WEEK 7

[bathymetric]

Good morning, passengers. Happy Sunday. Happy New Year.

Another week, another three gone in the case alone, not to mention Chloe earlier in the week. Even as you gain access to another floor, the ship by now must be starting to feel more empty than ever. It's been a long time by now, approaching two months.

Where do you think you'll be, in two months more time?

The clouds have begun to gather around the ship, this week.



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[ ooc: Welcome to week 7, everyone! Remember to turn in AC here and coins for regains over here! If you wish to get in contact with the npcs, Davy Jones is over here, and The Captain is over here! And as requested, profiles are accessible here. ]

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[guffawsungraciously]

[Eh, sure, why not. Jasper is always up to treat himself, so after a nice, long soak in some excellent-smelling bath he's going to stretch out in one of the chairs because damn, it'd be nice for someone else to do his nails for a change. Shit, he could probably get his toes done, too? Damn. The full spa experience...]

[ahelpingpaw]

Looking good, Jasper!

[Filbo looks so glad someone's taking advantage of the stuff Reika and he set up. There he is, bringing one of the hot drinks he had set up for this night. It's more tea -- without lemon, but at least he did remember to bring a dozen sugar packets]

Thank you for coming! I know these are tough times, so I'm glad you decided to be here.

[guffawsungraciously]

Ah, I thank you ever so much for this, Filbo. You certainly do know how to treat us all.

[he is ABSOLUTELY going for that tea and all of those sugar packets.]

Though, I must ask, have you reserved some time for yourself, as well?

[ahelpingpaw]

Reika helped a lot with this all. I wouldn't have been able to handle all this spa stuff without her, that's for sure.

[Even though this party lacks the usual pizzazz Filbo aims for -- if you can call it that, he just strives for the active, very cheerful kind of parties -- given the motive; this time he's glad at least he was able to make his own small touches in it all. Hospitality can be difficult sometimes]

I...I actually have. Kinda. Trust me, I have been trying to take care of myself. I think I'm actually getting decent enough at that lately.

[Once he stopped feeling responsible for people's lives and wellbeing to an unreasonable extent, really. Took a long while to get there and so many people telling him to stop that]

[guffawsungraciously]

I am glad to hear it.

[He leans back a bit, closing his eyes.]

It is strange, is it not? I feel as though there is some compulsion in all of us to try and carry the world on our shoulders, yet it seems as though life is much better if you allow others to assist you in that burden.

[ahelpingpaw]

That's right! This is all easier to handle if you share the burden. I should...have realized it earlier.

[It was all partly out of a desire to look as competent and kept-together as possible, partly as a genuine belief that if he talked about his own worries during this death cruise it'd be a burden to others, and partly because of his own underlying self-esteem issues. If only he had managed to figure out earlier exactly what Jasper had said just now...]

It's such a simple thing but it really is something you need to hear somebody else say every once in a while!

[guffawsungraciously]

Well, I suppose it is still easier to advise others of that than to admit it applies to you.

[.............]

So I would not feel too bad about forgetting.

[ahelpingpaw]

In that case does it apply to you too?

[Filbo has a rather positive opinion of Jasper -- as far as he's concerned, Jasper is a pretty decent guy. A little prone to punishing himself with excessive booze and also hiding under running showers, but he's a pretty decent guy, at the very least.

That Jasper maybe has felt like taking the burdens of the world upon his shoulders is something he wouldn't be surprised about, hah.

Goodness gracious, Filbo]

[guffawsungraciously]

I was merely observing something I have seen time and time again.

[.....he’s not gonna admit it okay]

[ahelpingpaw]

That explains it!

[Filbo is resoundly satisfied with that response, yup]

Well, it doesn't matter. Tonight the world doesn't matter at all -- it's all about each one of us for just a few hours. I had started to write drinking party games instructions and all for tonight, but Reika was right, relaxing seems to be doing the trick well enough.

[guffawsungraciously]

Ah, that might have been fun... but this is likely a better idea. It is not as though we will not have to worry about regrets in the morning, after all.