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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Good plan.

I take it you've got a lot of experience with detecting it?

Some. I'm a mage.

You are?

[....]

How does that work?

[What's a mage.]

...I do magic?

[Does he seriously not know???]

Well, yeah, but how?

Where I'm from, a human has to make a pact with a malak to use artes. And even then, he or she only has access to the element of the malak they've made a pact with.

Take me, for instance, I'm a wind malak.

What's the source of your power, is it inborn? Trained?

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You're born a mage. It might not show up until you're older though.

[See: Reynir the sheep farmer who didn't get his magic until he was 20.]

Ah, I see.

I take it you guys are held in some importance, huh?

[SHRUG]

As important as any job.

Oh.

Well, if it works for you.

[He's pretty used to humans being able to use malak artes being something that's extremely rare and special, so it's obvious he's not sure what to make of that.]

The more people who can detect any strange magic around here, the better.

I can't detect anything right now. It's like I used up all my magic and I'm waiting for it to replenish.

Weird. Me too, actually.

Except in my case, it's more alarming because my artes don't really go away. My body is... magic. More or less.

How is your whole body magic?

I'm a malak; an earth spirit.

...Mantu?

[Lalli seems to be making mental connections here.]

[...]

I hope that's a good thing?

It's not good or bad, it just 'is.'

Ah, well.

I'm still getting used to this "other worlds" thing.

Malak. Mantu. It's the same thing.

[Different words for the same concept.]

I see.

I guess I'm not completely surprised. Nice to know we exist in more places than just my world!

They're more like spirits in my world. Not human-shaped.

Oh, not all malakhim look human. Only some of us do.

There are also Normin and Katz, among others.

Katz.

[A pause.]

...cats?

Yeah, Katz! They're a funny bunch to be around.

[They speak entirely in cat puns!]

Some malakhim can look like animals, though. There's a nice lady named Morgrim I've met before. A malak would never mistake her for a house pet, though I suppose a human might.

[They are his people.]

Cats aren't house pets. Cats are working animals. And if a cat can talk they're different anyway.

[#LalliLogic]

...Working animal?

[Like a horse or a yak??]

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