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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!

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They seem to also be able to provide interesting trinkets or other useful items. Though, there's the chance to receive some sort of nonsensical item.

[ He wouldn't exactly count a 'stuffed toy' as nonsensical.

That said, Risotto wasn't looking to become a master of puppets here even if the machine seemed to have liked giving him quite a few of those a little while ago. They were currently sitting in his room, ready to unnerve some unfortunate fellow who had the rare honor of seeing such things.

Either way, he had no interest in ending their conversation just there, and so he decided he'll wait for her to go the way she will; once the goddess starts walking, he will follow. ]

...I'll join you for now. Thanks to our unique situation, I have far more downtime than to know what to do with at times. I'm sure you understand. Even if I can't claim to know what the schedule of a Goddess would be like, on account of never having met one before now.

[Well, that decides things, doesn't it?

She'll set off easily enough; she sort of hates the motion of the ship but it's something she's become adjusted to, and as such she'll set about wandering back towards the group's quarters, continuing to hold the otter close as she does so.]

You said you were unfamiliar with the álfar - we are beings of dreams, far removed from the waking world and its concept of reality. I'm...unsurprised that you have never met one with a status so high above your own; we do try not to interfere. But sometimes those that are of the world cry out; we hear you, and we tend to you, even if you remain unaware.

Such things have their time. Simply not always in a way that those of this world might find preferable or convenient.

[So like. Goddesses gonna goddess, just not necessarily in a way you might like.]

[ ...Personally speaking, Risotto wondered whether he should find any amusement in the statement 'never met one with a status above your own'. Indeed, she would not be the first to consider herself as such; surely (definitely, actually) the Boss considered himself above others. But was he a god? Surely not.

Was this woman a goddess, as indicated on her profile? Did he believe in such things? Maybe he believed in the irony of fate, but he never gave belief in gods or goddess much thought; he simply had other things to think about and that's the reason, simple as it was. That said, if Stands existed, what stopped other beings from being?

Even so, he'll listen, though his expression won't change. But in the end, he decided he'd be frank. ]

I suppose even if I can't claim to have ever believed in such things, stranger things have happened. And it seems right now is evidence of that fact.

Since you, who has stated that they are a being far removed from reality, has seemingly ended up under the same grasp of the Captain as I have. One might say we could start suspecting that our kidnapper is some sort of god. Or maybe is it a 'mortal' who has gained the power of a god or goddess?

What do you think?

[That's a surprisingly good question, isn't it.]

There are gods beyond even me, in scope and terms... Alfaðör is one such being. Nothing lies beyond his power. It's possible as well, I suppose, that this world has beings such as that. I have limited experience with this world - I've only seen it here and there, in a specific mortal's dreams. Should there be gods in this world of steel, it stands to reason that they would be strangers to me. Perhaps their powers are much the same - foreign, difficult to fathom or understand.

If he is a man, though - nothing more and nothing less - then I imagine he would have to be very powerful indeed. Either standing in defiance of the gods, or having gained the favor of one.

Hmm, gaining the favor of one...yes, that would be one way a normal man would be able to receive the power of a god, wouldn't it?

[ ...There was the fact that there were myths where men earned the favor of gods and received power for it; ones he's read in books when he was far younger. So maybe that wasn't so much as a surprise she would recognize such things. In retrospect, there were stories of those defying gods as well, but...eh.

Risotto also knew there were people who'd never abandon their pride to want to voice the idea that there were those more powerful than they. But it seems she was not one of those. ]

There's no doubt that this Captain is a powerful individual. And of course, those who wield that sort of power in a wasteful manner such as this tend to be rather conceited. I suppose we will find out 'what' or 'who' it is at some time, when he inevitably becomes loose-lipped regarding his own circumstances. But, it is interesting to have your perspective.

[Freyja definitely has her pride, but defying Alfaðör or denying his power is, to put it gently, Very Stupid. She does not mess with those with the capacity to smite her from existence.]

Is it purely wasteful...?

[She sounds thoughtful at that, as though the notion of someone doing this purely for shits and giggles is beyond her.]

This entire practice speaks more of a ritual killing to me. That there should be rules dedicated to how it should be done, an entire location set aside for the purpose of carrying it out... It is being treated as a game, surely, but were it merely that, this seems like more trouble than most would go to.

[ Maybe he had allowed some of his annoyance at the situation to cloud his judgment, of which he's made swiftly aware of when she seemed to ask that question in a relatively thoughtful manner. There's a bit of disappointment towards himself at that; though he simply decided that he wouldn't do so from this point on.

Just that he needed to remind himself to not closed to other possibilities based on such things. ]

I had considered that this setup was indicative of someone who was merely doing all of this to satisfy their desire to see others suffer, for one reason or another. There are those who would go to the trouble to bother with that sort of thing.

But, when you point it out like that, I do have to wonder if there's something else to it. Beyond a grudge or a liking to mindless depravity. However, I do happen to consider those who arrange for the sake of a ritual killing to be comparable to that 'mindless depravity' I mentioned.

Even if they so happen to be going for it to appease some kind of being.

Of course. My brother and I have never demanded blood ourselves; it seems crude.

[...Neither of them are Hel, who very much did demand death, but that's just sort of Hel's thing.]

I admit that I would much like to see the Captain suffer, but I feel he's brought something like that upon himself.

It is.

[ It's such a waste.

Anyway, at her mentioning the idea of the Captain suffering, he'll contain himself from allowing a certain kind of smile to adorn his face. It's to be expected others would be just as irritable about all of this to that point, but still having and hearing confirmation of that sat well with him. ]

I'll say you're not wrong in either of those things. The Captain will learn to regret what he's done...it's just a pity that we will need to wait for that time to arrive.

Plumeria and I will ensure that his soul does not find rest, even when his consciousness is not active in this world. He deserves no respite even in the realm of dreams.

[Freyr would be deeply unhappy with her for feeling that way, but... Well. She can't think about that right now.

As it is, she says it easily, as though discussing a fate worse than death isn't abhorrent; exceptions can surely be made for one who would run something like this.]

It can be ensured that he never wakes again, if outright death is opposed by any.

I wouldn't be surprised if there would be dissenters to an obvious death; there are normal civilians without a begrudging bone in their body who would find themselves hard-pressed to accept it. And I assume the possibility could extend to those who aren't civilians either.

[ It's a fact he's considered as he was absolutely plotting the death of the Captain ever since he knew he had a hand in this.

Still, if the goddess could do what she said herself and her ... friend/companion (?) could do, it may be the best kind of revenge he never would've been able to imagine nor conjure himself. ]

I also do imagine some may find that other option preferable; as long as they're not aware of the far-reaching consequences. But as far as I'm concerned, it sounds like an even more appealing option than him only meeting a painful death.

[This one seems...perhaps not as bad as some other mortals she's seen. He can appreciate the concept of nightmares as punishment, at least, and that's points in his favor.]

Then so it shall be, if I have my way with it. It's good, knowing that the beauty in such a thing can be appreciated. A more elegant solution than outright execution... But in the end, decidedly more prolonged while being just as final.

I should hope the others find it something to be considered, at least.

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