1 - Video

[barewicked]

[Video clicks on, to reveal a skinny young man in his mid twenties. His eyes are wide and darting, and he wears an expression of deep concentration, right up until he realises he's broadcasting. Then, he becomes animated:]

Yo! I got some words for your Admiral here! I know I'm not dead, and I would remember if I'd been nicked, so you got no right hauling me in, man, no right!

[He keeps glancing off screen as he says this, as if he's expecting someone to enter his cabin at any time.]

Look, this isn't even my yard, all right? I was staying with a mate - a couple of mates, actually - so you've just gone and jacked their place out from under them, haven't you? Nicked right off with it and stuck it on your stupid boat! So where are they going to live, eh? You just made two innocent people homeless, mate, so who's the villain now?

[He puts one hand on his hip, apparently waiting for an answer. He manages to go about thirty seconds before giving an unhappy huff and putting his hand on his stomach.]

Bare starving as well. It's a fucking joke, this is.

Comments

[barewicked]

Weird.

What do you mean the barge tries to give you it? Like, the ship chooses to redecorate itself?

[barewicked]

I might have skimmed over a few people complaining about them...

[and he might have assumed that this was just a bit of a leaky barge, and nothing more sinister...]

Why?

[barewicked]

Twilight is Twilight, mate! Been bloody everywhere for the last four years.

Take one innocent teenage girl, one sexy tortured vampire, give them an unquenchable lust for each other, and bam! You've got a worldwide sensation, three book and movie deal, and a generation of teen girls who are into biting.

I guess you don't get new releases here then?

[barewicked]

Who should I yell at then?

[Because by god he will yell at someone.]

[fridgetothefire]

The barge or the admiral. Nobody actually knows what the distinctions are, there.

[video]

[barewicked]

[Zach nods attentively. Very interesting, Tiffany.]

Right, like with that one who's letting us into the pub, isn't it? You can get it off the wardens for free... [He flashes her a sharp little grin.] ...So what do you want for it?

[Because that's how prisons work. That's how drugs work. Supply chains and money and favors and debt, and Zach totally gets that.]

[video]

[tucky]

Uh-huh. The one who's letting us into the pub is one I know has weed, actually. She baked it into cookies once.

[Tiffany doesn't look surprised by his question. She's very familiar with both prison and drug use.]

Things are kinda different here. There's no money or anything like that, and we can get most things just by asking for 'em, so...

[She shrugs.]

We don't really bother with payments and debt and shit like that. I guess what I'm getting is someone to drink with.

[video]

[barewicked]

[Well. While this does match what Lloyd said to him, it's still unfamilar enough to send a spidery shiver up the back of his neck.]

So, would you say... that I'm under no obligation to you for the drinks? Or for like, anything you offer me?

[video]

[tucky]

Uh...

[Should she claim obligation? She would have in Litchfield, because that's how things worked there.

But that's not how things work on the Barge.]

Nope. No obligations. I bet you don't have anything I want, anyway.

But you should probably tell me your name unless you want me to call you scruffy Edward forever.

OOC

[tucky]

Do you want to hop into the above thread when they get to the deck, or just assume she let them in?

OOC

[fridgetothefire]

Let's handwave Anya's part in it, since she's already talking to him elsewhere and 3way threads can be awkward sometimes

[babyfacedkiller]

Dunno if you can call it the basement when we're on a boat, but yeah, something like that.

[Lloyd's room is more conveniently positioned, on the second level below deck. He wouldn't be thrilled with having a room so deep in the belly of the ship, either, whether it's called a basement or a more maritime appropriate name.]

And good for you. Doin' time sucks. Guess your lucky streak is at end, though. [He says it in a commiserating if matter of fact sort of way, not like he's trying to rub it in Zach's face.] At least here you don't gotta share a cell with some farting asshole, the facilities are good, and the guards aren't even really guards. It's pretty soft as far as that goes -- security is more minimum than minimum.

[strangehistorian]

Well, before you encounter your first one you should be warned! They are magical anomalies that can change either the structure of the ship or her inhabitants - both temporarily.

[maced_eggs]

...I've no idea what the fuck you're on about. But it sounds terrible.

[video]

[barewicked]

[Scruffy Edward brightens visibly at that. He's sure there are plenty of people who won't be so kind.]

It's Zach Palmer.

[He scratches his arm, and flashes her a little smile.]

So, uh, what'd you do, Tiff?

[barewicked]

So I might not have to go back down the dungeon every night? I mean, if no one's arsed?

[Like, what if he just crashed with you, for a bit, Lloyd? That'd probably be fine, wouldn't it? You seem like you'd be cool with that.

The comment about prison makes Zach curious, though. Lloyd didn't immediately seem to him like the criminal type, possibly because the American accent conjures visions of Mickey Mouse and wholesome Hollywood fun, but it seems apparent that there's more to Lloyd than just that.]

You been inside before yourself though, yeah? What'd you do?

[Zach Palmer, master of tact!]

[barewicked]

Right, he's one of those types. Never heard of him, like, but I know the type. Is he American?

[barewicked]

Oh yeah? And there's no way to like... pass on them, is there?

[barewicked]

It is, but looking like the fit vampire in it's done well for me, hasn't it? So don't knock it.

[video]

[tucky]

Tiffany. And what do you mean, what did I do?

[She starts walking, gesturing for him to follow.]

[fridgetothefire]

I think it's incredibly likely, myself.

He makes announcements, sometime, you can try to figure it out yourself.

[strangehistorian]

They don't hit every person every time! But, unfortunately, there is no way to willingly stop effects as far as we have been able to determine.

[maced_eggs]

Not another bloody vampire. We've just got rid of the last one.

[tucky]

new guys calling me tiff cuz he heard you say it are you sure hes not your twin

[badgerms]

Ain't no use yellin' at anyone. Ain't no one listenin' who's gonna care, boo.