Abandoned At Sea Signup

Hey, all...

Interest/signup check. I might not run this if it launches, but in any case, here's the initial setup:

You (starring as yourself) and some follow individuals are passengers of a 142-foot private sailing ship in the South Pacific, when upon waking up one day in the early morning light streaming through the stateroom porthole, the entire crew of seven has apparently departed, leaving the passengers to their fate.

All three lifeboats and dingys appear to be missing. The bridge hatch is locked, as is the two access hatches to the lower deck where the crews quarters, cargo storage and engineering spaces - all are of steel construction. The galley is open, as is the common areas, but no breakfast meal was started. The sails are stowed and there is no wind. Electrical power seems to be totally secured, as the diesel engines are not running, and neither is the auxiliary plant, which lends an eerie quietness to the scene. Gentle waves lap against the sides of the hull.

The schedule was to have made a port call in Tahiti about five days away for about a week of island sunshine, followed by another week leisurly-slow trip to Hawaii, where everyone was to disembark. You have all been on the ship for about five days at this point, so it's safe to assume that eveyone at least has met each other in passing, and have had a chance to talk before waking up to... being abandoned?

(also: unless some of you wish to sign up as mutual family members or as significant others, then everyone signed up for the trip on their own and stayed in single-bunk staterooms, and everyone has a typical assortment of luggage in their staerooms, limited to three bags per person - firearms and knives larger than three inches were not allowed on the ship.)

I'd love it if we could play as ourselves, but name-changing to protect the guil -er, innocent, is nifty. Well, maybe a little padding to make us a bit cooler than we really are, if you need it.

Post up your name, age, gender, and a brief description, to show that you're interested.

I'm looking for up to ten passengers, but we can settle for less.

Any questions?

cool, if it gets going count me in...only question(s) are,is the boat anywhere near civilization (since weve been going for five days) and is it possible any non-seaworthy crew members got left behind?(chef, janitor,maid etc)

Name:Dailyn Shepard

Age:15

Gender:M

Race:Ambiguously Brown

A smart if not cynical,sarcastic and neurotic person, who did exceedingly well in school this year and earned himself a vacation and time off from the family, however, incredibly anti-social, so much in fact if your not a close friend you wont see the overly internet-absorbed insanity a pacifistic oxymoronic tactical traits of a video-game loving teen.

edited 5th Nov '10 7:48:50 PM by DarcstheNeurotic

Answer about remaining crew: Wasn't planning on it, no. The gist is that they all left due to [deleted for security concerns] and all that remains are the passengers. Most crew members wore many hats on board, so the chief steward was also the licensed nurse and so on. Welcome aboard, young sir, although you were probably bored out of your mind on the cruise, unless you found someone to engage in some mental sparring with. Maybe some chess games back aft after dinner time with someone...

Answer concerning land: A savvy passenger might have been paying attention to where the ship was, based off of what the crew told them - which might not be very accurate. Roughly a third of the distance between the Cook Islands and Tahiti, more towards the Cook Islands. Perhaps, if what we've been told is accurate, we're near the Island of Mauke or Mitiaro. Again, that's info only a curious passenger would bother to ask about, as some might be too busy enjoying themselves prior to waking up abandoned to really care, as long as the alcohol was still being served (if they were of drinking age and cared to imbibe) and the meals were on time. I've been on two cruise ships - to stretch the time out, they'll take their sweet time getting from place to place, just to give passengers a chance to relax on board. Or, they'll do a flurry of port calls so people can stretch their legs a bit.

I'll have to revise the timetable: We were supposed to be at Tahiti sooner, but had been told that there were some delays on getting there on time. Next thing we know, the crew is gone and we're adrift.

edited 14th Oct '10 1:47:16 AM by pvtnum11

I'm in! Just let me write my new character out, seeing as Charlie is, you know, dead.

Wait, we're playing ourselves? We weren't playing ourselves the first time around, were we?

I was trying to play myself. Makes it fairly easy to be consistent, as I don't have to make a whole bunch of stuff up, and I'm pretty happy with who I am.

...although I could stand to lose about ten pounds.

If you wish to rehash your previous version in this alternate reality, that's fine - don't feel pressured to create something totally new. If (and it's a big if) I'm a passenger on this voyage to nowhere, I'll be myself.

edited 14th Oct '10 1:45:54 AM by pvtnum11

I'm playing as myself. The tall, ginger me.

^ So, 16/F/kind of tall and red-headed, then? (off your contributor page) Sounds like your trip was a summer/fall vacation trip kind of thing.

If I'm a passenger: Egon, 33 year old white male. A few gray strands visible in otherwise brown hair. Slightly pudgy middle section. About 5-foot-7. Not tanning at all (I blame my Scottish and Irish ancestry), so wears a long-sleeved shirt, slacks and a hat at all time on the boat. Frequently plays chess back aft, or is buried in his cabin with his laptop talking to his wife and three-year-old via Skype - when the internet connection works, which is not often (usually only when we were making a port call). Generally friendly, quiet, but will chat freely with just about anyone, especially about geeky nerdy stuff. Takes great interest in how the ship is ran.

Of course, I might narrate instead. Easier to do stuff if I'm not splitting my attention into RP and narration, yes?

So, would it be possible to play as an Ambiguous Gender character if this fits us IRL?

^^ Indeed. But I'll change my name.

^^ Erm... I'm not following, here... You mean that you'll look ambiguous? Not a problem, I think.

So its okay to be Ambiguously Brown then, cool much more like me..

edited 21st Oct '10 6:32:56 PM by DarcstheNeurotic

Okay, more background information for those who are interested:

Over the last five days spent aboard, observant passengers may have noted a few irregularities in behavior among some of the crew members. The crew berthed on the lower deck, but passengers who were berthed in forward staterooms may have heard an argument the evening prior to the crew disappering, and the evening before that. No definite words could be made out, though. Those passengers aft might have woken up in the middle of the night as a series of bumps - as if something hitting the hull - could be heard.

The Chief Steward wasn't seen by anyone yeserday, so the bar was closed. One of the deckhands, if they were questioned, hemmed and hawed about "he wasn't feeling well" or something.

The evening meal back aft on the deck was rather simpler (turkey tettrazini) in comparison to what is normally served (four-course meals), and also seemed to be rushed. Some excuse about the galley having a problem or something, but all should be fine for the breakfast meal tomorrow... The after-dinner entertainment was also rather short - and sometime after that, everyone felt rather sleepy and ended up retiring to their staterooms after a gentle prodding by the crew.

Eh, must have been the heavy meal, right? Pleasant dreams as all drift to sleep eventually, to wake up to... what? Where's the morning coffee? The wakeup calls? Where's breakfast? Where's the crew?!?

edited 14th Oct '10 2:39:45 PM by pvtnum11

I'm in, playing as myself. Same as I did in Shipwrecked.

Not literally the same person, though. I can't think of a reason why he would ever go on a boat again.

^^^^I meant as in their gender isn't known from the start (maybe it's revealed later).

^ You managed to keep it up in the air for five days before the crew left? Dude, go get a tan.

^^ Neat, although, since this is some alternate reality thingy-bopper, the events which transired on the island did not happen here. So, feel free to play yourself a second time. Different setup, different plot, and (hopefully) a different feel to it this time. I had wanted to do this with the original thread, but it got kind of whack and a fresh start allows us to get this off on the right foot from the word go.

For all we know, this could be the very ship we abandoned in the previous thread. Only this time, there's no lifeboatst to abandon it with.

I'm not expecting or forseeing combat of any kind, unless people flip out and start taking swings at each other. Not likely, as there's no bodies to freak people out and the ship is stocked with weeks of food and beverages. Only problem for the immediate future is that all the power to the ship seems to have been turned off. Once that's up, then hot food, hot running water and a radio to call for help is easily attainable.

So, every drama needs a challenge and a goal.

Challenge: You're all left alone on a ship, and some stuff I haven't revealed yet (or whoever GM's this).

Goal: Get help, and get home.

Seems pretty simple. Now I'm off to generate some notes. Like, what you will find belowdecks and in the bridge, which are currently locked as our story opens.

Any other questions?

edited 14th Oct '10 2:57:56 PM by pvtnum11

Nice. I think I would like a deeper personality this time around, though. I should probably have a real name for this game, but I can't seem to think of a good one. This happens every time I need to make up a name.

That was why im on the ship here's my physical description

Brown enough eyes to be called black, curly black hair that just kinda does what it wants as long as its covered in my white bucket hat[1]◊, always wearing Over-sized baggy khakis or jeans that are firmly held up by a (almost invisible) black belt, since coming from a place with constantly shifting temperature has an array of colorful t-shirts,button down shirts and a lucky green hoody with the griffin embroidered i always carry around, also either wears no shoes or running shoes, coupled with a one strap black book bag that carried all of mai non-clothing miscellaneous items(may or may-not carry around), really skinny and tall (130lbs, 5'10) that and skin that's naturally tanned to appear as almost any race or ethnicity and a face that's always either focused or sleepy with only a few pubescent bumps.

edited 19th Oct '10 1:39:58 PM by DarcstheNeurotic

^ If you got gadgets or a favorite book in the bag, I can envision you carrying it all over the confines of the ship, just in case you felt like reading on a couch back aft, or busting out a game. But, with only 142 feet of boat, not a whole lot of places to go. We were barred access to the bridge (only got a 10-cent quick tour of it first day) and havne't been on the lowest deck, ever. You would definitely had the bag on you when we made last port call - which was... ...I'll figure that out.

The deck immediately below the weather deck (the large open deck on "top") is the mid-deck where our cabins and staterooms are, as well as some stuff I haven't figured out yet. Long narrow corridor runs most of the legnth of the mid-deck, terminating forward at the forward master suite. The smaller single-bunk cabins (where the singles will be at) are located towards the aft end of the ship. Any couples we may have would be berthed in two-bunk staterooms - but due to size restructions, the two bunks are literally bunk beds. Only the master suite forward has a queen-sized bed in it. A gangway down to the lower deck is blocked by a hatch, and it is locked.

The weather deck has two structures on it - forward is the wheelhouse, otherwise known as the bridge, and the first aid station. Captain of the ship stayed in there, as well. The door to enter it is locked. The aft structure is the galley and stuff like that. Gangway down to the mid-deck is there. The davits for the two lifeboats and the zodiac boat are empty. The two vertical masts are naturally found up here, too. lots of covered seating, dining space for everyone and an entertainment center with a flat-screen TV and plenty of couch space to lounge on. (NAPTIME! I call dibs on the comfy one! ...wearing the skimpy outfits I spotted on the actual page is entirely optional.) Might have done some Wii or something for fun one night before our rude awakening. (or watched The Perfect Storm for teh lulz, even.)

Anything else I should mention about the setting?

edited 14th Oct '10 5:31:14 PM by pvtnum11

Looks pretty good.

Hmmm, only four passengers. I'll give it a few more days.

Name: Edmond (Eddy) Hawkings
Age: 21
Descripton: The guy who taught Todd how to whittle. Has the Face of a Thug, is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. Has some survival skills, but they're more suited to the forests than the seas.

Outstanding, welcome aboard. I think I'll hold off for one more person.

Definitely in. This sounds way too good to pass up.

Let's see...her name is Piper Brandon. She's in her late teens but looks younger, due to childlike facial features and a short stature. Her hair is a deep, dark brown and falls a little bit past her shoulders. Pale-skinned, faint freckles across her face and shoulders, large blue eyes, small mouth. Dresses in t-shirts (usually with the name of some obscure band) and denim shorts with a pair of worn-out flip-flops that are most often kicked off her feet at the first chance she gets. An ordinarily calm, rather quiet individual, although she can dish out the snark when she wants to. Usually has a pair of headphones in. Aspires to be an artist, and is therefore oftentimes found sketching on the deck. Was on the boat visiting her cousin, who worked as one of the kitchen staff, and is therefore concerned about his wherabouts. Her cousin was instructed to look after her, but she had a cabin to herself. She has no other family onboard, and is rather distraught at having been left completely to her own devices, as she came from a rather sheltered upbringing and has never been out on her own before.

Yeesh. That's quite the intro XD