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unknown_oosea2020-11-21 09:56 pm
bathymetric) wrote in unknown_oosea2020-11-21 09:56 pm
R2 TDM - boys in the band order boat memes
UNKNOWN SEAS R2
TEST DRIVE MEME
Glad to have you aboard! Gone are the musty old dark tones and anxieties of that creepy underwater facility from the first round - welcome to the lap of luxury on your very own Atlantic Cruise. And we mean your very own, too - there's nobody else aboard! Well, except for the Captain, who broke the news to you when you got up about what you have to do here.
The facilities are all top of the line, even if for some reason you just can't seem to get to the other floors of the ship just yet - there's a gym, a pool, a buffet- wait, scratch that, looks like you're on one of our liners lucky enough to have a tie-in deal with Jimmy Buffett himself, which means you get access to all you can eat at the on-board Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville's Jimmy Buffet!
So make the most of your time! Maybe even get a spooky souvenir from somewhere in the B̴͖̈́e̷̟̊̀ṛ̴̩̑̉m̴̺̪̈̈́u̵̧͛̇d̶̗̱̀̔a̸̧̙͗͝ ̶͖̖͑̚T̴̤͝r̷̩͘i̶̟͎͗̈́a̴͍͗̐n̵̥̆͝g̵̮̳͘l̷͔͑ḛ̸̹͒͗ while you're here.
1. Arise from the depths (of sleep)
Hey, you! You're finally awake! Welcome to your modest accommodations aboard... some kind of cruise ship? Look, there aren't exactly a lot of great accommodations offered aboard cruise ships, you get what you get. There's a bed, there's a little desk, there's a vase of flowers... and a beautiful view of the ocean outside your window!
Hope this isn't, like, wildly different and strange compared to where you just were! Oh, also the whole boat is all decked out for New Year's.
2. Room for all kinds of activities!
If you head out to the decks, or just walk around the ship, there's all kinds of things to see here while you wait for the bodies to start dropping! Feel free to make up whatever facilities you like, gyms or shuffleboard courts or even libraries - the Margaritaville buffet is canon, though. That's your canon food option. Hope you like shrimp!
3. Son of a son of a motive
Another Tuesday, another sealed envelope full of fun! Is this finally something worth killing for to get off this boat? Or is it just something stupid and/or embarrassing? Better ask around!
4. A good friend returns
On one of the decks, next to some regular beverage and food vending machines, is... an unmarked one? It only takes these weird coins that sometimes show up in your rooms at night. Sometimes it gives you things from back home! Sometimes it gives you? Little creepy wooden puppets??
5. Wasting away again in... well, a murder
Oh no! Someone is dead! Did you kill them? Are you trying to get the word out? Did you find the body and really need to calm down? Live your dreams, kill who you wanna kill offscreen!
6. Anything else!
There's all kinds of things you might be doing on a boat like this! Don't feel constrained by the options here - live your murderboat dreams!
Antonio | Identity V | OTA
Age: 31 | Species: Human | Occupation: Violinist
Likes: His talents, gambling, wine
Dislikes: His talents, debts, ludicrous demands
Traits: Prideful, Hedonistic, Burnt-out
Trivia: Has a long history of medical illnesses!
1. Oh no...
[ Whoever wrote these stupid profiles neglected to include "gilded cages" as one of his dislikes. He could have sworn he just got himself out of one in the worst possible way, so why is he waking up in another one?! This isn't even a decently sized living quarters, just a tiny room with a tiny window overlooking the water-- ]
What the...? [ Wait. Now that he's actually getting out of bed to check, that sure is the ocean outside and nothing else.
A few seconds later, this lanky man opens the door and pokes his head out into the hallway. He frowns, brushing his long black hair behind his ear as he gets a feeling for his surroundings. ]
... A pleasure cruise? They put me on a pleasure cruise??
2. Poking about.
[ Fun fact. Although the idea of sailing on a ship for fun became popular in the late 1800's, the first ship made specifically for this purpose wasn't built until 1900.
Not only is Antonio from before 1900, he's also vastly unfamiliar with many of the amenities aboard the ship. What are all these different electric machines littered about the vessel? Who is Jimmy Buffet and why is there a perpetual seafood buffet named after him? Why are there a hundred glowing number boxes cluttering up the casino?? WHY DOES THIS SHIP SEEM SO HUGE?!?
It's enough to drive a man to drink! Luckily, there's a strangely decorated bar tucked away in one of the many corridors. He's already poured a bit of what he thinks is absinthe into a shot glass... But oh, there are no absinthe spoons or sugar cubes. Guess he has to make due with a fork and one of these... Weird... Packets of sugar? ]
How do you even get the sugar out of it...? [ He's squinting at the tiny pouch looking for an opening. Absinthe is supposed to be relaxing, damnit! How is he supposed to unwind with all this inconvenience?!
... Maybe someone should tell him he's trying to pour sugar into a glass of lime margarita mix. ]
4. Poor fool, he makes me laugh.
[ Good news. He finally got his instrument back. Bad news... ]
Oh no...
[ Three of the strings are busted, and it did not come with the bow. He lets out a frustrated groan as he puts another coin into the machine. Maybe lady luck will smile on him and give him the means to repair--
Thunk. ] Gah!
[ A wooden doll tumbles out of the machine... It looks an awful lot like him, save for the hideous grin and those black, empty eyes... ]
Urgh... They must be playing a horrible joke on me...
[ That's what this is, this machine is actively mocking him somehow. He has no choice but to take these miserable prizes with him... Though, the doll...
Actually, he'll take the doll to the edge of the deck and prepare to toss it overboard. ]
6. Can you please play me a lullaby?
[ Well... There is one thing he can do to liven things up around here.
Somehow, he managed to get his hands on a perfectly good violin from the ship's orchestra. It did need a bit of tuning, but once everything was ready he set up in a spot that gets a good amount of foot traffic and began to play.
The profile was right, he is rather skilled at this instrument. It would be better if he had a proper audience, but... Could be worse. Maybe you might want to stop and listen for a while. ]
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[Sara rushes over to -- is she talking to him, his name is definitely not Emily. She stumbles to a stop and looks over the doll, face going from panic into a disappointed lineface.]
...What's that?
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... Oh. Emily must be her doll or something. Antonio quirks a brow at the strange woman. ]
Useless, my dear. I'm getting rid of the doll.
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[ He does agree, it looks worse. ]
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[ He's tapping his fingers against the doll's body, anxious to get rid of such an eyesore. ]
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Let me put it this way. Do normal people kidnap a handful of unwitting victims, put them on a strange ship in the middle of nowhere, and instruct them to kill each other?
6.
he's waiting for antonio to be done to clap, but hey--he has a lot of these dumb coins. have one. ]
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Antonio finishes his song and responds to the applause with a dignified bow. ]
Thank you, thank you... And feel free to stick around for more. I may even take a request if you would kindly fetch me a drink.
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Oh, and wine. If you can find any on this godforsaken ship.
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...you rip the top of the packet off. It is actually not terribly inconvenient, though it does lack the simplicity of cubes and there is no real reason why they could not put more sugar in them.
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he kind of had fun popping the cubes right in his mouth when he was a kid........]
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[ Whelp, guess he's gonna do as the man says and tear the packet open...
And frown at what's in front of him. ]
This is ridiculous. Whoever's running the bar has no idea how to properly prepare absinthe. Is this really the best drink they have?
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[Jasper furrows his eyebrows that...]
What... is the intended preparation.