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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.]
millay: (80)

[personal profile] millay 2022-12-04 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Maeve just hates that there's no one helping her to carry the burden. She's just expected to do it alone. And she has a team, but most of them are young, too. She has her uncle. Her uncle could be able to do something to take on some of the burden of it, but he doesn't. As far as she knows anyway.

"I cannot help her terribly with that. I cannot fight very well in hand-to-hand myself. But I can at least help take some of the burden for her if she still feels beholden to leadership. I can still help in some way."

There's a hint of amusement in her expression. "I'm sure you will."
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[personal profile] konpeito_aji 2022-12-05 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
True enough. And Nobunaga's smile softens. "Then I will teach her unarmed, and you can help her still be a child. And we'll both be here to show her how to be a person not just a weapon."
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[personal profile] millay 2022-12-06 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
She nods. "I know Peter is doing his best, but I'd appreciate it if she learned as much as she can." She smiles slightly. "She needs more solid people in her life willing to help her."
Edited 2022-12-06 01:38 (UTC)