Daily Routines & Handwaved CR Meme, VOLUME 2

[light_mischief]

Handwaved CR Meme

The passengers have been living on this ship for a while now, and it's likely that they've fallen into certain habits and routines. Little things have become part of their day, from lunch dates with friends, to quiet nights in the library, or long-standing blood feuds. Even the newest passengers have likely found themselves some common haunts and familiar faces. This is a meme to talk about, flesh out, and collaborate on some of those behind-the-scenes moments and routines!

1. Post a comment with your character's name & cabin number in the header, and give us an idea of what sort of things they get up to around the ship! Be as detailed or as vague as you'd like.
2. Talk about what kind of handwaved CR you can inspire! Is your character the type to stop and chat with friends on the promenade? Are they consistently the highest score on multiple arcade cabinets? IDK, you tell me!
3. When you look at other characters' routines, you might notice some moments that line up! Even if your characters are total strangers, they might see each other at the buffet every day, or maybe they're unwittingly competing for the high score on DDR. And close CR might mean weekly dinners, book clubs, sparring sessions every morning... like I said, this is where you shine!!
4. This is also a good chance to handwave characters exchanging contact information, generating some more inbox threads!

TLDR: write about your character's life on the ship and then compare notes with other people, find CR, ???, profit

(Last meme, for those who might need it!)

Comments

Palamedes Sextus, Room 105

[hellonspectacles]

Pal is a weirdo nerd who can often be seen camped out in various parts of the ship surrounded by books and notes. Some of his favorite haunts are:

--> The Library. A pretty common place for him to camp out, sometimes for a full day or more. He has even been known to fall asleep there. Sometimes, when he stressed or working through something complex, he starts to put the books on the bookshelves in Dewy Decimal order.

--> Sand Dollars. He enjoys the cookies and the weird coffee drinks. Is definitely That Guy in the coffee shop who spreads out his stuff over the biggest table and works for hours.

--> the Atrium. Also known to camp out here sometimes because he thinks the chairs are cozy.

--> the Infirmary. Pal doesn't spend hours on end here, but he usually has a couple of experiments set up in test tubes and petri dishes. He has been quietly trying to figure out if "dying" aboard leaves any physiological traces, and while he hasn't discovered anything, he hasn't given up yet. Any samples he leaves out are labeled P. Sextus, Room 105. DO NOT TOUCH.

Other random things:

--> Pal's schedule varies pretty wildly, as he can often hyper-fixate on a project and forget to eat or drink. He takes his meals when he remembers, or when someone reminds him, usually at the buffet, since it allows him to graze and drink tea at all hours.

--> Pal is friendly and usually happy to share what he's working on, but isn't big on smalltalk. With close CR particularly, he is very happy to just sit with someone quietly without chatting at all.

--> He texts his CR random stuff he learns on the regular. Some of this is useful and metaplot related, but sometimes it's just like, 'Dear friend, Did you know that most of the ship's light fixtures use about 15 watts of electricity? PS.'

--> Though they aren't really telling people, Pal and Clarke are what you could call an item. They're not big on PDA, but people will certainly see them spending a lot of time together. During the month of October, Clarke basically lived in his cabin. Since he got a roommate, she's there less, but still pretty regularly there.

--> He almost always has a pencil, a small measuring tape, a pocket magnifying glass, a bone shard, a handkerchief, and a pocket knife on his person. He will let people borrow these things if they need them, just ask nicely and give them back.

--> Since the October plot, Pal has been making it widely known that he is available to ward people's cabins, making them impenetrable to ghosts. He can also ward cabins against specific people if you're into that, but he might have follow-up questions if you ask him to. hmu if your character would be interested and/or you want more deets.

[neverleave]

Natsuno started texting back inane trivia.

'Did you know that in the past people thought zombies eat brains? Do YOUR zombies eat brains? Also you don't need to sign your texts.'

[hellonspectacles]

You know Pal will respond with complete sincerity every time!

'Why would constructs eat brains? Tell me more about these brain-eating zombies.

PS'

[astrogator]

Ari will take note of the experiments! as he's left his room number, she might text him about one of them at some point to ask what he's trying to test.

[hellonspectacles]

yeesss, excellent! Feel free to hit up his inbox or handwave that they've talked about it. I keep wanting to have them meet (space kid high five!) and this seems like it could be an excellent opportunity to do so.

[not_the_last]

Cassandra's also in the library a great deal; they've very probably crossed paths. She'd also like to ask him about ghost wards sometime.

[hellonspectacles]

Yay excellent! Since she is one of his experiment test subjects, he probably gives her updates when they see each other (not that there are a lot of updates, haha). And he would be happy to tell her about the wards! He veeery much wants to stop people from being possessed again, so he wants to protect as much of the ship as he can.

[not_the_last]

Excellent.

Also, and I should have asked this sooner because of her thread with Gideon: would Palamedes have mentioned either "necromancy/necromancer" or "Sixth House" to Cassandra at any point?

[hellonspectacles]

Ooo, good question! Hmm, there's a good chance that he would have mentioned them in passing. But if the thread is more fun if Cassandra doesn't know anything, then you can assume he didn't say anything about them or didn't say much.

[not_the_last]

I think it's funnier if she doesn't know and it comes up later. :D We shall have to have them talk again at some point.

[hellonspectacles]

Ahahah, I do love that idea. All the more reason for them to talk more soon!

Re: Palamedes Sextus, Room 105

[redlightgreenlight]

Valdis also spends a lot of time at the libary, and of course they are roommates and she definitely knows about Clarke, but pointedly does not ever mention it to him. She avoids the room when she knows Clarke is there in order to maintain that separation. She definitely checks his board for new information from time to time.

Re: Palamedes Sextus, Room 105

[hellonspectacles]

ahahaha somehow the fact that she never mentions him and Clarke will make him even more self-conscious, which is hilarious. I love it.

[redlightgreenlight]

That is likely exactly why she does it lol.

[hellonspectacles]

This is why we love her. :D

[redlightgreenlight]

I am glad!

[wedobonesmotherfucker]

Congrats dear sweet SexPal, you now have a Gideon to show up and bother you in the library, and also find you in the Sand Dollar to find out what the latest is.

[hellonspectacles]

This will absolutely delight him at first, but I'm sure that at some point he will start to sigh and roll his eyes whenever she interrupts him. In a loving way.

Also, Gideon Nav now has a subscription to Palamedes Sextus' Top Nerd Facts. Aka, she will be getting random texts from him with mostly-useless 'fun' facts on a regular basis.

[fonomena]

Oh the lil blood samples in the infirmary wrt death experiments do remind me that Jade has died a couple times by now, and probably noticed/asked about these tests Pal has been running some time ago as well! If you want we could handwave that Jade agreed to offer over a blood sample of his own way back after the first death in the battle royale, if you think Pal might have requested as much at that time? He'd be down to provide a second sample at some point too, considering his...second death now haha rip, though actually maybe we'd want to thread that to dovetail it into that eventual mutual-lab-nerding session we wanna do sometime...!

[hellonspectacles]

Yes to all of this!! I think Pal would have asked at some point post- Battle Royale. Not immediately because he does have some tact, but a little while after. He appreciates Jade's support and participation! :D

And oooo yes, he may need to start a "Second Death" phase of the experiment ahahah! I'm happy to handwave that it has already happen or bring it up when they have their nerdfest, whichever you prefer!

WHICH REMINDS ME: I just remembered that Pal was going to give Jade a nerdy lab day for his birthday. If you still want to do that, I can start something up for us! But if you've got too much going on, we can do it later instead!

[fonomena]

Bless you Pal, tact in the face of Science is always so much harder than people think it would be...! It was definitely very appreciated tho

But ooh, in fact I'd still be down for that tbh! If you're up for starting something in that vein we can definitely get it rolling, I'm just wrapping myself in the blanket of backtags for the foreseeable future at this point lmao. A whole nerdy lab day for a birthday that's so cute Pal wtf, a man after Jade's own heart truly...!

In fact I think we could probably kick that nerdy lab day session off with Jade donating the Round 2 Blood, if you like! Get all the science ducks consolidated together that way 🎉

[hellonspectacles]

Whoops, I never replied to this?? But yes! I will gladly get things started, and I love the idea of discussing the Round 2 Blood experiment as part of the thread. Will let you know when I've written something up! And we can, of course, backtag it forever. :D