Cruise Party 3 (before battle)

<It's pretty dark in here...>

The hallway to the storage was significantly narrower than the party deck.

I had nothing but faint, occasionally flashing lights to guide me through this dark hallway. I decided to proceed carefully.

<Seriously, this place is way creepier than wherever Hong Lu was going with his story...>

<Sinclair...?>

<You there?>

I wasn't sure where these water droplets were falling from, but they were really getting on my nerves.

I don't see anything here. Not that I could in this dark, even if there were...

All I see is a very faint ray of light, and...

…….

<Sinclair?>

... and Sinclair. It seemed to me that he'd been standing here for a good while. Exactly how long... I wasn't sure.

... Uh.

Sinclair stood there, still like death. He looked up.

<... What are you looking at?>

Now that I'm in here... I noticed that there was something funny about the ray of light.

I assumed that the light I saw was from a lamp or something, but... no. It was just there, surrounding the general area where Sinclair stood.

There was no light source.

So the light's shining in from the outside, maybe...?

No, that doesn't make sense either. We're deep in the ship's storage, a big metal box with no opening for even a single strand of natural light.

Besides, it's nighttime. This is getting more and more bizarre by the second. Where is this light coming from...?

<…!>

<Sinclair, we gotta get out of here!>

…….

<Run, NOW!>

<Come on!>

Fear of the unknown intensifies. What I saw defied every bit of common sense I had accumulated over the journey, and I had to get Sinclair out of there - I snatched and tugged his limp wrist.

<Come on, wake up!!!>

That seemed to have done the trick. Sinclair suddenly snapped back to reality and began screaming. He bolted out of the room.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Huh?! The lad's lost the plot! What in the bloody -

THEREWASAPERSONFLOATINGINTHEAIRAPERSONINTHEAIRFLOATINGSOMEONEWASUPTHEREJUSTSUSPENDEDINTHEAIR!!!

... Okay, now I'm actually creeped out.

That can't be... a person.

Then that was...

What, you think we have enough time for a lecture? Prepare for battle.