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.
neverleave: (Default)

Added at the end of November re: death consequences

[personal profile] neverleave 2022-11-30 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
- The captain takes something away when we die by "being really stupid."
- When we die by being really stupid, fixing us is a hassle that takes more than it's worth so we get punished/pay a "tax."
- If we die by something like gruesome murder, it's considered "fun" and worth more than fixing us takes, so no "tax."
- Examples of being stupid: jumping ship and hitting your head, blowing yourself up
- Examples of "tax": kidney, memories

Don't die stupidly.
Also, don't murder.

Don't take this information as an excuse to murder OR get murdered.
midnightroads: (headack)

[personal profile] midnightroads 2022-11-30 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
- Editional example tax: tattoo.
Don’t ask what the being stupid was.
myagic: (089)

[personal profile] myagic 2022-12-01 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Casually checking out this addition to the binder--she doesn't know anything about a kidney, but--jumping ship and hitting your head, blowing yourself up, memories--these are all uncomfortably familiar and the story quickly connected.

And oh, she's upset...]
obeyseventually: (exit stage left)

quickly scribbled notes

[personal profile] obeyseventually 2022-12-01 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
- is there a tax for murdering too?

[And then, far enough down that maybe people won't connect the two]

- does getting mauled by a cougar count as 'fun' for him?
neverleave: (shuddup)

[personal profile] neverleave 2022-12-01 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[The original writer drew an arrow from the first question to the underlined note. For good measure, he added next to the arrow:]

DON'T MURDER

[He ignores the second question.]
obeyseventually: (exit stage left)

[personal profile] obeyseventually 2022-12-01 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jack comes back and almost, almost writes a question asking if it's still murder when it's a consensual fight to the death.


But figures that hey, that answers his own question, so no more need to worry about that, right? Right! Glad that's taken care of-]