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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!
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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 really funny about seeing someone react to the smartphones as if they were the most amazing thing since sliced bread]
Back home these things have all sorts of function. They can let you speak with people very far away, and can make calculations for you, and play games, and many other things!
[That's without even mentioning the internet. Filbo doesn't have the vaguest idea how to even begin explaining the internet, so he just doesn't. Come on, Filbo]
...but these ones don't have any of that. These must be old models.
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[Like, even the ability to talk long distances would be incredible.]
Thank you for the lesson, darling! I am having a marvelous time!
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[If there's one thing Filbo enjoys is looking out for others. There you go! Say, the profiles...this guy must be in here, no? Now, which one is it...
Aha! Sylvando with no last name. Maybe it's a title? Well!]
Wow, you're a circus performer! And the leader, too! That's impressive!
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That's right! I'm the proud leader of the Soldiers of Smile! [Ahh, he misses his little soldiers already, and it hasn't even been that long since he was whisked away from them. That said...] I wonder how they managed to get this information on us...?
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[Because really, if it's not some sort of strange underground circus performance, maybe the Captain found out about it far easier than you'd think. Possibly?
...
...well, it'd imply the Captain spent a while wherever Sylvando comes from. How long did he spend preparing all this...?]
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What surprises me is just how detailed these profiles are! They even got my age down, and I make it a point not to reveal that!
[Because it's rude to ask someone about their age, don't you know?]
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[What's Filbo's exact age? Who knows, but he's not getting up there in years yet, that's for certain]
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Oh, you're right! How odd. Looks like they couldn't get a few ages on here.
[But since Filbo brought it up, Sylvando can't help but giggle a little.]
Sorry darling, I wouldn't have guessed that you partook in that sort of thing!
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[It's hard to imagine Filbo drunk, really]
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No judgment here! Sometimes you just really need one after a particularly long day, you know? [He's peering more at Filbo's profile...] Especially if you're a mayor, goodness! I can only imagine how stressful that can get!
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It's not so bad! I don't get much free time but I knew what I was getting into. It's the most fulfilling experience I ever had!
[He's immensely proud of being the mayor, that much is clear, but for just a brief moment, so fleeting most people would think it was their imagination, there's some hollowness to it all. Stress, probably]
Well, I'm just starting, anyway. Almost two months at the job!