YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT

[sictransitgloriamundi]

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.]

Comments

[be_seeing_you]

"I'm not about to stab anyone in their sleep," he huffs.

"Ask and I'll decide if I want to answer."

[sixthdeadliest]

"All right. Where did you get that name? MI-6 or that other prison?"

[be_seeing_you]

"The prison named me that." He says it through gritted teeth.

"Names weren't used in The Village"

[sixthdeadliest]

Odd thing to call a prison. However, he didn't want to push his luck too much.

"Explains why you dislike the name so much. And why the reaction was so bad on first meeting: You thought I was addressing you by your prisoner number."

[be_seeing_you]

"Yes. That is what I thought. I still do not think that the two of us being roomed together was a coincidence. This is surely the reason."

[sixthdeadliest]

"I almost guarantee it wasn't a coincidence. I doubt the captain would pass up something that would cause instantaneous friction and potential murder."

[be_seeing_you]

"That is how I interpreted it too." He's said as much to Ava that time when they met in the shower.

"But the match hasn't turned out so badly after all, has it?"

[sixthdeadliest]

Six shook his head. "No. And the fact that the Captain might be disappointed by that is a good added bonus."

Spite was always a good motivator.

okay with winding this one down?

[be_seeing_you]

"Good enough reason to keep the arrangement going, as I see it." They are similar in that way too. Spite is truly an excellent motivator.

Sounds good!

[sixthdeadliest]

Six gave a slight smirk before going back to cleaning his magna blades. "And that's all I need to know. If you still want to head to bed early, I'll keep the noise down to a dull roar."