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Caelea rolled her eyes as Hagan slipped right back into calling her by an old nickname, even as she smiled. It felt just like old times… Fearing for their lives and worrying that something might attack at any time! Just perfect.

She shivered as the two of them stepped outside and was very glad for the extra layers she’d grabbed from one of the shops. She definitely did not envy Hagan in nothing more than a tank top. She folded her arms as she surveyed the lifeboats. They certainly weren’t what she’d expected, big orange things that looked far more durable than the kind she’d seen in movies. Hopefully they were easy to drive or whatever you did with boats. She followed Hagan over to it and started looking at the other side - you never knew where a release mechanism may be. 

[quote=Hagan]"Wow, squirt, that wasn't that hard. We'll probably want to be in this... hey, want to hop in there and see if there's a way to drop this from the inside?" [/quote]
[color=6ecff6]“Huh, that was easier than I expected,”[/color] Caelea turned to look at Hagan, gaze flickering down to the lever he had his hand on. She then nodded at his suggestion that she go inside. [color=6ecff6]“Will do, I’ll get right in there. Hopefully it’s as obviously signed as that lever.”[/color]

She frowned slightly as she took a moment to figure out how to actually open the lifeboat door, before stepping inside. The thing was big enough inside that she was fairly certain each of them could take a row of seats to themselves if they really wanted to… but that wasn’t important right now, so she walked past the seats to the wheel at the front. There were a shit ton of levers and while they were all labelled she didn’t see a single one to do with release. Fuck. 

Caelea made her way back to the entrance and stuck her head out of the lifeboat. [color=6ecff6]“There isn’t anything for dropping it from the inside. We’re gonna have to… I don’t know. Figure something out. Maybe some can drop it and then jump in.”[/color] That didn’t sound dangerous at all.

[color=6ecff6]“We should wait for the other’s to see what they think… if they have any ideas,”[/color] Caelea shoved her hands in her pockets, coming to stand beside Hagan (totally not to use him as a wind buffer). She looked up at him with a slightly narrowed gaze. She could tell something was off, cause for a start he was quieter than normal. She guessed the situation was pretty shit and it wasn’t like she could ask, since it had been so long since she’d last seen him. Now wasn’t exactly the time anyway. 

So instead, she said, [color=6ecff6]“I sure do hope there’s an easy way out when we get to that city.”[/color] Assuming they all got to the city. [color=6ecff6]“I am not into getting stuck in some shit place [i]again[/i]. This is not my idea of a good time...”[/color] She shook her head.[color=6ecff6] “Not that it isn’t good to see you, and the others again, but I was expecting the eventual reunion to be a lot better.”[/color]

She went to say something else only to notice someone new approaching. They were short (though not as short as her) and skinny and didn’t look dressed for the cold weather. 

[quote=Finley][color=LightSteelBlue]"Ex...excuse me? Do you two w-work here?"[/color]
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Caelea held back a laugh, shaking their head. [color=6ecff6]“Do we look like we work here?” [/color]She indicated between the two of them. Yeah, they were really dressed for the part. [color=6ecff6]“No we don't. I'm guessing you woke up on this ship with no idea how you got here? Same here.”
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She let out a slight sigh. Damn, talking to new people was not her strong point and it had happened far too often for one day. Especially to someone who was clearly nervous. Maybe if she introduced them they’d seem less intimidating (as if that could ever happen with Hagan).

[color=00aeef]“I’m Caelea and he’s Hagan,”[/color] she said, nodding towards her much taller friend.[color=6ecff6] “We were sent by Penny- the, uh, captain to sort out this lifeboat so we can all get off this ship. She’ll be joining us from the bridge with other’s soon so I’d stick around with us.”[/color]

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[quote=Odessa]"Boop."[/quote]
[color=f26522]“Huh?”[/color] Isla blinking down in confusion, staring down at the shorter girl who had just poked her nose. What the fuck? That wasn’t weird at all. Still being the person she was, she pasted a wide smile on her face. [color=f26522]“I know my nose is pretty nice but there’s no need to touch, you know?”[/color]

She then turned to Penny with a nod. [color=f26522]“Aye, it’s the lack of shoulder pads.”[/color] She then glanced between Penny and Odessa, smile turning slightly more genuine as Penny told her not to mind the strange girl. [color=f26522]“It’s alright I don’t mind at all.”[/color]

Yeah, she totally found it weird and kinda minded but she wasn’t about to say that. She completely brushed off the talk about ferns because like? Why would she ask about something that sounded weirder. She’d rather not know… maybe it was some kinda weird teasing they had going on between them. She shrugged to herself and watched as Penny went over to talk to the guy who was curled up on the floor. She’d leave that to her - no use sticking her nose into somewhere she couldn’t help (unless he wanted to hear a whole bunch of lies). 

Instead she turned to Odessa, twirling her hair around her finger. 

[color=f26522]“Soooo,”[/color] she drawled. [color=f26522]“Did everyone here wake up on this weird cruise ship? Any idea [i]why[/i]?”[/color]