unknownseas | WEEK 1

Happy New Year! ... You're still here. Looks like The Captain wasn't lying when he said the murdering is now up to you. That, or you can all live here on your own. Regardless, it's time to settle in. The days start passing much less eventfully after that first one, and, well... on it goes, huh?

There might not be a whole cruise ship to explore just yet, but there are a variety of amenities available to all of you! Who ever heard of a boring cruise ship, anyway? As the week goes on, you might even start to see some of those strange coins appear for you!

Better buckle down and get to know your fellow passengers, though, if you want to stand a chance of weathering this storm.

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[ ooc: Welcome to peace week! Feel free to mingle (and investigate, if you like) to your hearts' content! Please ensure all investigation toplevels are marked accordingly, and otherwise enjoy! If you wish to talk to The Captain or Davy Jones, look here for the former and here for the latter! ]

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[All very fair points, but...]

What makes you think that all nonhumans follow those same rules? Do you all truly never betray one another?

[sounds fake tbh]

Of course not. We do all have our own personalities; "untrustworthy" is certainly a fair one to have. Although if you choose to trust those proven to be untrustworthy, that seems more of a personal issue that requires at least some self-reflection.

[see also: LOKI......]

Ja, that's certainly fair enough!

Your point about humans being particularly frail is a fair one though, I'll grant you that! Mr. Jones doesn't seem likely to keel over dead any time soon.

Even if your argument regarding trustworthiness is true, I still trust him more than I do the Captain, at least.

I wonder how long he can do this until he gets bored.

The Captain, you mean? Hmm... Honestly, I wonder how much of that little show he put on was real.

I doubt any of it is. He has the foresight to plan out all of this little game he's set us to, but not enough to verify that his machinery works?

I suppose it is possible he's that careless or stupid, but that seems extremely unlikely. All of this seems more like it was planned.

Exactly.

[...]

What do you make of all this, then?

[since you are in fact both human and sort of a douchebag, as we verified last time we spoke.]

[you are absolutely correct!!]

Unfortunately, we have far too little to go off of right now. I do think that the show that was put on for us was an act, but I have no idea why just yet. There's so much about our Captain and Mr. Jones that we don't know... not to mention everything about how we got here!

I have yet to hold any sort of audience with the Captain; he seems a bit...much.

[Lord Davy is somehow not "a bit much", but we've covered that one already.]

I do have questions for him, however. So I suppose I should eventually.

[Oh agreed, Lord Davy over there is chill.]

Ja, I do think it would be useful to talk to him... But really, I doubt there are many of us who will be able to get anything from him. He seems like a difficult person to deal with...

[rip mr. jones......]

...I don't particularly care who he is, as that seems a lost cause. The most I want to verify is whom he is not.

Oh, that's certainly fair! Thankfully, he doesn't seem to be anyone I know, but I do hope you're able to rule out the people you need to.

Is this Alexei Dinoia person you dislike so much the sort to do something like this?

[She figures that might be what he was verifying; at the very least, she's curious about whomever's face this dude hates enough to have him listed on his profile.]

[That gets him to laugh for a moment before he waves a hand.]

Oh no, no! Not like this, and only if he had a very good reason why he couldn't just try to murder us all himself!

[These methods are far too ridiculous. Alexei Dinoia has never had fun a day in his life and he will not start with a party boat.]

He is far too serious for this sort of thing. And perhaps most importantly, he would never want anyone to think he's incompetent.

[...Good lord.]

...Simultaneously murderous and dull. That seems almost like a shame.

Right? If you're going to be that horrid, you could at least be entertaining about it!

[the real reason why he dislikes alexei: he could have been fun but he chose to be boring.]

[In fairness, being boring is a very serious crime that should not be tolerated.]

I wish you the best of luck in hating him, then.

That's a bit too strong of a word.

[He waves a hand at that.]

"Dislike" is even a bit strong, I certainly wouldn't have listed him there.

[But anyway...]

Who are you hoping to rule out? One of those people you mentioned?

[The ones you want revenge on?]

Something along those lines.

[The summoner didn't kill Freyr. The summoner didn't- ]

I'm aware of a few means by which we could have been brought here, and a few people with the power to wield those means. I want to rule them out entirely.

Ah, that's understandable. I hope you're able to find out soon!

Hopefully.

[She doesn't like it, one way or another.]

It does seem unlikely, but I would like to confirm for Plumeria's sake, among other reasons. The ones I have in mind are like your Alexei - if they were to want to kill us all, they would do so and be done with it, and they wouldn't do it quite like this if they had to do otherwise.

[She hesitates to call Alfonse boring, but he's sorta milquetoast? She has a hard time seeing anyone in that group running a party boat.]

Honestly, I doubt many people would choose to set it up exactly like this. Though I have a hard time seeing most people being willing to do something like this in the first place...

[...like sure, he's a villain who enjoys chaos and would make himself look like a dumbass, but like. Why do all of this just to get people to murder each other. What's the point.]

Perhaps it's for a ritual of some sort.

[...ON A PARTY BOAT yes she knows but like

there are weirder things out there]

That's about as crazy as everything else happening here, so that could be it!

[...is this better or worse than "put a girl in a bubble to raise an ancient weapon from beneath the sea" hmm.......]

I wonder what kind of ritual it would be, though...

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