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[capn_redd]

[The battle is underway, but the field is too even. There are casualties on both sides (well, if you can count casualties with an enormous mass of something utterly indefinable), but unfortunately for the denizens of the M.S. Elegante, their opposition adjusts with every new blow, growing more agile and dodging a little better with each shot that

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[weifengyiyu]

[Jaw opening and then shutting again, Meifeng swallows and stands tall.]

You heard the man!

[With hard eyes, she picks up a cup and drains it and moves towards the back of the boat.]

[quesiransiran]

[Where Meifeng goes, Siran will follow.

He, too, picks up a cup and drinks it down in one go, and when Meifeng heads toward the End, he trails behind in her wake without hesitation.]

[weifengyiyu]

[She knew this day was coming. She knew it from the moment she took that deal, when she signed Redd's contract, when it caught up with them. She always thought it'd be a lot more dramatic and emotional, but Meifeng just feels calm acceptance.

Expression stony, she claps Siran on the shoulder, then shoves him forward before holding her breath and leaping forward into the End.]

[metharchy]

[Her eyes widen and Meth automatically turns to Meifeng to gauge her reaction, and when the First Mate picks up a cup of the blue liquid and downs it, Meth swallows. This is it, isn't it?

She digs her free hand into her pocket and pulls out her communicator. She looks around the chaos to find Remy, who thankfully is not far.]

Remy!

[She waits half a second, and then throws it in his direction to catch. She won't need it where she's headed.

With a deep breath, Meth follows Meifeng to the stern.]

[ttlynotawizard]

Miss Meth?

[The man is duel-wielding, Meth! He's not quite one to catch right now, but thankfully, that's what magic is for. He stops the communicator midair and grabs it after moving his dagger to his left hand.]

This is your...METH!

[Did she want him to keep it? Oh no...]

[metharchy]

[She looks over her shoulder at Remy and offers him a smile from across the deck before blowing him a kiss.]

Thank you for being my friend.

[If the passengers survive, Remy will have that to remember her by, and her friend, always prying, always wanting to know more, will be able to see everything that never went public.

Perhaps if he thinks of it, he'll even share some of the contents with Tyler, even if Tyler won't remember anything that happened.

Meth can't think about that now. She offers one last wave to Remy before turning toward the edge. She jumps into the End before fear gets the better of her.]

[ttlynotawizard]

METH!

[Tears swell up in his eyes as he watches her blow him a kiss and he reluctantly waves his final goodbye to her.]

I won't forget you, my friend.

[By the time he chokes that out, she's gone and Remy has a new will to keep fighting. Now's not the time to mourn. He's going to make it, damn it. He pockets the communicator and returns to the fight.]

[crazyforcrazies]

Oh shit ...

[Look he JUST did this whole dying thing, it wasn't that great okay? Guy's not exactly eager to do it again.

But one look at his Captain's face and every protest and plea dies on his lips. There's no backing out of this.

Unclipping his hipflask from his belt, Guy drains it and drops it to clatter on the deck before downing a cup of the blue stuff and just walking forward into the cloud.]

[youdbettertip]

[Stewardess blinks once at the Captain. There's only that brief moment in which she absorbs what he's ordering them to do.

Face impassive and movements steady, she picks up a cup at the same time as the First Mate, drinks down the contents, and inclines her head once to the Captain.

She follows the others to the back of the ship.]

[wheremahfaec]

[He would drink except ... well.

So instead, the Nirvana clerk dumps a cup of the blue liquid over his head and follows his fellow crew members.]