WEEK 8

[bathymetric]

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

Your numbers have officially dropped to single digits. One of you managed to kill the first of the major living obstacles to your collective freedom. A ghost or demon or something nearly killed you. It was a weird week.

The cruise continues on, roller coaster back up and running as ever, arcade free and clear of coins. The last free floor of the ship is open, as well as part of the top deck with... well, something you might expect to see way more on a cruise ship than anything else here. One way or another, you get a feeling you can't shake - things are going to end soon.

No rain yet, but the clouds are closing in fast above you. A cold wind blows during the night, sending the ship gently rocking. Around midnight or so, if you head to the deck, you can hear thunder in the distance.



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[ ooc: Welcome to week 8, 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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investigation x2

[scythegun]

[Just like that it's back to normal around here? No announcements, no word from Davy Jones, nothing... Well, Yeager doesn't trust like that, but it's a new week and that means it's time to explore. He's a bit surprised to find a new floor, but of course that means he's going to look through it. He's carrying that massive scythe with him again today, so it's not like he's feeling anxious about being out and about.

Anyway! Guess who's in possession of one purple key? Freyja left it to him and he's got it with him today, so here we are - he's going to go ahead and get that door open if he can!!

Of course, the rest of the floor is interesting, but nothing quite catches his interest like the armory. Have you ever seen someone look this excited to find so many weapons?? Well now you have. He's going to be in here for awhile looking through everything... which brings us to investigation #2, because Yeager is very interested in weapons. I'm so sorry mods.

After that you can find him in the pub. You can find him playing darts or billiards; he's pretty good at either and certainly doesn't mind company in playing them... or maybe you're unfortunate enough to come in here after he's found the jukebox. Is this the equivalent of John Mulaney putting in multiple plays of What's New, Pussycat? Yeah. Yeah, it absolutely is. Hope you didn't want to spend any quality time in here??]

Pub

[ahelpingpaw]

[It's not really often Filbo goes to pubs, and definitely not when they're two centuries behind his time -- presumably. He's just there, checking out the place and rooting around in the bar contents to see if it was different in quality to the Margaritaville feast. Nothing worth noting on that regard, he thinks.

A while passes before he realizes he's listening to the same song over and over, it just...that just makes him stop and stare at the jukebox until it changes, leaving him to continue his rooting around, and then of course goes back to the same song right afterwards. Filbo just peeks from the counter of the pub, looking at Yeager with the unamused look of someone who feels should have caught onto the shenanigans far earlier]

This is your doing, isn't it?

[scythegun]

[Yeager's sitting at the bar nearby, definitely busy with whatever notes he's working on and not smirking like a douchebag at Filbo's question!!!]

Who, me? Why, Filbo, I can't believe you would suspect me of such a thing!

[.......he looks so pleased with himself.]

[ahelpingpaw]

[Yup, he totally did it. That face says it all, he thinks. Of course it was Yeager, hah]

That definitely wasn't a no, Yeager.

[Filbo's glad he's still peeking from behind the counter, at least that way he can hide how funny he does find this, hah]

[scythegun]

And yet you somehow don't sound disappointed!

[He knows he's hilarious, Filbo!!!!!]

[ahelpingpaw]

R-Really? I thought my judgmental stare would do the trick.

[Filbo, you wouldn't be able to fake a judgmental stare in those huge violet eyes of yours even if your life depended on it. Also that wasn't a rebuttal of what Yeager just said]

[scythegun]

[He is absolutely thinking the first part of that, but he won't crush Filbo's dreams today!!!]

You'd have better luck if you were to try to argue the point, ja? As it stands, it looks like you're enjoying the joke~!

[ahelpingpaw]

Well, for starters, it relies on, uh, you know, realizing there's something off with the song because what if--if I thought it was just a really long one--that's a three out of ten--!

[Filbo sinks behind the counter, byyyye Yeager]

...I can't do this. Fine. You win, it was good.

[He really feels he should have caught onto the shenanigans earlier, but it's hard to hide that once he did catch on he did find it fun, hah]

[scythegun]

[He's just smirking the entire way through until Filbo finally loses the will to keep going.]

Of course I win, it's an excellent joke. And it only gets funnier the longer it goes on! There's at least another thirteen of these to go.

[hope no one else wanted to use the pub today???]

[ahelpingpaw]

Thirteen?!

[Filbo pops back up, standing up and moving out of the counter. That prank in the jukebox's going to last forever, wow]

Are you gonna spend the whole day sitting there waiting for people to come and find out about this?

[scythegun]

Oh no, certainly not. Half the fun will be leaving it going and see who complains about it later!

[.......no one on this boat deserves this.]

[ahelpingpaw]

They're gonna complain to you. Other than you there's nobody else who would do such a thing.

[Hah! Okay they probably won't but still, most will blame Yeager for this. Who else would they blame? Data?]

[scythegun]

Really? You don't think they'd blame...

[...You know, come to think of it—]

This isn't really Magica's brand of chaos, is it...

[Man, we really are sorely lacking in people who will commit jukebox crimes, aren't we.]

Investigation Double Feature

[bathymetric]

[ Well, let's start with the key! The room itself is not purple, and thankfully it is in fact well-lit!

Weirdly, it's mostly bare wood in here, with a pleasant, relaxing smell coming from somewhere and, in something Yeager may or may not recognize the general shape of depending on traditions where he comes from, twenty-six different large drawers in the back wall. ]

[scythegun]

[No matches today!! But hmm, this room is a bit odd already and... twenty-six large drawers in the back, huh..... He's got a bad feeling about this one. But! What's going on with the drawers, do they have names on them or any other identifying marks?]

[bathymetric]

[ They are numbered in order from 1 to 26! ]

[scythegun]

[Hmm... Well, can he open and check out #24? If these are in alphabetical order, that should be his, so...???]

[bathymetric]

[ It's another you, Yeager-

While it is conspicuously body-sized, there is no body inside! Mostly, it's just a lot of unlit candles. ]

[scythegun]

[Huh! Are the candles supposed to go around a body or is this just a cabinet full of candles... Anything weird about these candles, by the way? Because he is absolutely going to take some of his own coffin candles, there is no stopping him.]

[bathymetric]

[ Nothing with them being unlit! Though moving them around a little will reveal some assorted magic drawings/runes underneath! Nothing recognizable, but like. They're there! ]

[scythegun]

[Ooh, interesting! I'm assuming there's nothing else that can be done with them? He's not exactly a mage anyway, so magic runes don't really mean much to him. Anything else to note in this coffin or should he do the cursed thing of opening poor goddamn Sylvando's since it's right next to his.]

[bathymetric]

[ Nah, not really. This room is more about the other stuff. Speaking of!

So the good news is that Sylvando is not in this drawer. There are, however, a number of lit candles, which seem to be the source of the smell of the room.

In the middle of them, however, is a doll of Sylvando. ]

[scythegun]

[i'm sure seto will be very glad that this isn't Actual Sylvando.......

Anyway! What kind of doll are we talking here? Is this like the voodoo doll Jack had or is this something else?]

[bathymetric]

[ Yeah, voodoo doll seems About Right, though maybe a little more accurate/with Attention To Detail than the average stereotypical Voodoo Doll? ]

[scythegun]

[Huh... Well, you know what, he's going to do the totally sane thing and take it. Assuming this does not set off some sort of trap, are there the same magical runes in here?]