Question:,, HOW do you make wolf 359 more Horrofying??
Time can be a very terrifying thing; especially when it isn't working the way it should. Time loops happen around Wolf 359 sometimes, sure. But maybe it also bleeds. Maybe one moment seeps into another. Maybe the Hephaestus crews haunt each other, and themselves.
Imagine this: Eiffel asking Minkowski about a conversation that she knows never took place, but he swears it did. He tells her how she seemed upset about something, and he seems genuinely a little concerned, but it's brushed off in order to deal with the next near-catastrophe.
And then, Eiffel is lost in deep space after the explosion. A year passes, and everyone is still grieving. Minkowski wanders the Hephaestus while everyone else sleeps, Hera is occupied with some update or other, when she sees Eiffel.
He looks different. Not as thin, or as pale; the way he was every since the Decima attack. He looks like how he did before this mess started. Then he just starts talking to her, like he wasn't gone, (most likely dead) and offhandedly mentions Hilbert like the man didn't try to kill them all. And then she realizes...this is familiar.
She remembers Eiffel recounting this conversation with her, trying to mask his concern about her. And she sees it now, as Eiffel asks if she's alright, if she slept at all, and all she can do is nod along, and try to just have the last conversation with her communications officer she'll ever have.
Or maybe imagine this: Lovelace runs into a frantic Hui, who is shocked to see her, before he becomes inconsolable. She takes him to a more private area to try and calm him down, but it takes a while. He finally manages to blubber out how he thought she was dead, that he saw her, dead.
Of course, she isn't dead. She's right here with him, running a hand through his hair to help ground him. His hand is gripping her jumpsuit, and he's shaking so badly she can feel herself start to shake, too. Or maybe she's just scared, worried about her friend.
He calms down enough eventually to explain to her what he saw. He tells her how there was a body bag, floating in the middle of the docking bay. How, as he moved closer, he felt sick with dread building in his stomach. How, when he pulled the zipper with trembling fingers, he was frozen when he saw his Captains face, eyes closed, and a bullet hole placed neatly in the middle of her forehead.
There's a moment as she processes what he told her, a moment while Hui's lip begins trembling again, before she pulls him closer. He needs rest, clearly. He's tired, obviously. She rests her chin on top of his head. 'That wasn't me, Hui,' She tells him, 'That wasn't me.'
The Hephaestus is a haunted house. The past haunts the present haunts the future haunts the past. One crew hears the voices of another crew that came long before them, or will come long after them.
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