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The Captain ([personal profile] sictransitgloriamundi) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-11-16 09:27 pm

YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT

WHO: the Captain + You
WHAT: contractually obligated price is right game
WHEN: 11/18, like nightish?
WHERE: Bellona Theater
WARNINGS: N/A, currently

[you've heard the announcement, the sound of Friday's cautious optimism as she spoke it. you've waited all day. now, it's time for the game.

the amount of effort that has gone into this production at Bellona can be safely defined as “minimal.” there are three podiums, with three slate boards and three pieces of chalk. there is another podium, currently empty, next to a plain folding table. there is a tablecloth draped over the table, covering a lumpy, inscrutable shape.

the most remarkable thing is the giant wheel set up on the other side of the empty podium. the slices of the giant circle are colorful, but also completely blank. the Captain actually spends 30 minutes prior to the start of the event simply sitting in front of it, back to the audience, and spinning it, listening to the loud clacking noise pick up and then die down again, before spinning it once more.

clackclackclack clack clack. clack. clackclackclackclackclack.

it's gonna be a long night.]
glassaxolotl: (Pondering)

[personal profile] glassaxolotl 2022-11-17 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Over in the audience, Dedue shakes his head.
Please do not lift the statue, Your Highness.
prince_of_beasts: (stern)

[personal profile] prince_of_beasts 2022-11-17 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
Well that look just makes Dimitri want to try anyway.

He's not going to, because it's a bad idea. But let the record show that he totally could. (He could not.)
prince_of_beasts: (glance)

[personal profile] prince_of_beasts 2022-11-17 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, no, that's not happening. Which does answer Dimitri's actual question, which is that the statue is mostly solid, and probably iron or steel -- it's not heavy enough for silver or pewter. (Why is he putting this much effort into this? What was that thing Erin said? 'Enrichment in his enclosure'?)

Hell if he's got any idea on the artistic value, but on raw materials alone ... make a rough guess at the weight ... what was the price of steel last he checked?

"A pound of gold bullion," he guesses, then winces. "Do I have to write that down?"
prince_of_beasts: (dismay)

[personal profile] prince_of_beasts 2022-11-17 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Should've known better than to ask.

Wait no hang on. Dimitri snaps the chalk in half (on purpose!), then flips it over to write with the long edge. The result is shaky, and there's a crack down the middle of the slate when he's finished, but it's legible. Ha.