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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!
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[It's a little bit discouraging, except he doesn't have emotions so obviously it's just...a setback. Data briefly considers testing one of the jokes he learned on Shard, but determines that it would be inappropriate in this context.]
It could indicate a lack of combat skill. He would have been a logical target in that case. It could have also been a particularly emotional encounter. [A brief pause, as he inspects Evan's hands.] I do not see any signs that he struck back.
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[Or it was someone Evan wouldn't want to hurt? But if someone were coming at him with a knife it'd feel weird to not fight back at ALL.]
...Don't worry about it too much, every comedy act needs a straight man.
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[A fair amount of people hadn't. Data himself...well, he had not had enough information to form a true prediction, but he had been hopeful. All of that is going to change now.]
The role of the "straight man" also requires an understanding of comedy. It has often been considered more difficult to perform well. [yeah his research did cover that]
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[dot dot dot]
That was also a joke. I'll try to explain later.
[Back to the dead kid.]
I'd kind of hoped no one would take the bait, but I can't say I'm actually that surprised.
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[But he doesn't sound all that surprised either. Does he even have the capacity for it?]
It is likely that they left behind much evidence, if they were not skilled. We should be able to determine their identity.
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[He looks over the body, and the bloodsplatters.]
There's smearing here. He managed to move before he died. Or was moved.