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unknownseas2021-01-24 10:36 am
bathymetric) wrote in unknownseas2021-01-24 10:36 am
COMMENCE VOYAGE
Fun Fact: Did you know the Atlantic Ocean has a surface area of 41.1 million square miles? No reason.
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There's something uneasy in the air as you come to.
Well, "come to" is an interesting word in this case. It implies waking up, which is not exactly what happens. None of you are in beds, nor are you really asleep in the traditional sense. One moment you're somewhere else, doing something else with your time, and the next? You're somewhere on board a massive cruise ship - maybe lounging on a deck chair by the pool, maybe getting some Gains in the exercise room, maybe enjoying the tasteful décor in the buffet - and you have no idea how you got here or how you might get back. This is not your beautiful house. If you have a beautiful wife, she isn't here.
What you do have, apart from 25 other unlucky souls, is a small smartphone-like device in your pocket with only a handful of things on it: a clock reading 11PM, a pdf of a ticket in your name on a special Atlantic Liners New Year's Eve Cruise, an app labeled Passenger Profiles with some basic information on your traveling companions, and a message:
Welcome aboard, passenger! Please feel free to partake of any of the facilities while you wait for the big event! Remember: when midnight comes, you better make your way to the theatre at the back of Level 1 for the main event! The Captain and the First Mate will be there to take care of you all personally, and to help you ring in the new year in style!
Well, that's a start. But what you do until then, it seems, is up to you!
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There's something uneasy in the air as you come to.
Well, "come to" is an interesting word in this case. It implies waking up, which is not exactly what happens. None of you are in beds, nor are you really asleep in the traditional sense. One moment you're somewhere else, doing something else with your time, and the next? You're somewhere on board a massive cruise ship - maybe lounging on a deck chair by the pool, maybe getting some Gains in the exercise room, maybe enjoying the tasteful décor in the buffet - and you have no idea how you got here or how you might get back. This is not your beautiful house. If you have a beautiful wife, she isn't here.
What you do have, apart from 25 other unlucky souls, is a small smartphone-like device in your pocket with only a handful of things on it: a clock reading 11PM, a pdf of a ticket in your name on a special Atlantic Liners New Year's Eve Cruise, an app labeled Passenger Profiles with some basic information on your traveling companions, and a message:
Welcome aboard, passenger! Please feel free to partake of any of the facilities while you wait for the big event! Remember: when midnight comes, you better make your way to the theatre at the back of Level 1 for the main event! The Captain and the First Mate will be there to take care of you all personally, and to help you ring in the new year in style!
Well, that's a start. But what you do until then, it seems, is up to you!
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[Well, the hair color is nice, really. Nice mint green. No fur, but looks like whoever this is...and whatever this is...is just as colorful as a grumpus.
Somehow Filbo finds that kind of calming -- finding something familiar enough in the middle of this confusing mess is really nice]
But I suppose it's good to meet someone new, anyway! Right?
[Filbo grins, encouraging, but he's not sure of what reaction he'll get]
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It is! What is your name? Mine is Flayn!
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[He makes sure his sash is nice and perfect, showing his title. Yup, here you go! The sash announces he's the mayor]
Good to meet you, Flayn! I suppose you don't know why we're on the ship, right?
[Hey, maybe she knows about someone who can help him. Anyone. Please?]
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[She does a little bow at the waist, fist curled and held to her chest. It's just how ya do where she's from.]
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[Filbo, it wasn't that formal]
Besides it's not like I have been at the job for long. It's strange to be treated as if I have run anything for ages when I have been at the helm for just two months.
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[Which is like. Zero days.]
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[Only after asking that Filbo realizes that was kind of worded badly. Well, he was curious about that too, but he wouldn't dare to ask that so bluntly, or at least without apologizing]
S-Sorry, I mean, as a job. I didn't mean--I didn't mean to ask it like that.
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It is fine, I know what you meant. As a job...hm! Well, I am not paid to do it, but I have been a healer for quite some time. I suppose that would be my job.
["Bishop" kind of carries a different meaning outside of Fire Emblem, so.]
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That's great! I dunno what's going on in this ship, but if we have a doctor here we'll be fine -- or...not as bad as we could be.
[A doctor is an important member of any crew, after all!]
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[Though that's going to be mostly moot when she realizes, hey, no magic!]
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[Alas, living in a world with no healers]
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