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come_sailaway2023-08-03 10:27 pm
light_mischief) wrote in come_sailaway2023-08-03 10:27 pm
[open + some closed] i won't get better but someday i'll be free
Who: Skulduggery, Fio, the Captain, general long-standing CR, and then two opens for anyone who wants to become long-standing CR :)
What: Revival check-ins, a little information sharing, and a second encounter with the deep fryer.
When: The day of revival for 2 prompts, then all over August for the rest
Where: Places! Some usual spots, some new ones
Warnings: Open talk about death, idk, i'll add to it
Notes: if you want a custom check-in prompt LMK (or else direct me to YOUR open post so i can have him check in there!)
[THE CAPTAIN] and should my suffering double, let me never love you less
[even when you're just bones, blowing yourself up hurts. a lot. it's the last memory Skulduggery has, and the phantom of pain draws an unhappy groan out of him as he regains consciousness on the bridge.
it takes a moment for his senses to return to their (relatively) unfrazzled state, and then he finally moves, wiggling some fingers idly.]
...Certainly not doing that again.
[FIO] let every knee be bent
[three days is far longer than Skulduggery had wanted to be away, but there's nothing to do about it now. he can only make his top priority checking in on everyone else, making sure that they all got back in one piece. Darcy, Ava, Max, Phil, Peter... all of them are high on his list, but they're all surpassed by one person: Fio. He sends her a text first --]
I'm back. I can come to you, wherever you are.
[-- and then, when she responds, he goes directly to where she is.]
[LONG-STANDING CR] let every tongue confess
[once Skulduggery has seen to Fio, he sets out to visit with the others. there's very little to his approach in the following days: he waits until he catches them on their own somewhere, then joins them. he'll sit across from them, or simply fall into step beside them. if they were on the excursion, Skulduggery chooses not to speak first; if they weren't, he'll prompt them with a casual question:]
Was it terribly bad while we were away?
[LIBRARY] i read the magazines somebody bought
[Skulduggery normally takes a chair in the back of the ever-shifting layout of the library, but not today! today, he's sitting at the nebulously-existent check-out desk, reading a heavily dog-eared copy of some schlocky horror novel. directly in front of him is a pad and paper -- which may be familiar to those who saw it sitting around at Bobby B's -- and across from him, facing whoever approaches, is a sign that's distinctly childlike in design, decorated with flowers and in bright colors. It says:
ASK QUESTIONS HERE!
whenever someone enters the library area, he'll tilt his head to purposefully look their way. even when he returns to his book-enjoying angle, he keeps one metaphorical eye on the people around him.]
[KITCHEN] the pain begins to travel, dancing as it goes
[it's a weird hour of the night, which means it's finally safe enough for Skulduggery to revisit the scene of his own crime. given what he (arguably learns) knows about the excursion, he's a little surprised to find no sign of damage left behind from his deep fry escapades. still, he gives the fryer and the stovetop a wide berth as he instead pokes around the fridge, arguably trying to take stock of what's available.
since he's a skeleton, his surprise at being caught out is easy to hide, but when he does find someone else entering the kitchen, he's quick to reassure them:]
Don't fret, the deep fryer is off.
[he thinks that's reassuring, at least.]
[wildcard] if my prayer goes unanswered, that's alright
(Throw something up at random, or throw me a line on Discord to plan something!)
What: Revival check-ins, a little information sharing, and a second encounter with the deep fryer.
When: The day of revival for 2 prompts, then all over August for the rest
Where: Places! Some usual spots, some new ones
Warnings: Open talk about death, idk, i'll add to it
Notes: if you want a custom check-in prompt LMK (or else direct me to YOUR open post so i can have him check in there!)
[THE CAPTAIN] and should my suffering double, let me never love you less
[even when you're just bones, blowing yourself up hurts. a lot. it's the last memory Skulduggery has, and the phantom of pain draws an unhappy groan out of him as he regains consciousness on the bridge.
it takes a moment for his senses to return to their (relatively) unfrazzled state, and then he finally moves, wiggling some fingers idly.]
...Certainly not doing that again.
[FIO] let every knee be bent
[three days is far longer than Skulduggery had wanted to be away, but there's nothing to do about it now. he can only make his top priority checking in on everyone else, making sure that they all got back in one piece. Darcy, Ava, Max, Phil, Peter... all of them are high on his list, but they're all surpassed by one person: Fio. He sends her a text first --]
I'm back. I can come to you, wherever you are.
[-- and then, when she responds, he goes directly to where she is.]
[LONG-STANDING CR] let every tongue confess
[once Skulduggery has seen to Fio, he sets out to visit with the others. there's very little to his approach in the following days: he waits until he catches them on their own somewhere, then joins them. he'll sit across from them, or simply fall into step beside them. if they were on the excursion, Skulduggery chooses not to speak first; if they weren't, he'll prompt them with a casual question:]
Was it terribly bad while we were away?
[LIBRARY] i read the magazines somebody bought
[Skulduggery normally takes a chair in the back of the ever-shifting layout of the library, but not today! today, he's sitting at the nebulously-existent check-out desk, reading a heavily dog-eared copy of some schlocky horror novel. directly in front of him is a pad and paper -- which may be familiar to those who saw it sitting around at Bobby B's -- and across from him, facing whoever approaches, is a sign that's distinctly childlike in design, decorated with flowers and in bright colors. It says:
ASK QUESTIONS HERE!
whenever someone enters the library area, he'll tilt his head to purposefully look their way. even when he returns to his book-enjoying angle, he keeps one metaphorical eye on the people around him.]
[KITCHEN] the pain begins to travel, dancing as it goes
[it's a weird hour of the night, which means it's finally safe enough for Skulduggery to revisit the scene of his own crime. given what he (arguably learns) knows about the excursion, he's a little surprised to find no sign of damage left behind from his deep fry escapades. still, he gives the fryer and the stovetop a wide berth as he instead pokes around the fridge, arguably trying to take stock of what's available.
since he's a skeleton, his surprise at being caught out is easy to hide, but when he does find someone else entering the kitchen, he's quick to reassure them:]
Don't fret, the deep fryer is off.
[he thinks that's reassuring, at least.]
[wildcard] if my prayer goes unanswered, that's alright
(Throw something up at random, or throw me a line on Discord to plan something!)