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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] skaikru 2022-09-07 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
( there's really only so much one person can take of having a finger jabbed accusatorily in their face before something in their chest snaps like a wishbone. the two of them really might not ever have a pleasant conversation, but in the midst of this one, clarke's restraint wanes.

rita's up, inclined over the table, pointing angrily — and clarke's suddenly snaking out a hand to wrap around the other girl's forearm and yanking. not to the end of dragging rita over the table and clattering between milkshake cups, but enough to serve as an unpleasantly abrupt shift in center of gravity. grip still tight, clarke takes this opportunity to rise halfway out her bench seat as well, keeping their faces level and leaning closer until there's about a foot between them. angrily burning eyes scorch much more effectively at close distances, chances are they're both going to walk away from this nursing burn wounds. )


You don't have to get it. I don't think anyone ever really knows how far they'd go for the people they care about until they're actively stepping across the line. You don't have to think highly about me, either. Gods know I don't. And you don't have to kill to protect your friends if you're not able to. Just maybe let them know that ahead of time, given the bloody, deadly circumstances we all find ourselves in this time around.

But what you do need to do is expand your sheltered world view and temper your judgements. Or just shut the hell up about things you've never experienced and couldn't possibly understand.
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[personal profile] myagic 2022-09-07 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey-!

[The abrupt tug sends her off-balance, and she slams her other hand against the table to brace herself before curling it into a fist. She's sorely tempted to send that fist flying at Clarke as the other girl leans closer, and now they're furiously glowering at each other with all the heat of one of her fire spells.]

Don't talk like you know everything! [Because that's clearly not what Rita's been doing. Not hypocrites, either of them.] You think I won't protect my friends?! How about you shut up with that world-weary jaded "there was nothing else I could do" garbage?!

[She tries to yank her arm back, teeth clenched so hard her jaw hurts.]

And how about keeping your hands to yourself!

[Yeah, not hypocritical at all.]
Edited 2022-09-07 21:51 (UTC)
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[personal profile] skaikru 2022-09-08 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
( hypocrisy is abound, and through it no bridges of resolution can possibly be built. it's become very clear that this conversation isn't going to go anywhere, and any weird notions of reaching a peaceful understanding clarke might have entertained in the beginning are dead and charred in the dust.

rita tries to yank away, but clarke's grip is firm and, yeah, she's older, taller, and has a few pounds on her side. it's not hard to counter that with a locked elbow and slight twist of skin between her fingers. you think i won't protect my friends?! )


I'm sure you'd do your very best. We'll just have to hope that's going to be enough.

( if the other girl tries to break free a second time, she'll release her without much fuss. )
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[personal profile] myagic 2022-09-09 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rita got her answers--even if she disliked all of them. Not that she hoping Clarke wasn't actually a murderer... She does't think so, anyway. And it's a moot point now.

A faint grimace crosses her face as Clarke holds fast, before her dark scowl returns.]


It will be. Now hands off before I--

[She wrenches her arm back again, but this time there's no resistance and she stumbles right back into her seat, her left hand half-raised to ready a spell. She glares at the other girl a moment longer.]

...I'm done here.

[--And decides there's no further point to this argument, too, so she slides out of the seat and stalks off, right to the diner's exit and off to...nowhere in particular besides somewhere else. She even leaves her milkshake behind.]
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[personal profile] skaikru 2022-09-10 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
( a tumultuous and tense end to a conversation they... may or may not have been better off never having at all. it certainly doesn't feel like it's bridged any gaps in understanding. clarke doesn't watch rita walking away with any flicker of hope for camaraderie, and imagines rita managed to come out of this more heated and bitter than before — if that half-raised hand, intent on doing some sort of harm, was any indication.

the door to the diner jingles upon exit, and it's only then clarke resumes her seat. but attention returned to the milkshake and fries in front of her, any trace of an appetite has died. dunking salty potato wedges into melting ice cream doesn't hold the same sort of spiteful delight with no one around to be disgusted by it either, and she'll ultimately pushed the glass and basket over the tabletop to join rita's abandoned drink. and just sort of... fold her arms, put her head down on top of them, and breathe. )