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It feels as if right now, Rend's life is in Benji's hands since he is the only one who could grant him survival in this situation. For Rend's sake, it is fortunate that Yaz was the one to get through to Benji via intercom. Because and although Benji is the type of guy who wouldn't even swat a fly, he is hesitant to go and save the man's life instead of allowing the foreseen suffocation occur for reasons he will explain later. But, as you know, he's has a soft spot for Yaz, he's going to listen to her. So, yeah it would be the easy way, but it wouldn't quite make sense to the story. Also, with my last message with Eru, he explained how he may be able to post in the future if he could, thus if we keep Rend alive, Eru could possibly return again with maybe a vengeful or at least an even more bitter Rend.

Also, how long would you guys propose Rend has before he is completely, you know, dead? Maybe ten more minutes, it will allow me to make Benji do something that will add a bit of mystery.

EDIT: Oh yeah, you guys have come out with some AWESOME post! Really, I'm so happy this roleplay did not end even though it seemed so likely at the time.

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@Atrophy@TheMadAsshatter I think you guys are working together, could you be able to put in a post today?

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@SheriffLlama Thank you for telling me. Let's keep moving, @Atrophy you got us?

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I say @SheriffLlama goes next since they have not gotten to post yet during the meeting.

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So... Who's next?

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Benji Baker

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The Living Area

Prep School- Come As You Are

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The type of shrewd, sheer uneasiness that conjures feeling of a threat arrived just as the meeting entertained conflict. But in his mentality, Benji partly blamed himself for mentioning Rend as the odd ball, the stick in the mud, or as he more specifically said, the elephant in the room. He knew eventually it would soon enough be discussed, yet Benji could not resist that he started it, or so he thought. He scooted closer to the edge of his seat on the couch when Owen entered the room rather infuriated, to say the least. And from here matters only got from bad to ugly. Benji liked Owen, maybe he had a borderline man crush on him. But even though Benji really considers everyone on the ship his friend, Owen in particularly held a very important role to him. Benji is a doctor, but he never believed he could fix himself the way Dr. Childs could. Well, Benji would not normally use the word fix in that context, but he had faith that Owen would listen to him and could somehow understand him with his occupational knowledge. Nonetheless, Benji expected it to be them three guys in on the project- Benji, Owen, and Andrew. But now with Andrew's absence replaced by a stranger with the not so perfect reputation, Benji could see how it impacted him. And frankly, he didn't blame him, Benji just wished things could find a truce there. But it was far from it.

The rest then entered the room, and by that time the rest really just was Yaz. But Benji did not quite notice her like he usually would, instead he was captivated by the conflict now between Rend and Tahlia. He discovered the Computer-Scientist's presence later in the meeting when Rend expressed his disgust upon Yaz's augmentation. That was low. And Benji could tell he was not the only one who took strong offense over it, Tahlia was far from tolerance at this point... But so was Rend.

Benji could not decipher right at the split second of the moment of which he heard first, the shots fired from the weapon itself, or Tahlia's voice declaring the threat. But Benji has never moved any faster. And as a short skinny guy, whose spirit animal is probably a mouse, he is pretty quick on his own. But you could say the gun was a bit of added motivation for his next course of action. It was almost instinctual of what he did, of when he scrambled the first chance he had to escape the room itself. First, he bounced over the couch he was sitting on and dashed towards the exit, never looking back to see the state of which the fight escalated into. Besides, he must of very well flew right under the radar since his departure meant nothing right now compared to the wrestle Rend's life now juggled with.

He was going to disappear, retreat to a safe place. To be that close to death itself, scared the living out of Benji. He swears he has never had an encounter just like it. Benji prevents death, not watch it happen. Now he didn't know what to do with it other than run and hide. So that's just what he will do.

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I'll post next. I want to hint to what Benji will do, but I better just keep it a surprise.
EDIT: Yay! Page 2!

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@TheMadAsshatter Yo bro, do you think you can pump us out another post today?

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@Atrophy He will be a NPC we can use and control to meet the situation, while of course still staying true to his character. Can't wait to see the next post.

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@Deserted Yes you have a point, but I'll remain to leave it as an open choice. With this, Echo can convince Tahlia to put the gun down and spare him for the some of the reasons you just stated above. I'm sure if Tahlia does decide to kill Rend, Echo will strongly disagree, perhaps sparking even more conflict. I like the fact that this is a big decision and can change the direction of the story. Tahlia shoots Rend and the rest might look at her in a different, she chooses to keep him alive might help or hurt them later in the future.