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sailmods ([personal profile] sailmods) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-09-17 05:13 pm

SEPTEMBER EVENT: SKULLY'S ANGELS

[around 10:30PM, after Friday has returned from bringing all the other guests back to the ship, she parks the tender just off the shore, idling. she sticks her head out of the door.]

Good luck! Just come get me if you need anything! [beat] But, only if it’s something I can do without stepping outside! [beat] Have fun!

[she then pops back inside. they’re on their own, for now.

the salamander villagers have returned to their homes for the night, it seems… all but one, a smaller one, bedecked in leather armor and carrying a spear. they watch the group as they leave the beach, eyes fixed… and then, slowly but distinctly, they toss their head in the direction of inland, and turn away from them to begin a sort of watch.

perhaps that was salamander for good luck. you’ll need it.]
light_mischief: (30. hat-tip)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-20 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[so. that's how it's going to be.

an enormous amount of information like this needs to be processed, broken down, weighed against each other to determine what's workable and what's superfluous. it would be too much to ask for that time directly; the despair that's settling in is fit enough to suffocate either of them, should they have to breathe.

he bows his skull under that pressure, unmoving for a long moment. he knows that they wouldn't even realize what had happened. it would just... be over. immediate oblivion. finally getting to rest. most of them already would prefer that over being trapped here.

he lifts a grimy, gloved hand up, pinching one leather finger in his teeth and pulling his hand free. there's still blood and dirt and who knows what else on them, and a little of that sticks to his teeth, but it hardly matters.

he holds his bare hand out between them, palm up, and nudges the Captain's foot with his own to draw his attention.]
sictransitgloriamundi: (not a knife)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-09-20 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[he opens his eyes slightly, looking at the hand with an eyebrow raised. if his eyes are shining a bit more than they usually are, fuck you, no they aren't.]
light_mischief: (18. jaunty lil pose)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-20 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[the fingers flex briefly.]

Give me your hand. [it's said gently, but it feels too close to an order. so he tacks on a softer, less certain,] Please?
sictransitgloriamundi: (fell in love with another burning bright)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-09-20 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[a pause.

he looks away, but... he holds his hand out to him, fingers just barely, hesitantly, touching his own.]
light_mischief: (38. a flame in my heart)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-20 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[it's enough proximity for him to slide their fingers together; it's a loose hold, easy to pull away from. unlike at the overlook, Skulduggery keeps his gaze on their interlocked hands.]

Stede Bonnet might have overwhelming willpower, but it wasn't until that first crew meeting that he got it into his head that something was going on between us. Before then? The pool? Karaoke?

[his fingers press against the ones between them.]

I don't know if you should give him so much credit.
sictransitgloriamundi: (a cup)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-09-20 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
... Hm. You really do have a talent for making it sound as if I have a say in the matter.

[... he squeezes back, tightly.]

Perhaps that's what I like...
light_mischief: (16. nice sunset!)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-20 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
It can't possibly be my charming personality and winning smile.

[just an ever so gentle tease.]

...Are... hm. [so many questions that need answers. he isn't even sure where to start. probably somewhere small.] ...How long can people live here safely? Not just the passengers, but you and Jenny. And Friday, for that matter.
sictransitgloriamundi: (there was her)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-09-21 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
I've never really thought about it. [frowns, shrugs] Until my death, I suppose. That's the only thing the homeostasis of this reality depends on. So, anywhere from right now to the end of forever.
light_mischief: (03. curious reading)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-21 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm. [that's a lot of time to work with, assuming the oblivion-minded among the passengers don't take matters into their own hands.] Gives me room to spread out the interrogation, at least. [wryly, as his conversation with Rin has left him feeling a certain sorta way about his ability to communicate]

So we stay here, on an unchanging ship for eternity. ...What if people wanted to go live with the salamanders instead? Could they do that? Leave this reality and insert themselves somewhere else?
sictransitgloriamundi: (with my whiskey)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-09-21 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
In theory, they could go wherever they like. [beat] Except, of course, the exact moment they're taken from. That would obliterate them.

[...] Yes. Just in theory.
light_mischief: (41. putting the fun in funeral)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-21 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
But in reality, I take it you've never bothered to test it, since the point was to keep us here. [he moves his thumb slowly across the back of the Captain's hand as he talks, as if holding a worry stone.]

Is there a possibility of them ever going home? Maybe not to the exact moment they left, but... a week later, maybe. A year?
sictransitgloriamundi: (and my feet all clothed in socks)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-09-21 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
There is the slight possibility that meeting themselves from a different point in the timeline will implode, at minimum, one reality, but, really, that's just a chance you take with most actions in life.

[he thinks, maybe, that will be enough to distract him from the fact that "the point" is not to be spoken of in the past tense.]
light_mischief: (04. shrug baby)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-21 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
That... sounds about right. [oh well. a problem for some, but not for him.] Too bad.

[anyway]

So they could theoretically leave, if you let them. [he doesn't imagine that's actually on the table. for all of his talk of tilting at windmills, Skulduggery doubts the Captain will be so willing to let a group of captives go.]

...You wouldn't, though, would you? Just let everyone leave, if they wanted to.
sictransitgloriamundi: (a cup)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-09-21 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[silence.

then, rather firmly:]
No.
light_mischief: (12. straight up bogart)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-21 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[his thumb stills.]

Then what? You said so yourself. This whole thing has been a Sisyphean nightmare, not just for the passengers but for you, specifically.
sictransitgloriamundi: (I'll shrivel and sleep)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-09-21 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
... Well. You know. I do have to keep the lights on, still.

[pause]

And I can't risk word getting out. One lone lunatic raving about a haunted cruise ship isn't going to attract much attention. "Here's where to find a masterless jinn," however... That will bring the wolves.
light_mischief: (14. noir voiceover)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-21 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[the moment he tells the others what the Captain is, they're going to look into trying to control him. and that would be -- unconscionable.

his grip tightens faintly.]


I'm technically the only passenger who knows that part.
sictransitgloriamundi: (dreamed of a way to ignite)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-09-21 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[a long pause.

and then... a snort. and he's looking over at him with a half-grin.]


Come, now. You mean to tell me you won't tell a single soul that you solved the great mystery? You know that if you tell Ava, you're telling the entire ship.
light_mischief: (14. noir voiceover)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-21 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Ava is more than capable of keeping a secret. She's almost as good at it as I am, and she has a face.

[it's a funny idea, keeping something so monumental a secret. he knows he can't do it, but it's a funny thought.]

The funny thing about every "great mystery" is that behind each one is an even grander mystery to solve. You are a masterless jinn. But that doesn't mean you're the only one, or that whoever you escaped from isn't still out there. You have a memory of people telling you about your history, but that doesn't mean they were telling you the truth. Or at least, the full truth.

[...]

You could probably take the information from me, couldn't you? Maybe not a memory charm, but you're enterprising enough with magic. You could just... stop me from telling anyone.
sictransitgloriamundi: (with my whiskey)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-09-21 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
That would be the only way to be sure, wouldn't it.

[so, he leans over until his head is resting on Skulduggery's shoulder.]
light_mischief: (22. upwards gaze)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-21 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[he sits, carefully unmoving even for a skeleton, and is silent.

eventually, his thumb begins to move again.]


...Do I need to wait for Jenny to murder me for another movie date?
sictransitgloriamundi: (and let myself dry out)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-09-21 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Not necessarily, though that wouldn't be much of a wait. I can invite anyone I want inside. [pause] Is this you asking for one.
light_mischief: (23. saucy)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-21 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[the others are all recuperating; Darcy will be by bright and early, but he'll be lucky to see Ava or Max before they're ready to talk to him. the rest of the ship is asleep, and nobody will be expecting him for hours.

he chuckles.]


Yes. I am asking if you would take me back to yours for a movie.

sictransitgloriamundi: (a cup)

[personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi 2022-09-21 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
... [okay if he just completely hides his face in his arm nobody can see his face and thus nothing is happening there at all, shut up.]

A few hours of mortal peril wasn't enough to tire you out? [aiming for droll, landing somewhere more along the lines of slowly dying.]
light_mischief: (06. extreme closeup)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-21 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
It takes a little more than five minutes of uninterrupted screaming to wear me out. Unless you're worried I have some other intentions in my request...

[delivered with the smooth, low confidence of a man who knows exactly what he's doing.]

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