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sailmods ([personal profile] sailmods) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-05-18 12:35 am

pleased to meet you

CW: murder

[it is the morning of the 17th when the usual morning announcement is replaced with the sort of tentative, nervous tone that Friday takes on immediately before something insane happens.]

Good morning, passengers! It's, um... Well, I sure hope everyone had an interesting time on their shore excursion! The Captain sure did! In fact, he had such a good time, he's asked me to inform you all that, tonight, he's going to be hosting his usual captain's formal in the main dining room, but with a twist! This time, it's going to be a, um... victory party! For Natsuno! Because he won! [small laugh] And also to celebrate the opening of a new shop on the Promenade! Gosh, and that really is something to celebrate; I haven't seen that happen since he--

[LOUD STATIC NOISES]

-- Yes, well! The dress code will be cruise formal; everyone can find a new set of clothes in their cabin to celebrate the occasion! I-- Oh, right, we'll see you all tonight! 8PM sharp!

[the connection cuts off. today, for the first time that anyone can remember, Friday can't be found in the atrium. or any other room. smoke 'em if you got 'em.

at 8PM sharp, the door to the dining room swings open. it is mostly empty: the only tables left are a dozen or so under the main chandelier. there are name cards at each table setting, written in Friday's neat script; the seatings seem mostly random, except for everyone who was on the island, who will find themselves at a table with their killer and/or victim(s). except Natsuno, of course, whose name is displayed proudly at the head table, next to an unnamed place. once they are inside, all of them find themselves under the same sort of compulsion that they felt during the muster drill, and their legs will stop working until they have gone to their assigned seats.

Friday enters the room first, dressed up nicely, but with hunched shoulders and her hands clasped firmly in front of her. the door shuts behind her. she says nothing, and acknowledges no one, not even Natsuno, as she takes her spot behind the chair.

a few fashionable minutes pass. it starts as smoke pouring out from under the door, moving towards the table as it slowly solidifies into the form of... a rather normal-looking man. he sits, cross-legged, in the chair that Friday pulls out for him. he looks over the assembled crowd, visibly considering something... there is a flash of silver in the light, and the knife he'd had in his sleeve is across Friday's throat quicker than she can react, and she falls bonelessly to the ground, a spray of arterial blood across the table setting.]


There, perfect.

[he looks out at them again. and he smiles. the knife is placed back in his sleeve, and he holds his hands out, palms up.]

Well. Here's your chance. [he waves a hand lazily, and the compulsion keeping them seated fades like pins and needles.] Try not to embarrass yourselves.
lightconductor: (calm)

[personal profile] lightconductor 2022-05-28 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I certainly have," Watson says, as casual as he can be. "I was a soldier, once. Wounded in action. I have plenty of experience at not dying when I should have. I suppose I was overdue to fail at it sooner or later."
yourotherleft: (fuckin smug)

[personal profile] yourotherleft 2022-05-29 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Soldier, huh? Yeah, that counts." All the better for approaching this gentleman; Zoro might have been fishing for information to start but now it's just a good chat on a different level. He makes a wry face at the joke. "That's life, though. One long race against Death, and eventually it wins. It's all in whether you take it like a man or run screaming from it." It takes a moment for him to remember why they started talking about death. Ah, right. "I don't think this place counts, though, if we all come back. Unless we're already dead, and this is just Hell."
lightconductor: (I am trying to deduce)

[personal profile] lightconductor 2022-05-29 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Hell. Yes, that's occurred to me. It doesn't seem quite unpleasant enough for that, surely." Watson's mouth twists. "I would never have imagined eternal torment as having endless crab legs at the buffet or a library of reading material to while away the hours when you're not being tortured as pleasantly as possible."

He pauses. "Purgatory, maybe."
yourotherleft: (cheery laugh)

[personal profile] yourotherleft 2022-05-31 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
That actually gets a chuckle. "Right? The endless free booze and rent-free cabins. Couldn't be Hell."

Out of instinct, Zoro feels around his vitals, even though it's been weeks and he's long past being remotely close to injured. "I didn't think I actually died in that fight. I could've sworn I got out. But purgatory...eh, I suppose that's the best place I could end up."