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The Boat Meme
And I nearly typoed that in a small, yet horrible, way...anyway.



Maybe you didn't get your damn Thin Mints. Maybe you're tired of rain or maybe you got shot down in a shipping meme. Whatever the case, somehow or another you ended up on a boat. You're on a boat!

...

Okay, okay.

1) Make a comment.

2) Because it worked really well the last time I tried it, in your top level comment throw in a few prompts! Something like...

a. [Joe frantically bilges water.] Oh no! What will we do??

b. [Joe calmly orders a cocktail as the luxury cruise continues to sail over the water, enjoying the sweet decadence about him.]

c. [Whatever the replier wants.]

3) And then the person replying can specify the prompt and yadda yadda.

OPTIONAL, like always, PROMPTS with a myriad and diverse variety of vessels for your delight and wonder:

1) It's the RMS Titanic! Wait. Shit. (Tragic love story optional. Iceburgs less so.)

2) It's the S. S. Minnow! It's small, yet pleasant. The seas are getting a bit rough and the tiny ship's getting beaten and battered, but there's no way this'll end badly, right?

3) It's the Flying Dutchman! A doomed ghost ship never to make port, sailing the seas forever and without a life raft or convenient landmass in sight. How the heck did you end up here?

4) It's the Queen Anne's Revenge! The ship of Blackbeard, you are now living the life of a pirate. Whether you like it or not. Dockpressing might've occurred or you were lured aboard under false pretenses. tl;dr consent optional.

5) It's the Dawn Treader! You are on a brave adventure accompanied by a number of talking animals in search of, well, adventure and truth and things of that sort. Before you lies a fantastical coming of age story in which you discover your true self, learn from your mistakes, and become a better person...well, maybe.

6) It's the Sea Cucumber! It seems pleasant enough, and getting off will surely be easy. Right? Well, once you get rid of the huge bust by picking up the mop, using the mop with the stuffed duck in your inventory, use stuffed duck on a stick with the bookshelves, pick up dictionary...

7) It's the life raft of a no doubt awesome (except for the sinking part) vessel you were previously on! Well...crap.

Comments

Benjamin Willard | Apocalypse Now

[setyoufree]

((NEVER GET OUT OF THE BOAT. Boats are pretty much Willard's best friends. Except not really.

option a: it's 1969 and we're headed up Vietnam's Nung River in a PBR, on our way to confront a mysterious and supposedly INSANE Colonel.

option b: it's 1969 and we're on the Nung River getting the fuck away from the confrontation with said Colonel.

option c through whatever: any of prompts 1-7, or any other you choose. am up for mmm yeah pretty much anything.

in either of the first two options, Willard is an officer traveling with the crew. for other options, he can be anything, anywhere, any time. just don't expect him to be the cheeriest of campers.

if you're up for anything, let me know and i'll be happy to write up a starter post for us. merci!))

Re: Benjamin Willard | Apocalypse Now

[gerionsdaughter]

(ooc: This little one is up for everything. As bleak as it may look)

[setyoufree]

((HI! have sent to ye a message with a few questions, but JOY. YES. :D))

[madamemorticia]

3 and 4 sound like lots of fun, but there's another possibility as well.

It's the Black Freighter! (From Watchmen and the Threepenny Opera.) The souls of the violent damned ride the waves, always seeking to add to their number.

[setyoufree]

[You never forget, but it's hard to remember. Hard to really remember, that is, hard to clutch something and say for certain 'this happened,' 'this happened to me,' 'I was there.' Ever since the river, Willard's memory had been out of line; since boarding this ship (he still isn't certain how he got here or how long it's been, a year or a week or an age; all he knows is that the river was there one minute, and the next it was this half-rotten deck and the ocean), it's been unmanageable. Like being thrown utterly out of joint. Like he never had a life somewhere else, and this sure as shit isn't a life of its own. He'd call it a half-life at best, and mostly he just drifts through it.

He's keeping watch (remember the river? any minute now see the compound any minute now here the helicopters / but those never existed here), no telling what for or why. This ship'll keeping moving on no matter what it meets, and it's not as if anyone here can sleep properly. Someone else will see whatever comes around.

Shit, none of this makes a damned bit of sense. Best to just let it keep sliding along, let it be whatever the hell it'll be.]


((ooc: Hope that suits for a start? Please feel free to pm or whatnot if you'd like to talk about anything, or if something doesn't work for you. Did leave the particular ship to being some loose version of either the Dutchman or the Freighter; whichever you're in the mood for!))

[madamemorticia]

((We can do the Dutchman for now, but you probably had to have a heavy soul to get stranded on it eternally))

[The afterlife did not meet Morticia's expectations. She'd hoped for a hell filled with amusing demons and a wonderful climate, or at least reincarnation and he chance to be a spider. But no, instead all that could be seen in the distance was fog, and a ship full of sullen souls. Including her, ever since her honeymoon cruise. Did her new husband survive it? Did they ever take down the monster she'd convinced the captain to drive closer to for pictures? She'd never know now.

Morticia wasn't much of a sailor, but she at least knew how to work ropes. Very, very well. So she tied elaborate knots in the rigging most of the day, singing sad sea shanties.]

There’s so much water down below
Just how it got there I don’t know
The old man says, “Let’s roll and go”
But I think we’re bound for Davy Jones.

[setyoufree]

((excellent excellent, and that we've got))


[It takes a while for Willard to realize that he's hearing music and may have been hearing it for some time. How long had he been staring into the water? And where is the sound coming from? For the first time since he took up the watch, Willard has something to focus on finding, and begins to search, scanning the sea and then the ship...

Oh. That must be the source, someone at work, someone not so very far away. A crew mate, he supposes. And... Is that a woman? A woman on the ship? And she's one of the strangest women Willard has ever seen, all white and black in stark contrasts, a little too well-suited to the scene. Could be some sort of ghost woman. Could be an illusion.

Willard closes his eyes, opens them. She hasn't disappeared. Perhaps she truly is present. In any case, he decides that she is as real as anything else on this ship.]

How long have you been there? [His voice hasn't rusted into silence, after all.]

Brienne of Tarth | A song of ice and fire | OTA

[chivalrouswench]

ooc: So I came up with some potential starters down there, feel free to go with either or coming up with one of your own! I'm actually good with any of the numbers, so if you want some sort of starter for one I haven't included just ask for it. Kept them a little vague/general on purpose to make it easier if you'd like to make some sort of AU happen. I would be all on board with that so if you want the boat to actually be a spaceship you are very welcome to make it so!

2. [ You don't have to be a sailor to know that the storm clouds approaching this vessel are a very bad omen indeed. Brienne is silent as she stands by the railing, her knuckles shining white so tight is her grip on the wood. She's keeping her balance well enough, even though the waves have been getting higher and higher for the last our or so and the wind is whipping her cloak about so hard she has the fleeting thought that it might tear itself loose and fly into the sea.

She can see an island just by the horizon, and she keeps her eyes fixed on it, wondering if it would be possible to swim there should the boat fail to ride out the oncoming storm. ]

4. [ It stinks below deck, the sour, oppressive odour of unwashed bodies mingling with all other smells to make just about anything repulsive. The ropes around her wrists chafe and the gag makes it hard to breathe, but she is determined to get out of here and get her revenge. These pirates didn't know what they were getting themselves into when they caught her. ]

7. Were you planning on letting me do all of the rowing? [ Granted she's strong, but she won't last all the way to shore all right? It stings a little to admit it, but there you have it. ]

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[anonyman]

[Jaqen, who has been watching her with just a hint of smug approval, gives her a pointed look.]

A knight is strong, a man has faith in her.

[He isn't going to help unless she asks him. Or threatens to throw him out of the boat.]

[chivalrouswench]

[ The sheer annoyance that look on his face awakens in her somehow lets her find as of yet untapped reserves of strength, and she rows harder. ]

A man's faith is perfectly useless unless it's backed up with action. [ Said pointedly as she glares at him, before muttering mostly to herself: ] That had better actually be an island over there.

[ The little speck on the horizon could be just about anything, really. It could even be an illusion brought on by the light somehow, but she's trying not to think about that because she is not dying in this little boat together with... whatever you call that smug thing. Certainly not a man. ]

[anonyman]

A sailor spoke of a Drowned God who reigns over the seas. A man hopes for solid ground, for the drowned do not know mercy.

[He doesn't seem to be worried at all, he doesn't even glance over his shoulder to confirm or deny her suspicions.]

A knight shall ask and she will receive.

4

[strages]

[Throughout the journey, Morgan has been keeping to herself. Exile, in on itself, is bad enough, a certain aversion to the sea, the effects brought on by having to avoid the use of magic, and the early onset of her... condition - it's easy to say that she has hardly ever felt worse in her life.

Nevertheless, she has taken an interest in Brienne. A female knight... Now, if she could be able to convince the other woman to join forces --

They never quite got so far, as their ship, a merchant's vessel, got attacked by pirates, who promptly captured them and a few of their companions, none of which lasted for very long.

And now, after way too long for her taste, Morgan managed to free herself from the gag, taking her first free breath - and instantly regretting doing so, as the foul air had her gagging and coughing.]

Can you swim?

[chivalrouswench]

[ Brienne makes another attempt to scrape her chin against her shoulder to get the gag out of her mouth, but after a couple of failed attempts she merely nods.

Yes, she can swim.

She feels as if she owes Morgan a debt of sorts. She should have protected her when they were attacked. She is obviously not a warrior, it is a knight's duty to defend those who cannot defend themselves.

But she had failed. She had failed every soul on that ship. ]

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[gerionsdaughter]

[No it cannot be happening. It cannot be happening. Ser Brienne was to take her to cousin Jaime. And to the Westerlings. Who were going to be her new family. This shouldn't be happening.
In the meanwhile, Joy is defending herself from those holding her fighting, kicking, scratching. Like a true lioness of the Rock.]
I said release Ser Brienne!

[chivalrouswench]

[ If they hurt the child in any way their deaths will be gruesome enough to become the stuff of legends, and while she cannot inform the pirates of that with words her eyes make that clear enough as she struggles against her bonds.

One of the pirates not involved with trying to subdue the lion cub laughs. ]

Brienne? Someone named their son Brienne? Poor lad.

[ And then the feigned surprise. ]

Well, fuck me sideways with a longsword, it isn't a lad.

[ Because nobody had ever thought of insulting Brienne like that before in her whole life. Such a clever pirate, master of subtle yet effective insults. ]

Scar | The Lion King

[teethandambitions]

[ JESUS CHRIST IT'S A LION GET OFF THE BOAT! ...Actually wait, don't do that, the boat is all you have now that the ship has sunk. Congratulations, your day is now practically Life of Pi.

That or you tell me why this asshole is on a boat.]

Because a lion and a Lannister should be bffs y/y?

[gerionsdaughter]

[Noooo, Scar is Joy's friend, right? Because they both are lions. And he protects her.]

Hector Barbossa ☠ Pirates of the Caribbean

[justguidelines]

[001 4 is definitely an option, since this guy right here eventually becomes the Queen Anne Revenge's captain. Confusion over the captain being the wrong one shenanigans more than welcome.

002 The Black Pearl, coming in both cursed and non-cursed flavors! He doesn't take captives often, but sometimes he feels a little generous. Maybe someone on another ship had a piece of that good ol' Aztec gold, who knows.

003 Any other options, I am free as the wind~]

Richard Parker | Life of Pi

[feed_me]

[Hey, you're on a lifeboat! You have all the supplies you need to survive - food, water, med-kit, tiger...

...wait]

[gerionsdaughter]

[Joy likes tigers! Granted, she likes lions better. But tigers are are nice too. She simply sits really still, to let the tiger get accustomed to her]

Kirei Kotomine | Fate/Zero | 1

[abstinax]

[You'd be better off without a tragic romance with this young priest. You may find him aimlessly wandering about the A deck, or taking an interest in that upcoming iceberg.]

Alucard | Hellsing | 3

[zamiel]

[The setting-- all too familiar to the elder vampire (sans the Nazi vampires ofc). Amidst the wandering spirits, a smile twinged upon his lips. It did not bother him that he would find himself on a lost ship, no. Just another challenge, after all.]

Integra Hellsing | Hellsing | 1

[fairbrook]

[Good luck if you're after a tragic romance with this insufferable knight. You can find her in the saloon, apathetically sipping on a brandy.]

Echo | Dollhouse | 3

[bringthestorm]

[The Flying Dutchman, a ship straight out of legend, and Echo's gotten herself stuck on it. This is a really intriguing opportunity, and she means to make the best of it.]

Selina Kyle | TDKR | 4

[lifebites]

[A pirates' life for me~

A certain someone is actually taking to the pirates' life. Sure, it took some adjustment, but Selina's a girl who's used to landing on her feet. And she's doing more than that: she's thriving and loving every minute of it.]