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Gal Friday ([personal profile] palfriday) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-03-12 10:32 pm

it's my party and I'll cry if I want to

Who: Gal Friday + YOU
What: Icebreaker party
When: 3/13, evening
Where: Rischie
Warnings: TBA

[the morning announcements alter daily now, by the second week of the month. one week until the party. four days until the party. the party is tomorrow.]

The new cruiser get-together will start at 9PM tonight at Rischie! Remember: The dress code is cruise elegant! Hm? [there is a sound like a crackle and pop of static.] The Captain says he won't be attending, but he'll be paying extra special attention to everybody who does!

[if that's a sufficient enough bribe.

"but we don't have cruise elegant clothing," you cry. but you do! have you not checked the top drawer in your room's dresser, where at most two perfectly suited formal outfits are located? you have? but they weren't there before today? don't ask questions. just get ready for the party.

the house lights in the club are at full brightness, giving everything the sort of uneasy liminal feeling a room gets when used for something opposite its intended purpose. booths line the walls, and small tables and chairs sit between them and the dance floor, which is empty except for one table, holding a series of "HELLO, MY NAME IS..." nametags and sheets of glittery stickers. Friday is there, of course, standing by the table. she's even dressed up! and if your character hasn't corrected her previously, their name tag will have their true name. there are also a few buffet tables with refreshments on them, and trays bearing canapes and flutes of champagne float by. (deftly avoiding minors! excluding Jinx, but only if Venti is within close proximity. welcome to parenthood, barbatos!)

once everyone is settled in, Friday will clear her throat (??) to get everyone's attention and explain the rules of the night. it's an altered version of twenty questions: every person in the room must answer ten questions about themselves, asked by their fellow passengers, collecting stars for every answer considered acceptable. when they have 10 stars, they're allowed to leave!

oh, yeah, the door to the club shut about five minutes ago. it doesn't seem very eager to open back up again.

time to break some ice! breaking ice and cruises always go well together, after all.]
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[personal profile] skaikru 2022-03-17 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
( that — should be a terrifying slip in nature, a crack in the mirror with something strange flitting beneath the shards. but it would be a lie to say this isn't the conversational foothold clarke has been angling after this entire time. especially once the idea of anchors came into play.

anyway, clinging to the skirts of vibrato and carrying on: )


I'm going to assume you also know what that name means.

( if friday is going to freeze up again, clarke's going to take the liberty of invading her personal space even further, leaning in to whisper directly into her ear. sure, maybe she broke the landline, but figures the answering machine still works — and who had she really been wanting to talk to all along. )

I'm not afraid of you. ( captain. )
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[personal profile] skaikru 2022-03-17 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
( stillness is met with stillness in return, then a painstakingly slow withdrawl from friday's personal bubble. clarke takes a lengthy few seconds to give the stationary golem a thorough once-over. up and down, looking for flaws or any certain signs of life.

if there aren't any, she's calling this the natural conclusion to this conversation. maybe it would be revisited at another date, but right now clarke has people to talk to and stars to collect so she can at least get the hell out of this room, if not off this boat.

but they're dressed in cruise elegant, and a certain level of manners seems to go hand in hand with fine silks and fine bowties. so before she leaves friday's body to sort itself out, she's offering a semi-curtesy. and a very, very sarcastic: )


Nice to meet you.