Song One

[singmeyoursoul]

Oooookay… This is new. New, and not as classy.

Did I do something to get a downgrade on my room? Because this isn’t quite what I remember going to bed in. Seriously, I’m doing my best here, folks! Do you really need to punish me with screamingly unstylish interior?

And the walkie talkie? What’s up with this thing? This is Vegas, dolls, not Forbes

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[brynkitten]

Ah, you're on the MS Elegante, in uhm, well, the middle of time and space I don't know. You're not in America anymore, or even on Earth.

[singmeyoursoul]

...aw, crapsicles in June. You mean to say this is another dimension?

Geez, I've had about enough of this stuff to last me into my next lifetime. Well, its gotta be better than my last gig.

...unless they've gone all pre-Civil War here, too.

Excuse, miss, itsy-bitsy question, just real quick. Why am I here?

[brynkitten]

Captain and crew say they just "picked us up" or saved us. They say our worlds were all destroyed and that's why but we haven't been offered any proof of that yet. Someone from crew will probably pop up long enough to tell you to chill out until we arrive at the Golden Shore.

I'm Bryn by the way. Don't gotta call me "miss."

[singmeyoursoul]

Sorry. Bryn, got it.

So the Loveboat here is headed to some Golden Shore? Which is probably more like a hell mouth, knowing my run of luck lately.

So if I'm to "chill out," then can I assume we're able to just scamper about around here without having to worry about fingers being sliced off? Or getting concrete boots or anything? Because the kidnapping business, as I understand it, doesn't generally come with freedom of merriment.

[Voice]

[wild_steed]

Why would you be a prisoner? This ship is such a nice place...

Re: [Voice]

[singmeyoursoul]

Nice? Well, that's good to hear.

Nah, the place I just moved out of, there I was a prisoner. Long story, maybe I'll tell it to you someday.

So I've heard this is a ship. What is this dimension? Just one big cruiseliner? They better have a cocktail bar is all I'm saying.

[Voice]

[wild_steed]

Um... I'm not sure what you mean by the 'dimension' part, but there's at least twenty decks to the Elegante, including a few restaraunts and bars.

A lot of people don't seem to like this place at all, though. There's a giant field and many passengers to become friends with, so I'm content!

[shenghuanzhe]

Hey, man. This is First Mate Kage and you're on board the Elegante. We're goin' to the Golden Shore, and until we get there you don't gotta do a thing but sit back and relax.

You got any questions, you need any special diet, you let myself or any other crew member know.

Welcome aboard.

[singmeyoursoul]

Sweetheart, relaxing is what I do best.

Well, that and belting out every word to Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were." God, I love that song.

In any case, it's a pleasure, Kage. And I'll give you a holler if I end up with any of those questions you mentioned. Why don't you go ahead and consider the same for yourself.

[shenghuanzhe]

[This guy... talks a lot.

Kage coughs, unsure of what to make of this.]

Uh, yeah. Awright. Take it easy, man.

[heavyweaponsbot]

Hmpf. Whoever informed you this was Las Vegas is mistaken.

[singmeyoursoul]

Ohh, sounds likes someone's in more of a tissy than a vamp in the sun.

I've since been informed otherwise about the Vegas thing. Turns out the Good Ship Lollipop is more fun anyhow!

[heavyweaponsbot]

... What? What is... a... vamp?

How can you call imprisonment fun?

[singmeyoursoul]

Vamp? Vampire? Sorry, must not have those little buggers here. For the better, I guess.

Well, if you'd had my last job, you'd be bar mitzvah-ing, too.

[rdmcatpaw]

Well, you could always add things by looking through the luggage on deck 12 or in the maze on deck, uh, 14!

Oh, welcome aboard, I'm Catpaw. Those 'walkie talkie' is what everyone on the ship uses to talk to another instead of in person. Not like that's bad or anything even if it does spray you once in a while for being quiet...

[singmeyoursoul]

My, thanks for the heads up, sweetheart! I'll be sure to keep my audio diary updated, then, if it means not getting sprayed.

[He doesn't even want to ask with what.]

Though I do prefer in-person. Hard to read someone very well over electric do-dads when the frequency's jamming up your ear drums.

[rdmcatpaw]

You're welcome.

'Hard to read', what do you mean by that?

[singmeyoursoul]

I read auras, babycakes. Auras, souls, futures, and so on. Just sing me a tune and I set you on the right path. It's kind of my thing.