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sailmods ([personal profile] sailmods) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-08-12 01:46 am

AUGUST EVENT: DRAGSTRIP RIOT

[it begins with a PA announcement on the morning of the 12th, Friday’s voice coming through clear and cheerful.]

Any passengers that wish to debark to our latest port of call can exit the ship through the metal detectors on deck zero! Please be advised that all alcohol will be confiscated prior to your exit!

[and whoever heads down to the lowest deck will find that what she said was true: there is a metal detector set up there, with Friday manning it. after placing all metal objects (including weapons, and all your weapons) onto the tray, she gestures for the passenger to step through the metal detector.

they exit in an entirely different location. suffering from a splitting headache, and wearing an entirely different outfit than they had put on this morning, but unscathed. they even got their weapons back!

the interior of the diner is essentially your average jonathan rockets establishment. the narrow lane between booths and counter is manned by an entirely mute Friday clone, who cheerily takes orders and serves up food (cooked??? somewhere???) with an almost unnatural talent for roller blading. there is a jukebox in the corner that can be fed with quarters passengers will inexplicably find on their person. the available songs range from the 50s to the 80s, with a particularly wide selection of songs from the platters.

outside, the diner is a great chrome boxcar, circled by a small parking lot. a large neon sign proclaims it to be GIL’S; it buzzes and flickers on and off often. passengers who have regained vehicles will find these vehicles parked outside. there are also a handful of midcentury American cars; none of them seem to require keys, and the gas tank seems set at full.

past the parking lot is a seemingly endless expanse of desert sand and scrubland, bisecting by the empty highway that the diner abuts. a few miles down this highway, the road forks into a smaller one, which winds its way up a steep, ragged mountain until plateauing into another parking lot, with only a small, old wooden fence between the cars and the edge of the cliff.

should they wish to return to the ship, passengers can leave at any time the same way they entered: walking through a doorway that now claims to be a mop closet. passing through will leave them on deck zero, again with a splitting headache. it’s probably fine.]
the_infant_death: (Fangs)

4 - Night

[personal profile] the_infant_death 2022-08-18 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Claudia tips her head, bird-like, taking in all the unusual angles and joints that were hidden before: but it's brief, because she remembers the creature's discomfort from before. It's not compassion but a practical understanding that she could try to make alliances where she can, and inhuman creatures are far more likely to be kindly to her own inhuman nature.

"Sir. Or perhaps madam?" she ventures, given the dress.
serialskiller: (frustrated)

[personal profile] serialskiller 2022-08-18 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's a weird experience. It immediately feels an emotion, and it's not necessarily a good one.

"Neither. SecUnit."

It's the politeness, treated like someone worthy of respect, as much as the implied gendering that fits wrong, like a too-tight coat.
the_infant_death: (Confused)

[personal profile] the_infant_death 2022-08-21 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
“SecUnit.” Claudia’s politeness is both defense and weapon: ingrained. She had always followed Louis’s example in being polite to the help…when she wasn’t watching Lestat terririze them…or killing them herself. She doesn’t curtsey, merely nods. “My name is Claudia.”

It is far less human than she had supposed - but neither is she human as she looks.
serialskiller: (uncomfortable)

[personal profile] serialskiller 2022-08-21 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Claudia." It nods. "Well, what can I help you with, Claudia?"

She's not acting like human children in serials do, but it has never really met normal children besides, like, Fio. So it isn't certain how to react to her. It's falling back on programming, mostly.
the_infant_death: (Text: Learned Art)

[personal profile] the_infant_death 2022-08-24 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
The amusement that plays over Claudia's face is a private one: oh, nothing, yet, but the possibility is there. "I need no assistance. But we had got off on the wrong foot, the last time we spoke. I thought perhaps to make amends."

Mortals take her soft little voice for earnestness, and capitulate easily. She wonders which way this machine will fall, if she'll actually have to work instead of letting societal norms do half the work for her.
serialskiller: (conversational)

[personal profile] serialskiller 2022-08-24 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
"You mean you were nosy and now you want to be sure I'm not pissed off at you."

It doesn't quite smile as it calls her out.
the_infant_death: (Bored)

[personal profile] the_infant_death 2022-08-25 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Claudia lets the speculation show, the entirely unchildlike consideration, before she falls on the side willing-to-be-amenable. She crosses her arms over her chest, straightening her spine and lifting her chin. "You," she announces, "are quite rude."

The delicate politics of politeness in the South makes for a complicated dance, but Claudia is accustomed to it. So versatile, useful.

"But I am trying to be peaceable, yes. To at least have a truce."
serialskiller: (snarky)

[personal profile] serialskiller 2022-08-25 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
"You're not worth fighting. So yeah, you can have your truce."

It almost seems amused by this.
the_infant_death: (Text: Learned Art)

[personal profile] the_infant_death 2022-08-25 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Claudia sniffs. She's not entirely impressed. "Thank you. Perhaps in the future we might even reach amicable."

She steps back, but only so she can spread her skirts and curtsey neatly, old fashioned manners. It certainly doesn't appreciate her manners, but she still has them.