…
…
…
No way, will this be their final moments alive…
…
…
…
Because even though they have been fully overtaken with fear,
And the awful memories palying on loop.
…
…
…
There is at least one part of their mind,
That thankfully hasn’t been overwhelmed with their panic attack,
…
And it’s gonna make sure,
That they calm down,
Just in time.
…
…
…
Before it’s all too late…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
Alright Red…
I get it…
…
Your’e having an even worse panic attack then last time,
You’ve been told that you are not a Good Captain,
You are crying your eyes out,
And you have been told by your once closest friend that they wished you were dead.
…
That’s really bad…
…
But don’t worry…
…
Because I’m not here to hurt you,
I’m here to help you.
Helping you get through this.
…
If you were able to get through the other panic attacks in your life,
Then I’m sure that you’ll do the exact same with this one too.
…
So just follow my steps,
And you’ll be as good as new.
…
Do you understand?
…
Alright good.
Let’s begin.
…
…
…
…
…
Now then,
Breathe in,
…
{Breathes in},
…
And breathe out,
…
{Breathes out},
…
Breathe in.
…
{Breathes in},
…
Breathe Out.
…
{Breathes out}.
…
In,
…
{Breathes in},
…
Out,
…
{Breathes in}
…
…
…
Very good.
…
{Breathes in}
…
Now hear my voice as I guide you to something that I bet will always make you smile,
No matter what.
…
“Breathes out}
…
…
…
…
…
Imagine this…
…
You are at the beach.
…
It’s a lovely day there,
With no one around,
And no pesky seagulls to randomly bite you or steal some of your foods.
…
It’s just you and you alone.
…
Now imagine yourself,
Having a Funtime by the shallows of the beach,
Drinking your favourite drinks,
Playing one of your favourite games on the Gametriangle,
Finishing building a sandcastle,
And…
…
And…
…
And…
…
And finishing the day off,
By watching the sunset,
With a new friend of yours…
…
…
…
…
…
{Breathes in}
…
P: “Hey. What’s wrong. You got something in your eye?”
…
{Breathes out}
…
R: “No. it’s just that. Sunsets just like this one, never fail to make me cry.”
…
{Breathes in}
…
P: “Really? They do?”
…
{Breathes Out}
…
R: “Yeah. It’s actually always been in my family’s generation. We always cry at sunsets.”
…
{Breathes in.}
…
P: “Wow, you’re weird. But in a fun way.”
…
{Breathes out}
…
R: “I get it. Even though it is unusual and weird to other peoples, it’s-, wait, you actually mean that?”
…
{Breathes in}
…
P: “Well yeah, if it has been your family for generation. Then I won’t mind. Plus the way you had your own version of fun compared to mine, it was really sweet, actually.”
…
{Breathes out}
…
R: “Thanks. That actually makes me feel really better, to have someone called me weird in a nice way, for the very first time.”
…
{Breaths in}
…
P: “Your’e welcome.”
…
{Breathes out}
…
R: “Anyways it’s getting pretty late, my parents are waiting for me back at the piers, and I don’t want them to freak out about me being gone at that hour.”
…
{Breathes in}
…
P: “Yeah, your’e defiantly right. It is time for us to head back home. Since I’ve heard a lot of bad stuff happening on this beach at night.”
…
{Breathes out}
…
R: “Hey, uh, before you go. I have something really important I want to talk to you about.”
…
{Breathes in}
{Breathes out}
…
P: “well, what is it?”
…
{Breathes in}
{Breathes out}
…
…
…
R: “I really had fun with you today. Splashing each other with water, reading a book that we both like together, building a sandcastle, and driving those mean old bullies away with our plastic shovels. And perhaps that maybe, we should see each other again, tomorrow, on the same beach, as acquaintance?”
…
{Breathes in}
{Breathes out}
…
…
…
…
…
P: “Acquaintance? No thanks.”
“But I do have something else in mind for us. For if we do meet again tomorrow.”
…
…
…
{Breathes in}
{Breathes out}
…
R: “Really? What is it?”
…
…
…
{Breathes in}
{Breathes out}
…
…
…
…
…
P: “Friends.”
“Let us both be best friends til the day we die. Does that sound alright with you, Redsy?”
…
…
…
R: “It actually does.”
“Thank you for a wonderful time, Purps.”
…
{Breathes in}
{Breathes out}
…
{Breathes in}
{Breathes out}
…
…
…
{Breathes in}
{Breathes out}
…
…
…
…
…
There you go…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
And just like that…
The fear they felt,
The memories that taunted them,
And the feeling of suffocation,
Are now gone…
…
…
…
With their breathing having been stabilised,
Their vision no longer blurs,
And the moments in their mind,
Have stopped repeating themselves,
Hopefully for good…
…
The Captain of the Skeld,
Had managed to barely win a battle against a Panic Attack,
Once again…
…
…
…
…
…
See Red?
Didn’t I just tell you.
All you needed to do was think of a happy moment,
And you’ll be calm down in a jiffy!
…
By imagining yourself on a beach,
Enjoying a relaxing swim with your favourite drink,
With no one to bother you.
…
Yeah…
That’s it.
That’s gotta be it.
…
What else would they-?
…
…
…
…
…
Oh…
…
What’s that?
…
…
…
It appears that the light,
Has finally come back on.
…
Not just for the Admin Room,
But also the entirety of the Skeld as well.
…
…
…
…
…
Yep,
Knew that they made the right choice by having Black, Cyan and Yellow to go out to the Electrical Room and turn back on the power.
They deserve a good pat on the back.
…
But…
For some reason,
They feel like that…
They don’t deserve…
…
Nor do they deserve the praise of finally regaining control of their mind and body,
From that awful panic attack.
…
…
…
But whatever,
It’s No Biggie.
…
Since with the power back on,
They’re sure that Purple managed to put in the first part of the override code, right?
…
And turns out that yeah,
They did.
…
…
…
Because as Red managed to get back up again and see the Admin Room’s Override System,
They saw that half of the code have been completed.
…
And now it was time,
To finally finished the task that they have come here for.
That was punching in the second half of the code.
…
…
…
“Alright…let’s do this.” Red said to themselves. While trying to stay strong after what happened to them…
…
…
…
And so…
…
…
…
They pushed in the numbered panels of the code.
…
…
…
…
…
6,
7,
8,
9,
0
…
ENTERED.
…
…
…
And…
Did it worked?
…
…
…
Yes.
Yes it did.
…
Turns out that the other sticky note,
Was right all along.
…
…
…
And just like that,
The oxygen system is now back up and running again.
…
…
…
With Red finding out that is thankfully the case,
When they see that on the Map,
Was that the Icon for the Oxygen Room is glowing green.
Symbolising that yeah,
They did it.
…
Both they and Purple have successfully put in the codes,
And the Oxygen System is now back online.
…
…
…
Usually they would celebrate being able to solve a problem with a Pizza Party,
Just like after everyone helped with plugging the hole in the Storage room with a bunch of trust balls,
And ejecting Orange the Alien Imposter into space, thus allowing no more murders to happen.
That’s always the case, right?
…
…
…
…
…
But…
Actually…
After everything that had happened to them in that very moment…
…
…
…
They don’t actually feel like,
Telling the crew that the problem has been solved,
And then throwing another party to celebrate it…
…
Since,
They don’t,
They don’t believe,
That they deserve to host one…
At all…
…
…
…
…
…
After all why should they?
…
…
…
They had a panic attack in the worst timing ever,
They couldn’t stop thinking about all of the deaths, all of the bad things that happened to the ships,
They couldn’t stop hearing their old friend and how much their poor choice of words hurts them to the very core,
And despite their best attempt to fight back,
They couldn’t overpower the fear and even the berating voices in their head.
…
Not to mention that right now,
They look like an absolute mess…
…
Hmm,
Doesn’t look like someone who claims themselves as a Good Captain, that’s for sure.
…
I mean look at them,
They still have a bit of tears in their visor,
They can’t smile right now, since they’d still trying to recover,
And their breath while stabilised and normal,
Was still shaking after everything that they had been through.
…
So now they were just standing,
Wondering if,
The voice was right.
…
And…
They really are a Bad Captain,
Aren’t they?
…
…
…
They’d let someone with no training pilot the ship,
They’d let 4 crewmates died on the Skeld,
And they’d almost let the other crewmates died from Hypoxia,
If they didn’t snap out of their panic attack until it was too late.
…
…
…
But…
…
But those were just minor things,
Minor stuff that they can just ignore,
And even send them to the back off the mind.
…
I mean what was that voice saying?
…
Of course they are a Good Captain.
…
They’ve been following the MIRA Code for years now,
And they’ll do whatever it takes to make sure it stays that way for good.
…
It’s no like those things will haunt them for the rest of the trip, right?
…
No more murders will happen on the Skeld proving the voice once and for all, that they really are a Bad Captain,
Right?
…
…
…
…
…
Anyways…
…
That’s that.
…
You did it,
It’s all done now.
…
You done the task,
The oxygen system is now back online again,
And so is the lights,
And now it was time for you to head back to the Oxygen Room to tell them all the good news.
…
…
…
Like a Good Captain…
…
…
…
And so just like that,
Red quickly picks up their Captain’s Hat {That they dropped during their big moments},
Gives the map one last look to see if the Oxygen System is still working again,
And then…
…
With a few deep breaths,
Heads out of the Admin Room.
…
With the task they have given themselves,
Being completed…
…
…
…
…
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…
…
…
…
The walk back to the Oxygen Room was a bit of a long but also a quiet one, if you ask me.
…
From when they walked out of the Admin,
Red hasn’t been saying much.
As for why they’ve been quiet all of the sudden.
It’s because that,
Their still thinking about what happened back at the Admin Room,
And how much they’ve been trying to forget about the voices in their head,
And telling themselves that they really are a Good Captain.
Because as far as they know,
Good Captains never shows fear,
Good Captains are always brave,
Good Captains cares a lot about the crew,
And Good Captains must always complete the task no matter what.
…
And they will make sure that no matter what happened next,
They will get the Ore+ to Industria,
And they will make MIRA proud.
Because after all,
They’re not gonna let something as silly and overdramatic as both the voice,
And even their old friend stopping them from doing just that.
They are sure of it…
…
…
…
…
…
Soon enough,
They reached the entrance of the Oxygen Room,
Where they see that Black was telling the only 3 crewmates that they had stay inside the room,
That being Purple, Green and Brown,
About what happened to them while they were off to the Electrical room with both Cyan and Yellow.
…
The Captain didn’t hear all of it,
Since they were still thinking about what went down.
…
How they’re not gonna be a Good Captain,
If all their doing is letting the fear inside them take over,
And how much the voice means it when it tells them,
That they really are a Bad Captain.
…
…
…
What?
No they aren’t!
…
What was the voice talking about?
…
That’s crazy talk!
…
And I’m not gonna believe every single words that it said.
…
After all,
Good Captains must always act brave and tough for the crew.
…
And they’re not gonna let one hint of fear get in the way of it.
…
…
…
As despite the panic attack,
Despite the voices in their head,
Despite the moments keep repeating in their head,
Despite the words from Purple,
And despite everything bad happening in the Skeld all because of them.
…
They would gladly ignore all of them,
For the sake of the mission.
…
Because as stated by MIRA themselves,
Finishing the mission was more important,
…
Then having a panic attack…
…
…
…
And so…
…
After a few more deep breathes…
…
Red heads inside the Oxygen Room…
…
…
…
Hoping that nothing else bad will happen to them nor the remaining Crewmates of the Skeld,
In the future…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
“What you talking about?”