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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.
sictransitgloriamundi: (Default)

DIRECT FURY HERE

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-05-18 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
selenokinesis: dantalion (bw. 02)

[personal profile] selenokinesis 2022-05-18 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Mizuki told him not to be a meaner anymore but you know what

He's going to try to throw his moonlight spears at this guy. Immediately. No hesitation just spears.]
sictransitgloriamundi: (with my whiskey)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-05-18 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[the spears pass through his chest with nary a ripple of cloth.]









Cool.
selenokinesis: (bw. 03)

[personal profile] selenokinesis 2022-05-18 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh he is this close to dropping Harque's form and just going fucking apeshit—]

Was it? Huhu, I've never seen someone manage to completely avoid my attacks like that.
serialskiller: (uncomfortable)

[personal profile] serialskiller 2022-05-18 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
The outfit that had been laid out for Murderbot is definitely nothing it wants to wear. And yet, and yet. It doesn't want to get caught in a stupid anchor bowtie again. So Murderbot arrives at the party in exactly what it was meant to, its obviously robotic joints exposed at shoulder, elbow, knees and ankles--its feet are bare, as it didn't dare to even try the high heels that came with the outfit.

Perhaps it's no wonder Murderbot's always wearing long sleeves, with how the chrome metal stands out against its skin. It feels awfully exposed, and very visible as it walks over to the table it's been assigned.
makesomedeals: (Done with this)

[personal profile] makesomedeals 2022-05-18 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Huh looks like Ebalon is distracted. That's interesting. He doesn't even look at the Captain, but he does look across the table.]

Mizuki, I'd like to apologize for this in advance, even though I'm not at all sorry.

[And he picks up a steak knife and just fucking stabs Ebalon.]
opheliac: ✖ opheliac (So you ain't taking anything from me)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-05-18 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
(is it crazy for her to just approach him casually without any sort of weaponry on her? yes, it is. him doing that to friday did manage to raise her eyebrows a bit but probably not as alarmed, shocked, or scared that many crewmates might feel. and as for the "formal wear"? nah, she is wearing her own thing she decided to put together.

anyway, she walks on over with her hands behind her back -- slight sway in her steps and then a grin. the type of grin she's wearing is hard to place. perhaps friendly? or menacing? somewhere between the two?)


Hi. Looks like you're real, huh?
saltwaterlungs: (Atlantic Ocean)

[Closed to Skulduggery]

[personal profile] saltwaterlungs 2022-05-18 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Darcy takes the announcement with all the excitement of someone finding out they need a root canal in every tooth in their mouth. A party, celebrating senseless murder, wonderful. She loves it.
She finds a fairly nice suit in her room and quietly thanks God that she didn’t need to wear a dress, wearing her sword on her belt and leaving behind the tie that she doesn’t know how to put on.
They get marched in like army ants and compelled into seats and she hates it, she’s already fuming like the seas boiling when she sits down, and the murder of Friday in front of everyone, kids included, does not help with this. Skulduggery is sat across from her when the Captain releases them, and she can already hear his lilt in her head about how it’s very obviously a trap, to play nice, to see what information they gather before he says anything.
And before he says anything at all, Darcy’s already standing up to show what she thinks of the Captain’s little display.
businessorlibation: (pic#15460840)

[personal profile] businessorlibation 2022-05-18 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Johnny is miserable to be here, but at least he looks good, in a proper tuxedo with a white bowtie, his hair slicked back, a little makeup on is face to disguise the pallor that he's rocking with how he fucking expects this to go.

For those who pay very close attention, he's armed, his revolver in an inner pocket of his jacket, weighing it down slightly on that side. He didn't want to come tonight, not at all, but if he must...at least he's not totally defenseless in this crowd of murderers.

Sorry, Sarge. He remembers the advice he was given. But tonight's a special occasion.
sictransitgloriamundi: (well all I want)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-05-18 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
Looks like.

[he leans forward onto his elbows.]

I'm sure the reality is frightfully disappointing compared to whatever you had in mind.
selenokinesis: (bw. 06)

[personal profile] selenokinesis 2022-05-18 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[fucking OW??? You know Ebalon can't even be fucking mad at this either, legally-speaking, and yet it adds so many points to his "fucking annoyed" gauge. It probably says something about him again that he doesn't immediately collapse like a normal person would.

Crimson stains the nice white blazer he's wearing and all he does is make a pained gasp which is immediately followed by the most tired sigh.]


Are you quite finished?

[Don't be fooled: He is absolutely bleeding. This absolutely hurts. And yet this is how he's choosing to spend his time.]
makesomedeals: (Hmm)

[personal profile] makesomedeals 2022-05-18 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Actually yes. I feel much better now.

Continue on with the spears.

[He got it out of his system. Go ahead with your other fight. He's going to sit back down and contemplate what he's supposed to do with this lobster.]
sictransitgloriamundi: (for I am a tardigrade)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-05-18 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[kneeling on the chair and leaning forward to get a better look.]
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (me in tears)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-05-18 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
(she hums quietly while puckering her lips in thought.)

Well! — With how big and bad everyone been makin' you out to be, I figured, I dunno, you'd be more muscular? Bald. With tattoos. And maaaaaybe missin' a few teeth?
light_mischief: (05. chasing it down)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-05-18 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Skulduggery's own interest in the party hadn't waned until the moment the doors had opened and he'd seen the seat set up for their host. Tamping down on the dread had been easy, especially seeing Darcy bitterly fuming across the table from him, and easier still had been putting on a neutral, uninterested poker face. But Friday's nervous posture, watching her perform the part of a terrified servant, even while knowing it was an act, was enough to put him on edge.

He knows what's likely to happen, even as he hopes for something more mundane -- and as the blood sprays across the table, he sees Darcy throwing herself to her feet. He's moving before he realizes he can, body numb from the fading magic, and he bodily throws himself across the table at her, tackling her with a surprising amount of force.

"Don't," he bellows, loud enough for anybody around him to hear, "That's just what he wants!"
sictransitgloriamundi: (to see me to my grave)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-05-18 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
[beat]

Makes sense. I suppose you are still rather used to Zaun.
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[personal profile] mooninthewater 2022-05-18 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry— ???

[ He doesn't even get the full sentence out before he's standing because HEY DON'T STAB THAT I NEED THAT??? His chair goes to the floor, goodbye, and he just darts between Max and Ebalon. Hey? Hey. Hi. Hello. Do not. Is Max unaware that people get hurt when they get stabbed, holy fucking shit??? ]

Max, you can't just fucking do that.

[ And he turns to Ebalon to fuss over him. He doesn't have anything to?? Stop the bleeding???? And he's totally forgotten that Ebalon can just heal himself apparently because he's taking off his blazer to put pressure on it.

It's been like two minutes and he's already freaking out, thanks guys. ]
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[personal profile] saltwaterlungs 2022-05-18 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Darcy takes the hit with a snarl, half-catching him as he literally hurtles himself to try and stop her.

"Who gives a fuck?!" she snaps back, trying to push him off her, "I have to try!"

What kind of person did it make her, if she watched this and didn't take the opportunity presented to her? Maybe he misjudged them, underestimated them, maybe there was something they'd missed that could hurt him. She couldn't be sure until she tried.
selenokinesis: (bw. 07)

[personal profile] selenokinesis 2022-05-18 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you feel better— guh.

[When you don't have battle-high adrenaline coursing through your veins things actually hurt the first time they happen, huh.

Ebalon holds onto that wound and casts his healing magic. Been there, done that, something vital was hit but he'll be fine soon probably.]


I'll be fine, my dear.

[That is a very pointed and very purposeful "my dear".]
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (All inside the palm of my hand)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-05-18 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
(ah yes, that's right. along with friday, he does know everything about her. it still gives her such an unease feeling but she shoves that away for now.)

Yep, born and raised. Kinda hard to get that outta ya once you suck up smog on a daily basis. And lemme guess, I'm assumin' you're not gonna tell me what all of — (she makes a hand gesture to, well, the crewmates and the ship as a whole.) — "this" is about? What's your whole deal with wanting us to be here and be your lil' dolls? 'Cuz hate to break it to ya, not a fan. 'Less I get a say on things.
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[personal profile] sabigoe 2022-05-18 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ And she can guess this is the feared captain that she's been hearing about. Fio doesn't actually want to be here, but she's here sitting on one of the random chairs, only to catch a glimpse of the captain. And when Friday falls, the small girl nearly jumps in her seat, unable to hide the wide-eyed horror from her face. Then it falters, into an overwhelmingly sad stare at the body on the ground. She's trembling again, clenching her hands in her lap. ]

...Miss Friday...

[ Instead of FURY!!!! ...Fio just. Stares at the captain from a distance, full of... SADNESS. Then once she's able to move her legs again, she leaves her chair. Anyway, she'll just go somewhere in a far corner of the room to mourn again. ]
Edited (oops i think i misread something and i blame it being late!!!! ok shes just gonna cower in the closed room somewhere lol) 2022-05-18 13:29 (UTC)
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[personal profile] barfeathers 2022-05-18 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ .....................

This party sucks. La Pluma is trying very hard to just fall out of her chair so she can lie on the floor for a while, but it's not? Working? For some??? Reason????? And she hates that. A lot. Ebalon's already getting stabbed and she already wants to leave. And call the Captain every insult in the book, but...

She's tired.

So she just crawls onto the table and flops face down on it. If she kicks off some lobsters in the process, she's probably sorry? Who knows for sure, though.
]
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[ not really here ]

[personal profile] neverleave 2022-05-18 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Just. Staring blankly at the whole thing from his seat. Wtf Mizuki why are you helping the Moon Fucker. Wtf Max why didn't go for the eyes.]
light_mischief: (06. extreme closeup)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-05-18 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
If she wants to try to wrestle him, then he will gladly indulge her; anything to keep her anger directed at someone who won't outright murder her for her efforts. Because just like her, he's wondering if they've missed something -- but not a weakness. He expects a trap or some other unseen retaliation, and he frankly doesn't care if he's wrong.

"At best, you'll injure him, and he'll murder you," he snaps. "At worst, he'll make you murder someone else!"

Because they'd both been forced to walk here, same as everyone else. Who knows what else they can be compelled to do?
mooninthewater: (29)

[personal profile] mooninthewater 2022-05-18 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Please stop getting into fights, Mizuki already has anxiety. ]

We can- [ What? Go? Unlikely. ] I'll stay right here. Or we can get up and walk away for a minute? What do you need?

[ Fuss, fuss... ]

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