Glee | TDTNS: All Aboard the Titania | Kurt & Co [2 of 5]
Started my daily ficlets to make the hiatus pass, then decided to keep going with a 2nd cycle and then a 3rd, all through to a 23rd. Now cycle 24!
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"THE DAY THE TITANIA NEARLY SANK"
2. ALL ABOARD THE TITANIA
Murder Mystery #3 [chapters on days 485, 489, 491, 493, 495]
Characters
Artie as Daniel Davidson
Tina as Clare Davidson
Mike as James Jensen
Brittany as Amelia Jensen
Finn as Stewart Stevenson
Rachel as Angela Stevenson
Mercedes as Teresa Thomas
Santana as Lara Wyler
Matt as George Avery
and
Kurt as Captain Cliff Cartwright
As soon as he would start putting his costume on, he would start feeling the excitement. Things were falling into place, now all he needed was for his guests to start arriving. As he was attempting to present the upper class deck of the great ship Titania, he’d tried to step it up a notch. His father had to hide the credit card or else he would have come to a nasty surprise when a bill came in… but this was good now…
Just as both times before, Artie was the first to arrive; this time around he was accompanied by his pretend-wife, Tina. Even before they had reached the bottom of the stairs, Kurt could see Tina start to live and move as Clare Davidson. There was a different bounce in her step, different look on her face… She kept it silent for the moment, seeing as Mr. Hummel and Mr. Abrams were still there, but once they were gone, she actually managed to crank it up… he didn’t think that was doable.
“My, my, Daniel would you look at this place,” she spoke with general amusement. Now looking at the boy in the wheelchair, Daniel Davidson was making himself seen.
“Magnificent,” he agreed. “You must be the captain,” he bowed his head to him.
“Yes, Sir, welcome to the Titania,” he reached to shake his hand. “Your bags have been taken to your cabin, so feel free to join the passengers in the dining hall,” he indicated with his hand.
“Thanks, Captain!” Clare gave a lively call to the man before following her husband along. He might have chatted with them longer if not for the fact that he had seen a next pair of passengers making their way down the stairs. It was the Stevensons, or at least it would be once Rachel and Finn reached the bottom of the stairs. If her chin was any higher she wouldn’t be able to see a thing… in fact she nearly tripped and fell down the stairs. If it hadn’t been for Finn catching her in time…
“Well this is… quaint,” she pressed the word as they arrived. “Isn’t it, dear?”
“Y… yes, yes it is,” he nodded, not quite stepped into those new shoes. It took a moment, but then there it was, if only to a point.
“Welcome to the Titania, I’m your Captain…” he started, and Angela Stevenson turned to him, first observing his hat and then reaching to it.
“You sure are,” she nodded, nearly touching the hat before he stopped her. She gave a small pout but then smiled and moved on, taking hold of her new husband’s arm as she spotted, “Ooh, cocktails!”
Upstairs, Burt was playing doorman despite himself, counting off the number of people left to arrive as he let them in. Most of them would speak a quick ‘Hey Mr. Hummel,’ before moving right along to the basement. If this was their first time then they’d ask where the basement was, too, but that was it. He’d never gotten the kind of request he did when Mercedes walked in the door. “Hey, Mr. Hummel, can I ask you something?” she spoke as she moved in and he moved to close the door… only to have it nearly hit him in the face, with Santana and Matt ducking in just in time.
“Hey, Mr. Hummel!” Santana called before leading Matt to the basement. Burt sighed, turning to Mercedes again.
“Go ahead,” he nodded.
“Think I can borrow you for a couple minutes?” she asked.
“Borrow me for what?” he asked, and she smiled.
Downstairs, or rather on the Titania, the Captain had given something of a dirty eye to his two staff members, Lara and George, for almost missing the boat, but they had just run right by without a care. Now he turned his attention back to the stairs, especially for what he saw next. Passenger Teresa Thomas, escorted in by a man known to the world outside that basement door as… his father, Burt Hummell. He wasn’t sure what he was doing, until he started to speak.
“K… Captain,” he spoke like an uncomfortable actor. “Here’s Miss Thomas for you,” he put Mercedes’ hand to Kurt. “You know what to do,” he bowed his head, then he looked to Mercedes, who gave him a quick little nod. “Right,” he smiled and went back upstairs.
“Miss Thomas, I trust everything will be to your liking, I wouldn’t want any … upsets.”
“Not at all, Captain,” she gave her word with a collected face. He let her go on and meet the others before looking around.
“Wyler, Avery!” he called to the pair of them from the entertainment ‘department’. They walked up to him, and he crossed his arms. “I better not see any behavior the way I heard of from the previous sail, or I’m dropping you off in England and I’m not bringing you back, understood?”
“Yes, Sir,” George gave a quick response, almost frightened.
“Oh, come on, Cliffy, let’s not talk like that,” Lara sidled up to him with a smirk, tugging at his jacket. He reached for her hand to pull her off, though he held the moment for a beat.
“We’ve agreed, no more of this,” he warned, though not unaffected. She smiled, straightened his jacket before heading off with George. The Captain cleared his throat, re-straightening the jacket as he looked to the stairs. As it was, the next couple was entering. Coming down the stairs, even as they were still Mike and Brittany, they had adopted their personas… He looked strong and in charge, and she quietly, softly hung on to his arm. “Mr. Jensen, welcome to the Titania. I was sorry to hear about your father’s passing, he was a valued guest of this ship for years.”
“Thank you, Captain,” he showed no emotions.
“And Mrs. Jensen, of course,” the Captain turned to the wife still at James Jensen’s side. She bowed her head and said nothing. “Please, let me show you to the dining hall, we’re about to take off, and dinner will be served. Once the Jensens joined the others, they were all guided to the dinner table, where they all had their meal. The Captain ate with them, while Lara and George had their own table to the side. It was midway through the dessert that the Captain got up to put up a sign by the stairs: “Three days at sea…” Now the Titania was nowhere near shore, nowhere near help…
THE END
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 01] [Cycle 02] [Cycle 03] [Cycle 04] [Cycle 05]
[Cycle 06] [Cycle 07] [Cycle 08] [Cycle 09] [Cycle 10]
[Cycle 11] [Cycle 12] [Cycle 13] [Cycle 14] [Cycle 15]
[Cycle 16] [Cycle 17] [Cycle 18] [Cycle 19] [Cycle 20]
[Cycle 21] [Cycle 22] [Cycle 23]
[Cycle 24]
[484] [485] [486] [487] [488]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "The Day the Titania Nearly Sank: 2. All Aboard the Titania"
Pairing: Kurt, Tina, Mercedes, Finn, Rachel, Artie, Brittany, Santana, Mike, Matt
Rating: G
Summary: Kurt's new murder mystery dinner takes his players out to cruise the ocean...
Spoilers: None...
if you have things you would like to see get written, pleeease drop by the suggestion box. The link is further down!
"THE DAY THE TITANIA NEARLY SANK"
2. ALL ABOARD THE TITANIA
Murder Mystery #3 [chapters on days 485, 489, 491, 493, 495]
Characters
Artie as Daniel Davidson
Tina as Clare Davidson
Mike as James Jensen
Brittany as Amelia Jensen
Finn as Stewart Stevenson
Rachel as Angela Stevenson
Mercedes as Teresa Thomas
Santana as Lara Wyler
Matt as George Avery
and
Kurt as Captain Cliff Cartwright
As soon as he would start putting his costume on, he would start feeling the excitement. Things were falling into place, now all he needed was for his guests to start arriving. As he was attempting to present the upper class deck of the great ship Titania, he’d tried to step it up a notch. His father had to hide the credit card or else he would have come to a nasty surprise when a bill came in… but this was good now…
Just as both times before, Artie was the first to arrive; this time around he was accompanied by his pretend-wife, Tina. Even before they had reached the bottom of the stairs, Kurt could see Tina start to live and move as Clare Davidson. There was a different bounce in her step, different look on her face… She kept it silent for the moment, seeing as Mr. Hummel and Mr. Abrams were still there, but once they were gone, she actually managed to crank it up… he didn’t think that was doable.
“My, my, Daniel would you look at this place,” she spoke with general amusement. Now looking at the boy in the wheelchair, Daniel Davidson was making himself seen.
“Magnificent,” he agreed. “You must be the captain,” he bowed his head to him.
“Yes, Sir, welcome to the Titania,” he reached to shake his hand. “Your bags have been taken to your cabin, so feel free to join the passengers in the dining hall,” he indicated with his hand.
“Thanks, Captain!” Clare gave a lively call to the man before following her husband along. He might have chatted with them longer if not for the fact that he had seen a next pair of passengers making their way down the stairs. It was the Stevensons, or at least it would be once Rachel and Finn reached the bottom of the stairs. If her chin was any higher she wouldn’t be able to see a thing… in fact she nearly tripped and fell down the stairs. If it hadn’t been for Finn catching her in time…
“Well this is… quaint,” she pressed the word as they arrived. “Isn’t it, dear?”
“Y… yes, yes it is,” he nodded, not quite stepped into those new shoes. It took a moment, but then there it was, if only to a point.
“Welcome to the Titania, I’m your Captain…” he started, and Angela Stevenson turned to him, first observing his hat and then reaching to it.
“You sure are,” she nodded, nearly touching the hat before he stopped her. She gave a small pout but then smiled and moved on, taking hold of her new husband’s arm as she spotted, “Ooh, cocktails!”
Upstairs, Burt was playing doorman despite himself, counting off the number of people left to arrive as he let them in. Most of them would speak a quick ‘Hey Mr. Hummel,’ before moving right along to the basement. If this was their first time then they’d ask where the basement was, too, but that was it. He’d never gotten the kind of request he did when Mercedes walked in the door. “Hey, Mr. Hummel, can I ask you something?” she spoke as she moved in and he moved to close the door… only to have it nearly hit him in the face, with Santana and Matt ducking in just in time.
“Hey, Mr. Hummel!” Santana called before leading Matt to the basement. Burt sighed, turning to Mercedes again.
“Go ahead,” he nodded.
“Think I can borrow you for a couple minutes?” she asked.
“Borrow me for what?” he asked, and she smiled.
Downstairs, or rather on the Titania, the Captain had given something of a dirty eye to his two staff members, Lara and George, for almost missing the boat, but they had just run right by without a care. Now he turned his attention back to the stairs, especially for what he saw next. Passenger Teresa Thomas, escorted in by a man known to the world outside that basement door as… his father, Burt Hummell. He wasn’t sure what he was doing, until he started to speak.
“K… Captain,” he spoke like an uncomfortable actor. “Here’s Miss Thomas for you,” he put Mercedes’ hand to Kurt. “You know what to do,” he bowed his head, then he looked to Mercedes, who gave him a quick little nod. “Right,” he smiled and went back upstairs.
“Miss Thomas, I trust everything will be to your liking, I wouldn’t want any … upsets.”
“Not at all, Captain,” she gave her word with a collected face. He let her go on and meet the others before looking around.
“Wyler, Avery!” he called to the pair of them from the entertainment ‘department’. They walked up to him, and he crossed his arms. “I better not see any behavior the way I heard of from the previous sail, or I’m dropping you off in England and I’m not bringing you back, understood?”
“Yes, Sir,” George gave a quick response, almost frightened.
“Oh, come on, Cliffy, let’s not talk like that,” Lara sidled up to him with a smirk, tugging at his jacket. He reached for her hand to pull her off, though he held the moment for a beat.
“We’ve agreed, no more of this,” he warned, though not unaffected. She smiled, straightened his jacket before heading off with George. The Captain cleared his throat, re-straightening the jacket as he looked to the stairs. As it was, the next couple was entering. Coming down the stairs, even as they were still Mike and Brittany, they had adopted their personas… He looked strong and in charge, and she quietly, softly hung on to his arm. “Mr. Jensen, welcome to the Titania. I was sorry to hear about your father’s passing, he was a valued guest of this ship for years.”
“Thank you, Captain,” he showed no emotions.
“And Mrs. Jensen, of course,” the Captain turned to the wife still at James Jensen’s side. She bowed her head and said nothing. “Please, let me show you to the dining hall, we’re about to take off, and dinner will be served. Once the Jensens joined the others, they were all guided to the dinner table, where they all had their meal. The Captain ate with them, while Lara and George had their own table to the side. It was midway through the dessert that the Captain got up to put up a sign by the stairs: “Three days at sea…” Now the Titania was nowhere near shore, nowhere near help…
THE END
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 01] [Cycle 02] [Cycle 03] [Cycle 04] [Cycle 05]
[Cycle 06] [Cycle 07] [Cycle 08] [Cycle 09] [Cycle 10]
[Cycle 11] [Cycle 12] [Cycle 13] [Cycle 14] [Cycle 15]
[Cycle 16] [Cycle 17] [Cycle 18] [Cycle 19] [Cycle 20]
[Cycle 21] [Cycle 22] [Cycle 23]
[Cycle 24]
[484] [485] [486] [487] [488]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "The Day the Titania Nearly Sank: 2. All Aboard the Titania"
Pairing: Kurt, Tina, Mercedes, Finn, Rachel, Artie, Brittany, Santana, Mike, Matt
Rating: G
Summary: Kurt's new murder mystery dinner takes his players out to cruise the ocean...
Spoilers: None...