Exaltica: Eden Awakening Saga, Sin Denial Options

[Sailerius]

Exaltica: The Eden Awakening Saga
Episode 1: Sin Denial

"Emergency power conservation is in effect. All non-essential systems have been taken offline."

The recording of the woman’s voice is the first sound you’re able to make sense of. A dull ache of annoyance in the back of your head suggests that you’ve heard that recording before. You’re pretty tired, though, so your eyes flutter shut again and you drift back down into the depths of unconsciousness.

"Emergency power conservation is in effect. All non-essential systems have been taken offline."

Just as you’re about to fall asleep again, the recording plays again. It’s starting to get really annoying. You probably won’t be able to get any sleep until it stops. You suppose that means you’ll just have to get up (even if only to stop that blasted recording). It makes a pretty good alarm clock.

Your feet touch the floor uncertainly. You’re not sure if it’s because you’ve been asleep or because the artificial gravity in the ship is acting up, but you have a hard time standing up straight. Wait a minute, why are you on a ship?

As you try to gather your bearings, memories flood back to you in a disorganized heap of imagery. It takes a few minutes to sort everything out and arrange the memories chronologically. There must be something missing, though; no matter how you put together the disjointed pieces of your memory, you just can’t figure out where you are or how you got there. Maybe looking around will provide you with some clues.

The only lights on in the ship are the dim red emergency lights which illuminate only the essential areas. Inside rooms (whose heavy metal doors you must manually slide open because "Emergency power conservation is in effect. All non-essential systems have been taken offline."), it’s almost completely black.

The ship you’re on is fairly large; you’re able to gather that there are six decks and a sizable docking bay. Too big to be personal transport. A supply ship would have a larger cargo bay.

More importantly, where is the crew? And where is everyone else?

You’re all located on deck 3 and wake up in different cabins. Features on this deck: Cabins, storage, lift (deactivated), stairs.

[Ganonfrog]

Jun nearly dropped Aiko as soon as she woke up, mostly out of surprise. When she started shouting and panicking again, however, he managed to regain his senses enough to keep his grip. It was clear that she really wanted to be let go, but after her recent behavior, and the theories he was beginning to form, he found it a bit difficult to just free her, and let her do whatever she wanted.

He had her gun now, though, so, really, if she wanted to hurt them so badly, he could just fight back. With the way she's been, he wouldn't be surprised if she got disturbed by the sight of him pointing her own weapon at her.

With those thoughts in mind, he hesitantly lowered the girl back to her own feet, and stepped back. He didn't say anything as he did so, and felt no desire to speak on the matter any further until the two of them got a chance to be alone.

At least, until Arel gave her half-assed explanation of what happened back there. As much as he didn't want to make an immediate scene, he really just couldn't stand the idea of letting her think that she just panicked back there.

"Freaking out? More like you had a complete mental breakdown. You were screaming something about being you, and then collapsed like a ragdoll. It was creepy as all hell." He explained with a bite to his words.

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Once Zhi noticed Aiko waking up, and Arel's agreement to the idea of taking one of the shuttles, she began to make her way to the most familiar one. She approached the door to the shuttle she arrived in, and tested the door to see if it would open. If given entry, she would step in, and start looking around for signs of functionality.

[Ereth]

She could remember them now. The colors. The faces and voices of the dead. And now Arel and Jun---well, Jun more than Arel, because Arel seemed to pity her enough to be nice---were telling her she went crazy. All she could do was stammer an apology.

"I'm sorry . . . I don't know what happened. I just heard voices in my head, and . . . "

This wouldn't do. I mustn't panic, she thought. Aiko took a deep breath and exhaled slowly to calm herself. "Thank you, everyone, for . . . helping me."