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come_sailaway2022-07-13 02:53 pm
draughtsman) wrote in come_sailaway2022-07-13 02:53 pm
Hot-Tub Truth Machine
Who: Lucius Spriggs And You.
What: Lucius is hanging out hot-tubbing and trying to make drinks for a contest.
When: A Vague Handwave At July.
Where: The Hot-tubs and various bars around the ship.
Warnings: Truth/Lies apply to all the hot-tub prompts and threads, so those can get spicy, and the drink ones will probably have him cursing in frustration.
Nothing Like An Early Morning Dip.
(Mention if you want Truth/Lies in the header, pls or I shall choose what is funniest.)
Lucius has to say, of all the advancements, of all the magical future technology, of all the amenities and sundries this haunted ship provides? The Hot-tub is rapidly becoming his favorite. This is saying quite a lot considering he's already sold his soul to have some of those laundry machines when he gets back home. But, as much as he loathes work, sinking into a bubbling tub of hot water and getting to enjoy the sounds of the sea and pre-dawn? Oh that's just fantastic. So fantastic, in fact, that he's decided to start his daily routine off with an extremely early morning dip whenever possible.
This morning (if you can call it that given just how dark it still is out), he's got a covered fancy coffee drink, some breakfast breads he's liberated from the buffet, and is clad in his finest in hideous Tommy Bahama swim-trunks.
Who Cares If It's Raining, You're Already Wet?
(Mention if you want Truth/Lies in the header, pls or I shall choose what is funniest.)
It's mid afternoon and Lucius is entirely done with his tasks for the day. He thinks. There's not all that many tasks lately, honestly, and he's starting to wonder if he's being put off because the Captain feels bad about the lack of vacations. He can ponder that later because, right now, he intends to go for a swim in the pool. It is raining out but, honestly, what's the difference?
Lucius, carrying a decorative paper umbrella he acquired from the sundries/gift shop, one that will surely be destroyed by the end of his foray, meanders out into the rain and heads first for the pool. The little umbrella covers his towel well enough and once he's sure it's securely in place, he turns his attention to the pool. He steels himself a moment and then, with the sort of leap that cannot be walked back, dives in.
He is a terrible swimmer but, absent waves, he manages not to drown. This is meant to be good exercise and, boy, with his flailing, he is sure getting some of that in.
Pina Coladas And Getting Lost In The Rain
(Mention if you want Truth/Lies in the header, pls or I shall choose what is funniest. If you want a normal thread he can be inside for this at the bar of your choosing.)
He is going to fucking lose it.
Lucius lets out a sharp noise of frustrated pique as he sips at the fifth fancy drink in his lineup and promptly spits it back into the tiki glass. It's awful. Dreadful. Abysmal. He's not sure how, but somehow, each attempt is worse than the one preceding it. Ergo, each drink he tries is somehow the worst drink he's ever had. This is ridiculous.
He's been here for over an hour and, honestly, looks ready to snap. He has a bet to win, sure, but he isn't so bothered by the idea of losing his wager. (Yeah, yeah, bruised pride, whatever.) No, now it's the fact that he can't make a good drink that has him carrying on. Somehow the inability to pull it off is so much worse than the idea that he might phone it in and lose.
Why the fuck had he put real effort in in the first place?
"How is it that I have drank every day since I was twelve and I cannot mix a single beverage?" Lucius asks the invisible ghosts behind the bar. Unsurprisingly, they have no comment and the cowards don't even appear to give him a shrug or meander away uncomfortably. Rude.
Before him, he has an array of bottles of liquor that he's ordered, a handful of the mixers he's had in drinks, and the assorted failures. He has all the tools but, somehow, he cannot seem to mix a damn thing that doesn't taste like shoe-polish. He orders another glass of water, if only to wash the taste out of his mouth, and then dumps the remainder of that glass into one of the others before he starts on a new drink. Maybe this one, this one concoction, will be good enough to win. Or at least good enough to drink.
Let Me Show You A Thing - Izzy, Closed
Lucius is drunk as a skunk and it's just crawling into morning. This is alright because, trailing along with him, is Izzy Hands who is equally pished. He doesn't try to take Izzy on the elevator, which is a risky choice because stairs and drunks rarely get along. Still, with a lot of amused mean digs about balance, the two of them finally arrive on the deck with the pool. Lucius throws the doors open with a tah-dah, as though Izzy has not seen this deck already, and then makes a hard turn toward one side where the hot-tub is.
All in all, the hot-tub is not a terribly impressive sight. It is a small pool with a sitting ledge, a single light, and it smells terribly of a chemical that Lucius does not know (bromine). The only appealing feature of it, at the moment, is that the water is very visibly steaming in the early morning light. Behind the hot-tub, along the wall, is a very cute little tiki-bar, rather like the one that flanks the entrance by the pool. This one doesn't seem to have quite as many decorative bottles on the shelves, but Lucius has never had a problem ordering everything from it.
"This--my good first mate--is the single best feature on this ship," Lucius declares with all drunken seriousness. Without prompt, he walks up to the edge of the tub. He holds up his index finger to ask for silence, for dramatic effect, and then reaches below the lip of the tub to crank the little timer dial. In a moment, the jets will start and then the bubbles. He shakes off his hand and stands, looking like the cat who ate the canary.
What: Lucius is hanging out hot-tubbing and trying to make drinks for a contest.
When: A Vague Handwave At July.
Where: The Hot-tubs and various bars around the ship.
Warnings: Truth/Lies apply to all the hot-tub prompts and threads, so those can get spicy, and the drink ones will probably have him cursing in frustration.
Nothing Like An Early Morning Dip.
(Mention if you want Truth/Lies in the header, pls or I shall choose what is funniest.)
Lucius has to say, of all the advancements, of all the magical future technology, of all the amenities and sundries this haunted ship provides? The Hot-tub is rapidly becoming his favorite. This is saying quite a lot considering he's already sold his soul to have some of those laundry machines when he gets back home. But, as much as he loathes work, sinking into a bubbling tub of hot water and getting to enjoy the sounds of the sea and pre-dawn? Oh that's just fantastic. So fantastic, in fact, that he's decided to start his daily routine off with an extremely early morning dip whenever possible.
This morning (if you can call it that given just how dark it still is out), he's got a covered fancy coffee drink, some breakfast breads he's liberated from the buffet, and is clad in his finest in hideous Tommy Bahama swim-trunks.
Who Cares If It's Raining, You're Already Wet?
(Mention if you want Truth/Lies in the header, pls or I shall choose what is funniest.)
It's mid afternoon and Lucius is entirely done with his tasks for the day. He thinks. There's not all that many tasks lately, honestly, and he's starting to wonder if he's being put off because the Captain feels bad about the lack of vacations. He can ponder that later because, right now, he intends to go for a swim in the pool. It is raining out but, honestly, what's the difference?
Lucius, carrying a decorative paper umbrella he acquired from the sundries/gift shop, one that will surely be destroyed by the end of his foray, meanders out into the rain and heads first for the pool. The little umbrella covers his towel well enough and once he's sure it's securely in place, he turns his attention to the pool. He steels himself a moment and then, with the sort of leap that cannot be walked back, dives in.
He is a terrible swimmer but, absent waves, he manages not to drown. This is meant to be good exercise and, boy, with his flailing, he is sure getting some of that in.
Pina Coladas And Getting Lost In The Rain
(Mention if you want Truth/Lies in the header, pls or I shall choose what is funniest. If you want a normal thread he can be inside for this at the bar of your choosing.)
He is going to fucking lose it.
Lucius lets out a sharp noise of frustrated pique as he sips at the fifth fancy drink in his lineup and promptly spits it back into the tiki glass. It's awful. Dreadful. Abysmal. He's not sure how, but somehow, each attempt is worse than the one preceding it. Ergo, each drink he tries is somehow the worst drink he's ever had. This is ridiculous.
He's been here for over an hour and, honestly, looks ready to snap. He has a bet to win, sure, but he isn't so bothered by the idea of losing his wager. (Yeah, yeah, bruised pride, whatever.) No, now it's the fact that he can't make a good drink that has him carrying on. Somehow the inability to pull it off is so much worse than the idea that he might phone it in and lose.
Why the fuck had he put real effort in in the first place?
"How is it that I have drank every day since I was twelve and I cannot mix a single beverage?" Lucius asks the invisible ghosts behind the bar. Unsurprisingly, they have no comment and the cowards don't even appear to give him a shrug or meander away uncomfortably. Rude.
Before him, he has an array of bottles of liquor that he's ordered, a handful of the mixers he's had in drinks, and the assorted failures. He has all the tools but, somehow, he cannot seem to mix a damn thing that doesn't taste like shoe-polish. He orders another glass of water, if only to wash the taste out of his mouth, and then dumps the remainder of that glass into one of the others before he starts on a new drink. Maybe this one, this one concoction, will be good enough to win. Or at least good enough to drink.
Let Me Show You A Thing - Izzy, Closed
Lucius is drunk as a skunk and it's just crawling into morning. This is alright because, trailing along with him, is Izzy Hands who is equally pished. He doesn't try to take Izzy on the elevator, which is a risky choice because stairs and drunks rarely get along. Still, with a lot of amused mean digs about balance, the two of them finally arrive on the deck with the pool. Lucius throws the doors open with a tah-dah, as though Izzy has not seen this deck already, and then makes a hard turn toward one side where the hot-tub is.
All in all, the hot-tub is not a terribly impressive sight. It is a small pool with a sitting ledge, a single light, and it smells terribly of a chemical that Lucius does not know (bromine). The only appealing feature of it, at the moment, is that the water is very visibly steaming in the early morning light. Behind the hot-tub, along the wall, is a very cute little tiki-bar, rather like the one that flanks the entrance by the pool. This one doesn't seem to have quite as many decorative bottles on the shelves, but Lucius has never had a problem ordering everything from it.
"This--my good first mate--is the single best feature on this ship," Lucius declares with all drunken seriousness. Without prompt, he walks up to the edge of the tub. He holds up his index finger to ask for silence, for dramatic effect, and then reaches below the lip of the tub to crank the little timer dial. In a moment, the jets will start and then the bubbles. He shakes off his hand and stands, looking like the cat who ate the canary.
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She wipes at her mouth, considers. "I'm not really dressed for it." Being in sweats and all. "But guess if you don't mind my feet."
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"Is this when you usually use the hot tubs? I had no idea. I'm just here because the Captain agreed not to bother me before dawn so, guaranteed free time."
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"Nights, usually. It gets far too hot during the day. Which Captain is that?"
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"Bonnet, Stede. After he woke me up to invite Blackbeard to the dance and asked me a bunch of wildly inappropriate questions, I made him agree to let me sleep. Best thing I ever did."
He shuffles over so he has room to prop both his arms up, out of the water, and let his hands dangle forward.
"What have you been up to, bestie?"
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"Inappropriate, huh? Like weird sex questions?" She seems amused at the idea of Lucius having to suffer through that more than anything.
"Not a whole lot, honestly. Which has been great, I got more art done. Could probably use a critic."
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"Honestly, you have to invite me for some. We should paint things together. Or draw things. I'm not picky."
He isn't. It's a fact.
"But yea, it was weird sex questions. And eagh--that was...so very awkward. I almost went and woke Blackbeard up hoping he'd tell me what he was in to. Or kill me. Either would have been alright with me at that point."
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She makes a slight horrified and pitying look at the confirmation of sex questions. "Better you than me," she claims. Then again, the most advice she's gotten has been from Sharky. "Why would he ask you what Ed is into?" You'd think it would be more productive to ask the man himself.
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He tips back the rest of his coffee and sets the empty cup aside.
"On a related note, my preferred ambiance is nude male models. Anything else is alright, though."
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"And I'm afraid I can't offer that. But once again, I bet you could get Sharky."
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"He's cute isn't he? In a scruffy, big way. Love it. Wish he was less shy, but I can wait all day for a smile that sweet."
What's he saying? He's just rambling with Ava and, honestly, it's about as easy and relaxing as he can be. That thread of disorientation from a moment ago, though, sticks with him. It's nagging, a bit, and he frowns.
"Do you feel weird? I feel a little weird."
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It's odd how everyone can have such different impressions of the same person...
"I always feel weird." Ava shrugs.