Floaters

[nodyinteam]

WHO: OPEN with Nekomaru Nidai!
WHERE: The training facility and other areas of the ship
WHEN: During the blackout, but also a general catch-all for the rest of the month
WHAT: Event catchall
WARNINGS: Possible talk of death and occasional shit jokes. Will update if needed.

A. Training Facilities

[Nekomaru was down in one of the training facilities taking part in a morning workout when the shit hit the fan.]

Whoa! What's going on? [The lights were out, the sounds of doors slamming shut filled the area, and he found himself floating onto the air on top of it all. ...Not just him, though. Various weights and barbells were floating haphazardly through the air, where they could cause harm to anyone.

Slowly the giant man tried to swim through the air, with the light of just one small flashlight clutched in one hand.]

Watch out!!

B. Wherever

[After making his way out of the training facility, Nekomaru spends the rest of the blackout slowly making his way through the various halls and other areas of the ship, such as the atrium and the shopping center, looking for anyone who may need help. He'll even call out whenever he's near a sealed door.]

HEY!! IS ANYONE IN THERE?! I CAN HELP!!

[It's not hard to miss his booming voice, and he can at least get most sealed doors open with some amount of effort. Are you trapped in a room, deciding whether or not to take a chance on this loud savior? Or are you also exploring the area and trying to avoid a collision course as you both try to swim through the air? Perhaps you find him when he's trying to break into his own room? The possibilities are endless.]

C. Wildcard

[Feel free to set something else up before, during or after the blackout! After the blackout and at any time for the rest of the month, Nekomaru could be available for getting stuck in any room and/or getting trapped in anti-gravity temporarily. Or if you have something else in mind, feel free to hit me up for plotting]

Comments

[nodyinteam]

Of course. As strange as this place is, I think that I've gotten the lay of it! So I'll lead you straight to the shops!

[He tries to think back as he moves along the bars.]

The store front? It's a general store, so it doesn't look two remarkable... but there was a big stack of cans in the front window!

[thisisourfuture]

Let's also keep an eye out for anything suspicious. The ship lost power for a reason. [They need to have a plan. He can work on that while Nidai leads the way. So far, as he moves to follow, he has a few ideas.] Can you tell me more about the ship's systems?

What you know about them.

[nodyinteam]

[He nods and starts using the bars to move along, directing Hinata towards the shopping center. As he moves, Nekomaru briefly frees one hand to pick at his ear.]

What I know about them isn't much... A lot of this technology is far beyond the scope of a mere team manager! But based on how everything went haywire on the same time, I'd say all the systems must be connected somehow!

[thisisourfuture]

Or they were attacked all at once. [He follows Nidai at a slightly slower pace, using the time to glance around. There isn't a lot to see with only the flashlight to illuminate patches at a time. But he feels better for making the effort.]

It could be both. They haven't really explained much at all. The orientation felt...even more lacking than Usami's and just as suspicious.

[nodyinteam]

And less cutesy! [He says as if that's an important point to make.]

But you're right. These guys are very hush-hush about most of this operation. I may owe them, but something about this whole set-up rubs me the wrong way!

[He silently clambers forward for a few moments.]

...I'm glad you're here, Hinata. MAYBE NOW THINGS WILL START MAKING SENSE!

[thisisourfuture]

[Owe them? What could Nidai owe them for?]

...what do you owe them for?

[They have been quiet. The fleet crew could have told them a few more details but they haven't. The facts they have feel lacking.]

[nodyinteam]

[He hesitates for a moment, because depending on what Hinata remembers or rather doesn't remember, this could come across as a shock. But there's no getting out of it now...]

My life.

I was at death's door when I arrived here, and they treated me. Restored me to peak physical condition... I had thought for sure that Nekomaru Nidai's final firework had been spent.

[thisisourfuture]

[He freezes in mid-motion, his mind offering up the night on the beach. On the heels of the memory is the knowledge that Nidai has no idea what they actually are. He stares straight ahead of them and forces himself to keep moving.]

It wasn't. I remember past that. But you weren't the same after that. ...Nidai. That was when you protected Owari, right?

[nodyinteam]

[Nekomaru tries to keep looking and moving forward gravely as he speaks.]

That's right. So you do remember it! I took a punishment for that fool. ...The way you talk, it almost sounds like I survived that...

Ha! Maybe this old body of mine's a little more durable than I thought!