light_mischief: (11. making an entrance)
Skulduggery Pleasant ([personal profile] light_mischief) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-09-30 09:14 pm

[OPEN] October Information Meeting

Who: CALLING ALL PASSENGERS
What: It's a family meeting Information Sharing Event!
When: October 1st, from the afternoon on.
Where: The Library!
Warnings: None? (Will add if necessary)
Notes: The information learned here can be osmosed by any character on the ship, regardless of whether or not they actively tag into the event. Consider this a game lore catch-up! Top-level comments don't have to be exclusive to the library,; if your character is likely to run off to the bar for a drink, or contemplate jumping off the bow, then you can include that prompt here as well! Basically a catch-all post for any "reacting to our existential crisis" posts you want!

The Setup:
A few nights beforehand, everyone Skulduggery's ever texted will receive a simple message:

A long overdue information-sharing session will be held all day in the library. It's time we all get on the same page regarding our situation. 1st of the month (is it October already?), attendance is encouraged. Please forward to interested parties.

That's how word spreads for the most part; but there are also some neatly printed notes pinned up in heavily traversed areas with the same simple news: Discussion of Our Situation: 10/1, Library.

The Library:
There are too many people to comfortably fit in one room, which will make it difficult for people to discuss the information that's been gathered. The library, thankfully, has a nebulously existing front desk area that is... currently unattended by any ghosts? Weird.

Everything is mostly the same as you'd expect it, except the majority of the chairs have been pulled towards the front. A low table is settled there as well, with every copy of Battle Royale and Gil's Diner set out to read.

The front desk has an array of memo notebooks and flimsy Eterna branded notepads strewn across it, along with a variety of writing implements. As the day goes on, these notebooks and pads will be filled with more and more insights from other passengers.

There's a black binder sitting there too; this is full of the information Skulduggery specifically has to offer.

The Meeting:
"Meeting" may be an overstatement, when all's said and done. There's a bunch of information available to read, and a place to discuss and process with others. Some people may choose to try comforting those who are visibly upset. Others may want to read some of the books that inspired their previous ordeals.

At some point, the realization that the buffet is the only working restaurant will spread, and food may be brought down for an awkward potluck. Still others may begin to bring liquor into the library. It's really dealer's choice here, as far as coping mechanisms go.

One thing that can be taken away from the atmosphere of the room: be very certain you want to learn whatever's in that black binder.
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-10-07 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, sensitive's not a good thing where I'm from. Unless you're a rock star or something. Then you can sneak in one emotional song per album as long as you still look badass.
midnightroads: (press x to doubt)

[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-10-08 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bash glances around, then back at Vance.]

We're not where you're from, in case you hadn't noticed. We don't need to apply those rules, here, if we don't want to.
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-10-08 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
That's part of the problem. [ Vance also looks around, making sure as best as he can that no one else can hear them. ]

Back home if someone challenged my reputation I'd kick their ass, but there are people who can summon meteors here or whatever the fuck. I let my guard down for a few minutes and people're gonna start treating me like I'm a fucking kid.
midnightroads: (flower - playful)

[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-10-08 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. I get where you're coming from, but puffing yourself up without being able to back it, that kinda also sounds like a route to looking childish, if you're not careful.

But like, I guess I'm maybe on the potentially dangerous end, so I might be talking out my ass. Still...

[Bash seems concerned.]
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-10-09 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well, I don't have a lot of options. [ It's unclear whether he worries that people will mistreat him if they aren't scared of him, or if he just doesn't want to be coddled. A little of column A, a little of column B. ]

Besides, even if I can't win I can hurt 'em. I'm not afraid of dying again.
midnightroads: (wtf)

[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-10-10 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, you're really tough, I can tell that. I'm sorry that you've had to be.

[A small pause. Maybe if he gets Vance out of public, they can get a little more personal.]

Do you smoke? I kinda wanna go for a walk and a smoke.
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-10-11 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I've smoked like, three whole times. And didn't even cough that much.

[ Said like it's a badge of honor. But it's not like ghosts can get heart disease or anything like that, so what's a couple of puffs every now and then? ]

If you've got cigarettes I'll take one.
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[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-10-11 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
No cigarettes, just the cigars in Tauva.

[Is he corrupting the youth? Sure, but the youth is a ghost, the youth is never not going to be a youth.]

Walk with me?
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-10-11 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I can try one of those, too.

[ He shrugs. ]

Yeah, sure. It's not like I'm busy.
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[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-10-11 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bash casually slings an arm around Vance's shoulder at they begin to head toward Tauva.

Like bros or something.]
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-10-11 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He flinches away at first. The only time most people touch him is if they want to hurt him.

Which obviously isn't what this was. ]


...Sorry.
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[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-10-11 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bash blinks, then lifts his arm away and steps away, to make it clear he's not going to hurt the boy.]

No, I'm sorry. I should have asked first, that was kinda...dick move on my part.
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-10-11 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
...It's alright.

[ He relaxes a little and keeps walking. ]

It's just been a while.
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[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-10-12 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, shame. Everyone needs it sometime. Here, you up for it again?

[He lifts his arm like a bird inviting a chick to snuggle in under its wing.]
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-10-12 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ A sharp exhale. ] I guess.

[ And he moves in closer, but he has to act like a bit of a brat about it. ]
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[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-10-12 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Of course he does. Of course he does.]

I, uh. Grew up pretty rough, too, for what it's worth. Bullied for being the dumbest kid in class, for having clothes with holes in 'em, for having next to nothing for lunch some days. Ma was working two jobs while putting herself through college. Didn't have a father.
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-10-12 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
No one picked on me, I was the bully.

[ And somehow that doesn't sound as badass as it used to. He felt big and tough when kids were running away from him on a daily basis. Now? Not so much.

He sighs. He was technically the dumbest kid in his class, too, wasn't he? He was certainly the oldest. ]


I'm still in middle school. Got held back twice.
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[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-10-12 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Don't tell anyone this, but one of the reasons I wanted to get away from the meeting is I didn't want people talking to me about what I wrote. I don't write good. Cesar said he's thinking about, like, doing lessons on the ship? I haven't decided if I'll go, if he does.

[It's sincere commiseration hours here. Not pity, not lectures, just...someone who kinda does get it.]
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-10-12 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I'm not great at writing either.

[ It's legible, but it's sloppy. It looks like a kid a lot younger than him wrote it. And he's still willing to make posters and send out messages in bottles, but only because he isn't expecting any critique for it here. ]

I've had people offer me lessons here but I don't want them to laugh at me or get angry if I'm not fast enough.
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[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-10-12 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Well. If Cesar's teaching us, you might be faster than me. So.

[That's not even bullshit, Bash genuinely doubts his own abilities that much.]
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-10-12 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't bet on it. But I'm done with school, anyway. There's no one to make me go anymore.
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[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-10-12 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You're absolutely right.

[What, was he expecting Bash to argue?]

You get to choose what you spend your time here doing. How's that going for you? What have you been up to?
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[personal profile] pinballer 2022-10-12 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I work out and go to the arcade.

[ And sometimes he gets dragged to parties. ]

This place is less boring than the last one I was stuck in, at least.