pinkpizzellekops | I get seasick on boats, actually. Do you?

I get seasick on boats, actually. Do you?

Maybe you didn't get your damn Thin Mints. Maybe you're tired of rain or maybe you're tired of traffic. Whatever the case, somehow or another you ended up on a boat. You're on a boat!

...you're on a boat? For whatever reason you're sailing on a boat. Not only that, but the flavor text photo was picked for a reason: the boat is in the middle of the ocean, or at least a reasonably large sea or lake. You have no idea where this vessel is heading or how long it takes before it hits port and there's no easy way off in sight.

Which brings up the question of what boat you're on. You have options here. It might be a vessel of your own choosing, or, if you're stumped, perhaps it's one of the following...

RNG time!

1) It's the RMS Titanic! Wait. Shit. (Tragic love story optional. Iceburgs less so.)

2) It's the S. S. Minnow! It's small, yet pleasant. The seas are getting a bit rough and the tiny ship's getting beaten and battered, but there's no way this'll end badly, right?

3) It's the Flying Dutchman! A doomed ghost ship never to make port, sailing the seas forever and without a life raft or convenient landmass in sight. How the heck did you end up here?

4) It's the Mayflower! You are sailing with a friendly band of pilgrims to the New World. Just doing so very...very...very slowly...

5) It's the Queen Anne's Revenge! The ship of Blackbeard, you are now living the life of a pirate. Whether you like it or not. Dockpressing might've occurred or you were lured aboard under false pretenses. tl;dr consent optional.

6) It's the Dawn Treader! You are on a brave adventure accompanied by a number of talking animals in search of, well, adventure and truth and things of that sort. Before you lies a fantastical coming of age story in which you discover your true self, learn from your mistakes, and become a better person...well, maybe.

7) It's the Sea Cucumber! It seems pleasant enough, and getting off will surely be easy. Right? Well, once you get rid of the huge bust by picking up the mop, using the mop with the stuffed duck in your inventory, use stuffed duck on a stick with the bookshelves, pick up dictionary...

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[Once you got past the ghost ship bit, things were kind of spookily boring aboard the Flying Dutchman. So without further ado Matthew turned to the nearest person who isn't obviously part of the Crew Of The Damned (caps intended) and said:]

...hey. [Pause. Leaning against the wall/rail/whatever.] You know, maybe we should mutiny.

[ You know who looks completely at home here?

This girl.

It also helps that there might be a few ghosts floating around her. ]

Why would you want to do that?

Why wouldn't I? [And here he makes an annoyed noise. Like a grumbleblahgrumblemutter.] This isn't the worst place I've ever been at but I'd like to see a port eventually.

[Grins at Matthew.] You certainly won't be getting an objection from me.

[BASK IN HIS admittedly somewhat surprised approval BUT STILL APPROVAL.] Excellent! You know, though, I honestly wasn't sure if you were the type.

I would rather not spend the rest of my life on this boat

I'm of the same mind. Lord Hector would be upset if I vanished entirely without a trace. [Stares a bit at one of the swabbies who's vaguely close.] Especially since by the looks of it we would be spending the rest of our death here as well.

Have you looked around this ship!? This place is amazing! I'm never leaving this place!

[ But then, suddenly introspective. ]

....It could use more servants, though.

And hot cocoa.

I understand. My roommate wouldn't take my leaving without a trace too well, and I'd rather not get him worked up over something as unimportant as where I went.

It's just a ship, miss. [Really doesn't get attached to things.] Though I'm sure hot cocoa could be made in the galley...

[And with that Matthew shoots Hakkai a mildly horrified look, a look which asks if he knows what exactly he just did.

...one of his teammates was a pink-haired lass who happened to have a fondness for acquiring vassals. He knows how this ends, if she's anything like Serra.]

[ Yup. ]

Then what are we waiting for? Let's mutiny, and then I'll take this ship for my own!

And then I'll make you two make me hot cocoa!

[Saints.] ...oh please. Why would we make you hot cocoa?

Hot cocoa really isn't that hard to make...

[A shrug.] First it starts with hot cocoa, then milady finds another use for her new vassals, and then it all goes downhill from there.

[With a smile that could kill.] That's only if she gets that far.

[Loki considered their options. They could sit around and wait forever. However, he was certain...just certain that this rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle meant something.]

[ You know who's actually played those kinds of games?

This girl. ]

Are you just going to keep staring at them, or are you actually going to do something?

You really do remind me of Leah sometimes.

Who makes a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle? It seems so...odd.

... there has to be something here.

I'm supposed to have good deductive skills. But the barrel with the hole in the bottom doesn't seem to be doing anything for me.

[ Did you know what the odds of encountering an iceberg actually were?

It was only one possibility out of over six-hundred thousand. And yet, that's exactly what was about to happen.

And a certain witch had absolutely nothing to do with it. Really.

Said "certain witch" was lounging around on deck, a cup and pitcher of tea to her side on a small private table. She couldn't wait for it to get interesting. ]

[Meanwhile, Namine's busy being a bit...overwhelmed by all the people around and decided that she wanted a nice and quiet spot to...decompress and just relax a little because there's no way the Titanic was about to crash into something or another.

She had her pastels and sketchbook and was going to quietly draw something. However, that would be pretty fucking boring if this was just one person drawing and the other person sipping tea and waiting for chaos to be uncorked. So. A sudden wave lurched and the pastel in her hand slipped and rolled towards and under a certain table where a certain witch was lounging about on deck. (Fortunately it didn't go over the side.)

She'll be retrieving it now.]

Oh. I'm sorry for bothering you.

[ The little girl (?) at the table doesn't spare more than a simple glance towards Namine. In fact, she smiles slightly. ]

There's no bother at all. Would you care to join me for tea?

[Her eyes widen in surprise at the invitation.]

That's very nice of you. I'd love to, but...if you would rather be alone I don't want to be a bother.

[ Bernkastel takes a sip from her own tea cup. And hey, there does seem to be a second cup on the table, already filled with steaming hot tea!

...Was there always a second cup? ]

I don't often invite others for tea. You should consider yourself honored.

[Patience is not Levin's strong suit.
Actually many things weren't his strong suit, but as he drums his fingers and leans over the ship's railing, he is seized with a sudden urge to do something stupid.]

Oi! Fellow pilgrims! Listen up! I've just had a revelation from the great Trinity Godhead or whoever the heck it is you people worship. He says to close your eyes and go belowdecks for an hour and he will deem fit to cut your journey in half because, uh. God... loves you. Yes he does.

So. You should show how much you love your god by doing that right now.

[ Did you know there was a purple unicorn pony on board?

There is.

She is staring at this guy right now. ]

Ummm.... not to sound suspicious of you, but that speech wasn't exactly very well though-out. Aaaaand it kind of sounds like you're trying to pull a fast one.

[No he did not. Levin makes his surprise known by assuming a facial expression one might make upon meeting.... well. A purple unicorn pony.]

.........
......
...

Yeah, well.

You're what happens when I drink seawater by accident so your opinion doesn't matter. Close your eyes.

[Good thing John's not claustrophobic, or else he'd really have problems being inside.

He is, however, a little concerned at how the Good Captain's handling this ship. So much, in fact, that he can't help wandering over to the steering wheel...

... Hang on. Where's the Captain? Or anyone capable of handling this ship?

Crap. John doesn't know how to steer a ship! Especially not in this weather!] Ummm... does anyone else know how to steer this guy? 'Cause I sure don't.

Can I try steering?

[Says the kid who can't possibly be older than thirteen.]

[Eh, John's seen weirder before. He looks Florian up and down for a moment before shrugging and stepping aside.]

Go for it.

Okay!

[Captain Florian cheerfully steps up to the wheel!...He doesn't have the first clue how to steer. A tilt to the left, a huge spin to the right, maybe pull on that lever thing over there...]

[That was definitely something heavy that just crashed on John's head. He winces, falling to the ground and staring up at the... stuffed duck... that just landed on the floor.

Um, maybe he should...] Kid, are you sure you know what you're doing?

[That was an interesting result. He carefully lets go of the wheel.]

I've never been on a ship like this before.

[Bart's pretty much asking for a death wish at this point. Does he care? Absolutely not!

He might have just gotten his butt handed to him, but it was handed to him by a 3-inch tall mouse.

....]

This place? Is officially the coolest!

[The only downside to talking mice is that their pockets are too small to pick.]

Think we'll meet any pirates? I hope we meet pirates.

Wait no. I think we should be the pirates.

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I get seasick on boats, actually. Do you?

ITP: TEAM FLYING DUTCHMAN ETERNAL DAMNATION SQUAD

FUCK YEAH

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NO SCREW YOU THREADJACKING also 1/2

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AND FUCK YES THE SEA CUCUMBER

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Now with better icon choices.

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TEAM TITANIC GO

I think threadjacking is encouraged. Do you think threadjacking's encouraged? Let's encourage it.

you should feel bad for this just fyi

I probably should.

yup

Mayflower - America, here we come! ...Oh shoot wait isn't that China?

..... :3c

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TEAM S.S. MINNOW, GO

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GO GO GO, DAWN TREADER

LETS GO TEAM