decohere: (Default)

[personal profile] decohere 2022-09-05 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
Pulls away, wiping a bit at her eyes with her sleeve (kindly don't notice.)

"Don't worry. I'll be... functional for. You know. The mission."
light_mischief: (14. noir voiceover)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-05 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
Good. That's good. [some relief, there; at least that's one mind-altering magic done away with.]

There's... Hm. I think I've seen hints of something more behind the facade, but you're the expert. Do you think there's something there that can be... helped? Or is he too far gone to save? [shoving his hands into his pockets before he starts wringing them] I'm still not entirely convinced I'm not getting conned as it is. It would make sense. He's already owned up to it, after all...

[the fact that he's trusting Friday with all of this -- regardless of whether or not it gets back to the Captain -- goes unmentioned.]
palfriday: (I look to the sea)

[personal profile] palfriday 2022-09-05 10:44 am (UTC)(link)
... Good luck.

[and she sounds like she means it.]
palfriday: (I look to the sea)

[personal profile] palfriday 2022-09-05 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
[a pause. she clasps her hands in front of her.]

I don't really know! I'm not even sure what "help" would mean... [pause] So, I'm definitely not the expert on that! You already have a better idea of it after months than I had in centuries...
decohere: (Default)

[personal profile] decohere 2022-09-05 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Do you know if the Captain has asked... anyone to attempt it before?" Like how much luck is she needing because she operates at a net negative here.
palfriday: (that's ahead of me)

[personal profile] palfriday 2022-09-05 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
[a pause... then, she shakes her head.]
light_mischief: (38. a flame in my heart)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-05 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
[that... is alarming to learn, although it shouldn't be such a surprise. shouldn't she -- but of course not. she's the Captain's construct, so how would she know more than him? but it does vindicate his methodology, and he does enjoy being a trailblazer...

he definitely did stop pacing there while he processed all that]


I don't even know what I mean when I say it. That's probably the problem. [word-vomiting that particularly sensitive information to the Captain's construct is still out, but there is one thing they can focus on:]

Right now, I suppose helping him means going to an island to steal something for him. How much do you know about that?
decohere: (Default)

[personal profile] decohere 2022-09-05 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
A bit of a surprised 'hm.' Well at least this isn't a many have tried and all have failed thing.

"He's placing a lot of trust in Skulduggery, then."
palfriday: (oh lord I'll try)

[personal profile] palfriday 2022-09-05 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
More than I can say!

[so. y'know.]
light_mischief: (30. hat-tip)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-05 11:22 am (UTC)(link)
[no he expected that, it's cool, part of the manufacturing process]

But unlike him, you care about the passengers, and they're the ones I'm most worried about. Will he use whatever item I'm getting to harm them?
makemeasong: (𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑒)

[personal profile] makemeasong 2022-09-05 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you get in trouble if you don't follow orders?
nyktifanis: (Default)

[personal profile] nyktifanis 2022-09-05 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
( her eyes close at the comment as she knows a king doesn't have ro folkow the rules of their world, but they garner so much more respect when they do. she couldn't imagine losing castor in this way or have him be antagonized, and if she had to seem like easier prey so that eyes remove off of him onto her.

then she would.

rather than focus on the loss, she instead takes in the excitement that comes from friday in waves. if games are her thing, then she'll have to come back around and visit more often, but for now. )


Let's give it our best shots then!

( she claps her hands together gently. )

Where should we start first...
mikraitios: (Default)

[personal profile] mikraitios 2022-09-05 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
( stop... castor isn't easy to antagonize... leave him alone, look how hard he's about to try here. )

Is Deck One hot or cold?

( it's unlikely that his first shot will hit the target, but he has heard a rather interesting theory about that jewelry shop of theirs. if not, well, it will narrow down their potential guesses by a little bit. )
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (hold me close)

[personal profile] opheliac 2022-09-05 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
... I thought your whole thing was for us to NOT go through the death crap and be happy-go-lucky.
fonomena: <user name=purusing-dusk site=livejournal.com> (sighs forever)

points to eyes points to the captain

[personal profile] fonomena 2022-09-05 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jade has visited the bridge exactly once, in the time he's spent aboard the Serena Eterna before now. It was part of a thorough canvass of the entire ship, in that first week or so of utter disorientation; the hall leading up to the bridge was examined, and the handle on the door was idly tested, but nothing was found and nothing was yielded, and he was hardly inclined towards making much racket at that time.

...Not once has he attempted to directly visit it since. If anything, truth be entirely told, any desire to do so has only diminished over the passage of time, with the more he learns about the shape of the entity on the other side.

But that's changing today! ...Oh, not the reluctance, necessarily--but the counter of visits is now finally ticking up to "two", for a variety of reasons, as Jade draws to a halt before the door and spends a moment or so peering speculatively at it. No move is being made to try the handle or attempt so much as a knock, this time; instead he stands with his right hand tucked idly in a pocket, and the left holding...an item of some pretty high recommendation.

It's six pens taped together lengthwise, though. To take up a concept and further improve its potential, you know!]


...I wonder how many times you have people knocking upon this door, in a given day. Is the frequency fairly uniform, or something that comes in bursts?
makesomedeals: (Run)

[personal profile] makesomedeals 2022-09-05 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Well an idea, maybe, is more than we have.
palfriday: (reflections in the waves)

[personal profile] palfriday 2022-09-06 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
If it's what I think he's after... Not directly! It's not dangerous or harmful to people!
palfriday: ('cause I've got to be free)

[personal profile] palfriday 2022-09-06 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
... Cold!

[but, she clearly had to think about it for a moment, for some reason.]
palfriday: (reflections in the waves)

[personal profile] palfriday 2022-09-06 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
... More than I think he thought he could, really...
palfriday: (for the virgin sea)

[personal profile] palfriday 2022-09-06 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
[pause

not unkindly:]
You haven't been here very long, have you?
light_mischief: (03. curious reading)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-06 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
What do you think he's after?
palfriday: (to carry on)

[personal profile] palfriday 2022-09-06 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
And that'd be... most of the reason why I can't say much more than that!
palfriday: (for the virgin sea)

[personal profile] palfriday 2022-09-06 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
[a long pause]

All that is gold does not glitter.
light_mischief: (04. shrug baby)

[personal profile] light_mischief 2022-09-06 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
[a brief, put upon shrug of his shoulders]

Is that a riddle forced by rules you're under, or is it a personal choice?
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[personal profile] decohere 2022-09-06 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
"A lot of us do. He's special," Ava smiles weakly.

"And the rest of us are... disposable," she glances down. So many that have faded away for being too weak, most of them already forgotten. Her first roommate and Conan and Lucy who she never got to attempt apologizing to... "Could I... ask you for something else?"