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

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ She giggles, turning he head to the side. ]

Aw, you'd do that for me? I'm touched. If it's got all that information, then it'd probably be worth looking at, I guess.

[ltcommandroid]

Of course.

[Vibes just flyin right over his head, here. But he'll turn so that she can see the screen of his phone while he holds it.]

This is how you activate it. The profiles can be accessed by pressing on this icon. He'll demonstrate, before returning to the home screen.] It also has messaging and call features, here. You can send a text message to another device like this one, or have an audio call with them.

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ ... okay, he's a little weird. Not she was necessarily looking to get any kind of reaction, but usually the cutesy routine usually gets an eye roll, at the very least. Whatever, she'll worry about it later. She's way more interested in the phone, anyway.

She holds her thing up, watching him carefully as he navigates to the profiles, following suit as the list of names pops up. She doesn't look too closely at it right away, though. ]

Oh, that's neat! So it doubles as some sort of communicator, too? I didn't think magitechnology like this existed.

[ Even Tethe'alla wasn't this advanced. ]

So does that mean I'd be able contact anyone on the list, or something? Or do I not get to pick?

[ Is she able to just troll random people. Is that something she can do. ]

[ltcommandroid]

You should be able to contact anyone on the list.

[Even the Captain and Davy Jones, who may or may not be on it at this point!]

[conceivesfrenzy]

How cool! Pretty nifty for such a small little thing.

[ She now takes half a moment to scan through the profiles, only getting so far as Data's profile before slowing. She's about to ask him what "sapient artificial lifeform" means before she starts scrolling down to the next one, which is -

Oh.

She stares at her phone for a moment, before putting it away with a sigh. ] Maybe I'll try it out later.

[ltcommandroid]

Is something wrong?

[conceivesfrenzy]

Nothing you need to be worried about. I just saw someone I recognized.

[ Which means she’ll run into him at some point… gross. As if this place couldn’t get any more annoying. ]

What did your profile mean about being a “sapient artificial lifeform,” if you don’t mind me asking?

[ltcommandroid]

I am an android. Are you familiar with the term?