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[ Credence shouldn't go exploring. That's implicitly obvious, but he'd done it anyway, and when he recovers from this he'll have a nice long mental self-reprimanding. It had been a simple enough affair. Surely, there would be some kind of answer among the metal corridors and winding labyrinth of strange technology. There's a buddy system, but Credence had simply not wanted to bother anyone, not wanting to impose.

He's not expecting to round the corner on deck 3 and see the body of a man. He's jarred, falling backwards, tripping on things that aren't there. His rear hits the hallway and he backs up, instinctive, and doesn't stop until his back hits the metal hallway.

He has to let people know. It's instinctive, to pull out the necklace he'd been given in the dark alley before arriving and touch it, and it's only after his heart stops racing too much (he can't stop staring, this is decidedly different from his sister, or is ma) that he starts a video. The movement is shakey, and he's sure no one on the ship will really recognize him, having kept to himself and his quarters, but they have to know. ]

There's--there's something...

[ He pans the camera to the body, trying to keep his body from shaking, voice high with fear. ]

Deck three. It's on deck three.

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[ familiarity, Steve says, like he's seen aliens before. Credence narrows his eyes with confusion, but other wise doesn't say anything. There are stranger things than someone being familiar with aliens, he thinks. Like winding on this ship in the first place.

Or maybe that's not what he means, but either way, after a few more moments twisting and turning, Credence suddenly comes to a halt, pointing beyond a dark corner. ]

It's there.

[ His words are quiet. Hushed. ]

[america]

[ Steve follows the direction Credence points at, where he can barely make out a dark silhouette slumped in a corner. ]

You don't have to stick around if you don't want to. [ He says, turning to face the young man. ] You did good.

[ And after what he'd probably gone through, discovering the body from the start, Steve can't imagine it's easy returning to the "crime scene" as it were. This spaceship is pretty terrifying as it is. ]