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Valdis ([personal profile] redlightgreenlight) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-11-01 02:32 pm

I Was Looking for a Breath of Life

Who: Valdis and Open!
What: New Arrival tries to cope with being dropped into a new place after a massive bloodbath
When: November
Where: All over
Warnings: Headaches, grumpiness, will warn if it gets worse than that.




1) Arrival: Her head screamed at her, sharp pain cutting into her vision with every breath. Eyes closed tightly, Valdis does her best to breathe. The heavy death in the air, filled with lingering desperation and trauma tightened her chest. Of all the times to fall into a new world, it would be just after a massacre. With her head in her hands, her black hair hiding her face, she leaned against the railing of the walkway, trying to drown out the pain. This was definitely where it all happened. The pain was worse here.
"Haven't felt this bad since the last war," she muttered. "How many people died?"


2) Revelations: Valdis worked her way through the ship, avoiding her cabin as much as possible, seeking to memorize the layout of the ship and maximize her ability to move quickly should it be necessary. The Void is silent, a fact she should be grateful for, and in some ways, very much is. But now the silence is simply silence, and the feeling that the dead are around every corner sits in her gut. She can’t see them, except maybe flitting out of the corner of her eyes from time to time, but she can sense that they aren’t alone. Footsteps sounded from behind her, she’d been so focused on the dead that she hadn’t paid attention to the living. She turns around, hand on the hilt of the rather impressive sword hanging on her hip.

"Hello?"

3)Buffet: Without the ability to draw on the dead, Valdis must find something to soothe the very human feeling of hunger. She’d known the feeling from home, before her memories had begun to return, but now she found it highly annoying.

“What’s the best thing here?”

Second Week of November and Onwards

4) Library: Valdis has finally taken Erin's advice and found the black binder in the library. She is not thrilled with what she's reading and the tension is visible in her usually elegant jawline and the glowing red in her eyes. Fear isn't found anywhere in her demeanor or soul, but rather a thoughtful, yet tense, aura radiates from where she sits. She's so focused that almost anyone not touched by death could approach without her noticing. If they are touched by death, she may react poorly, so tread carefully.

5) Hurikane: She can't get drunk, but she sure is trying her best with pure vodka and whatever else she can find that's strong. She's not even really trying to taste it, just downing it as fast as the invisible bartender can deliver, and exhausting her healing abilities as she goes. It's still not enough to even give her a buzz though. Disappointing.

6)Wildcard round: Your turn!
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[personal profile] astrogator 2022-11-22 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ari nods, although the concept of storing the energy is another strange one to her.] It's almost like a power cell, then. Keeping the energy for when you need it.

[The process had been uncomfortable for Ari, but not frightening. A few possibilities occur to her.]

I have a little lingering fatigue - do you know how long that's likely to last? And what's the shift? [None of them have work shifts here; it can't be that.]
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[personal profile] treading_water 2022-11-22 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
The boot steps are hurried, belonging to another new arrival that is trying to find his way around and come to terms with the state of things. He means to pass her, but as she turns and he notices the hand on his shield, he grunts, his own touching the handle of a pistol on his belt.

"Keep it sheathed." he groans, "I'm not fucking following you."
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[personal profile] hellonspectacles 2022-11-23 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
“Anything you should know…” Palamedes taps his chin. “Well, my expertise is psychometry,” he says. “I can read the history of an object by touching it—its history, how it has been used, who might have previously handled it.”
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[personal profile] treading_water 2022-11-23 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, what the fuck. Ed balks, eyes squinting at her as he approaches.

"Fuck you, I look the same as I always do."

Sort of, anyway. His fingers grip the gun a little tighter, trying not to get too heated over this and failing.
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[personal profile] astrogator 2022-11-23 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I think that if you tell me something like that in this place, and it's untrue, it reflects badly on you, not on me for accepting it. [Overly honest? Possibly. Ari already knows there's a man who can transform into a - kipterya - cougar, and that he's dangerous for it. So she won't immediately dismiss Valdis' claim, but she won't be quick to believe it, either.]

I'll monitor it, then. I need to keep myself in good physical condition for the obvious reasons. If the effects are minor and clear up quickly? We might be able to come up with some arrangement. If you'd be interested.

[Not out of the kindness of Ari's heart, not for free, but 'running on empty' doesn't sound pleasant, and she'll help if she can.]
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[personal profile] astrogator 2022-11-23 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought that I might be able to call on you at need. To fight for me. It's good to have support, in this place.

[It's casually said. No need to alarm Valdis if she hasn't yet heard all the stories that Ari has.]

I'd insist on signed contract, for any arrangement. People have to know where they stand, and what to expect from one another.
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[personal profile] saltwaterlungs 2022-11-24 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Fortunately for Darcy, she does not in fact have to be a teenager forever. Unlike some others on the boat. Pour one out for Natsuno.

"Why what? Why me? Why I was doing it?"

It's a testament to how fucking weird this ship is that Darcy barely blinks at her next sentence.

"What do you mean 'original duty'?"
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[personal profile] hellonspectacles 2022-11-24 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
“I like to think so.”

Palamedes gestures to a region of his notes that he had taken during his early days on the Serena Eterna. On the post-its are written messages like, Bedsheets, Room 105, upon arrival: 400 years and Wine glass at welcoming reception: 2,000 years, and Milk, Windjammer, April 6: 5,000 years. “I have examined a number of items on the ship, but the data I’ve collected has been more irritating than illuminating. Almost everything aboard is absolutely ancient—including the food—which makes me think that the psychometric signature has been altered. It’s a wildly difficult thing to do, but I've seen it done before."

He shrugs. “But if you mean something kept a little more closely by the Captain, like an article of clothing, then no. I’m afraid I haven’t been able to acquire anything like that. Getting close enough to do so without his knowledge has proved nigh-on impossible.”
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[personal profile] astrogator 2022-11-25 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Ari's hands clench into fists at her sides, as she tries to keep the frustrated anger under control. She had expected a negotiation. She wouldn't have been surprised if Valdis had told her she was uninterested in or unwilling to commit to that particular suggestion, and asked for another.

A flat refusal to have any contract at all? Then walking away without so much as parting pleasantries? That was deeply insulting, to a Tradeliner, and the offer that she'd given didn't lessen it any. Ari Tayrey didn't want charity. She wanted fair contract.

What she'd offered had been more than fair, because even in this place, conflict wasn't that frequent.

Well, let it not be said that she made the same mistake twice. If Valdis wanted nothing to do with her, she'd accept it, and keep her distance.]
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[personal profile] saltwaterlungs 2022-11-25 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay- hold on, I think you've got something fucked up. I know why I was picked to come back; literally just random chance. And it's not like I didn't have a choice. I know what's been asked of me. I just don't know the fucking, necromantic formulas or some shit, and if I did, I don't know why I'd tell you."

Because y'know. That seems like a good way to get her shit turned against her.

"Weird."
Edited 2022-11-25 12:23 (UTC)
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[personal profile] saltwaterlungs 2022-11-26 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
"To try to kill me. And no gods. None except the big one, and it wasn't him that brought be back. Just ghosts."

The question is trite enough that Darcy feels every inch of the scoff she returns.

"Is anyone happy with their life."
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[personal profile] treading_water 2022-11-26 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
He grimaces, wondering if it's best to just swerve around her and keep moving along the corridor.

"Dunno. You got any more critiques?"

It's nearly a threat, this time. There's not a lot anyone could say about him that he'd take well right now.
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[personal profile] saltwaterlungs 2022-11-29 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Bingo," Darcy affirms with a gesture of her pointer finger.

"'s a dumb question. Pointless. I'm upright and thinking and able to act, happy or unhappy doesn't mean anything."

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