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number_2 ([personal profile] number_2) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2023-12-01 07:53 am

Welcome To The Village

Who: Everyone who was signed-up for the excursion
What: The Village December Excursion
When: Dec 1st - Dec 23rd
Where: The Village
Warnings: Involuntary capture and confinement including immobilization and restraints, violence, injury, maiming, possibility of death, torture, coercion, gaslighting, mind control, drugging, scientific experiments, and extremely inaccurate depictions of mental health facilities/hospitals, among other potentially triggering themes. Please mark all threads appropriately.




"Good morning, good morning, good morning!" A voice that sounds very similar to Friday's chirps over a loudspeaker outside your character's home. Yes, their home.

Overnight, all the passengers who signed up for this excursion have been transported to their very own personal cottages. They will awake in a bed that is familiar to them. While this home of theirs does not necessarily have to resemble the place they were born or raised, it will be a perfect replica of a place they truly thought of as their home, down to the most minute details.

The cottages are self-contained, the size of a large studio apartment so, in some cases, they may only resemble the bedroom and living room of a person's home with a shrunken-down kitchenette and bathroom adjoined. But the heirlooms of their past are here. A favorite doll? A treasured family portrait? Trinkets you have long forgotten about? All of them will be here, somehow. (All except for weapons, that is.) They are indistinguishable from the real item, down to the molecule.

After that wake-up call, the voice continues on to express that the weather will be warm and sunny, with no rain forecasted. A brass band concert is announced, to start at noon on the lawn next to the living chess set. And once that bit of news is wrapped up, lively marching band music will begin to play. And it will continue to play. All day. From every speaker...including the ones hidden in their home.

Welcome to Your Village

It only gets stranger from here. Characters may be dismayed to find that they are without any of their original clothes or belongings. They awake in conservative button-up pajamas. The closet in their home is full of the latest Village Fashion to choose from. Everything is The Village label brand, including the tin cans of food that stock the kitchen and any of the groceries you could get at the General Store.

Your ship phone rings. When you answer it, you will be greeted, once again, by the voice of Friday. "Your number, please? Of course, you have a number. Look at your badge." If they look down at their chest, they will discover a small round number badge has been pinned to their pajamas. Was that there before? It bears the symbol of a Penny-farthing Bicycle, with a number in the spokes. This is their number.

"No names here," the voice of Friday chides, "Only numbers. Number 2 would like a word with you at the Green Dome. He requests you come for breakfast. Thank you!" Before they can protest further, the line goes dead.


Some Notes:
  • No matter how many times your character tries to take off and disregard their number badge, they will always find it re-attached to their clothes again the moment they look away and look back.

  • Your characters still have their phones but now they can only make calls instead of sending texts. They also do not take or store photographs anymore.

  • If your character destroys or damages anything in their home, or in The Village it will instantly repair the way things used to on the Serena Eterna.

  • The noise from the speakers can be muffled by covering it with pillows or other creative items, but cannot be stopped entirely. (Sorry Phil)
  • teethoftherisk: (h thoughtful)

    [personal profile] teethoftherisk 2024-01-09 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
    "I've been stopping by, dropping off food and stuff." A little reassurance to Valdis that Erin isn't alone. And he nods. It's already bad for Valdis on the ship. Gotta be so much worse here.

    "Strong feelings are hard. Mixed blessing." A blade that cuts both ways. "I like that I always know where you stand with Erin. Hate to see how much this place is hurting her though."
    redlightgreenlight: (Unamused)

    [personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2024-01-09 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
    "It's because this place is hurting people that I just...can't sit here and let it all stand."

    Valdis had signed up to help the Eterna stay intact, to help the Captain keep them safe.

    "I tried, but I can't. Number 2 made a mistake taking Peter, and now this whole thing with Erin." And Steve. "I just want to burn this place to the ground."
    teethoftherisk: (h hmm)

    [personal profile] teethoftherisk 2024-01-11 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
    He nods. "You should. All of us should. This is a bad place, and it needs to be broken. And you're the best one to do it. You've got the experience and the will. You and Ava both, you can get Peter back, and we can break Number 2 over your knee and get back home."

    Siffleur has no doubt in this. He's all brawns, no brains, but Valdis has both. She can drive him up the wall sometimes, and in this place? That's just another strength. There's no way someone like Number 2 will be able to keep his temper in the face of Valdis.
    redlightgreenlight: (Kinda Happy)

    [personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2024-01-11 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
    "Quite the motivational speaker, aren't you."

    He's right though. She's well equipped to take on a man who is determined to underestimate her. What's more, Siffleur sincerely believes she can and he supports it. Unlike another she could mention.

    "I think it will be fun."
    teethoftherisk: (h amused)

    [personal profile] teethoftherisk 2024-01-12 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
    That gets a dark little chuckle from him. "From time to time."

    He's given some very motivating speeches, usually to a hunter about to find out what it felt like to be prey.

    "Let me know where I can help. I've been out pissing on Number 2's grounds and forests when me and Jack aren't busy fucking to death before the cronies can get us." It is the biggest victory? Not particularly. But he expects that he's been especially disgusting, and sometimes that's enough.
    redlightgreenlight: (cocky)

    [personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2024-01-12 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
    "I thought I smelled you out there."

    Peeing on everything is such a cat move, yet the both of them truly are capable of being more animal than human.

    "I'll let you know, but I would prefer to keep his attention on a select few that can handle him. Not that you can't, but he's less likely to underestimate you than me."
    teethoftherisk: (h beaming)

    [personal profile] teethoftherisk 2024-01-12 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
    The grin says it all - guilty as charged.

    "I can't handle him." Siffleur is quick to admit to this. He's given some of the minions a run for their money, but he's not good at the mental stuff or coming up with elaborate plans. He's listened to his instincts his entire life and right now, they're telling him to let Valdis and her select few handle this. "I'll just stay irritating, like a horsefly."
    redlightgreenlight: (Kinda Happy)

    [personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2024-01-13 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
    "I'm sure this group of misfits can be mosquitos to him. Keep him on his toes, don't let him rest."

    She doesn't plan to. No matter what the cost, she wants to see this place burn as much as Ava. The look on Ava's face, the feelings she herself had over the assurance that the Captain wouldn't leave Peter. Then Steve. That stupid kid had just been in the wrong place at the wrong time and Kevin thought he could take advantage of it.

    "I'll take care of the rest."