001 // Voice

[meantthecar]

[She sounds annoyed, and you can almost picture her putting her hands on her hips as she talks]

Look, whoever you are. I’m not saying your ship isn’t nice. I’ve never seen anything this big on water before. But I don’t have time for this! I have a rift rider to finish building, a racing team to take care of… My father… … s! I can’t be here! I have

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[seagullmun]

You got yourself a deal!

'Cause I'm the Captain and I can do that. We'll just turn this right around... theeere we go.

....I'm not actually the captain. Was that mean?

[voice]

[meantthecar]

[She was irritable to begin with, so... maybe!]

Well, if you're not the captain, then take me to him!

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[seagullmun]

Yeah... dunno how to do that. No one does, actually. People ask a lot, and try a lot, but it never works out.

I'm Lenny! You won't ever see me.

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[meantthecar]

[It's hard to stay irritated with you when you're being so friendly.]

But there has to be someone running this thing! Why can't anyone just find them and talk to them?

I'm Keira. ...Why not?

We're all having notif problems :<

[ello_poppies]

And Jak's little poppy makes... heh, eleven now.

Don' waste yer breath. Yeh don' get off'a this barge... unless you just up and vanish, that is, and no one's figured out that little trick yet.

Noo LJ fix it ;__; also HTML FAIL

[meantthecar]

Jak's little what?

[She's not Jak's little anything right now. Bringing him up just makes her tetchier.]

Wait, how do you know Jak? And... what are you talking about? There has to be a way off!

Yeah... oh, and since it's bound to come up eventually, could you turn custom pages off?

[ello_poppies]

Oh, I've known Jak for a long time.

[Oh, the stories he could tell you about Jak in his diaper days... Kleiver smells an opportunity.]

You heard me. If there's a way to get off, we don' know what it is, and the people who do get off aren' leavin' any clues.

Sorry, was playing around with the themes. Better? :3

[meantthecar]

[Suspicious Keira is suspicious. Jak was in Sandover Village. If you knew him, then she should have known you too.]

How long?

This thing has to dock sometime! Aren't there lifeboats or something?

[nottheaveragekg]

Razer wasn't joking.

[Ashelin doesn't know if she should be amused or just ridiculously irritated by this.]

ffff fail 1/?

[meantthecar]

... [Is that...]

2/3

[meantthecar]

[It is.]

Oh. You're here.

[Ashelin Praxis. Keira isn't sure how to feel about you right now. She won't admit that she's jealous, and she clearly is- but she also feels bad about having snapped at you.]

[meantthecar]

Who's Razer?

[blitzmeister]

[Piiiiiing.]

Ha ha, we'll soon be taking over the ship if this keeps up! Redd must really like us.

[meantthecar]

Wait, what? Who taking over what? Who's Redd?

[blitzmeister]

Ship Captain. He's in charge of everything. The crew, whom you shall inevitably meet, answer to him.

You won't be getting back to Haven anytime soon. So just sit back, relax, and enjoy the company.

[meantthecar]

So... this Redd person is the captain. I want to meet him.

There has to be a way out! This is just a boat!

[ecopiracy]

[There is something slightly... different about the voice, but there can be no mistaking it. Phoenix's eyebrows shoot up in surprise and he instantly answers his comm.]

Keira?

[meantthecar]

[Why do people she doesn't remember seem to know her? This is weird.]

Um... do I know you?

[ecopiracy]

[For a moment, he doesn't remember that people who show up on this ship aren't necessarily from the same time as him, so the question confuses him and...

It actually hurts a bit, too.]

It's me. Phoenix. Don't you remember?

[meantthecar]

[Okay, now she feels a little bad. But why do you know her if she doesn't know you?]

Um, no. I don't think I've ever met you...