At Sea, 1978 (Monday, February 23rd)

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Hope you'd all gotten settled in nice and snug last night, folks, because today is going to be spent out at sea. No stops, no fancy sights, no tourist traps: just you, the ocean, and the wonders of the late 70s.

You want drinks? There's drinks. You want pools? There's pools. You want disco?

Oh, there's disco...

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The Ship

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The Pacific Princess--or the Love Boat, as the crew keeps winkingly calling it--is large enough, if a little heavy on shag carpet, beige furniture and weird modern art installations. There's plenty of space to ramble, so take your time and explore!

Rooms

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Everyone will find their berths on the Aloha Deck, with outside twin rooms (that have either twin beds or a double for your moddable needs) that provide a view of the ocean as it goes past. (Keep the NSFW in private journals, please!)

Room 102

[furnaceface]

Jono briefly flirted with the idea of wandering out to look around the ship today. But that would have involved dressing fancy (or at least dressing passably decently) and socializing.

Some days were just not 'socializing' days.

So, he was opting for a 'stay in for as long as possible before somebody could bully him out of the room' approach, content to sit on the edge of his bed and play on the acoustic guitar he'd brought along. They were in the late 70s? Then he was going to play Nick Lowe and The Clash and the Ramones until somebody beat down the door to tell him to stop.

Was it a year too early to play London Calling?

Was that going to stop Jono?

Food

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Explore the various buffets around the ship! There's one on either side of the pool on Lido deck! Eat nothing but dessert if you want! No one's gonna judge. Much.

Re: Food

[shippedtomaine]

Emma was in fact eating mainly dessert items, largely because it was the thing that most resembled actual food.

Re: Food

[teashopconman.livejournal.com]

Before partaking of the ship's other amenities, Hatter sat down for a big breakfast and a cup of tea. It might be the only trip he got to take on the school's tab so he was going to enjoy it.

Re: Food

[not_a_moonie]

Alana spent some time pacing the buffet trying to decide what looked the least gross, and ended up with a piece of pizza and some fruit. They were both pretty good, especially if she graded on a curve.

Entertainment Hall

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You're on a cruise ship in 1978. You know you want to see a live show. And oh, this is a live show all right, pulling all the stops: sparkles! Sequins! Disco! Yes, it's Sparkle's Very Worst Nightmare!

Re: Entertainment Hall

[seeks_truth]

... and Cassandra's.

She had walked into the hall accidentally. It had been an accident. And then someone had closed the doors behind her.

Now she was just... standing there, her hand held up to her face, her expression a silent scream of horror.

"Andraste save us all."

Re: Entertainment Hall

[sith_happened]

"And I thought Mon Cal ballet was terrible," Anakin muttered, sinking into his chair and wondering if it was overkill to try to blind himself with a fork or something.

Re: Entertainment Hall

[throughaphase]

Kitty knew Dazzler. You'd better believe she showed up for a disco show, and took video. She may not be able to send it yet, but that didn't mean she couldn't have it on her phone.

Pools

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Maybe you're in the mood for a swim on the Lido Deck? Of course you are. There's another pool further aft, if you prefer it.

Lido Deck Pool

[giveherahand]

It was a good thing that Mara didn't have a great deal for her authentic (thank you, gift shop!) bikini to hold in...because there wasn't a lot to her bikini.

She wasn't going to be out in the sun long, because the shop only sold baby oil and looked at her weirdly when she asked for sunblock. There was blending into the locals and there was catching on fire due to redheadedness. So for now, she had giant sunglasses, barely there swimwear and a trashy paperback she was pretending to read while she soaked up appropriate pop culture references and slang from around her.

She was already deeply tired of being hit on.

Lido Deck Pool

[flickofthewrist]

Flick hadn't made it back to his room last night. That was probably not a good thing but whatever, he really hadn't been thinking.

Instead, he'd had too much to drink and ended up on a lounger near the pool, asleep. He was still there this morning, awake and using his sunglasses to block the bright light.

He probably needed to go back to his room but he wasn't moving just yet. The sun was warm and the lounger was comfortable and his head was pounding. So, staying still was a thing.

Lido Deck Pool

[theheadkid.livejournal.com]

Travis was pretty stoked to be able to swim. He'd have called Hatton and Kyle to gloat if his phone worked. Alas, he'd just have to hope they believed him when he did get back to working technology.

Now, he was just going to dive in and enjoy.

Re: Pools

[not_every_mage]

Anders wasn't actually much of a swimmer, but with a full day at sea and little else to do, it seemed like a good time to try to change that. He changed into the shorts he'd bought in the gift shop and lowered himself into the water for some dog-paddling that eventually turned into slightly more ambitious swimming.

Re: Pools

[notaweenie.livejournal.com]

Barry was at the bar of the pool being served a Shirley Temple with extra cherries from the bartender who... well seemed to be working everywhere on the ship.

Barry pondered briefly if he had some sort of time traveling device or had merely cloned himself.

Re: Pools

[iceolatedqueen.livejournal.com]

Attempting to drink down some liquid courage would've been a terrible idea for Elsa, really. Horrible, in fact. But if Elsa made big, sad enough eyes at the bartender, he'd give her as many virgin sangrias as her heart desired, and that was... helpful.

Helpful-ish.

She was wearing her bathing suit under her dress just in case she suddenly felt exceptionally brave, but mostly she was staring at the water in the pool because it happened to not be the massive expanse of water that was not in the pool, and so help her, she was never talking herself into going on a ship again for as long as she lived.

Sun Deck

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Enjoy the view or play a game of shuffleboard! Does anyone under 80 know how to play shuffleboard?

Re: Sun Deck

[suitably_heroic]

You know, Atton hadn't realized how long it'd been since he'd last had to break out the Earth clothes. Getting used to t-shirts (the heavy-duty Jedi-style pants looked Earth enough to stick around) all over again, pulling on the short sleeves every now and again because they fell weird.

But hey, at least he'd been smart enough to pack a Metallica t-shirt so he didn't feel like as much of a moron as most of these people looked.

He hung around the sun deck, watching people pass on by. Kinda staring at that shuffleboard thing.

Re: Sun Deck

[doesnotkneel]

Edward could have spent time within the ship itself, enjoying the free food. And in any other situation, he would have.

But he was on a ship. At full sea. He'd long since had dreams of this, and while the ship was nothing like what he'd imagined...

Yeah, he was practically hanging over the railing, staring at the water and grinning broadly.

Re: Sun Deck

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

Okay, Four hadn't realized just how high this ship was last night and was feeling a little queasy as he stared down at the water, but he was Dauntless and so he'd stay up on the Sun Deck just to be a stubborn son of a bitch, and also because he was a little mesmerized by the terrifyingly tanned old people playing shuffleboard.

Seriously, it was like they were made out of mahogany or something. Yikes.

Shopping

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There are plenty of shops spread out across the boat. Buy some more weather-appropriate clothing! Get gaudy souvenirs! Send a postcard! Maybe it'll even get to its final destination someday!

OOC

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Confession: I've never seen an episode of the Love Boat.

Re: OOC

[suitably_heroic]

Double confession: I know how to play shuffleboard.

Just not the American version. The other one.