APRIL EVENT: YOU HAVE NO POWER OVER ME (EPILOGUE)

[sailmods]

[one by one, they are brought out of the dream, finding themselves in a brightly lit world of sand and broken glass, of familiar faces and audible relief.

as they pass through the crew quarters, they may notice that some tubes seem to be unoccupied, merely sand and empty air.

when they finally push open the heavy door, they find themselves on deck zero. the familiar terrain of the Serena Eterna. they never really left at all.

it is still and quiet; none of the usual ghostly presences can be found anywhere on the ship; in fact, it seems as if there’s barely enough of… whatever it is to keep the lights on, and they’ll find that all internal locations are dimly lit, making it difficult to search them. and they will be searching.

because Fio wasn’t in any of the tubes.

and neither was the Captain.

and Sparkles is somewhere to be found.]

Comments

[ablativeholopleather]

[He's grateful to accept the tea, holding it as if trying to use it to warm his hands. He looks down at the cat perking up and chuckles quietly.] Of course. I probably woulda helped if I knew this was happening ahead of time.

[ossie_oswald]

Not to worry, old thing, it was a rather spur of the moment decision on my part. We ought to put this on again at some point- not here, of course. Something a little less slapdash.

[configuration_birdwatcher]

// I can help also.

[ They may only have one hand to offer, but it's a very capable hand! ]

[ring_for_giles]

[ Is the cat grumbling? The cat might be grumbling. Can cats even do that?

It's not moving from Wayne's lap though. ]

[configuration_birdwatcher]

[ Is that a normal cat noise? It doesn't sound like an aggressive or hungry cat noise, so they've got nothing. ]

[ossie_oswald]

Ah! How lovely, more hands will make it go significantly faster, [ He says ignoring the cat. ]

[ring_for_giles]

[ Oh look
Now it's sulking.

Full back to Ossie and everything ]

[ossie_oswald]

[ Perhaps he ought to have helped, then. ]

[ring_for_giles]

[ Perhaps he ought to have been made properly aware of it then ]

[configuration_birdwatcher]

// Is your cat angry at us?

[ The cat is presumably a fellow passenger, but they're not sure if it can speak for itself. ]

[ossie_oswald]

I shouldn't think so. You're alright, aren't you, Mr Ainsel?

[ring_for_giles]

[ grumble grumble huff

...

Followed by the Saddest little 'mrr' you ever did hear ]

[ossie_oswald]

Oh my poor little darling- I think he wants a cuddle, [ and he pilfers Mr Ainsel to hold him like a baby again. ]

[ring_for_giles]

[ Look who's all smiles again!

Metaphorically of course, he may be a cat from Cheshire, but he's not The Cheshire Cat ]

[ablativeholopleather]

I'd like that. I go to Sand Dollars for tea and coffee and stuff pretty regularly so having new people to do that with will be cool. [Just scratching at the head and neck of the sulking cat. It's okay little dude, you don't have to help move furniture.]

[ossie_oswald]

My Giles makes far better tea than Sand Dollars does- my partner, the tall fellow usually glued to my side. He's remarkably talented with it. A real artist of the teapot.

[ Yes a little pointedly because he knows how a certain someone likes to hear praise. ]

[ring_for_giles]

[ huh, is the cat preening a bit? That's gotta be a coincidence ]

[ablativeholopleather]

Yeah? I look forward to trying it. [Scritch scritch]

[ring_for_giles]

[ purr purr ]