The Luckiest Man [OTA]

[mistertwister]

Who: Okie and you
What: Celebration and grief
When: February 6 and the surrounding days
Where: Windjammer and Tauva
Warnings: Loss, grief, and the aftermath of associated tantrums

1. Born in the U.S.A.

Okie was half convinced something would happen, but he wasn't ready to find a birthday cake with his name in icing in the dessert section of the buffet. He hadn't told anyone about it, and hadn't planned to. He didn't feel like celebrating, and didn't consider it worth celebrating. The only solution, then, was to destroy the evidence. Which is to say, Okie had an entire cake to eat, and he picked the whole thing up out of the buffet and tried his darnedest to sneak off with it.

2. Brave Man's Death

Steve was gone. As far as Okie was convinced, he had two friends in this place, and one of them was gone. He didn't know when it finally clicked for him, but when it did he felt the need to do... something about it. And so he set up a terrible, shitty memorial on a table by the wall in Tauva. He had a framed picture of Steve hanging out with Eddie propped up, with an uncooked pizza bagel made from scrapped together buffet ingredients and a single cigarette borrowed from Pratt burning like incense in an ash tray. He wished he'd known the two of them better. He felt worse now than he'd felt about anything on this cruise yet, including dying. He was sitting on the floor, back slumped to the front of the bar, face red and wet, surrounded by the shattered glass and ceramics of five minutes worth of thrown beer glasses and diner plates. He had a makeshift broom made of a Tommy Bahama shirt and a hockey stick he'd used to clear everything within a couple feet of the shrine, and a path from it to the entrance. He would clean everything up later, but for now he wanted to mope without obstructing anyone else who wanted to pay respects.

3. My Shit's Fucked Up

Wildcard season

[semi-open] we got to get up and organize

[not_the_last]

Who: Team Mutiny (including infiltrators, double agents, and those attempting to play both sides)
When: Early February
Where: Cabin 159
What: The second semi-official meeting of mutinous malcontents (say hi, mutinous malcontents!)
Warnings: Game-typical angst; other warnings to be added in reply headers as needed

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She's passed the word quietly, asked others to do the same. Been as careful as possible not to let the word spread any further. With no other good options presenting themselves, she's asked Lieutenant Tayrey to host the meeting in her cabin.

It's been just over a month since they last met on the subject. Time and past to reconvene.

[See headers below!]

what we wanted was consolation, the band of strangers, help for pain

[not_the_last]

Who: Cassandra de Rolo, OTA
When: Early February
Where: Around and about
What: Grief and anger take many strange forms
Warnings: Game-typical angst; other warnings to be added in reply headers as needed

( what we wanted was to be sure no friends were lost in vain )

[open] last night a dj saved my life

[broshaw]

Who: Sharky Boshaw and YOU!
What: Sharky's looking for semi-anonymous advice questions and music requests!!! (Also there's a naked hot tub prompt as per usual)
When: Anytime before the excursion
Where: The pool deck, Hurikane, the hot tub, you get the drift
Warnings: General Sharky warnings apply (so check his info post); nudity in the hot tub prompt; IDK if other things need to be put here I will do that
Notes: There's a thread specifically for things left in the box, which will be left unanswered until Sharky does his 1st radio show :) Feel free to make a thread if you want to approach him directly and ask about what's going on before making a submission.

( away goes trouble down the drain )

Dog days ahead - OPEN

[maximumcake]

Who: Max & OPEN
What: Max gets a ruff new package from sundries, he's also offering valentines
when: First prompt Feb 5, second several days in a row before valentine's day
Where: Max's cabin, cabin hallways, various decks, windjammer.
Warnings: mildly graphic description of body transformation

( Who let the dogs out? )

Open Log

[walkinggunshow]

Who: Shiranui Kyo and You
When: This month upon arrival.
Where: All around the ship.
What: Shiranui Kyo getting used to the ship and checking out new things, possibly causing trouble somewhere.
Warnings: Can update when necessary


A: Help with communication device:
It had been a few days since his arrival, and Shiranui was getting a feel for the place. He wasn't exactly fond of being a prisoner. But he's been in worse situations too. At this point it was considered tame. He sat on a chair outside on one of the decks near the pool. He was trying to study the communication device he was given. There was alot he was trying to understand and this was one of them. He had been told this would allow him to communicate with their fellow "passengers". Really it was beyond him. If he had to talk to someone he would just go and find that person. What he wanted to do was try and take it apart. Usually that always helped him see how things worked. He had a feeling if he did that it was going to break. Growing frusterated, he shoved the device back into his pocket. "This is stupid." Shiranui mutttered to no one in particular as he stalked off to try and find something else to do.

B: Library:

At some point, Shiranui made his way into the library. It was probably the last place he wanted to be, yet it also held his attention. He had never seen so many...books. He looked around surprised that there could be so many. The books meant nothing to him since he never learned to read. It was something he was never taught or made an effort to learn. The person who raised him taught him all the basic things he needed to learn to live on his own. Reading wasn't one of them and Shiranui believed that was because he didn't know either. Most people in his time didn't know, or knew the bare minum. Usually it was always the ones with money who got the education.

He never held a book or opened one up before. The curiosity getting the better of him, Shiranui reached up to grab one. When he opened it, nothing made much sense to him. He couldn't understand the characters that weren't written. He flipped through it and only when he heard footsteps near by, he quickly put the book away. He didn't want to be caught holding a book.

C: Wildcard: Feel free to find him anywhere. Or let me know if you wish for a prompt.

Am I Ready? (You Deserve It Now)

[glassaxolotl]

Who: Dedue, Dimitri, CR, OTA
Where: Dedue’s cabin, Dimitri’s cabin, Tommy Bahama, around the ship
What: Feb Catch-All, Regains, Fem!Dedue
When: First half of February

( To Be Loved, To Be Loved )