WEEK 1

[bathymetric]

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.



MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY
FRIDAY | SATURDAY

[ 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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[thisaroma]

I mean... probably not all of us, but maybe whoever makes it through to the end of this.

[ Just being realistic........ ]

[hellahighwater]

And what happens when or if we get put back? It's not like being taken here changes any circumstances back there, right?

[thisaroma]

At least if you knew how things went the first time then you could do them differently the next time. Right?

...Would we not remember things from before when we went back?

[ look he doesn't fucking know how time travel works?? we have established this ]

[hellahighwater]

I...don't know about all this. Usually, only the person controlling the rewind remembers everything. But, it doesn't matter.

You can't predict what'll happen if you try to change shit. Probably, you'll just end up making it all worse.

[ She's still staring off at the sky. ]

If you're meant to die, you've gotta die. Or else...

[ ... ]

[thisaroma]

Or else?

[hellahighwater]

[ She turns her gaze to Decus. Serious as a heart attack. ]

The universe compensates.

[thisaroma]

[ Compensates...?

this would probably be a lot easier to understand if he'd watched steins;gate tbh ]

Like... it finds other ways to make it happen anyway, or it takes someone else instead, or...?

[hellahighwater]

[ She shrugs, looking away again. ]

Whatever it can do. Throw a train at you, a stray bullet. A whole fucking apocalyptic storm.

[thisaroma]

[ Or this, right? He feels like that's the implication... though as long as Alice is here, he's going to believe otherwise. ]

Huh. Sounds like the universe is kind of petty.

[hellahighwater]

[ Maybe this. Maybe this was where she was supposed to end up all along. Maybe this is just where people the universe has no need for end up. ]

The universe is a goddamn petty dick.

[thisaroma]

[ Hm. He sighs, crossing his arms behind his neck as he looks at the sky. ]

Well... I mean, it seems like you might as well spite the universe back by doing what you want as long as you're here then, right?

[ Admittedly, he's never really been a spiteful person himself, so he doesn't exactly sound certain of that suggestion, but it feels like the kind of thing Alice might do. ]

[hellahighwater]

[ She snorts. ]

Yeah. Guess that's one way to look at it. Whatever the fuck happens next...at least I can keep fucking shit up just one day at a time.

[ She glances toward Decus. ]

...It's rough. But, hey, maybe it doesn't work exactly the same where you're from. Maybe your world's less of a prick.

[ Maybe he's got a chance to actually live, then, unlike her. ]

[thisaroma]

[ A slight nod. ]

Maybe.

It's never been all that great a place, if you ask me [ aside from being the birthplace of Alice!!! ]... but that's more because of the people who've lived in it than any fault of the world itself.

[ Hell, the world was a victim of its population's bullshit too, really. Including his. ]

cw: mild suicidal ideation

[hellahighwater]

[ Ha. Chloe hums lightly in thought. ]

...Yeah. Arcadia Bay's a shithole, but...the people never deserved the crap that woulda been thrown at them.

[ So many people in that town that all deserved to live. So much more than... ]

...Don't go spreading this around, alright? I don't want anyone looking at me like I'm gonna croak or something any minute or...something like that.

[thisaroma]

Yeah, don't worry about it.

[ He's not that eager to have to explain his own situation to anyone either, after all. He's sure Alice will probably figure it out, if she doesn't suspect it already, but... there's no reason to be sure things will go exactly the same way a second time, and he doesn't want to disappoint her any more than he has to.

With an apologetic smile, he shakes his head. ]

And sorry these conversations I've been dragging you into keep turning into such downers.

[ He'd tried coming at this one from an optimistic angle, too... man. ]

Maybe the third time'll be the charm, yeah?

[hellahighwater]

[ A light smirk. ]

I mean. We've been kidnapped to a boring cruise with nothing except Margaritaville. Downers are kinda normal.

[ It's okay, Decus. Chloe's just...like this. ]