Introduction Time: Orders and Conscience

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The Skeld, seven hours after Red is impaled. Black, Brown, and White are sitting at a table in Cafeteria, Brown is pacing back and forth, White is eating a sandwich, and Black is reading a book. Suddenly, a kid in a flight jacket and jeans pops into existence in the middle of the room and nearly steps on the Emergency Meeting button.

Black: Maker's breath-!

White: Gah! Who the heck are you?

Northwind: *Steps down from the table* Your creator? How do you not know me?

Black: I don't know, because you chose not to let us know?

Northwind: Oh, good point. So... we're doing a Q&A session. And you guys are going to answer the questions.

Brown: Does this mean we won't be able to go back?

Northwind: Uh, no. You'll be able to go back after everyone answers questions. Summon the ghosts! *Snaps fingers*

The rest of the crew pops into existence, although Red is on the opposite side of the room.

Cyan: Gah-! What? *Pats herself down* How is this happening? Why are we alive again?

Blue: Necromancy. Which book was that from?

Yellow: *Glares at Black* You killed me. Thanks a lot.

Orange: *Rolls his eyes* Let it go, she was stuck in a vent for over fourteen hours, Soren.

Blue: And she would have rather spent time with White.

Cyan: Blue!

Blue: *Shrugs* What? Telling the truth.

Red: [-----------------------------]

Green: May I ask... why that's redacted?

Lime: I'm guessing that Red's swearing. I may or might have taught him some of those words as I was bleeding out.

Northwind: You did, don't worry.

White: Is violence allowed here?

Northwind: As long as it's not killing-

White crosses over and slaps his hand across Lime's face hard.

Lime: OW! What was that for?

White: Teaching Red those curses! I had to listen to them while I was playing dead and now my innocence is gone thanks to you!

Lime: They were common curses, you idiot!

White: Common as in everyone knows them? Because I didn't know them until Red yelled them.

Brown: ...Could I gain this knowledge?

Green: Was there not enough room on the ship for two people pinning for their partners or what? You killed me.

Blue: That's a line that I hear often...

Cyan: No duh. Almost all of us are dead. Except for Red. I'm pretty sure that he's faking being dead and clawing at us from the beyond.

Red: *Snarls* What makes you think that?

Northwind: Uh, because Umbitr literally pulled a you-and-Tenavik on you, why?

Red: You [-------------]

Northwind: *Tossing a tennis ball up and down* I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that. *Throws tennis ball and knocks Red unconscious*

White: *Calmed down* Where'd you, uh, get the tennis ball?

Northwind: From tennis.

Blue: You walked right into that one.

Northwind: Yep. *Fistbumps Blue* Alright, you beautiful beans, ask them questions and I'll answer! Requested scenes are allowed here just, you know, request in comments. And keep it age-appropriate, please?

Black: I... feel like I missed something.

Lime: *Looks up from 'Not Every Order is in Black and White'* Your entire childhood? Yeesh, I feel bad-

Brown: *Takes out a gun* That's private. Give me the tablet.

Lime: *Puts hands up and tosses tablet to Brown* Sorry! It's being posted to literally anyone on the internet...?

Cyan: Really? Oh great, now people are going to read my ejection scene over and over again...

Northwind: *Pulls out another tennis ball* And this scene where I hit someone else in the face with a tennis ball...

Black: *Pulls out knife*

Northwind: What are you going to-

Brown: *Points gun at Northwind* This scene where we kill you.

Northwind: *Puts hands up* Fine. I won't hurt anyone as long as you answer questions.

White: Agreed, now, can you guys put the weapons down? They said no kill-

Black and Brown: No.

Northwind: *Sighs* Well you wonderful beans, post your questions down in the comments. And let's keep them to this page, shall we?

Green: You're not talking to us, are you?

Northwind: No, I'm not. I'm talking to your doom-

STAB STAB STAB

BANG

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