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Cruise Ship Ski Lodge
Cruise Ship Ski Lodge
You were watching Titanic when it arrived.
You glanced up from your hot cocoa mug to the window, where you were flabbergasted to see a real-life albatross sitting on the outside windowsill. You paused the movie and stood up, shaking off the piles of blankets as you went.
You opened the window, letting cold air into the room, and the albatross hopped right in with the look of someone who can go wherever she wants and knows it. You stared curiously at the bird, wondering how it got there. As far as you knew, no albatrosses lived in your area. You also wondered if it was dangerous.
However, the albatross behaved with surprising decorum. It fluttered onto the top of the television screen and opened its beak. Something dropped onto the floor. When you looked closer, you saw that it was a letter.
You picked it up gingerly and saw that it was sealed with genuine wax, imprinted with an old-fashioned sailing ship. Loathe to rip such a pretty seal, you ran to get a pair of scissors and cut the letter open. You unfolded the letter and saw that it was written in beautiful calligraphy.
Greetings, friend!
I trust that this letter has found you in good health, and in a moment when a vacation would not come unwelcomed! It is with much happiness that I, Captain Phillipa, give you an invitation to come on a trip upon my ship, the Cosmic Pioneer.
The Cosmic Pioneer is the largest cruise ship ever to grace Earth's waters, and not lacking in entertainments, I can assure you. Not only is she home to the Best Water Slides Ever, but she also sports a wave pool, a bouncy castle, and a planetarium. You, along with a chosen group, will embark upon this ship to see the sights of the world!
Please fill out the form below, and I shall look forward to seeing you soon.
With all cordiality,
Captain Phillipa.*
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearence:
Luggage: (Ensure that you bring swim things! NO PETS.)
Weaponry: (optional, but perhaps advisable)
(At this point in the form, a companions section would usually be included. However, since this should be a fun and relaxing vacation, no AEs or CAPTCHAs will be admitted. Apologies for any inconvenience.)
*Note: Although I and my crew have the best good will in the world, accidents may happen upon any trip. I, Captain Phillipa, and any other birds or crew members, am not to blame for any injuries, accidents, losses, or mishaps, fatal or nonfatal, that may or may not occur upon this trip.
You filled out the form and folded it up, then handed it back to the albatross, who flew out of the window. The movie suddenly seemed boring, and you turned it off.
What did one bring on a cruise ship? You started packing at once.
submitted by Captain Phillipa, The Cosmic Pioneer
(August 12, 2020 - 2:20 pm)
(August 12, 2020 - 2:20 pm)
My personality in 4 words: Confident, nerdy, determined, curious
(August 22, 2020 - 6:47 pm)
My four words are: Fierce, fashionable, kind, and tough.
(August 23, 2020 - 1:28 pm)
Part two.
For a second there was silence, then Kitten screamed, and immediately the room was thrown into chaos as Darkling and Quill shouted, Heroes sat down and put her head between her knees, Em shrieked, Summer felt aqua's pulse over and over again.
Captain Phillipa rolled her eyes. "Control yourselves." She said, and the room grew quiet. "I know how this looks. Seeing dead bodies is always disturbing, but it's all right. Accidents always happen on Chatterbox vacations, as some of you know very well." Agent Winter nodded. She knew all too well. "Now, it's impossible to turn back at this point," Captain Phillipa continued, "So let us try not to become too hysterical. The calmer we stay, the less danger we will be in. As I was saying, let us go to the bunkroom, and tomorrow we can give aqua a proper sea funeral. Till then, stay in groups of two or three at all times. All right?"
The Chatterboxers muttered their assent.
"Good. Now, you'll all be sleeping in the Blue Bunkroom. You can find your way there without my help. No one ever gets lost on the Cosmic Pioneer."
The Chatterboxers dispersed, giving each other nervous glances as they hurried out the door. Surprisingly, Captain Phillipa was correct about not getting lost. After a few turns, the Chatterboxers found themselves standing in front of a round blue door with a doorknob in the exact middle and the words 'Bunkroom Blue' written over the top. Inside, sixteen blue hammocks hung from the walls. The Chatterboxers chose their hammocks quickly. They unpacked very quietly, only making the barest amount of conversation in whispers. Everyone was still shaken up by aqua's death.
Luminescence was the only one who spoke. "Why is it called a Bunkroom when there aren't any bunks?" She asked. She was doing her best to lighten the mood. The other Chatterboxers glanced over at her and laughed nervously.
After an hour, Captain Phillipa's voice came out of the intercom.
"Please join me in the informal dining room for lunch. On the menu today is lasagna with garlic bread. Lunch begins in ten minutes exactly."
On the way to the dining room, The Murderer saw many chances in which to operate, but decided not to. Better to wait until everyone was less high strung.
The Chatterboxers took their seats in the informal dining room. They started their meal in silence, but after ten or fifteen minutes everyone began to warm up, and soon the whole of the room was talking and laughing. Although no one was quite at their ease, the feeling of total helplessness had ceased, and the table with Jubilee, Raining Rainbows, Heroes, Strawberri, and IvoryPint even felt comfortable enough to sing a campfire song about a moose who drank juice. However, they left out the last verse in which the moose is killed. No one needed that kind of reminder.
After lunch, Captain Phillipa walked in through a side door and addressed the Chatterboxers.
"Did you enjoy your meal?"
"It was delicious!" "Wonderful." "Yummy!" They chorused.
The captain smiled. "Good. Now, for your afternoon activity you will be spending time on The Best Waterslides Ever, and for those of you who don't like waterslides there is a wave pool and a hot tub." Amid cheers from the Chatterboxers, Captain Phillipa walked over to the intercom. "Mr. Bartleby, please meet the Chatterboxers at the waterslides. Bring Alligator."
"Alligator? Mr. Bartleby?" Queen asked.
"Allie, my albatross. You met her when she delivered my message, and Mr. Bartleby is a penguin. They will be your supervision."
Barnswallow laughed. "A pengin and an albatross are our only supervision?"
"They are intelligent and telepathic. Now, go change into swimsuits. There's a changing room just down the corridor from the Blue Bunkroom. After that, you may go up to the Waterzone."
The Chatterboxers hurried back to change, and then raced up the stairs (seven whole flights), to the waterslides, wave pool, and hot tub. Once again, although the ship was a warren of tunnels and rooms, somehow they were able to find their way around with perfect ease. On the fifth staircase, The Murderer and Luna hung back, but no one else noticed.
Luna was tired from all of the stairs and was hanging back to take a rest. She leaned back on the railing, and The Murderer glanced around to ensure that no one else was present.
Luna smiled. "Hello. Have we met yet?"
The Murderer also forced a smile. "No, I don't think so."
After a moment of silence, Luna sighed. "I almost wish I hadn't come on this vacation. Poor aqua. Imagine, death by a beanbag chair."
"Clever, wasn't it?" The Murderer asked.
"What do you mean?" Luna asked incredulously. Then her face paled. "Do you mean--did you--were you the one who--"
"Yes, I killed aqua." The Murderer said.
Luna pulled out her lightsaber and turned it on. The green light cast flickering shadows over both of their faces.
The Murderer smiled. It came out more like a grimace. "Don't threaten me with that."
Luna slashed at The Murderer, who dodged with almost inhuman speed. The lightsaber cut into the stairs, sending sparks flying everywhere. Luna swung again and again but always The Murderer was too quick for her.
After a few moments, it was all over. A body hit the ground at the bottom of the stairs.
~~~
RIP Luna, taken too soon.
Death toll: 2. aqua, smothered by a beanbag chair. Luna, whose death is currently undiscovered.
@Raining Rainbows: I think I remember seeing that you changed your name to Rainbow Riot. Would you like me to call you that in future posts?
@Luna: Sencere apologies about your demise! I hope that severe revenge will be taken upon the culprit. (We can only hope.)
Next post up by Friday, if not before!
Would you rather: Swim with dolfins, surf, or waterski?
(August 23, 2020 - 1:29 pm)
It depends whether or not I get to ride the dolphins ;)
(August 23, 2020 - 4:59 pm)
Holy... wow! I'm dead! And that quickly!
Do dead people have to answer the questions at the end of your posts? (Wow, reading that out of context would be entertaining.)
Alrighty, time for the sleuthing... *rubs hands together*
~Captain Phillipa was unsettilingly unphased by someone's DEATH. She looks suspicious to me... but we know the murderer is a CBer.
~Right off the bat, we've been given a little insight to the murderer's motivation... they want fame, and power.
~Captain Phillipa mentioned that we know all about the "accidents" in our ski lodges. Perhaps some Mystery awareness?
~I asked the murderer, "Do I know you?", which leads me to believe they might be a newer CBer. This makes me slightly more suspicious of Queen and IvoryPint- though we did get the hint that Ivory Pint was looking out the window at Aqua's death, possibly ruling her out.
(August 23, 2020 - 6:28 pm)
Yeah...sorry about the death. As I mentioned, accidents tend to happen on Chatterbox vacations.
Dead people do not necessarily have to answer the questions at the end of my posts, since their purpose is to see what activities the Chatterboxers favor and learn more about them so that I can portray them more accurately in my writing. With that said, you are more than welcome to answer the questions if you wish to.
(August 25, 2020 - 1:13 pm)
idc, anything goes, I'm not really active XD. I'd rather . . . surf :D
(August 23, 2020 - 9:56 pm)
Ooh, I screamed! I've never actually screamed IRL, aside from one incident in musical rehearsal when we all screamed at once to see who could do it well (I couldn't), but for some reason I love the sound of the word "screamed."
Anyway.
I'm slightly suspicious of Agent Winter again, due to the line that says she "knew all too well" about the accidents that occur on CB vacations, but that isn't strong evidence that she's the murderer. I do think there's something up with her, though, unless everyone knew about the deaths/accidents, and she was just the only one who was mentioned specifically.
Luna-Starr makes a good point about the murderer possibly being someone newer-- although, of course, this all depends on the set-up for this particular ski lodge, and whether we're all treated as strangers going into it, though the aforementioned line about accidents always happening on Chatterbox vacations seems to suggest that's unlikely. The line does, however, rule out anyone Luna has been mentioned as talking to previously... *checks to see if Luna's talked to anyone before* *finds that she hasn't* Darn.
It's possible that the people who reacted most strongly to aqua's death are less likely to be the murderer, but then again they could always be a good actor, so that evidence isn't particularly strong.
As for your question, I'd rather swim with dolphins!
(August 23, 2020 - 11:13 pm)
Ooh, excellent!
I would rather swim with dolphins. <3
(August 24, 2020 - 10:36 am)
Oh no, Luna! This is great, Captain! I think I'd rather swim with dolphins.
(August 24, 2020 - 2:20 pm)
Uh, swim with dolphins. For sure.
Poor Luna. And poor Aqua.
(August 24, 2020 - 5:47 pm)
I love this! The nonchalant tone with which the captain said, "They are intelligent and telepathic..." that's just great.
Anyway, dolphins dolphins dolphins! Surfing and waterskiing sound dangerous.
(August 24, 2020 - 6:15 pm)
Hmm, I don't think that I would be very good at surfing but if I could figure it out, that's what I would want to do.
(August 24, 2020 - 8:01 am)
Swim with dolphins!
(August 24, 2020 - 12:26 pm)
Oh, dear, let's hope the murderer isn't me!
I would swim with dolphins! Hey, my name maybe Emekittycon, but I do like dolphins! They're so cute!
Ok, why did Bradley say "momyy"?!? Does he want his mom?
(WHERE) (ISMOM) (MYYYY?!?)
Bradley, you don't have one, Techinacally I'm your mom since I'm the one who brought you to life, but you don't look a thing like me.
(Oh.Rig) (htttt)
(August 25, 2020 - 11:24 am)