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[If you've visited the island any time in the past week, then you would have had the briefest conversation with Station Master in the elevator, right before you stepped off onto the island, demeanor as polite as ever as he speaks--]

I'm trying out some new cookie recipes and wanted to know if you wanted to try some. Stop by, when you and your friends are able. I’m thinking of baking up a big batch on Saturday and pass them out where we met before. You really should come.

[--before the doors of the elevator will close, dissuading further conversation. He certainly looked far too serious to be talking about cookies.]

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[For those who take Station Master up on his offer, he'll be waiting by the warehouse up on the island, distracted, before waving people inside. Inside are cookies, muffins, and cups of water, but those aren't the real reason he's summoned you here. When Station Master steps inside, he removes his hat, but his gaze is still distant, as if he has other thoughts preoccupying him.]

I’m sorry for calling everyone here on such short notice. I’m afraid I had little choice though and my message is not an enjoyable one.

[His expression is serious now, very serious.]

This morning I intercepted a message meant for the Head Nurse from the lead scientists who are behind this experiment. I was able to erase the message, leaving her unaware of its existence for now but I’m afraid I’ve only been able to buy us some time, nothing more.

[He’s reaching into his pocket now, drawing out a folded piece of paper. The message for those who’d rather read it black on white.]

It said they have gathered all the data needed and are shutting down this project. They’ve also given her the all clear on eradicating all left over assets. That is to say… you.

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[ Sora stared, not believing or fully understanding what he was hearing. ]

What do you mean eradicated?

[This isn't surprising, considering what they learned when the barrier cracked, but Darkleer is still not pleased.]

It was only a matter of time. Instead of panicking, we need to find a way to keep ourselves alive.

[Goddammit, and things were actually looking up for him.]

Then why not kill them first?

[Since, honestly, that's what eradicate means. There's no need to pretty it up, or make it sound so distant.]

[Karkat usually doesn't head up to the island, and it wasn't the gathering that even brought him up. But after three years spent on a meteor during his not-all-that-long-ago absence, a good part of him misses the sky now and then. And well, there is one here, and that had given him the chance to hear the invitation.]

[Even if it was really just for cookies, he would have gone. He's eating one now that he's here.]

[Consequently, he nearly chokes on it when he hears what message the Station Master actually has to deliver. Good thing water was provided! A couple gulps clear up the problem, leaving Karkat to gawk wide-eyed at the man.]

They what? Didn't the thing with C having to fix our marks show they didn't know enough about this shit? Yes, clearly these scientists are experts now that they've seen the bubble nearly collapse. Great fucking job, and who cares about the test subjects!

Let me look at that.

[He steps in a bit closer to squint at the paper, wanting to see if the details tell him much more than he expects. To say the least, "eradicating" them doesn't sound like they'll get to keep living here.]

[This is it. This is where the penny drops and the serene life of Vatheon is permanently disrupted. What are their options, escape? Escape to where?

Supposing there's a world beyond Vatheon's walls, they could find their way out there, or...be sent back to their worlds.

But then--]

We have to get out of here.

B... but Mako-chan and I just got here! How can they decide this now?!

[Poor Nagisa looks legitimately frightened. For all his assuring Makoto that there was no way they'd died out in the ocean that night, they were now being told there's a chance they could still lose their lives.

And so far away from home, too...]

If they think they can kill me without losing some of their own, they have another thing coming.

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Hn. Humans. So willing to throw away what they no longer need or deem valuable.

[N's voice smacks of lacking surprise and righteous indignation, but there's a hesitant, almost shaky note just beneath the surface. What of Hilda? If his own life ended, fine, but he couldn't just sit back and let some kill the one person he actually cares for.]

[So for Angelo, he's listening in a corner of the room silently. He's not even sure what to say at this point. What was there to say? Some people wanted to stay alive and others were planning to stop the scientists. His world was crashing down now, so he had not much to input except silence.]

Masaru stood there, listening to the station master, to everyone. To their worries, their plans... and he kept quiet. As uninvolved as he'd been, he at first thought he didn't have a place to say anything.

But after a while... he couldn't hold it in anymore.

"... so that's all we are to them? Data? Data to be removed or disposed of...?"

His hands clenched into fists. "No. Bullshit. That is complete and utter bullshit. People have lived here for a long time... we were brought here against our will, but all the people here... even the ones that got sent back worked hard to make a life here...

"We can't let it end like this. We wont' let it end like this. We're not a bunch of god damned experiments, and I'll be damned if I let things end without a fight!"

He pounded his fist, now burning with digi-soul, into his open palm. "If those bastards think they can just throw a bunch of people away like they're garbage, they have another thing coming! Who the hell is with me?!"

How do you think they're going to do that?

[ Cookies? How could he not. ]

Era...dicating?

[ No, that can't be! The most terrible of news are upon him, will no one think of the most important part?? What about...! ]

Do we still get to eat the cookies?

[Yukio's one of those who'll want to see the message in it's original form, mulling over the paper for several minutes before handing it back to the Station Master. He's really hasn't been around that long in the grand scheme of things, but he's been through all the information he could find concerning the whys and hows of their existence in Vatheon. This, though... this is a blow.]

... How much time do we have?

[ He mulls over this quietly, looking far more thoughtful than he has in ages. ]

...data...? Project...?

Does that mean this was all some sort of ruddy experiment?

[ All the friends he'd made here, all the progress... the small niche he'd carved out for himself... ]

Eradicated?! You aren't ruddy serious!

[Tifa takes the news soberly, her voice and her fists tight.]

Do you have any idea how they mean to do it? Is there a way for them to get their people out and destroy the entire city, or do they have to bring people in from the outside?

Well that just sounds like an awful deal.

I appreciate the bought time and letting us know what's going on. Of course, I can't imagine we'll have much time to figure things out, so ... what are our options right now? Is there a chance to escape, are we going to have to wage a war, or are we going to have to do some combination of both?

[ She's been through this whole death thing. It's not really all that fun. ]

[Yeah no that's not going to happen. Not while they still have a chance of fighting back.]

There's enough of us here that I'm sure someone can come up with a plan, but we're going to need to know specifics to even have a chance. How many scientists are there? What exactly do they have that can eradicate all of us?

[Of course Fai is going to come at the sound of cookies. But this message is like a stake through the vampire's heart.]

Eradicated..does that mean they plan to kill us, or just send us home?

[Because he would prefer home but neither option is pleasant. Mostly because that means his days with his brother are numbered.]

What?! [Lloyd stares at the Station Master in horrified shock, though it soon shifts into growing anger.] You mean they're not even going to send us back first?!

[Ky hadn't been all that intrigued by the cookies, but he's glad he came, glad he trusted the seriousness of the Station Master's face.

This is...exactly what he would have expected from a group of scientists, at least, but that fact is no relief.]

We'll have to fight her.

.... So, uh, what do we do?

[Denzel looks very pissed off. Tch.] Typical scientists. [Before turning paranoid.] What do we do?!

I'd rather go back home over - [gulp] Dying... Although, I don't expect them to be that merciful, no, I don't.

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That's... unfortunate...

[And that's all Shiro can really say. For all his days as a scientist himself, the idea of simply eradicating the evidence never occurred to him. Granted his work started with mice and not humans, but still...]

And barbaric. I don't fear for my own life, but I know there are those here who don't want to die nor should they be forced to just because they're "done with us".

They wish to kill us, or send us back home?

[Jade is contemplating and stern-faced, brows furrowed and his posture drawn-up.]

Hm...

That doesn't sound good.

[At all. Washu crosses her arms and frowns as she contemplates this new turn of events.]

Do you know how long we have?

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