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come_sailaway2022-11-12 07:22 pm
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boys, sound the bells [open + closed]
Who: Dimitri and YOU
What: coping with October (poorly)
When: Throughout November
Where: Around the ship
Warnings: Suicidality, hallucinations, paranoia, potential violence
Follow the sound to the spa, and you'll find Dimitri making a wreckage of the available cosmetics, methodically picking one bottle after another and hurling them into the wall. A heady, choking blend of perfumes floods the room; a rainbow of lotions and ointments and dyes splatters the walls and floor. The mirrors have shattered, light flashing wildly off the shards that still cling to their frames. A weight from the gym is embedded in the wall like a discus.
His late-night wanderings are more frequent and more restless; he's exhausted, easier to catch pacing and muttering to himself. He picks at his meals, barely able to stomach enough for maintenance.
Find him:
a. in the library, wedged behind an armchair for a catnap, twitching and mumbling in obvious distress.
b. on the sports deck, running through sword drills with feverish intensity. He's soaked in sweat, his limbs trembling, his perfect form lagging and unsteady. How long has he been at this?
c. [closed to existing CR] staring, transfixed, into the pool or over the edge of the railing. Unlike any other time, he'll take a moment to register someone approaching; when he looks up, his expression is eerily blank before he forces a polite smile. "Apologies. I was lost in thought."
"I want to arrange a gift for Friday. Do you have any ideas?"
Especially for characters he doesn't know well, there's a chance for any of these prompts to turn aggressive if something triggers him to think your character's possessed. Let me know if you're open to that possibility, and we can work something out!
What: coping with October (poorly)
When: Throughout November
Where: Around the ship
Warnings: Suicidality, hallucinations, paranoia, potential violence
1. i doubt we'll see it setIt's past midnight on the sports deck. Who's in Calgona? Who's shouting? And why the sound of breaking glass?
Follow the sound to the spa, and you'll find Dimitri making a wreckage of the available cosmetics, methodically picking one bottle after another and hurling them into the wall. A heady, choking blend of perfumes floods the room; a rainbow of lotions and ointments and dyes splatters the walls and floor. The mirrors have shattered, light flashing wildly off the shards that still cling to their frames. A weight from the gym is embedded in the wall like a discus.
2. oh, and boys, bear it wellNovember creeps on, and the month remains peaceful. The quiet brings its own breed of paranoia: waiting for the next catastrophe, the next attack, the next death, certain that what's to come will be worse, that whenever it happens Dimitri won't be there to stop it, desperate to try anyway.
His late-night wanderings are more frequent and more restless; he's exhausted, easier to catch pacing and muttering to himself. He picks at his meals, barely able to stomach enough for maintenance.
Find him:
a. in the library, wedged behind an armchair for a catnap, twitching and mumbling in obvious distress.
b. on the sports deck, running through sword drills with feverish intensity. He's soaked in sweat, his limbs trembling, his perfect form lagging and unsteady. How long has he been at this?
c. [closed to existing CR] staring, transfixed, into the pool or over the edge of the railing. Unlike any other time, he'll take a moment to register someone approaching; when he looks up, his expression is eerily blank before he forces a polite smile. "Apologies. I was lost in thought."
3. put all your paper maps awayIn an echo of Dimitri's arrival on the Serena Eterna, he can once again be found stalking the ship's shops: Sundries, the restored Tommy Bahama, even poking through the health and beauty products at Calgona. This time, though, his movements are more purposeful. Anyone who approaches him gets a suspicious once-over, but ask what he's doing and he'll lean in for a furtive whisper.
"I want to arrange a gift for Friday. Do you have any ideas?"
Mercator here can't helpWildcard -- hmu in DMs or @bird#9111 on Discord
Especially for characters he doesn't know well, there's a chance for any of these prompts to turn aggressive if something triggers him to think your character's possessed. Let me know if you're open to that possibility, and we can work something out!