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Unknown Seas Mods / NPCs ([personal profile] bathymetric) wrote in [community profile] unknown_oosea2020-11-21 09:56 pm

R2 TDM - boys in the band order boat memes

Hello and welcome to the...



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!
guffawsungraciously: a very pissy expression, with gritted teeth! (your fucking life ends in 30 minutes)

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[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2020-12-12 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Age: 36 | Species: Human (mostly) | Occupation: General and Tactician of the Kingdom of Heliodor
Likes: Hendrik, power, sweets, most animals
Dislikes: Hendrik, rats, being left behind
Traits: Aloof, calculating, resentful
Trivia: Jasper designed matching, color-coded sets of armor for himself and fellow general Hendrik.

...Jasper's definitely quirking an eyebrow at Flayn's particular choice of food. On the one hand, he's fine with seafood, but on the other...]


I do not think anyone needs quite that much shrimp in their entire life.

[...he says, with a plate stacked high with offerings from the dessert end of the buffet...]
Edited 2020-12-12 01:52 (UTC)
cethflayn: (let us do this!)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2020-12-13 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I would disagree! Shrimp are an essential staple!

[Sir do you want to challenge this small woman to finish the entire thing, you will be surprised]

Though it is probably ill-advised to eat this much every single day, isn't it?
guffawsungraciously: he's smugly brushing his bangs out of his face. (THIS WORLD IS IMPERFECT)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2020-12-14 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
If you live by the sea, yes, I suppose. If you are from a landlocked county then it is overpriced and freeze-burned.

[He’s had good seafood in Gondolia and Puerto Valor, but it’s not great in Heliodor!]

Then again, if you are typically landlocked, you may as well take the opportunity to indulge, I suppose. I will admit that I rather prefer fresh crab to fresh shrimp, though.
cethflayn: (let us do this!)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2020-12-16 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, crab! Now that is a lovely delicacy.

[Flayn practically has stars in her eyes thinking about it.]

But anyways. Since we are on the ocean itself, seafood not being in abundance would be quite "sus".

[Someone taught her that word and she loves it.]
guffawsungraciously: a very contemptuous look. (are you still talking.)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2020-12-18 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
...You do not have to say it like that.

[you're several thousand. what the fuck.]

And even so, that would not be the most abnormal thing about this situation if it did happen to be the case.
cethflayn: (then i could find it within me)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2020-12-19 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Is it not the modern way to say "suspicious"?

[how do you do fellow kids]

I suppose that is true...but it makes more sense to me. After all, one can simply cast a line or net over the edge and take part in whatever the sea offers!
guffawsungraciously: a grandiose gesture. (a villain has arrived)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2020-12-20 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
...

I do not know, and I do not particularly care.

[it’s said rather flatly.]

And it is not as though this is a fishing vessel of any sort, but I suppose if we had the gear, we could, yes.
cethflayn: (no need to discontunue with the praises)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2020-12-22 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
The gear is easily made if one knows how.

[Flayn you cannot just take some thread and a piece of cheese and catch a tuna]
guffawsungraciously: he's smugly brushing his bangs out of his face. (THIS WORLD IS IMPERFECT)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2020-12-24 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
And if the proper materials are actually available, which I would not exactly count on.

[like, yeah, you could mcguyver something, but they're not... good...]
cethflayn: (and find the heart to go on)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2020-12-26 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
We have found stranger things on this ship so far, have we not? I believe it is entirely possible for us to be surprised if we, say, stumble upon a storage closet.
guffawsungraciously: he's smugly brushing his bangs out of his face. (THIS WORLD IS IMPERFECT)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2020-12-28 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
...

I suppose you are not entirely wrong about that. Given the general atmosphere, I would not be surprised if they catered at least a bit to people who fish for pleasure.
cethflayn: (why yes I do agree)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2021-01-03 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly! And I for one look forward to the day such a thing is discovered.

[Maybe there's one of those weird rooms at the bottom of the ship where you can fish from a big hole in the bottom and somehow the water doesn't fill the whole boat.]
guffawsungraciously: a disgusted kind of look. (stupid sexy hendrik.)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2021-01-05 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Just do not hold your breath over it. It may or may not happen, and we do not know the circumstances under which we would receive such a boon. Given everything else, I doubt they would be pleasant.
cethflayn: (oh well yes)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2021-01-05 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I would not hold my breath over something so dependent on chance - metaphorically or otherwise. But I do not see the harm in hoping for it!
guffawsungraciously: he's smugly brushing his bangs out of his face. (THIS WORLD IS IMPERFECT)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2021-01-06 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Well, if you intend to look at it that way, I see no reason to dash your hopes. There is nothing wrong with appreciating a bit of good fortune if it comes along, after all.
cethflayn: (what a pleasing experience)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2021-01-08 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly.

[Gonna shift the comically large shrimp cocktail in her hands.]

Now if you shall excuse me, I am going to enjoy this wonderful delicacy.
guffawsungraciously: he's smugly brushing his bangs out of his face. (THIS WORLD IS IMPERFECT)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2021-01-08 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
Well, enjoy yourself, then. Do not make yourself sick.
cethflayn: (but lo and behold i am mighty!)

[personal profile] cethflayn 2021-01-10 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
No need to worry - I shall be fine!

[Somehow she will be fine]