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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.]
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[personal profile] makemeasong 2022-08-23 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do wanna learn." Its question makes her realize she mostly lived in a bubble where bad things, even scary things, could be stopped without guns. This ship won't be so forgiving, she knows that.

"I took a self-defense class a long time ago, but it was more about getting away to run for help than actually fighting."
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[personal profile] serialskiller 2022-08-23 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Alright. If the claw machine still has guns, we'll get a couple out of there, so I can teach you."

It nods slowly. "But I hope you don't end up needing to use it."
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[personal profile] makemeasong 2022-08-24 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Me too." Wait.

"Is the claw machine the only place to get weapons? Like...is it constantly refilled with random things?"

She saw the claw machine but never engaged with it after she saw the dead lizard.