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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.
...
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!
...
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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[ She giggles, tilting her head to the side. ]
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "cruise," either, now that you mention it. It feels like we're on a boat, but it's certainly not one I've ever seen before.
[ Not to mention that the seas are generally hard to traverse where she's from, what with Aqua throwing the whole balance of nature out of wack or whatever the fuck. So any kind of pleasure cruise was sort of out of the question. ]
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A fancy boat that rich people go on to indulge in and hedonistic pleasures and provide tourism money for island countries. [He raps his fingers against the surface of the counter.] Though if you ask me, this screams 'tacky' as opposed to 'decadence'.
[Which begs the question....]
Where are you from, anyways?
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[ She thinks she's seen Decus sign up for sweepstakes for one of those things before, but she really hasn't bothered to put much stock on it. She frowns. At least she doesn't know he's around yet. ]
Me? I'm from Sylvarant. [ She pauses, giving Constantine a once over. ] You're not from Tethe'alla, are you? You don't look like the type.
[ Not many trench coats in the reunited world. ]
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[Which is surprising, under normal circumstances, but these aren't normal circumstances in the slightest. He rests his head against his hand, leaning against the bar.]
I'm from Liverpool, England, but that's neither here nor there, since we're probably well over seven thousand miles away. Word of advice? Just steer clear of England altogether. S'nothin' but a blight upon this world.
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Oh, that kind of sounds like where I’m from. I'll be sure to keep that in mind. [ beat ] I’ve never heard of either of those places, though. I didn’t think that there was another world that was right next door.
[ The way she says another makes it sound like this has happened before. ]
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[He offers her a grin.]
Seems like whoever brought us here's been busy charting different universes. Or maybe he pulled blindly from a hat. The latter's probably more likely, if I'm being honest.