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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.]
be_seeing_you: (skeptical)

[personal profile] be_seeing_you 2022-11-20 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Really?" He looks horrified by that prospect. He has a reasonable working knowledge of economics for his job, but it's still shocking to think inflation could have got that far out of hand.

"Ah, you're right of course. It looks to have been made by some designer or other. They hardly seem to live in the same reality as the rest of us."

Don't mind his knowing side-eye at her when she wiggles her fingers. Not as if his own hands hadn't become sticky a time to two, but only when on the job.

"All right. If you say fifty then I'll say... seventy-five."
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[personal profile] decohere 2022-11-20 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Ava couldn't even tell him the price of a gallon of milk to compare... she's more keyed into the costs of hard to source tech components and weapons on the black market, or how much she's been offered for side hustle assassination gigs, or what she can get for breaking into a security system and threatening to leak their files.

And all of that went into paying back Bill, who wiped out his entire 401k to build her the quantum chamber and its absurdly high energy bill. Who worked long research hours outside of his own university job to find a cure that never came to be.

So no, she has no guilt that she stole to survive. Not like she ever was given a paycheck.

"Well... we do literally live in a different reality," she reminds him. And then looks appropriately scandalized at the revealed price. $290!! "But... why?" Maybe the Captain is working from super future money and the rate of inflation really is that ridiculous.
be_seeing_you: (somber)

[personal profile] be_seeing_you 2022-11-21 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"That would make them twice removed, then, wouldn't it?"

He is even more scandalized by the price than she is. That much for a leather sack lunch bag? Outrageous. He'd seen priceless artifacts sold for less on the black market.

"There's just no accounting for taste, is there?"
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[personal profile] decohere 2022-11-21 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've been told mine is questionable." Smirk.
be_seeing_you: (sassy smile)

[personal profile] be_seeing_you 2022-11-21 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Can't be that bad, you're dating me after all." Ego? Him?

(Not a word from you over there Skulduggery.)
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[personal profile] decohere 2022-11-22 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
"I like things nobody else can have. More fun to steal."
be_seeing_you: (smug)

[personal profile] be_seeing_you 2022-11-23 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
"That does make sense. You stole mine, didn't you? Right out from under my nose."
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[personal profile] decohere 2022-11-23 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Should have invested in better security systems."
be_seeing_you: (smug)

[personal profile] be_seeing_you 2022-11-23 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Should have gotten out of my hold when you had the chance."
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[personal profile] decohere 2022-11-23 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
"But. Consider this compelling piece of evidence toward the contrary: I didn't want to."
be_seeing_you: (sassy smile)

[personal profile] be_seeing_you 2022-11-23 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, I know that now. And, you're right..." He leans over to brush a stray hair back behind her ear. "It is compelling."
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[personal profile] decohere 2022-11-23 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
... If only she weren't obligated to sit through the entire show. "Aw look, Lucius won." Clap clap claps.
be_seeing_you: (smug as shit)

we could time skip to have them talk about the serious stuff if you want?

[personal profile] be_seeing_you 2022-11-24 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
He turns his attention back to the stage, clapping politely along with her, but if she takes a glance at him, she will notice he's wearing an expression that's not just pleased but incredibly smug. A pity they can't leave, indeed.