Huh?
[UNSTABLE] IT SAVES TIME.
"So." Lex leads you over to a long, LONG stretch of rope tied to the front of the S.S. FREEDOM. It stretches all the way up to the top of the Admiral's Ship. "I hope you can climb."
"Should we really be forcing someone who just went through surgery-" Ashley is about to complain but then she realizes who she's talking to. "Eh. Just don't look down. I heard that fucks you up." Your two allies immediately start climbing up the rope. After regaining your senses, you climb right after them yet by the time you wrap your hands around the rope, you're already at the deck of the Admiral's Ship.
Your two allies are equally confused. Seems like they were also seemingly teleported up to the deck.
"I'm not even going to question it." Ashley mutters to herself.
"Saves time, I guess?" Lex nervously laughs. "Yeah. Saves time. Ha."
<span class="mu-i">YOU HAVE BESTED ME. I WELCOME YOU TO TAKE WHAT YOU WILL.</span>
[ANOMALOUS ABILITIES] Even after killing him, his presence lingers. He welcomed you onto this ship like a respected guest. Best not to linger too long.
https://youtu.be/mtE_3nOl6eI - AN EMPTY SHIP
The deck of the ship is enormous to put it very bluntly. All around you is an endless stretch of bronze, steel, and wood. Right in front of your group is a towering mass consisting of a nearly uncountable amount of anti-air and ship weaponry that stretches up miles into the sky. On the very top of this mass is a small circular building. A watchtower or crow's nest, you think?
You take a few pictures of the ship because, well, you want some memento of this moment.
>-4 CHARGES ON DIGITAL CAMERA.>+ADMIRAL SHIP PHOTOGRAPH x4 (More proof that you encountered the Admiral and survived.)"I'll go search that thing." Lex points to the watchtower. "You two do whatever in the meantime." Lex proceeds to start his trek over to the watchtower. In the blink of the eye, he's already gone. You and Ashley glance at each other.
[DEEP INTUITION] "Okay, it's clear that the Admiral's listening to us. So, Admiral, show us where you store most of your supplies."
And on cue, your vision blurs into a mess of colors and sounds. Once you regain your senses, the two of you find yourself in a dark and barely lit section of what you assume to this dreadnought's cargo area. Piles on piles of boxes from time periods long before your time surround you. The only light is, as expected, various oil and gas lamps hanging on the rusted steel walls.
"Knew it. Guess he wasn't wrong about 'not dying'. Hell, maybe that was his plan. Trying to get us to believe he wouldn't die so he could linger that way." Ashley paces around the dimly lit cargo area. "Feedback loop. Does that sound reasonable?"
[ANOMALOUS ABILITIES] "I can sometimes hear weird snippets of their thoughts and get a general idea on what they represent but most of the anomalies I encountered either fucked off after I encountered them or demanifested completely. This is new. Even to me"
