[if you happen to be having a late dinner or spending some quality time floating in the pool area - swimming through water in the air is cool, right? - about this time gravity suddenly makes its grand reappearance. here's hoping you were over something soft, passengers! the captain seems to be in perfect order when he appears on the intercom, ( Read more... )

[hey, it's the captain! and he's not a ficus! he definitely appears to be pleased about that, or as much as he can appear anything with his helmet hiding his whole face from view.]

This is Captain Ganymede everyone! Looks like everything is in ship shape now, so you don't have to wor--[whoops, the captain just floated up off the screen] What ( Read more... )

[when the intercom snaps on late in the evening, the captain is...not there? it certainly SOUNDS like him and the hasty salute he's given does sort of look like something he'd do, but the image that appears is a lot more like this, which makes no sense at all]This is Captain Ganymede. All passengers and crew members, I have an important ( Read more... )

"Good evening passengers! Captain Ganymede here to apologize for this evening's brief turbulence. We’re right back on schedule and the crew of the IASC Crucible and myself will be working around the clock to make your stay with us an enjoyable and memorable experience ( Read more... )

[the thing about the end is that it's silent. for anyone on the bridge, there's really no sound as it happens. the timer slowly ticks down, minute by minute.

second by second.

just before, right at 00: 00: 00: 03, a voice that is not the captain's comes over the intercom, transmitted from somewhere that is not the ship:]

This i--what you deser ( Read more... )

[in a change from the last couple of weeks, when the intercom snaps on right at midnight, the feed is perfectly clear. rather than the narrow picture the passengers are usually restricted to, they are provided a wide vista of what is obviously the bridge ( Read more... )

[it surely comes as no surprise when the doors to Level 20 seal up and Level 21 starts to fail. the surprise is that Level 15 starts to fail with it, the lights in the shops going out one by one, the computers shutting down ( Read more... )

[what's that sound?

it's the sound of the doors to Level 22 being completely sealed off to all passengers. the ship groans and seems to strain, the metal plating vibrating underfoot.

then all is quiet again, at least for now.]

( OOC: Plot; Put in Their Place, Part 2 cont. ! ENDGAME ! )

I figured it out. It's so simple. Even if the navigation and communication instruments have failed, I can still...

Yes.

Yes.

[the captain is broadcasting loud and clear, or as clear as one can be when the intercom is flickering and blacking out, pouring grating static out into the ship. even the lights start to flicker, viewscreens and signs ( Read more... )

[the snow and static make it incredibly difficult to see the captain, much less hear him, but it's possible, if you try.

you might want to listen. he's pacing, back and forth, back and forth, pressing a hand hard enough to make the cracks spread. however, from this angle it's impossible to see his face]There's...there's no other explanation. It ( Read more... )