February 2nd, 2021
Callias kisses her temple and heads for the theater. "We can come back and listen to some nice music after."
"That'll be a nice way to wind down." She smiles at the kiss, leaning into it. "I wonder what's showing?"
Callias walks with Del into the seats, settling down. "Good question, I can't believe this place has so many different things to do and see."
Del sits next to Callias, taking his arm and wrapping it around her shoulders so she can settle herself comfortably against his side, looking up at the stage. "It is, I've never seen anything like it. The Netherese had floating cities; this seems like that but less, you know, world domination. And also contained on a single ship."
Nix walks in behind "its a story from my home its the legend behind my coat that has a fire demon sealed in if"
Callias cuddles into Del. And then hears the explanation from Nix. "Oh, a story from your home? A fire demon locked in your coat, this sounds very interesting. I look forward to learning all about it."
She looks over her shoulder as Nix enters. "In your coat? What-- no, no, never mind, no spoilers," Del laughs, turning back to face the front and tucks her head in the crook between Callias' shoulder and jaw. Excited to see how it played out.
Callias takes advantage of the comfortable seating, snuggling into Del and settling in to enjoy the whole play.
the play tells the story of a Two demon that escape the Mayhem pits, Neverling the Demon of Fire and Gashadokuro the Demon of Smoke, the two beings who where once one but upon escaping the mayhem pits they split into two causing massive clouds of smoke to block out the sun and rolling fires that slowly burned the basin until two communities one the town of Legacy a small town all on ice that where able to combat Neverling and Sealed him into a coat birth rite of the leader of the village with its flaming collar it is given to the last member of each generation to return from their pilgrim the other the monastery of Nelbiha devotees of the moon who sealed the demon of smoke into a katana and locked it away for all time
Del looks on, grinning as the lights lower from her favourite and most comfortable spot as the story plays out. The fact that a troupe of performers can just... be on this vessel, staging a whole show, is incredible. The story itself is one that raises Del's eyebrows, hearing again about the Mayhem Pits. She squeezes into Callias' side looking up at him with surprise and delight as a musical number kicks off in the midst of a tense fight between Neverling and Gashadokuro at the outset-- smoke and flares of fire filling the room, drawing the audience into the midst of the scene as if experiencing it, not merely watching.
Callias finds himself surprised on two counts. This play was incredible. Music, pyrotechnics, a fully orchestrated combat sequence, fantastic storytelling. But even more so than that, this was the story of the Mayhem pits, and the world Alqamar and Kaito were from. The Basin of the world. A few times, when not entirely blown away by the sheer incredible theatrics, he snuck a look back at that coat. The flame collar on Nix... so it was the story behind their coat. He wondered if Alqamar and Kaito had a part in all this. But he focuses back on the play, enjoying it for now.
As the play hits it's exciting conclusion, the demon's monologue fading out as they are sealed behind a vault, Del watches, clinging to Callias with tears in her eyes, as the coat is passed down, over and over as the chorus finishes their number. At the end note, she stands to applaud the cast, before turning to Admiral Nix, beaming. "That was incredible! I've never seen anything like that before, how long have you had the coat?"
"the coat was passed down to me when i returned home about two and a half years ago" Nix answers with a smile
Callias sits in contemplation a little longer, before clapping. "I never thought I would find even more information on the Basin of the World inside a spelljammer that happened to visit, how wonderful this evening. Did you enjoy the play, najima?"
"That's an incredible heirloom. It was an honor to hear about your story." Still grinning, she leans back down to kiss Callias in reply, pulling back just enough so she could press her forehead on his. "It was amazing, I didn't know plays could be like that. And some context about the Pits! What did you think?"
Nix laugh "oh you want info on the Basin im the leader of the entire Basin"
Callias goes to answer, before finding himself shocked by Nix's words. "You're the leader of the entire Basin? Well, this does explain how you knew Alqamar and Kaito... No wonder you're so busy all of the time, I can't imagine the sheer amount of work you have to do." He goes to ask about the civil war Nix mentioned, but then remembers he supposed to being taking Del on a date. He sighs, kissing Del again. "You want to sit in and listen to some music now? Relax some more?"
Her eyes widen. The entire basin? Before Del can get too distracted, she accepts the returned kiss from Callias, giving him a small, loopy smile as she nods. "That sounds wonderful. Maybe grab some dinner too, if there's anything aboard. Though we can always grab a snack from the kitchen once we're home." She rubs her nose with his tenderly before, standing again to smile at Nix. "I'd love to ask you some questions later; I've heard you've frequented the tavern a bit, will you be staying in the Nexus long?"
"there is a Restaurant on board if you two wish and i can not i do have to return to the basin"
Callias looks a little sad to hear that Nix would have to return so soon, but he understands. Hearing Del, he gives her another kiss. "Did you hear that? A restaurant. You've been a wonderful host, Nix, may we impose on your hospitality a little longer and see where this restaurant is?"
Del also looks sad, but nods. "You're the leader of a whole nation, I don't imagine you can be away long." Turning back to Callias, she returns his kiss, grinning. "That's perfect, I think the closest I've ever been to a proper restaurant is the tavern. If you wouldn't mind?" She turns back to Nix, hopeful.
"no of course not enjoy yourself just follow the hall down and you should see it" Nix points them in the direction
Del grins, "Thank you." As they go past, little shadows move for a moment before they stop.
February 3rd, 2021
The elf leads them into the theater, making sure they aren’t interrupting again and sits in the the middle mid front. Excited for the show.
the same show as before plays lotus snuggles up and gets ready for the show
Hwayoung snuggles into Lotus and begins to watch. She ooos and awws it reminding her of the plays of home but on a much better scale. The sets, actors and effects are absolutely amazing. She becomes enraptured, holding onto Lotus the whole time and smiling at her every once and awhile. After it’s finished they do a couple more things around the ship before heading out for the night. They say goodbye to Septra on their way out and dimension door back to their room.
After wandering the casino floor for a little bit, completely enamored by the flashiness of it all but still hesitant given the morning he's had, Marlow finds himself in the theater and takes a seat towards the middle. "Lot nicer than I imagined a theater'd be..." Poof trills softly on his shoulder while they wait for the show to begin, Marlow eager to see what all the hype is about of these shows he's heard of back home.
Absolutely enthralled by the performance, having quite literally never seen anything like it in his life, Marlow sits in stunned silence for a moment as the curtains close. He doesn't really know what he is supposed to do now but clapping feels appropriate, and he does so exuberantly. "That...was spectacular, what did you think, Poof?" Poof caws excitedly back and Marlow laughs, grinning wide. "Alright, bud, let's see what else this place has, yeah?"