Character Cruise

[Restaurant]

Robert in the back snorted, and then stifled a laugh. Cain scowled at him. As for Jane's comment, he wasn't really sure how to answer that. His comrades would definitely call him a hypocritical jerkass with five different pasts (all Blatant Lies) with a sadistic streak. Yet Jane kind of reminded him of a girl he used to know, but more shy. He wondered what Lytha was would of been doing now...

He pushed that thought away. No need to think about her and how he killed her and used her body...No...best not to think about. Yep. Think about nice thoughts, like how delicious that sundae was...yes.

As for his answer, he simply shrugged. "I guess."

edited 16th Sep '12 10:23:19 PM by Tehpillowstar

I already introduced Russell and Lyra in the old Character Resort thread, but the story I'd originally written for them just wasn't working for me and I decided to scrap it. Both of their backstories have now been altered completely, although their personalities remain more or less the same. Liz was only mentioned in passing so I'm gonna try actually using her here.

[Rooms —> Main Deck]

"Yeah, y'know, I totally love the way the both of you just pounced on the lightest luggage you could find and left me to carry all the heavy crap," Russell said, letting Lyra's unusually massive suitcase drop to the floor with a thud before bending over slightly to catch his breath. He groaned and wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking up at the two girls with uncharacteristically narrowed eyes.

"Look, I'm just carrying all the stuff I decided to bring. And I kept things practical," Liz said, glancing at Lyra and arching an eyebrow. "Why not talk to her?"

"What's in this thing anyway? Christ, Lyra, I told you to pack for a cruise, not load up all your stuff like you're about to move to a different house."

Lyra smiled and opened her suitcase, revealing several rows of video games and only a few real supplies here and there. Russell shot her a blank look, opening his mouth as if he were about to say something before rolling his eyes and plopping down in a nearby chair.

"Er, you hardly packed any clothes," Liz said.

"Well, I ran out of room, so I just put the rest in Russ' suitcase before we left. I figured he didn't need all the stuff he had crammed in there."

"Oh my God," Russell muttered.

"Well, let's go look at some stuff outside. We can unpack and get everything else sorted later," Liz said.

"Yeah, yeah, you and Lyra do that. I need to sit down." He waved his hand, shooing them out of the room.

"Well pardon us, spoilsport. I'm going to the deck, Lyra. You can come if you want."

After the two left, Russell turned his attention toward his own luggage, which Lyra had been carrying. He clicked his tongue in annoyance and picked it up, emptying its contents on the bed. First, out poured Lyra's belongings, which seemed to outnumber his own things by a ratio of about five to one.

"Oh, son of a bitch."

Museum

Talitha nodded. "Alright then, let's have a look around."

She didn't head off right away, however. Suliver wanted to join them, and had quite an unusual question to boot. Why Suliver was afraid of cats was not really worth asking about as there was lots of possibilities and was slightly understandable. However, she could not think of a good reason as to why he'd be scared of cats showing up on a boat. Talitha hadn't been on a cruise before this one, but as far as she knew pets usually weren't allowed. Unless the animal in question proved it was sentient and could properly behave itself without making a mess, she doubted this cruise was any different.

"Um...," she said, putting her hand on her chin. "I don't mind if you want to join us. The more the merrier, as they say. As for the second question...."

She looked to the right, to the left, at Whitney, then back at Suliver. "The only thing I can think of would be a dog, but I don't think there are any on this ship. I'm not even sure pets were allowed to board the boat. Beyond that, I'm out of ideas."

Ship (Restaurant)

Jacob tried to hold back a sigh and chugged down the his drink. He was really getting tired of finding more people from other dimensions. He really hadn't wanted to come on this trip, and now he had to spend it collecting information and if things looked too bad, he'd be forced to have the ship blown up. He could only hope that this guy wasn't special.

"I'm from this world," Jacob said, careful not to say too much, "But I still can't wrap my head around how it works. So...what's your world like?"

edited 17th Sep '12 5:56:03 AM by Elfhunter

Main Deck

Sukio was getting her nerve back, rising slowly, keeping her head low 'if i can just make it back to my room without being spotted by HIM.' she thought, 'I'll be fine.' Moving like a knife she darted across the main deck, back to the cabins

Ship Museum

Oh crap he thought. This could get ba- wait a second, what's a dog? You know what? Nevermind.

"Thanks. I'll just deal with my sister when she does take something. Anyways, Where to?" Suliver said.

[Rooms —> Main Deck]

"I can't even tell you how much I've needed a vacation. School's been kicking my ass."

"Mm-hmm. I'll bet you just wanted some private hanky-panky lovey-dovey time with Russ," Lyra said, winking at Liz and giving her a pat on the back. Liz kept her arms crossed and lazily rolled her eyes with a small groan, replying "Yeah, not with you in the room."

"Sorry. I'd have tried getting a separate one if we'd planned ahead."

"Meh, no worries, now that it's done."

As the pair neared the deck, Liz accidentally brushed against Sukio, who seemed to be in a hurry to get back to her own cabin. She turned her head and muttered "Oh, sorry. 'Scuse me."

Main Deck

After being bumped into by Liz Sukio tensed, but turned as she apologized, "T-that's alright," Sukio said trying her best to be cordial, eyes darting around nervously just in case, extending her hand, "H-hi i'm S-Sukio."

[Main Deck]

"Hey. Um..." Liz idly scratched her head and looked off to the side for a moment before noticing Sukio's outstretched hand. "O-oh," she said, scrambling to give it a shake, "Liz. It's... nice to meet you. Ah, I was just about to check out the deck, but..."

She looked Sukio up and down, taking note of how uncomfortable she seemed to be. The situation already seemed to be off to a somewhat awkward start, and she silently prayed that it wouldn't get any worse. "Is everything OK?"

"You look scared. What's up?" Lyra said, smiling.

Main Deck

Sukio sighed, "You would not belive me if I told you." she forced a laugh, "I-I don't know why he get's to me so much...I mean I'm not defensless, I'm a trained...." she said trailing off

Restaurant

"Is there anything to eat here?" Ian called out as he entered the restaurant.

"No, a restaurant is where people go bowling," Corey commented cheerfully. Though it is left ambiguous as to if he was snarking or actually believed that.

[Main Deck]

"Wait, what?" Liz furrowed her brow a little and straightened her jacket. "Someone trying to hurt you? 'Cause, um... well... I'm an officer. Sort of."

"Studying to be one, more like," Lyra teased.

"Oh, be quiet. But yeah. Anyone bothering you?"

Main Deck

Sukio laughed nervously satching the back of her head, "your going to think I'm, crazy, hell I think I'm crazy when i say it out loud..." her voice droped to a wisper as her cheeks redened "he's a cat-lord from a alternate reality who stalks me through reflections."

[Main Deck]

"What," Liz said with absolutely no inflection.

"Whoa, seriously?!" Lyra shouted, clasping her hands together and grinning from ear to ear. "That's awesome! What is he, like, your archnemesis or something?"

Liz squinted at Lyra and shook her head slightly. She looked back at Sukio and stuffed her hands under the sides of her jacket. "A cat. I... Wh—"

"Why don'tcha just buy a laser pointer? Cats can't resist those. While he's distracted, you can lay into him. Voila! No more stalking," Lyra continued, leaning in toward Sukio with a wink.

edited 17th Sep '12 8:45:56 PM by AXavierB

Main Deck

Sukio wasn't sure weather to take the girls serious or not, but the talk was bringing back her paranoia to her mind, "Mind if we keep moving, The sooner I'm back in my room the safer I'll feel." She took a deep breath and created some Carmel Coated Popcorn in her hand offering it to the girls, "Caramel Corn?" she offers as she gathers her thoughts.

"Well another part of it is if i let my guard down I like it when he starts caressing me with ghost paws." she sighs, "like i said it's complicated....and crazy."

[Main Deck]

"Oh, no, thank you," Liz said, glancing at the caramel corn. Lyra quickly accepted the treat and popped it into her mouth, chewing happily.

"Caressing?" She swallowed. "And he's a cat. Are you guys furries?"

"L-Lyra!"

"What?" Lyra reached for another piece of caramel corn.

Main Deck

Sukio scrunched up her face in disgust, "It's not like I want to!" She sighs looking down at her feet, "When the girl and I went on a quest to get a power up the magic of the realm overwhelmed all of us. Before we could think about it Jewel was fuseing with The Crystal Forest, Aurora was covorting with myschevious farries, and Sakura was turned into a Wood Nymph, Starlight was a battle unicorn for some goblins, and I..." she starts to tear up, "I was dragged into the harem of the Duke of Moewchester. And everytime he peeks in that same magic bleeds through enough to effect my mind again."

"Well," Ulrich began, "I guess this is the universe I call home now. I've been on Earth for around seven years. My original home is-"

He stopped, only for a split-second, deliberating between a half-truth and an outright lie. He coughed, filling the pause.

"Sorry. My original home is way out in the aether. Could be in this universe, could be on another plane entirely. Haven't been there since I was a kid." He took a swig of his beer, hoping the other man would reply. When he instead sensed further anticipation, Ulrich continued.

"I travel all over, but I haven't gone far in the past few years. Been too busy. I do detective work, and this is the first break I've gotten in a while."

He desperately hoped the man would make the logical connection to Ulrich's reasonable apprehension. The story worked, after all: a guy who'd traveled to other planets and was a detective was bound to harbor suspicions. Ulrich did not enjoy the extra effort of maintaining a false identity while simultaneously trying to subtly steer a clever individual into revealing something for nothing...but he'd done it before. And again, this was far safer than spilling it all to a man who may have connections to Harrumek.

[Main Deck]

"Oh. I'm... I'm sorry," Lyra said, her smile disappearing. She lowered her head and avoided looking into Sukio's eyes.

"Leave it to you to say something completely tactless. Don't mind her, um... Sukio? She's just kind of, you know... not all there."

edited 17th Sep '12 11:44:01 PM by AXavierB

Main Deck

Sukio found her eyes drifting up to the sky, "I-It's alright...I guess..." her fingers tracking the pink butterfly clip in her hair. Before letting out a chuckle, "You know I thought at the time 'Allright a mentor who isn't doing to drag the Power Up McGuffin out for a whole year' I guess she thought the same thing. But we just weren't ready. And it cost us so much, we should have guessed it was Too Good to Be True."

[Restaurant]

Jane heard somebody hold back a laugh but she chose to ignore it. You guess? Sounds like he's pretty uncertain. "So, who are you travelling with exactly? I take it they're like you with dark magic and mysterious pasts?"

Ship (Restaurant)

Jacob tapped the counter and said, "Hit me." As the bartender started mixing another White Russian, he turned back to Ulrich as he finished talking about where he's from, a matter on which he seemed purposefully vague. He looked on expectantly for Ulrich to continue, but he strayed over to talking about his job.

"PI, huh?" said Jacob. He looked over Ulrich's appearance again. He did give off a grizzled, Film Noir detective type of vibe. "That's funny, I'm an investigator too. Fancy that."

He's FBI

Picking up his second drink, he said, "So how did you get here all those years ago? Can you open Portals too?"

[Main Deck]

"So, what happened, exactly?"

"Lyra, come on, stop bugging her," Liz said, tugging on Lyra's shoulder. The younger girl responded by frowning exaggeratedly and puffing out her cheeks.

[Restaurant]

Cain was exhausted. He wished that the drill would come already so he could get it over with and take a nice long nap. He noticed that the restaurant had quite a number of people now.

"Nah, they're as Lawful Good as paladins. It's almost disgusting," he said. He paused, and then with a burst of boldness, "What about you? Tanner isn't your real name, is it?"

[Restaurant]

God, I suck at this, Jane winced in her thoughts but put on a smile, Then again I did go all melodramatic just before the ship set sail. I wonder if he knew beforehand?

"No, it isn't. I don't have a real name apart from just Jane. I'm not trying to hide or anything, I'd just like to be someone for a change." The smile faded to a small, reassuring smirk, "I. . . never had a family, I'm sorry for the loss of your mother, I truly am, but. . . I don't know what it's like. I don't have any context. I can't relate to anyone- Well, there is someone but that depends on how broad the term is. Anyway I suppose it's part of the reason why I became what I am, though it's kind of embarrassing." Jane ruffled with her hair as she leaned on her elbow.

Ruffled used all right there?

edited 18th Sep '12 6:23:52 PM by darthnazgul