BOAT: THISTLE

[crittersheep]

[ You’re in a sleek, gilded reception room aboard a large and - aside from your team - empty ship. It’s full of fabulous kitchens (splattered with blood but still usable!) and ballrooms (full of instruments, all playable!) and glittering spires and stagnant-smelling but comfortable sleeping quarters. When nobody is using the intercoms to speak, a tune hums through.

Other than that, there’s thick mist surrounding everything, a path lit only by the ship’s signal light as it travels toward whatever it is you’re in search of and away from the home you can never return to. Waves crash gently against the hull, growing louder and fiercer as time goes on, and there’s faint wailing and howling in the distance…what is going on in this sea? Well, it’s not very important to you. What’s important is surviving.

You have a life to live. ]

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[reportinastorm]

It all sounds about the same level of gross to me, to be honest.

Re: DISCUSSION

[leonheartedly]

No, you're not wrong, it's all gross.

Re: DISCUSSION

[reportinastorm]

Do you think we can just buy some more normal food supplies if we get rid of the pests?

Re: DISCUSSION

[leonheartedly]

I don't see why we can't? If Lupin is getting a cat, that will at least take care of the rats . . . and maybe some of the insects.

Re: DISCUSSION

[reportinastorm]

"Innumerable" insects seems like it could continue to be a problem... We could use our robot?

Re: DISCUSSION

[leonheartedly]

You're not wrong . . . that's a good idea. We probably shouldn't mess around when it comes to the food.

Re: DISCUSSION

[reportinastorm]

Mm. There's a lot more flexibility in dealing with other things in creative ways, but if our food is all tainted we're not going to get very far.

Re: DISCUSSION

[leonheartedly]

Then we really will have to eat bugs and rats. [he shudders a little]

So - for the second one, a robot and then Lupin's idea to get a cat, maybe?

Re: DISCUSSION

[reportinastorm]

Sure. The cat can help make sure things don't get bad again.

For the first one, what do you think about asking to see some kind of credentials before we pay? If they don't know about us, they might be "pirates" themselves trying to trick us.

Re: DISCUSSION

[leonheartedly]

Mm, I like that. I'm sure the kids will want to pickpocket anyway, but finding out might work in our favor.

Re: DISCUSSION

[reportinastorm]

Right. We can at least try and get a better sense of the situation before we leap right into the crimes.

[SIGHS]

Re: DISCUSSION

[leonheartedly]

[he smiles a little]

The best thing we can do is make sure they don't go too overboard with said crimes.

Re: DISCUSSION

[reportinastorm]

I'd prefer not going overboard at all.

[dry. as she looks around at... the ocean...]

Re: DISCUSSION

[leonheartedly]

[a soft snort]

You and me both.

Re: DISCUSSION

[reportinastorm]

[more seriously,]

I'm glad they're having fun, but it seems like there are real dangers here...

Re: DISCUSSION

[leonheartedly]

[ah . . . he nods a bit]

Don't worry, they know. That's exactly why they try to make it a little fun.

Re: DISCUSSION

[reportinastorm]

The hats and everything are fine, but that doesn't mean we need to take unnecessary risks.

Re: DISCUSSION

[leonheartedly]

No . . . but they can be talked down.

They like to rebel, but they're smart, too. [he tilts his head] Are you worried?

Re: DISCUSSION

[reportinastorm]

Of course I'm worried. After that last ritual, it's hard to know how things will go...

Re: DISCUSSION

[leonheartedly]

. . . yeah, you can't predict these things.

Taking risks is never done to deliberately put us into real danger. They're always like this - little crimes to add to their fun. If they thought it would have serious consequences, they wouldn't try.