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By the time Mare reached the dining hall, most of the other guests had arrived. There were a decent number of others, though not enough to seem completely overwhelming. Already, some had split off and grouped up, talking at tables or others had chosen spots in corners by themselves, sending off auras that practically screamed 'leave me alone.'

Scattered here and there were people that looked like they actually worked here, answering questions and shuffling about busily.

"If everyone could get settled down, we'll hurry and get this over with as soon as possible!" The voice rang out over the room and it was difficult to determine exactly where it had come from.

A mousey-looking man was waving his arms around to try and create some semblance of peace and order...and failing miserably. He looked like he spent far more time behind a desk harassed by computers and paperwork than out in the sun on a cruise ship. Obviously, he must be the one in charge.

"Please! I'll only need a moment or two of your time, then you'll be free to enjoy dinner and the rest of your evening to yourselves!"

Well, that seemed to help little and it still took some time before everyone quieted down enough for the man to be heard at all without shouting.

"Thank you. I'd like to welcome you all to our lovely ship. You're all in for quite an experience aboard this vessel."

The welcome speech continued much like any other, full of promises of fun and sun and all those other great rhyming words. While a few faces seemed attentive, a majority of the crowd seemed closer to nodding off, though a few were making faces.

"Without further ado," the speaker drawled, ignoring the loud comments about how it was about time, "We'll prepare for dinner. If you'll all wait here just a moment longer, I'll check to make sure our chefs have everything ready before moving you all to the dining hall."

The speaker stepped down and headed towards the door, preceded by a number of other ship staff members who had already slipped out of the room. As they disappeared and the door shut behind them all, the crowd of young people would never notice the soft hiss that was the only sign of the sleeping gas now being pumped into the room through the air vents...

As soon as the last of the young people had hit the floor unconscious, the doors opened again for a flood of men in dark clothes wearing gas masks. The odorless gas began being pumped out of the room, but they were taking no chances with the task at hand. The men spread out across the room, weaving between the unconscious bodies with precision and purpose, seemingly seeking out specific targets.

"You're sure they'll be alright?"

"Nothing for you to worry about. The gas is harmless," one of the men shot back to the worried cruise director with a chuckle.

"That's not what I...I mean...what will I say to them when they wake up? How do I explain what happened?" he stuttered after his previous question was waved away dismissively.

"Now THAT....is your problem to worry about." And with that, the man slipped away to rejoin the others, murmuring an order here and there as he passed.

"The operation is a success. Prepare the men to withdraw momentarily," he barked out the order, pausing mid-turn and pointing to the nearest operative. "Grab this one too while you're at it!" He pointed to Mare's unconscious form in passing. The more they brought in, the more they got paid. It was a pretty sweet deal in all honesty. Not bad for a single night's work either.

Meanwhile, their unfortunate victims would awake a long time afterword, probably with a throbbing headache, on a lonely little island far from the mainland...and any hope of rescue...

Capping a syringe and slipping it discretely into his pocket, Dr. Hakan found himself thankful once more that his timing on these sorts of things was impeccable as always. Incredible. Yes, he was, wasn't he?

Turning with a smile and a soft chuckle, the doctor headed for the chair seated next to the young female's bedside. "Be careful there. I imagine you're not feeling up to leaping out of bed just yet. Judging from the account I was given, you probably have a pretty bad headache as well. Heard you hit the floor pretty badly. I'll have something sent over soon to dull the pain, if you'd like?"

Taking the seat, Dr. Hakan put on the air of the caring doctor. It was an act he'd perfected through use. An act that seemed almost effortless by this point.

"I'm sorry, we haven't been properly introduced. I'm Dr. Hakan. Apparently, you collapsed on your cruise ship. The staff was worried about you and unsure of what else to do, so they brought you here for better care than they could possibly give on the ship. We'll take good care of you here and you'll be back on your feet again before you know it. Before that though, if there's anything you need, feel free to use the intercom right there on the wall to ask for it." He smiled again, gesturing lightly towards a small speaker set in the wall near the bed.

He was pushing a lot of information on the girl at once and he knew it, but while he wanted to meet his subjects at least once face-to-face, at the same time he disliked this whole....'pleasantry' act. In fact, the ones where he didn't have to hide his malicious intentions were almost...exciting.

Still, it was good to have a more cooperative subject from time to time. At least...cooperative initially.

Snacks and New faces

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- Arianna

1st outside of her room Rp

* Still going *

Shifting to appear at where her bag was she let out a sigh and nodded glad it was there. She then sat back to look over the man speaking to her. She was not sure why but she disliked him more then any other doctor she had even been with. Shifting and grabbing her bag she started to go through it to see if everything was there. "Well I also want some candy." She put on a smile and pulled out a piece of candy she already had. "This kind if you have it." She popped the candy into her mouth.

Still she watched him now ignoring the headache that she had. "Dr. Hakan right?" She asked carefully. "I don't like you." She stated with a smile. "Just thought you should know that." She had her own reason for disliking the doctor but it was also something else, but she just thought it was her headache messing with her.

"Oh another thing that would help me is a pokemon. Back home I worked with pokemon so I feel better around them." She was not sure where she was going with this but also didn't care. "So if I'm going to be here for a while... Maybe I could help out? Repaying for helping me?" She was trying to be nice now.

Mare couldn't hold back a smile. "Who knows maybe you can change my mind about doctors." She laughed and started going through her bag. Her head still hurt but she was trying her best to push the pain away.

Making sure everything that was there before was still there she smiled again. "Oh and a question. When do you think I will be able head home?" She wanted to really get out of this place as fast as she could.

Mare watched him go and sighed before shift around and going through her bag again looking for something. Finding a piece of candy she eats it and watches the door thinking. Shifting again she gets up and starts to poke around the room.

With her head still hurting she wanders back to her bed and sits down almost with a huff. Shifting tucking her legs under her she played with the candy warper. She didn't think this place for some reason, but she couldn't put her finger on why.

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