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come_sailaway2022-12-29 12:16 am
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Entry tags:
- !event,
- bioshock: jack,
- changeling the lost: erin peters,
- changeling the lost: giles,
- changeling the lost: oswald wuthridge,
- critical role: cassandra de rolo,
- far cry 5: deputy pratt,
- farscape: john crichton,
- groundhog day musical: phil connors,
- identity v: helena adams,
- ikemen sengoku: nobunaga oda,
- kolchak the night stalker: carl kolchak,
- lavender jack: honoria crabb,
- lavender jack: johnny summer,
- malevolent: arthur lester,
- malevolent: john doe,
- murderbot diaries: murderbot,
- original: aiden copeland,
- original: april caouette,
- original: jeff calhoun,
- original: theo crawford,
- original: valdis,
- original: ylva wolfsdottir,
- overwatch: bastion e54,
- overwatch: maximilien,
- skulduggery pleasant: skulduggery,
- the black phone: vance hopper,
- the covenant: chase collins,
- the prisoner: number 6,
- the quarry: laura kearney,
- the umbrella academy: klaus hargreeves,
- westworld: maeve millay
DECEMBER EVENT PART THREE: WITH THE DAWN OF REDEEMING GRACE
[the voice from the imaginary loudspeaker resounds again.]
I do believe that’s the best you all can do. Hopefully it will be enough… Gather in the lobby at your earliest convenience. There, you will find an elevator. It will take you to your next location. [pause] Mind the severed heads.
[the elevator they find in the lobby is not one that had been there before: it is strange, a bit too large and industrial for what is generally a Victorian manor. nothing will compel them to board it, but… hey. if you stay behind, you miss out on all the fun, right?
and the fun starts here. because, as soon as they board the elevator, and the door closes, it drops.
not that far. not enough to harm. certainly enough to startle, especially after it evens out, before plunging a few more feet. the effect likely wears off after the fifth time it does this.
eventually, the elevator stops completely, and opens to a large, mostly empty room. in the center is a large circular stage, ringed with enough podiums for everyone that went on the excursion - living and dead. some of the podiums are covered in white sheets; one might notice that the number of dead corresponds directly to the number of covered podiums.
the Captain is present, of course. he sits on a raised throne separate from the circle, dressed in a suit a tiny bit different than his normal one. he sits with one leg crossed over the other, looking down at them with a completely neutral expression.]
You may take your places. [he gestures magnanimously, then holds up his hand; please reserve the expected freakouts for after his announcements, thanks.] The game is very simple. You have the evidence; put it together, and decide on the guilty party. Only a unanimous decision will bring you the justice you seek. [a faint smile] The one you always seek, at least.
[another gesture]
Questions. Comments. Threats against my life. Concerns.
I do believe that’s the best you all can do. Hopefully it will be enough… Gather in the lobby at your earliest convenience. There, you will find an elevator. It will take you to your next location. [pause] Mind the severed heads.
[the elevator they find in the lobby is not one that had been there before: it is strange, a bit too large and industrial for what is generally a Victorian manor. nothing will compel them to board it, but… hey. if you stay behind, you miss out on all the fun, right?
and the fun starts here. because, as soon as they board the elevator, and the door closes, it drops.
not that far. not enough to harm. certainly enough to startle, especially after it evens out, before plunging a few more feet. the effect likely wears off after the fifth time it does this.
eventually, the elevator stops completely, and opens to a large, mostly empty room. in the center is a large circular stage, ringed with enough podiums for everyone that went on the excursion - living and dead. some of the podiums are covered in white sheets; one might notice that the number of dead corresponds directly to the number of covered podiums.
the Captain is present, of course. he sits on a raised throne separate from the circle, dressed in a suit a tiny bit different than his normal one. he sits with one leg crossed over the other, looking down at them with a completely neutral expression.]
You may take your places. [he gestures magnanimously, then holds up his hand; please reserve the expected freakouts for after his announcements, thanks.] The game is very simple. You have the evidence; put it together, and decide on the guilty party. Only a unanimous decision will bring you the justice you seek. [a faint smile] The one you always seek, at least.
[another gesture]
Questions. Comments. Threats against my life. Concerns.
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And quietly, avoiding all mics:
"Are you okay, Sensei?" He'll stop calling April that eventually. Maybe.
He can fight brutally with Teyrey, but at the end of the day, she's here down the elevator, specifically because Nobunaga asked her to guard his back, and to help keep him from doing anything he could regret. And she is indeed... hanging out in her corner, not a podium as April suggested.
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Anyway, also away from the mic, they raise their head from their hand to say in an aside to Nobunaga: "I thought I was done with pointless meetings that get drawn out from everyone refusing to compromise when I woke up on the ship."
this could have been an e-mailno subject
"Do you know anything about cursed armor?"
What the fuck kind of question is that. No no, he has a reason!
"I thought I should spare you the torture, and speed this up. I've got a good memory, especially for swords and weapons, but not magic. I'm hoping, maybe you remember something from Photos at Sea that I didn't notice."
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"Unfortunately, anything I could tell you would only be useful for things from my world, and even then I'd need more information and resources to narrow it down." April says, maaaaybe puffing up their experience, too.
"Unfortunately, I think any conclusion we draw will need to come from the evidence first, and supported by our experience second."
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"I understand." He rarely understands anything about magic, but somehow through the power of thinking April is a genius teacher, and imbibing her with this in his head, it always seems to work out that she is, in fact, able to get through to him.
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