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sailmods ([personal profile] sailmods) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2024-02-13 08:46 pm

END GAME: THE COUNTDOWN STARTS



[the prisoners wake up on cold, hard floors.

the lights are bright, glaring, a sterile cell with sterile bars facing a sterile hall. the prisoners with you, across from you, and no one else. no rocking of a ship in waves, nothing. just the prisoner and their prison.

time passes, one assumes. the rhythmic click of Friday’s heels down the hall. it’s almost like the ticking of a clock.]
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[personal profile] sabigoe 2024-02-16 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ Meanwhile, Fio is combating her negative thoughts. They're trapped. They don't know how to escape. Not yet. She doesn't know the status of the majority of her friends and family. They have to be in other cells, somewhere. Though some of the nearby residents across from them are different, she does wonder if Ava and Peter are actually right next door to them, much like their cabin arrangement on the Eterna.

She pats Dimitri's hand, smiling gently. ]


I'm... a little scared. [ She admits. Yet her smile doesn't waver. Just a touch nervous. ] But it's gonna be okay! [ A nod. ] We'll find a way out.
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[personal profile] prince_of_beasts 2024-02-16 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
It's natural to be afraid in these circumstances. You're being very brave. We'll find a way out. And on my oath, no harm I can prevent will come to you.

[ And Dimitri's already breathing easier. He can do this. He's good at this. Fending for himself, Dimitri crumbles; give him someone to look after, and he'll hold fast through anything. ]

I assume the captain of that freighter put us here ... and she's gained control over the Captain and Friday. That must be how she's suppressing our abilities ... my Crest would make short work of those bars. [ Sigh. ] Can you reach Sparkles?
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[personal profile] sabigoe 2024-02-17 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Um... okay! [ Which she responds, after some reluctance. She would have been eager to finally fight too, to protect others. In this situation, without her powers, she severely lacks physical strength. There's other ways she can try to help, like remaining attentive. ] I'll call out to you when I need help and I'll be sure to stay alert!

[ Fio tenses up briefly upon hearing Sparkles' name, only to quickly dip her head sadly. ]

And Sparkles... it's... [ A pause. ] Back when we were on the Eterna, Sparkles wouldn't come out when I called its name. It didn't even say hello to me when I saw it out on the deck. I wonder if the mean lady is controlling it too. [ ...She never got a chance to learn Malin's name. So she is just "the mean lady." ]
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[personal profile] prince_of_beasts 2024-02-17 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
If she has the Captain under her control, that may transfer to Sparkles. But it freed itself once. We can help it do so again.

[ Dimitri catches that moment of reluctance, and tilts his head. ] What's wrong?
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[personal profile] sabigoe 2024-02-19 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
...Of course. I won't give up on Sparkles. [ As she always says.

Bashfully, she gives the floor a light kick. ]


Nothing's really wrong. [ Except.. the obvious. Being imprisoned and all! ] I just wish... I could fight for once too, to protect everyone. I got some powers, but now they're all gone.
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[personal profile] prince_of_beasts 2024-02-23 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ I wish I could protect everyone, too, pierces clean through Dimitri's chest. All this time he's been worried about keeping Fio safe -- because it was more comfortable for him to pretend that she was. She never has been safe, and Dimitri had forgotten what it's like to be a child, surrounded by suffering, unable to stop it. To have people concerned with protecting an innocence long since shattered. ]

I'm sorry. I know it's hard, to feel like you can't help. [ ... ] Miss Fio, may I tell you a secret?
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[personal profile] sabigoe 2024-02-25 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's often felt guilt, helpless whenever nearly everyone she cared about departed for yet another terrifying excursion while she had to stay behind. Even now when she's here with everyone, she still can't do anything... ]

A secret? [ Unlikely anyone else may hear them at a normal speaking level, but she suddenly drops her voice into a whisper. Secrets are important. ] What is it?
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[personal profile] prince_of_beasts 2024-02-26 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Dimitri lowers his voice, too. Secrets are important! ]

I ... am very afraid, too. I can only stay as calm as I am because you are here. [ But that isn't much comfort, is it? It's not something Fio can do. ] Very, very few people know this about me, but ... sometimes I hear things, or see things, that other people don't. To me, they look and sound just as real as anything else. So it would be immeasurably helpful to me if I could ask you whether you also hear or see something, even if the answer might be 'no.' Would that be alright?

[ Goddess, he hopes admitting this helps more than it hurts. ]
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[personal profile] sabigoe 2024-03-01 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds really scary... [ At first his confession comes off as a surprise, but she recalls when the boat was plagued by strange flowers and Dimitri had come to her defense. He seemed to have familiarity with combating the dreadful illusions. Judging from his words, what he sees and hears, doesn't sound as temporary as the flower's magical effects. (And she's suffered through hallucinations at her lowest point before, though they haven't lasted very long.)

Fio squares up, in an attempt to show that she's ready to take on the task. ]


Yeah, I can do that. [ A pause. ] You've helped me before... when the ghosts from back home came to say mean things to me. It's kind of like those ghosts, right?