Deep Sea Embers Chapter 13: Long-term bed rest is not good for the cervical spine

The deep sea is something to fear.

Alice is a puppet, but she still has eyes that are expressive enough to express emotions and changes in expression that are difficult to explain with common sense, so Duncan can clearly perceive the kind of deep sea... The fear and resistance of some "things" in the deep sea, and thinking of the spiritual world and the so-called frontier visions he had seen at sea before, he could easily realize that the vast ocean he was in was absolutely Hidden terror.

However, the Lost Homes sailed on this boundless ocean, and the mechanical ship that had hit it in the spiritual world was also sailing on this ocean.

This made him curious about some more distant things - what is the land of this world? In other words, is there a normal land in this world?

However, the puppet in front of her couldn't answer her question. Alice was in a drowsy state most of the time in her memory. According to Duncan's judgment, it should be some kind of seal... or "repression". influences.

He still remembers the situation in the cabin he observed through the vast perception of the Homeless when he was passing by the mechanical ship, the mysterious runes, the arrangements with strong religious symbols, and Alice's "coffin" The symbols engraved on the outside all indicate one thing:

Her "cursed doll" must be deeply feared in "civilized society".

Duncan glanced meaningfully at the puppet lady in front of him, and the latter returned a calm and serene gaze.

"Just to double check, you have absolutely no recollection of where you came from or what you've been through in the past, right?"

"I don't remember," Alice replied seriously, "I've been lying in this big suitcase since I can remember—though I don't know why, but it seems like there's always been a bunch of nervous people around me. People, they were afraid that I would come out of the box, so they sealed the box in various ways. To be honest, I suddenly feel that the circle of nails you put on the lid of my box before is quite friendly... Eight more shells were added, but at least you didn't put more lead in it, did you?"

Duncan didn't care about Alice's trash talk this time, but went on to ask, "Where did your name come from? Who gave you that name? If you really never left the box, Haven't been in contact with other people, why do you have a name? Is this something you gave yourself?"

Alice suddenly froze.

She seemed to be really lost and remained in a stunned state for more than ten seconds. Almost when Duncan was worried about whether the doll also had the setting of "crash", the doll lady was Resume activities again: "I... don't remember, I knew my name was Alice from the beginning, but I didn't come up with the name myself, I..."

She muttered to herself in confusion, her hands subconsciously holding her head, which made Duncan's eyes jump, and he quickly stopped: "Okay, forget it, you don't have to pull your head off..."

Alice: "..."

After this, Duncan asked the girl in front of him a lot of questions, but unfortunately, most of them were fruitless.

As Miss Doll herself said, she has spent most of her time groggy in the "coffin" since she became conscious, maintaining a state of alternating sleep and half-awake, She knew very little about the outside world, and the only knowledge she heard came from the conversation outside the coffin she heard half-dreaming, and these trivial knowledge could hardly piece together the outline of the world for Duncan.

But even so, Duncan is not without success - in his conversation with Alice, he has at least established a few things:

There is a power structure called "city-state" in this world. This word appears repeatedly in Miss Doll's narration, which almost constitutes the whole of her journey, and the destination of her original journey this time is a A city-state called "Pland".

It seemed to be a prosperous place, with sailors talking about it "having an important position on many sea routes".

Secondly, Alice also has the name of "abnormal 099", and this seems to be some kind of "official" name for the civilized world. As for the name "Alice" she said, so far except her It seems that no one other than himself and Duncan knows about it at all.

In the end, Alice has been being transferred from one city-state to another, and it seems that she is not the only "anomalous" being transferred in this way. On certain journeys, she has listened to the conversations of those in charge of "escorts" The words "other seal rooms" are mentioned in the text.

Based on this, Duncan boldly guessed that perhaps this action of constantly shifting the location of the "abnormality" is itself a necessary means to seal the abnormality and prevent it from "getting out of trouble".

And obviously, the team responsible for transporting Anomaly 099 this time has a lot of bad luck - the "doll" they escorted has escaped because of the "Homeless" that appeared in the sky.

I just don't know what is so scary about this strange cursed doll, and what kind of damage she will cause when she escapes.

After all...she looked pretty innocuous when she was on the Homeless.

Frankly, Duncan was disappointed.

He thought he had finally found an intelligence channel that could help him understand the world, but he didn't expect that the guy lying in the coffin was as confused as himself.

But when he glanced at Alice, who was still sitting quietly on the wooden box, this disappointment faded a little.

At least, he now has more people to talk to on the Lost Homes—although she seems to be a doll, although she is terrifying when her head falls, although she must have more secrets, although she occasionally Throw out some trash talk.

But she's always more normal than the noisy goat head.

And speaking of weird dangers...this boundless sea, this homeless ship, this strange thing on board, which one seems safe?

Even from the perspective of others, his "Captain Duncan" seems to be the most dangerous one in the boundless sea.

Duncan sighed, his expression softened a little before he knew it, and asked with a gossip, homely attitude, "I wonder what would you do if I threw you overboard again? "

Alice blinked: "Are you still stuffing shells this time?"

"No."

"Are you still nailing the nails?"

"Uh... no."

"Are you filling with lead?"

"No...cough, I mean, if I refuse you to stay on board..."

"Then I'll row back again," Alice sat dignifiedly and said calmly, "I don't want to be swallowed by this sea, at least you have a place to stay on this boat."

Duncan was so shocked by the frankness of this doll that he didn't know whether to say she was honest or thick-skinned.

"Anyway, you already know the answer, don't you?" Alice said with a smile, "but if I come back again, I may try to hide somewhere in the cabin so that you won't find it, and I won't run away carelessly. Arrived on deck ~IndoMTL.com~ I had a short wake up time, and the previous few return trips were not well thought out, but now I have experience..."

Duncan interrupted her: "My perception is all over the ship, and I can even tell where each spray hits the hull."

Alice's words were immediately choked back: "Ah..."

Duncan continued to say calmly: "And I can also choose to destroy you directly, and use a more thorough way to prevent you from continuing to haunt me and my Homeless."

Miss Doll didn't seem to have thought about this possibility. She opened her eyes subconsciously, and then there was a click near her neck...

The headless puppet hurriedly grabbed his head and began to press frizzly on his neck. Duncan couldn't create the atmosphere immediately, he could only sigh in disbelief, waiting for Alice to put his head on it. Ann went back and said: "However, I suddenly feel that it is not a bad thing to have an extra crew member on this ship - if you can be honest on this ship, I can arrange a position for you."

"You said it earlier! My head is scared off!"

After all, Duncan couldn't help shaking his eyes: "So what's going on with your neck?"

Alice looked innocent: "I don't know! I don't usually have so many opportunities to 'go out'. I don't know why my body has such a problem..."

Duncan silently looked at Alice for a few seconds, and said with a serious face: "It seems that long-term bed rest is not good for the cervical spine."

Alice: "..."

Looking at the speechless Miss Doll, Duncan's mood suddenly improved.

"Well, all in all, there's a new crew member aboard the Homeless - come with me and I'll give you a place to rest."