1st Treasure - [Voice]

[ps3pirate]

[Patty isn't a stranger to waking up in peculiar places. In fact, she's awoken in places far stranger than this. The first thing she noticed was the nostalgic, salty smell of the sea. Then, the crash of waves that were rocking her little 'boat' back and forth. It was really quite calming. However, all dreams must come to an end and it wasn't long before she regained consciousness entirely to realize that she was in a bit of a pickle.

She was in a washtub. In the middle of an ocean. Wearing a plain white dress. ... Well, it could always be worse. Not quite noticing the book beside her just yet, she begins to speak.]

Oooh, my head... I know that when it's time to abandon ship and you're out of lifeboats, you should float along in a powder keg, but I've never heard of washtub boats before.

Ah, looks like I'm caught up the creek without a paddle. [Silence, then a little crackle in the microphone.] ...This book will do, ya know!

[What follows is a very loud splash, as Patty dunks the journal into the water to try and paddle her way to shore. This... may take a while.]

Comments

[accidental(ish?) voice]

[shiningbinds]

...washtubs.

[:|c]

[voice]

[ps3pirate]

[... Did she just hear a voice over the roar of the ocean? She stops paddling, still holding the book just above the water in one hand.]

Hellooo?

[voice]

[shiningbinds]

[...oh.] I wasn't aware that I had turned the voice function on.

[Though perhaps it was good that he had, considering what she had been using the book for.]

[voice]

[ps3pirate]

[What. What is that? She glances around, but the ocean seems to be deserted.]

Ooohhh?~ Are the sirens hoping to lure me to my doom? You'll have to try harder than that to trick Patty! [Because it's kind of an aluring voice, but it fails at seducing. ... Maybe if the sirens tried to sing...]

[voice]

[sketchingideals]

Oh, you really shouldn't do that--!

[...welp.]

[voice]

[ps3pirate]

[fskljfdskj that definitely came from the book. She startles and drops it in the water with a loud splash.]

T-the book spoke! [...And now waves are trying to carry it away. She quickly reaches out to snatch it out of the water again before it can get too far.]

[voice]

[sketchingideals]

I'm sorry! I didn't mean to startle you, miss! [frhughtrghtr]

[voice]

[ps3pirate]

[She holds the book up between her thumb and index finger, watching it drip pathetically onto the washtub's floor.]

That's okay. It was just... unexpected, that's all!

[ voice ]

[breezing]

You're in a washtub boat? [ COOL! ] OH by the way Crys says you shouldn't get your journal wet 'cause it's a belonging and we have to take care of it.

[ voice ]

[ps3pirate]

[Ok ok, she's getting the general gist of this now. This book is magical and it lets her talk to people. She's got this.]

Can't we just buy a new magical journal if this one breaks? If lots of people have one, they can't be too rare or expensive, now can they?

[ voice ]

[breezing]

Nope! 'Cause there's no money here. But I dunno if they break. Crys just said if you get it wait you haveta wait for it to dry, and that sounds boring.

[ voice ]

[ps3pirate]

[She peeks at her journal again. It did get pretty darn wet. ... Wait.]

What was that about no money?

[ACTION - fight me]

[avaricious]

[Well. There sure looks like someone floating out there in the ocean. That's weird. Welp. Ling won't be any help, what with not knowing how to swim. But he's gonna wait to see what happens.]

[ACTION - Have at, you cur!]

[ps3pirate]

[Patty is slowly making her way towards the beach. It's a good thing the waves are driving her washtub to the shore, because without the journal to use as a paddle, she has no choice but to use her hands. On its own, that's not a very effective method.

She'll get there eventually! Once she does, she hops out of her 'boat' and salutes Ling.]

Ahoy!~ Do I have permission to dock my tub here?

[ACTION]

[avaricious]

[Well. That's certainly a way to make an impression. And Ling brightens considerably.]

Well, it is a free beach. Welcome to Luceti. Usually most people usually come here by land.

[Action]

[ps3pirate]

[She had the rundown of the Guide, now, as Raven sort of forced her to read through it. Still, this place is pretty weird. Luceti...]

I always knew I was special!~ [Hahaah. Hah.] Do know how to get to the village from here? The old man is waiting for me, ya know.

[Voice]

[crisisrain]

[Well, this is not what he expected to see on the journal today.]

I must be hearin' things in my old age! Lil' Patty, is that you?

[Voice]

[ps3pirate]

[At the sound of that voice, Patty presses her face so close to the journal's pages, the camera shoots a snapshot of her forehead and part of her left eye.]

Ooohhh, old man! You have one of these books too?

[Voice]

[crisisrain]

Hey, hey! Move back a bit! [Nice to see she recognizes him.]

And yeah, everyone here has one! They're journals, ya can use them to talk to anyone in the village. I'm guessin' you probably want to read through the guide, I'm not good at explainin' these things.

[Screw Voice, Action it up]

[fallenambitions]

[Alexei was walking along the shoreline today after spending the last two days...well "partying it up". Some fresh air and peace and quiet does wonders after all that. Course his quiet thoughts are going to interrupted by....a washtub?

It was empty when he went to investigate it, but there were footprints still in the sand. So whoever was here was probably still around...let's follow these footprints.]

[Actionnn]

[ps3pirate]

[He'll find Patty not too far away, still in her New Feather garb and curled up on the hot beach sand like a cat. Being kidnapped to another world is a very tiresome ordeal, okay.]

[Action]

[fallenambitions]

[...And once he realizes who it was, he stops a few feet from her]

You. [Yea, that's all he has]

[fierybluebird]

At least they didn't put you directly into the water, they've been known to do that. And you know; I've heard that about kegs too, but I've never actually met someone who's done that before. [Or well, he has... but he doesn't know it.]

You want some help matey?

[ps3pirate]

[Well, she was just trying to paddle her way to shore with her hands, but when she gets another reply on her journal doohickey, she pauses to peer down at it.]

Your offer is kind, oh book person, but in vain. I, the great Patty Fleur, will make my way to the beach the old-fashioned way! The waves are my friends and the wind is my guide!

[fierybluebird]

Fleur you say?

Be that as it may Miss Patty, a bathtub is hardly going to catch the wind or sea currents. Though your determination independence is admirable, taking a proffered hand is hardly a sign of weakness, just cunning.