They're out to get me.

Pandora. Paranormal investigator. No, you don't need to know my real name.

[brokenopenbox]

My Dad Reacts to Orbit Nerds

These are translated from spanish so I'm sorry if it's not very clear what he was saying, I suck at this kind of thing,

Lisa - "She seems like a polite young lady... she doesn't look trustworthy. I think she could commit a murder. She could be an expert in poisons. 

Shinchirobei - "He looks like a writer. He probably likes to think he's defying society when his work is actually very conventional. Probably gets murdered."

Pandora - "She's very smart. Probably does very well at school. Very cool-headed. Talented with maths." 

Valu - "She seems like a very childish person ... she seems like she would be very bratty and hotheaded. Couldn't murder someone."

Yoshiro - "He looks like an artistic young man, Maybe a film director. He's always plotting something, he has something to hide. That's why he's wearing glasses and his hair is all tangled. He could kill someone."

Tekuro - "She looks like a very mischievous person. She probably has a lot of money, but didn't earn it herself, just has a rich family. She's probably good at accounting."

Jun - "She looks like a musician. Very quiet and contemplative, Keeps to herself." [Thought he was a girl]

Fumiko - "An angry little girl. She's always irritated by something. She probably goes to a boarding school. She wouldn't plan a murder, but she would kill someone in the spur of the moment." 

Yoshi - "He looks like a musician, like someone who'd be in a popular rock band, but he does a lot of drugs. He's talented, but he's always high." 

Toshishiro - "Looks very untrustworthy. She? He? Their smile looks like they're hiding something. They seem too friendly. Definitely going to kill someone."

Chiko - "Very frustrated. Looks like he also goes to a boarding school, probably very good at what he's studying, like languages. He wouldn't kill someone, he's probably a nice guy inside."

 Hiroko - "Very honest, very kind, she probably works with makeup and beauty." 

Shinobu - "Very punk, a bit of a hipster, but she's really sweet inside, it's just a phase she's going through. Likes to hang around with musicians and artists a lot. She's really good at running."

Himiko- "Looks like she's just come out of college, a very attractive person, Probably very risk-taking. Very outgoing and energetic."

Hazuki - "She's quite sad because she doesn't like having to act formal and traditional all the time. She probably speaks a lot of languages. Wouldn't kill someone."

Sin - "He looks very punk, into piercings and tattoos. I'll say he's a tattoo artist. Probably acts very confident but really isn't."

Yuu - "He looks very quiet. Very complentative. Doesn't talk much and keeps his thoughts to himself." 

Yuki - "She's probably looking to go to university. The hair is a rebellious phase. She likes to hang around with the tattoo artist, probably has a lot of tattoos. Studying electronics or programming."

Kaoru - "She's really good with children, very kind, but she has a secret adventurous side, she loves adventure, she's very brave and wild."

Sonya - "She seems caught up in her own little fantasy world, acts like she's a princess, probably knows a lot about fairy tales and castles and stuff. She could be involved in illegal activity."

Shinsuke - "He looks like the kind of guy who just doesn't care about anything."

Junnes - "She's probably a gambler, likes to trick and seduce people." 

[superillegalactivities-blog]

Fear the government [Pandora]

[superillegalactivities-blog]

No she was not a strawberry hoodie wearing with psychic powers. That would be stupid. And a hassle. What a silly thought that would be. Nah that would only happen at a hospital.

Valu nodded confidently. “Yes. I am very sure I own this joint,” she said, gesturing to the room in general. “I’m gonna use the money for….” Valu decided to play along with her aliens shenanigans so she glanced around suspiciously. “Government reasons. With enough cash, I can get more secrets out of it.”

[brokenopenbox]

Yeah man. Where would you even get an angry psychic with a crush on a magician, what a silly notion. Why were they thinking about such ludicrous imaginary people. Utter tosh. You'd only get that sort of person in some sort of time travelling hospital or something equally ridiculous. 

Pandora raised a quizzical eyebrow. "There is no government in space. Also no money in space. It is space. There is only a lack of air and gravity, and many stars. I do not believe that stars use money."

[brokenopenbox]

We All Know Conspiracies Are Dumb [Shinsuke]

[douchetech]

Maybe if he walked that would help clear his mind. A change of scenery from that blank room would probably do him good, plus, he could start figuring out where everything was (with the help of his map, of course), especially the rooms he hasn’t yet visited. It’s a win-win situation, really.

Or, at least, it’d seemed that way before he walks in on some sort of fucked up occult ritual. “What the fuck?” he asks the empty room, which turns out not to be empty at all. Though, at least his initial impression of ‘occult’ seems to be correct. “Oh. Uh. Hey, Pandora3,” he says warily, sorta kinda approaching the girl, though he’s wary of… whatever the hell those things are around her.

"What are those? Didn’t you know knitted." He stops for a moment, attention drawn to the persistent scratching at her arm. Hadn’t he noticed that before? "Would you, uh, want some anti-itch cream or somethin’? I’m pretty sure they’d have some in the first aid station…"

[brokenopenbox]

Pandora pays very little attention to the new entrant. Perhaps he is possessed. Who knows. Who cares. Whatever. Right now she's busy with lying down. This is occupying most of her attention. Also thinking. Thinking is a good thing, 

She stretches languidly, the hand that was scratching her arm revealing small specks of blood, giving a long yawn before replying absently."These are stars. They are to ward off evil spirits. Are you an evil spirit?"

Pandora adjusted her earpiece, giving it a careful listen before continuing. "I'm fine. I would quite like some pizza. However, I will go and eat that after I am done with what I am doing. There is no need to bring any."

[shsl-gamemaster]

Search Check ((Starter for Pandora))

[shsl-gamemaster]

With every step Pandora took towards her, Kaoru would step back. The book was brought back up as a method of protection again and the look of worry and confusion continued to grow on Kaoru’s face.

"I-I…" She stuttered, growing more flustered as Pandora poked and prodded at her with questions. The more Pandora asked, the more Kaoru thought of the past… "it’s… No he didn’t save me I-"

And maybe something snapped.

"I-I don’t want to talk about this Pandora-san!!" She shouted suddenly, stomping a foot down. "I-it’s very private a-and I don’t like thinking about it…!" If it had been someone she was closer too… And they hadn’t been asking so harshly… Then maybe…

Her anger quickly faded and Kaoru looked down. “Please Pandora-san… Just… Stop asking me… About that.”

[brokenopenbox]

At the yell, the paranormal investigator flinched before quickly recovering her confident demeanour, her arms crossed defensively, stepping back into the shadows. She simply stared silently for a few seconds, blinking slowly behind her sunglasses. 

"I see. I am very sorry. I do not understand why you would be afraid of the dark. I do not like not understanding things. I hope you are not too upset. You are probably going to call me a lunatic and an idiot now, correct? That is generally what happens when someone is upset."

She averted her eyes, "I apologize very much. I had merely hoped... never mind. But you should not fear the dark. In darkness, nothing can harm you." 

[superillegalactivities-blog]

Fear the government [Pandora]

[superillegalactivities-blog]

Who what where. Valu glanced over her shoulders to see Pandora. “Yes.” She answered, not wanting to mess with her thinking. After all she didn’t want any salt in her eyes or being attacked in general. She just did her hair and didn’t want it getting messed up. 

"Whatcha doin’ here, Panny?" She asked, lowering the glasses to stare at her. "If you want somethin’ you’ll have to buy it from me you know." Glancing to the side with a smirk, she tested out some of the ink. Purple. Yep she wanted this one. "I own this place y’know." Yeah right.

[brokenopenbox]

Pandora looked at the girl thoughtfully. Putting a hand to her earpiece, she attempted to read her mind. Sadly this did not work. If only she'd been some sort of SHSL psychic person, perhaps even with a british accent. But that's not who she was, she was Pandora. What a silly thought that was. 

Obviously the glasses worked. That meant that Pandora's own worked too. That was good. No being mind read for this chick. She raised an eyebrow at Valu's comments. "Are you sure you own this place? And what are you doing with the money? This is space. Money's not very useful in space."

[shsl-gamemaster]

Search Check ((Starter for Pandora))

[shsl-gamemaster]

.Kaoru coughed and spluttered as the salt invaded her eyes, nose, and mouth. “P-Pandora-san, can you not…?!” She coughed again, shaking salt from her hair. “Wh-what was that for-” She began to ask, falling sort as Pandora proclaimed questions to be rude.

"But you- of course I’m not possessed…" Kaoru trailed off. There would be no convincing Pandora to let go of her strange ways an opinions.

The Gamemaster shuffled awkwardly. “I-I have bad memories of being trapped- being in the dark.” She stuttered, shaking more salt from her hair. “Th-that’s all.”

What a strange person… “Well I’m… Alright.” Kaoru tried not to think about it too much… She’d probably just confuse herself if she tried to make sense of Pandora’s antics. 

[brokenopenbox]

Pandora moved slightly closer to the other girl, a slightly strange expression on her face. She pocketed the saltshaker. It was useful, but this girl was evidently not possessed. Probably. Crossing her arms loosely, Pandora tilted her head. 

"Why were you trapped in the dark? Did your father save you? Is that why you called him? I don't believe in fearing the dark. There are threats in the dark that you cannot see, true, but that also means that they cannot see you. Dark is the absence of light, no more, no less. Just like death is merely the non-presence of life, don't you think?"

[brokenopenbox]

We All Know Conspiracies Are Dumb [- Open RP -]

[shsldoubleshot]

Despite the distaste he had for her sense of tact, the expression slowly pulls away from his face as he sees blood. His eyes stuck on it, but he didn’t really address it right away. Was he supposed to? Was it rude?? Did he care????

”..Well. I would have… preferred it, yeah." The words came out sour against his lips, but he felt weird lying about it to sugar-coat. "But. That doesn’t mean I’d be- be smiling about it or anything. I’d have preferred if the situation just. If. If I. If I’d-"   Stumbling over everything, his face flares up red and he closes his eyes. "I’d just prefer if we weren’t  here, Pandora-san. Nothing about this is anything to be happy about.”

Opening his eyes only to look down at the stars again, he pursed his lips. “…I’ve been thinking about it, is all. Gacchiri-san talked to me and- I- Guess I’ve been harsh.. about that, to you. So. I don’t think laying on the ground is crazy, no.”  Was this a positive step, even? Maybe one day. He was focusing more on the stars anyway, and once she explained their intent, and gave her advice, something in his face shifted, and he paused for a long few seconds.

"…How do… I do that?"

[brokenopenbox]

Pandora sees his eyes go to the blood on her fingernails. She wasn't really bothered. It happened often. She nodded as he spoke, listening intently to both him and her earpiece. She crosses her arms, as ridiculous as it seems in her laying position, but hey, whatever, and taps her bloody fingers absent-mindedly.

"I respect you now." she says, with a fair amount of gravitas to her tone. "You didn't lie to me. Most people who hate me lie about it. I never understand it. I'm not even sure if you think I'm a worthless crazy lunatic psycho."

The last few words are filled with hateful bitterness before her tone returns to ordinary. "You have to perform a ritual for them. Really, the details and specifics don't matter. What matters is your thoughts and feelings. Remember them and make a connection with them. They will forgive you, I think. Of course, you think it's stupid superstitious nonsense, so whatever." 

[shsl-gamemaster]

Search Check ((Starter for Pandora))

[shsl-gamemaster]

Kaoru jumped as the other girl spun to face her, pulling the book up to her chest protectively. With everything that happened the past few hours…

Who said there needed to be a motive for a murder to happen? But Pandora didn’t seem like the type to murder…

Neither did Chiko or Yoshiro.

Sadly, Kaoru felt a little intimidated. She didn’t know Pandora very well at all… What did she want with her?

At her question, Kaoru gave another start, and then answered, almost too quickly. “Of course I miss him, He’s my father.” Her voice… Was a little flat.

She frowned as she caught only a little of what Pandora was saying, leaning forward a little to try to hear better. “I’m… Sorry what was that?” Something about not liking her father..?

[brokenopenbox]

Pandora listened to her earpiece some more, before wordlessly pulling out a saltshaker and tossing the white powder all over the gamemaster. She observed the reaction, tuned in to some transmissions, and nodded, thoughtfully. 

"It's rude to ask questions." she observed. That was very slightly hypocritical of her, but having lived alone in a basement for a few years kind of blinds you to that sort of thing, "You are not possessed. Why is that when it was dark you thought you were someplace else? I thought you were possessed. But you are not." 

She adjusted her sunglasses. "I was merely saying earlier that I do not miss my father. Although I believe that it was rude to ask me to repeat myself. You don't have to apologize. I'm not bothered."

[shsl-gamemaster]

Search Check ((Starter for Pandora))

[shsl-gamemaster]

Kaoru was so wrapped up in her reading that she didn’t notice Pandora enter. She just kept flipping through the pages of the book in front of her, hemming and haaing until-

"A-ah!" She looked up at the sudden voice, jumping in her seat. "P-Pandora-san…!" She blinked, slowly closing the manual as she processed the question. A deep frown came across her face and Kaoru looked very uncomfortable for a moment.

"I’d… Rather not really… I mean…" She coughed. "Why is anyone afraid of anything silly like that?" She looked down. "Just a dumb irrational fear…"

So dark…

[brokenopenbox]

Pandora suddenly span on her heel to face the other girl, a tentatively selected book in one hand, the other preoccupied with adjusting her earpiece. Pandora made the executive decision that the frown was almost certainly not an indication of demonic possession or brain-washing induced hatred. 

Pandora moved closer, not in a manner meant to intimidate but in a more quizzical fashion. She listened to her earpiece intently for a few seconds. "I heard your voice, and you were shouting about your father. Do you miss your father?"

The paranormal investigator turned her head away, talking almost to herself. "I do not miss mine."

[brokenopenbox]

We All Know Conspiracies Are Dumb [- Open RP -]

[shsldoubleshot]

Well. This was pretty bad, but it’s not the worst that could happen. At least she wasn’t throwing salt at him.  Slowly, his expression darkened from its tired, neutral state, and he just barely let his teeth grimace out through his lips. Right. All of those were… certainly true things, except the last one, for once.

"I’m.. not here to murder you.  Don’t worry."  He muttered, feeling out of place as the words came out. All of these conversations were just as surreal as they were depressing, really. "I. Look, you don’t have to be sorry either. That’s all.. true, yeah. I mean, I wouldn’t be happy, I-  Sorry.”  He’d be more like dead probably. His sorry was hardly a dramatic, sincere apology. It sounded more like it fell out of his head like a rock, really.  

Shoving his hands into his pockets, he looked down at her again, then around at all the stars. Well. That was a pretty normal explanation, actually. 

"…No, not crazy. That’s.. pretty reasonable. I was mostly wondering about.. those, though."  He pointed at the wards, finally. Whether he was making an effort to be non-offensive, or was just too tired to sound like he was criticizing her was unclear. 

[brokenopenbox]

He was grimacing at her. Had she done something wrong? With blood still dripping from her hand, she adjusted the earpiece she wore, listening intently and remaining completely silent for a short while. What did you say to someone who would have killed you if they could? Pandora had never been in this situation. After listening intently to her transmissions, she spoke up. 

"What does that mean? You wouldn't be happy, but you tried to make it be so, so obviously you must have preferred the outcome where I was dead to the outcome where I was alive. That is logic."

She frowned. "You don't think I'm crazy? That's new. Why is that? These charms are to keep away evil spirits. From both me and the dead. I would pay your respects to them were I you. I don't believe they hold you the ill will to haunt you. But one can never be too careful."

[superillegalactivities-blog]

Fear the government [Pandora]

Valu was hanging around the gift shop, fiddling around with some fancy ink pens. She had already done so many things that she eventually got bored. So here she was, making herself amused. Parts of the cash register was doodled with cats or other cute drawings made by Valu herself. Somehow she found a pair of sunglasses shaped like stars. What a fool you look like.

[brokenopenbox]

Pandora had run out of supplies. Setting up the ceremonial symbols for Suzugawa and Matsuoka had exhausted her supply of spices. The charms she'd been placing around herself for safety had made her run out of yarn. And so, she was prowling towards the gift shop. 

Oh, look. It was the criminal. Pandora felt that she was trustworthy, at least, compared to others. After all, anyone against the government was, if that saying about the enemy of your enemy was true, on her side. Casually approaching, Pandora politely asked a question. 

"Are those glasses on so that people cannot read your mind through your eyes?"

[shsl-gamemaster]

Search Check ((Starter for Pandora))

Kaoru found herself, in all places, the manual room that day (Day? Night? It was the day cycle…), desperately searching the pages of whatever book she could get her hands on.

There had to be something here. Something of use.A way to call for help or…  Maybe something that explained the nature of the two AIs on the station. Clearly, given the monitors around the station and how much control Caligula assumed when he took over, Kaoru assumed it had been built with having AIs in control from the beginning. Sure Gorge had been tossed away by Caligula… And Caligula was an anomaly she hoped but there had to be SOMETHING she could work with…

But nothing yet. With a grumpy sigh, Kaoru thumped her head against the pages of the manual in front of her.

[brokenopenbox]

Pandora was wandering around the space station. She was trying, although she knew well it was futile, to find a way out. She was beginning to form a theory, but no, she wouldn't act on it until she was sure. No point risking her life. She'd need to read up before she tried anything, and so she was in the manual room.

But as soon as she turned the corner, she saw that there was someone already in there. Trying not to attract attention, Pandora creeped into the room, staying to the shadows and quietly scanning the shelves for the book she was looking for.

After a few seconds, not sure that Kaoru had heard her but not really caring, Pandora spoke, without looking towards the other girl ."Hello. Why is it that you are afraid of the dark?"

Ever tactful, that girl.  

[brokenopenbox]

We All Know Conspiracies Are Dumb [- Open RP -]

[shsldoubleshot]

The only places he’s been going since the  last trial, really, have been the kitchen and his own room. His face was pale and he looked as unkempt as ever, but there was an obvious melancholy to each of his steps as he trudged through the halls. Days of walking around the ship room to room day and night were gone, but as he stepped by the doorway on his way to find enough food to hide away with again, he caught eye of. What.  

As much as it may be obvious that she wasn’t dead, seeing someone just laying on the floor was generally an eye-catcher these days. After a few seconds of staring, vacantly and without much more than a small amount of interest, his legs moved and he ended up hovering above Pandora right outside her barrier of charms. He has been warded off… for now.

"…Pandora-san." His voice was scratchy, so he coughed and repeated himself soon after speaking up. "Pandora-san. What… are you doing?"   Not sure why he was initiating this talk, he was pretty impassive in stopping it now. What’s the worst that could happen, anyway?

[brokenopenbox]

Pandora's eyes opened. Not that anyone could tell, behind her sunglasses. That was rather the point of the things. Seeing Yoshiro, she withdrew her hand from inside her sleeve, revealing some blood on her fingernails. Calmly, she spoke. "Hello, Kimura. Are you here to murder me? Hopefully not."

She tilted her head. "That was insensitive. I'd be sorry, but then again, you did try to murder someone. You also intended for Matsuoka to escape with Yuu. That would have killed me. So now you cannot deny that you would be happy to kill me." 

The paranormal investigator stretched idly, frowning a little. "As to what I am,doing, I'm lying down. It is comfortable here. I'd recommend it. However, I don't want to lie down with someone who attempted to murder me. You probably think that's crazy of me. I don't care." 

[brokenopenbox]

Equal Rites [- Closed Starter for Gacchiri Hayate -]

[hopespeakprodigy]

Walking alongside the parnormal-investigator, the businessman found himself wondering just what he’d agreed to participate in… Of course, it was a bit too late to regret his decision by this point. Still… He’d felt compelled to, for lack of a better word. Though he’d hardly known the students and brushed most of the disaster off with his professional guise and the far more pressing matter of survival… The reality was very slowly beginning to leak through… People were dying all around him. 

He never had been much of a spiritual type, and his experience aboard the station hadn’t changed that, but respect had always been something he could appreciate… So, naturally, that included the respect for the dead. While he wasn’t about to lose sleep over failing to honor the dead when the rest were still struggling to live, there was a bit of relief that something like this would finally occur. If nothing else, he supposed it would strength his bond with one ‘Pandora’…

Turning his head, he glances towards her for a moment and frowns slightly. “… So, then… ” he decides to break the silence at long last. “… How will this proceed, exactly?”

[brokenopenbox]

Pandora continued to walk silently for a few seconds before replying. She didn't want to appear rude. Well, that was a lie, Pandora couldn't care less. But she assumed that Gacchiri would take issue with her being rude, and she did not wish to leave him wondering. Looking towards the businessman through near-opaque shades, she spoke. 

"It's a burial ceremony of sorts. But there's no burial. I want to put their spirits to rest." She stopped there, as if that explained all, and a few seconds later, talked as if it were a perfectly natural continuation of the conversation. "Do you know about the historical symbolism behind salt?" 

[brokenopenbox]

We All Know Conspiracies Are Dumb [- Open RP -]

Pandora sat on the sofa in the lounge. Her sunglasses were on. Her right hand was inside her left sleeve, scratching furiously. Her face was impassive and expressionless. Around her were scattered little seven-pointed stars made of red yarn. 

They were meant to ward off evil. Who knew if simple charms like that would help her. Perhaps an alien or secret agent would shoot her in the head right now as she lay vulnerable. Whatever. The government wasn't here in space. The conspiracies and corporate monstrosities and military abominations weren't up here in space with her. 

Not that it mattered. Whether they were here or not, people would still call her a lunatic, and an idiot, and crazy, and perhaps they were right. She decided that she would simply lie down. She would stay here for however long she would stay there. Yes. That seemed like a good idea. 

[brokenopenbox]

Equal Rites [- Closed Starter for Gacchiri Hayate -]

Pandora didn't cry. Crying was a sign of weakness, weakness would lead to being killed, or taken away, or beaten up, or countless other things. And anyway, Pandora knew she was not weak, she was a genius, and a fighter, and a million other things. 

But she'd never seen a person die before. Now she'd seen it three times, three times because this last time it had been to much and she'd looked away. She'd seen specters before, phantasms, apparitions, but never of people she'd known. Sure, she hadn't trusted them. Any of them. She didn't do trust. Especially somewhere like this. 

She'd come to a decision. She would lay the dead to rest. Not their actual bodies, of course. Those were taken away by Caligula, who did god-knows-what with them. No, she was going to calm their spirits. Beside her was Hayate Gacchiri, who was the only person who'd agreed to accompany her and assist the ceremony. 

He was also what she would call a friend if it was not for the fact that Pandora, as a rule, did not do friends anymore. She trusted him. She respected him. He believed that perhaps he might think the same of her. Or perhaps he found her a lunatic and wanted her dead. Whatever. 

She walked, her coat swishing around her, looking down at the ground in the direction of the grav control room. She sure as hell wasn't going to start a conversation. 

[brokenopenbox]

Aluminum Foil (Foil) - [Shinobu]

[shslsakka]

"Call it curiosity." she returns, switching weight from one leg to the other. She didn’t like the way that girl was just floating around there so she was determined to keep her distance from the room. Just close enough to keep an eye on Pandora. Her eyes narrow at the ‘slab of meat’ comment. Maybe she’s just being Pandora, innocently paranoid or whatever. But innocent or not it pisses her off and she cracks her knuckles unsubtly.

"Don’t push your fuckin’ luck, alright? Don’t provoke me unless you’re ready to see your own blood ‘cause I’d win in a fight, hands down." satisfied with her threat she, again, switches leg. "Anyway I got responsibilities. Gettin’ the hell outta here for one."

[brokenopenbox]

Pandora payed no mind to the threat at all, her face remaining indifferent and calm. She was in no danger here. If she were, she'd receive a transmission, and the earpiece she wore was silent right now. Shinobu was no threat. So Pandora merely remained in the same position, floating idly through the air, face relaxed and eyes half-closed.

"And yet you say you don't want to kill me, or anyone. You're awfully self-contradictory. As for escaping, good luck with that. We're in space. That means that if you get out, you die. Not the greatest of losses, but I'd assume you would like to avoid dying."