The Lucky Queen Testdrive

[overbringer]

All Aboard The Lucky Queen Olivia









It's one of the many ships that sail the River with Ten Thousand Names, and if it's not the most luxurious and most famous ship in the whole of the multiverse, it's certainly in the top ten. For what other ship can claim its captain to be the centuries old brain of Mark Twain in a jar? Or to have the ghost of John Henry "Doc" Holliday as the first mate?

It's an unusual pair they make, but together they've not just kept what was originally a steam ship right off of he Mississippi together as it sails across the multiverse, but upgraded it into something almost totally unrecognizable. The Lucky Queen is now enormous. Almost half a mile long. It contains everything you expect to see on a luxury cruise ship, from swimming pools to shopping malls (yes, malls. Plural.), from ballrooms to arcades. It also contains fabulous distant technology that lets it sail just as easily in water as in molten lava or currents of empty air. It is on this ship that you have found yourself. Maybe you got lost in a freak transdimensional portal and hitched a ride, hoping to find your way home. Maybe you're on vacation. Maybe you just work here. Regardless, the marvels of the multiverse are just out the porthole, and the cream of high society is right here for you to brush elbows with.

Pick an RP Prompt and an Environment and test out characters who you think would work well in this setting:

RP Prompts
1 - The Ball: The orchestra is flawless, the chandeliers are sparkling. Hobnob with the ridiculously wealthy, dance with the extremely attractive, or just wallflower in the corner and enjoy the view. You have a crossection of the entire mulitverse dancing in front of you after all.

2 - The Break Room: This isn't just a vacation for you, this is your job. You just finished a long shift, possibly as a maid tidying up the hundreds of cabins, or a blackjack dealer getting threatened by hulking aliens who's language the auto-translators couldn't quite make sense of, or an engineer plumbing the depths of the ship which is pieced together from dozens of different kinds of technology and trying to make sure none of them explode. It's a lot of work, keeping a ship this big in working order, but now it's finally break time and you can chat with the rest of the crew while you catch your breath.

3 - Gate jump: It's always something everyone gets onto the deck for, for this is the most reliable form of interdimensional travel anyone has ever found. One moment you'll be in one world, the next you'll be in another. The gravity shifts, the air smells different, the sky changes color, the landscape becomes completely unrecognizable. Is this the first time you've seen it happen, or is this you hundredth jump? Will you calm your neighbor or be excited with them? (Pick two environments for this one.)

4 - River Raiders: Raiders sometimes attack the wealthy cruisers along The River to plunder their amazing wealth, and while the Lucky Queen has forcefields that can defend it, they aren't always enough. Are you crew? Are you a passenger? For once it doesn't matter. Stand to arms mateys, yer being boarded!

5 - Casino: High stakes cards! Slot Machines! Roulette! There's even a fighting ring you can bet on, or participate in. Security SEEMS light, but rumor has it that the ghost of the infamous gambler, gunfighter, and dentist, Doc Holliday, has a tendency to join the games of people who cheat. Such games usually do not end well for the cheater.

6 - Tours: While the ship has docked, the passengers are free to step off and explore whatever world you're currently standing on. There are usually guides available on the ship about the more immediate dangers, but they usually boil down to don't try any local cuisine until you're sure its chemistry matches up with yours, keep an eye on your wallet, and for heaven's sake don't sell your soul to anyone.

7 - Wildcard: Make something up that I didn't think up here.

Environments
A - Earthlike: Blue skies, breathable air, cities full of people. Most of you will feel fairly at home on worlds like this, but they're never QUITE like home, are they? The trees might have an oddly blue tinge to the leaves. The people might be unusually tall or short. The cities might have strange looking architecture.

B - Open ocean: No land in sight, just endless waves all the way to the horizon. The ship sways a bit more than usual out here. Hope you don't get seasick.

C - Noxious: This world clearly isn't meant for humans. Without the Lucky Queen's forcefields that keep breathable air in and poisons out (They can't quite eliminate the strange chemical smells that seep in.), humans would quickly die here. Expect truly alien locals, if anyone lives here at all. Is that a shoggoth waving to you from the shore?

D - Infernal: Did you hear the rumors that the Lucky Queen sails through hell? If it doesn't, this world is close enough that you can't tell the difference. The waters of the previous world have been replaced by bubbling magma. In the distance, you can sometimes make out obsidian cities, gleaming in the red light. Is that sound in the distance the wailing of damned souls or just your imagination?

E - Gas Giant: There's no ground here at all. The river becomes a river of air, and the anti-grav impellers that were installed keep the ship sailing along just fine. Gaze upon pillars of clouds larger than smaller planets. Witness lightning bolts bigger than the Empire State Building. Thank that forcefield that keeps the horrifically potent rainstorms from washing you all off the decks. There are probably sky whales swimming across this world's skies somewhere.

F - Depths of space: Why does the river go through here at all? Who knows, but the view sure is nice. Ten times more stars than you'd see from anywhere on Earth, and also orbital commercial space stations trying to make a quick buck off of wide-eyed tourists.

G - Wild card: Make up your own planet. We're all creative people here, right?

Comments

Page Elise | One Piece OC

[papersplz]

[ 4-B ]
[ It's the open ocean! Salty sea air, water as far as the eye can see.... and a ship with brilliant blue sails coming right along the Lucky Queen Olivia. With a pirate flag. That can't be normal, can it?

It's a teenage girl with glasses that jumps up from the other ship, though, landing on the rails fairly easily. She speaks loudly, addressing everybody in the vicinity. ]

As you can probably tell, we're pirates! We've found ourselves in need of supplies, and you are a boat with supplies. Give us what we need to continue our journey and we'll leave in peace! Please don't make this any worse than it has to be!

[ The way Elise figures it, this should either draw out the captain to negotiate or bring out their security forces to fight. Either way, at least the civilians won't get caught up in it. She hopes. ]


[ 7-B ]
[ This did not go as planned at all, and now Elise is locked up in whatever serves as the Lucky Queen Olivia's brig. Her paper's been confiscated, she's locked up, and... she's getting kinda hungry.

She'll call out to the person wandering nearest, probably a crew member of some kind- ]

So hey, sorry about attacking you guys and all, but do you feed your prisoners? I'm willing to settle for sandwiches.


[ 5-D ]
[ So Elise has been released, but she's as stuck aboard this ship as anybody else now. And she doesn't have much interest in lava, so instead she's down in the casino, being exceedingly stupid. ]

I'll bet everything on this hand! [ ....She doesn't even have a pair. ]

4-B

[saxappeal]

[You wanted security forces? You got security forces. And heading them is this hulking, clanking mass of man, with plumes of steam venting once he takes a stand on the deck of the Lucky Queen.]

Little lady, I hate to be the one to break up this little party of yours, but the Lucky Queen Olivia don't negotiate with pirates. [His voice is amplified through his suit, as he's speaking into his mouthpiece.] If you need supplies, barterin' might be a little more effective than threatenin'.

[papersplz]

[ For her part, at least, she doesn't seem particularly threatened by the big guy with steam and metal. Instead, she offers him a smile. ]

Unfortunately, we don't have much to offer, unless you take cursed diamonds. [ A pause. ] That was a joke, we actually need the cursed diamond.

I don't plan on taking any more than the bare minimum we need, if that helps any.

[saxappeal]

[A loud sigh. Or more steam venting? Probably both. Ben pinches the bridge of his nose; of course it's one of these bratty kids that thinks they're a captain.]

We ain't a charity, kid. And if you haven't noticed, we outsize and outgun your little junker by a pretty wide margin. If you wanna dock on and stick around, though, maybe Management will find it in their heart to give y'all a few vouchers for the buffets.

1/2

[papersplz]

Don't worry about that. What our ship lacks in firepower, my crew more than makes up for.

That includes me too, of course.

[papersplz]

....That was supposed to be a threat. I'm not sure if it came across right, though.

Can I give it another shot?

[saxappeal]

... Sure, fine, go ahead. [Anything to stall for time while more security personnel amass near the deck, and he gets the chance to alert his higher-ups.]

[papersplz]

All right!

[ She coughs into her hand. Takes a moment to mentally prepare herself. And-

Sweeps her hand out dramatically! ]

Crew of the Lucky Queen Olivia! Underestimating us will be the last thing you ever do! My name is Page Elise, captain of the Free Press Pirates, and we're not leaving without what we came for!

[ Her statement is punctuated by the stacks of paper coming out of her pack, floating by themselves around her. They start folding themselves like origami, which would be pretty neat if they weren't all forming swords and axes.

She's smiling pretty wide, though. ] How was that? Was I more pirate-y that time?

[saxappeal]

Captain has produced weapons; repeat, Captain has produced weapons. [He's speaking into a collar-mounted microphone, radioing in to other Security forces that would be interested to know that the situation just escalated.] Yeah, you got out sounding like Blackbeard himself.

[And you have the amassed anonymous security forces behind Big Band drawing stun guns and the like.] Now, I'm gonna have to give my reply. A-hem. [The cloth on the side of the officer parts, revealing two giant appendages that look like a cross between mecha arms and an entire brass section.]

Y'all Free Press Pirates got a few options here. A, I take this as a particularly interesting method of embarkation, and will personally welcome you aboard the Lucky Queen Olivia's fabulous intergalactic cruise. Peacefully. B, I'mma have to ask y'all to surrender immediately for threatening the safety of the crew and staff alike, and we'll turn you over to our equally fabulous brig. Seriously. It's a pretty swanky brig, as far as brigs go. C... you guys can just turn around and leave, no harm, no foul.

What's it gonna be, Cap'n Elise?

Re: Page Elise | One Piece OC

[wee_willie_worthless]

F-Freeze pirate! Ummm, if you'd be so kind as to throw down any and all weapons so I can take you to the brig?

The girl making the threat can't be older than 14, and has brown hair in a braid under her beaten up sailor hat-but it's her gun that's the oddest thing about her. The trigger and hand-guard aren't exactly proportioned right for the tiny turret that's mounted on them

Oh, and she's wearing some sort of rigging like the mast of a ship with a tube grafted to it on her back and has a pair of racks of tubes on her hips.]

1/4

[papersplz]

2/4

[papersplz]

3/4

[papersplz]

[papersplz]

You know I don't have any weapons, right? [ Hands up, palms out. No weapons. ] Now how about you drop yours so we're even?

[wee_willie_worthless]

No way! I thought all p-pirates had cultasses and pistols and things!

And umm, sorry but I can't put the gun down, I have to take you to the brig. It's a nice brig so. So don't try and wreck it!

[She takes a step cautiously towards Elise. One. Then two.]

[papersplz]

Sorry, but I can't really go to the brig. That would take way too much time from being a pirate.

I don't want to hurt you, though. Sure you won't put down your gun? It'll make things a lot easier for both of us.

[wee_willie_worthless]

Ummm...No, I think You'd better come to the brig, that's what the captain said I should do with pirates.

[And for a ship-girl, captains are important.]

Hurt me? But you don't have any weapons!

[She swings her gun up, shaking like a leaf.]

[papersplz]

[ This is the part where some paper flies out, impossibly folding itself into a pair of handcuffs and trying to slip over the other girl's hands. ]

Doesn't mean I'm defenseless!

7B

[originaloddcouple]

[The volunteer guards look up in surprise from their game of poker. Or maybe its jenga, but with cards. Its difficult to tell.]

...Are prisoners allowed to eat?

I'm not sure... We've never had prisoners before...

[papersplz]

Look, I only attacked you guys because we needed food. If I don't get something to eat I might just die! Do you want that on your hands?

[originaloddcouple]

No, food is supposed to be in hands!

That's how we get it to the mouths!

[How this is what they thought she meant is a mystery.]

1/2

[papersplz]

. . . . .

[papersplz]

[ She motions with her hands, and all of their playing cards fly right into her cell. ]

Food! Or else you're never getting these cards back!

[originaloddcouple]

[DRAMATIC GASP. They grab their guard hats and pull them down for effect.]

That's how its gonna be, huh.

Got a real troublemaker here, boss.

Reckon she don't know what we do to troublemakers in these parts.

[Now they're pretending to be corrupt cops because why not.]

[papersplz]

Yooou make sure they're well-fed?