[Open Broadcast: All Investigators]

[detectivewonder]

[Tim's mental voice is a drill-sergeant's whip-crack command, coming only moments after the Travelers are plunged into the water.]

Nobody panic! Try to keep the airwaves clear unless you need help. If you can't swim, shout out right now and someone will come for you. If you're a strong enough swimmer to help someone, let us know - but if you're not sure and not trained, don't try it. Find something in the water to hang onto. Get rid of shoes or boots if you have to.

Once we're sure we have everyone floating, tell us what you can see. All I have so far are rocks, in the direction the wind is blowing, and the remains of a sailing ship - Coelestis Maria is the name on the plank I'm hanging onto. Cute.

Unless the Trumps are trying to drown us, there must be something else out here somewhere. Land, or another ship.

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ota i guess idk?

[shotstaff]

[ not too long after Tim's announcement, Pascal calls out right after. he needed folks who could help survivors, right? she may be tiny, but she's got strong legs and a secret weapon (in the form of Cyandine). ]

Yo! If anyone's by whatever's left of one'a the masts, gimme a holler-- I can help you out!

OTA

[morbirdinterest]

[Shuu's deep "voice" is mostly calm, but sounds a little...strained.]

I see the same as you do. Do we know yet if all the investigators are here? If a ship is indeed on its way, perhaps one was fortunate enough to find themselves on it instead.

[detectivewonder]

As far as I know, the only way to tell who's an investigator is by who answers - if someone's aboard a ship, we just have to wait for a reply.

[morbirdinterest]

...Wonderful. If someone is out there, I do hope they hurry, or are at least preoccupied with guiding their ship towards us.

[detectivewonder]

I wouldn't wait around on the possibility.

[morbirdinterest]

Fortunately, I am not presently in danger of drowning, thanks to some convenient wreckage.

[detectivewonder]

If you see anyone else, try and guide them to it, as long as there's enough room for them to hang onto.

[deconsecrate]

Don't panic, he says, enacting the universal sign for 'everyone panic.'

[ Sigh. That said: ]

If anyone starts making flappy gestures I can frolic on over without getting either of us drowned.

[detectivewonder]

I can't prevent it if they do. Only let them know they don't need to.

[deconsecrate]

Have you found most people's deep-seated instincts respond well to shouty commands?

[detectivewonder]

You think "it's okay to panic" would have gone over better?

[deconsecrate]

You'd have done better to leave it out altogether, but it's far too late now. If I sink myself out of panic you'll be receiving a strongly worded letter once I stop being dead.

[detectivewonder]

I'll keep an eye on my mailbox.

[deconsecrate]

Good!

And for the Maker's sake, never tell anyone not to touch anything.

[detectivewonder]

[Have the psychic equivalent of a Judging Look.]

[deconsecrate]

[ Have the psychic equivalent of '8D' in return! ]

[pseudologist]

Does the name have some meaning to you, or is it just meant to sound like some exotic strain of dysentery?

[detectivewonder]

It's similar to the name of a famous ship from my world that lost its crew. maybe a coincidence.

[pseudologist]

Maybe a bad joke. Was the crew lost to fish demons, by any chance?

[detectivewonder]

No-one ever found out, as far as I know.

... There are more than one of them here?

[pseudologist]

It would be easier to get a count if the ocean stopped trying to beat us to death, but I'd wager there's at least half a dozen.

[detectivewonder]

All infiltrators?

[pseudologist]

Now that, I couldn't say. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess yours was.

[detectivewonder]

Yeah. Someone I know well.

[pseudologist]

My condolences. Seeing a friend as a fish demon has to be pretty damn creepy.

[A brand of creepy he'll probably experience firsthand before the Jaunt's over, though he doesn't know about Aveline just yet.]

Still, if we can trust them not to drown us or steal our bodies, they might be our best chance of getting out of this mess.