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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.]
prince_of_beasts: (think)

[personal profile] prince_of_beasts 2022-11-17 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
"In what way has that proved your point? A large currency is still currency."

'Currency' no longer sounds like a word.
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[personal profile] prince_of_beasts 2022-11-17 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
"None of you people can agree on how much a dollar is, let alone how it might convert into any fiat currency I've ever heard of."

Sighs.

"And if I can't lift the statue?"
Edited 2022-11-17 10:28 (UTC)
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[personal profile] astrogator 2022-11-17 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
[a little round of applause from the space trader in the audience - well said!]