COMMENCE VOYAGE

[bathymetric]

Fun Fact: Did you know the Atlantic Ocean has a surface area of 41.1 million square miles? No reason.

...

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!

Comments

[dokkalfheimr]

[Mm.]

I...need to return soon. What I was doing wasn't a trifling matter, it was...

[She isn't sure why she's getting sort of upset now; she's trying and mostly succeeding to keep herself composed at any rate.]

...It will be fine if I'm here for a while. But again, I would quite like to find whomever summoned us here and leave.

[oceangirlfriend]

I would, as well. We weren't in the middle of a particularly important discussion, but my team will worry if I'm nowhere to be found. I do plan on taking advantage of the amenities while I am here, though. [She gets a slight grin on her face at that last part.]

[dokkalfheimr]

...The amenities?

[girl what do you have in mind]

[oceangirlfriend]

This is a luxury cruise, after all. And their seafood doesn't look half bad. I also plan on spending as much time as I can in their pool. [She grabs a seafood skewer to take a bite, nodding and swallowing.] Also, everything in the vending machines is free.

[dokkalfheimr]

...Do as you see fit. I have little interest in mortal hedonism.

[oceangirlfriend]

What works for you, I suppose. Though there's a library as well, if you're interested in books.

[dokkalfheimr]

...That seems...more likely to be acceptable, if nothing else. Perhaps it's worth looking at.

[oceangirlfriend]

[A nod.] Ships like these usually have a variety of amenities. I do hope you can find something that suits you well.