Captain Finnegan Wake

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A harbour seal hops into place. Filmed in Sweden. From Wild Skagerrak (2016).

[infinityandmadness]

Yeah, of course. Something along those lines anyway! It's a lot of fun, especially when you don't exactly want to go out. Especially when there's a big, dangerous storm that has people being told to stay inside. Not that, I, would host a dungeons and dragons game with my friends when a bit 'storm of the century' is going on, or whatever. Nooo. No. No. It's just me, and painting my mini's. With this can of soda I found in my pantry.

Duct tape is very useful in emergencies. I'd definitely agree. Helped me plenty of times since I started my woodworking. Well, I hope this storm blows out soon. Not that I have anywhere to be. But I do also like being outside! Sometimes. What kind of indoor activities do you like to do?

[finneganwake]

Do one of those video calls or something. Stay in touch with your people, good for mental fortitude and all at times like these. Paint your minis. Work some wood That looks like an HR complaint.

Forecast's been tough to pin down, so. Cross your fingers. You got bottled water? Bottles? Bottle some water. Indoors? Me? No kinds. Anything I want to do inside is better done outside, anyway.

[inbogwetrust]

[PM] Of course that's what you were told, as you were told it by other selkies. As a matter of fact, I never saw such warning pelts, so I do think that legend is exaggerated. You're welcome. I'll remind you of my benevolence from time to time.

Do you mean its location? No, I had nothing to do with that. I think it has more to do with this town and its supernatural properties. I like it here, though. Mysterious and enigmatic can be valuable. The crows also help.

I quite prefer my un-glamoured appearance. It is my true self, after all. It just isn't always [...] convenient to have it revealed. [... ...] What did you think of it? My true form, I mean.

[finneganwake]

[PM] And of course you would think that, being Well, neither have I. Maybe it is. I'd hope so, but. Anyway. You do that.

More how [...] different it is. Does it really rain ash, now and then? The crows do add a certain something, yeah.

You're beautiful. Is what I think. You were beautiful when you walked up, and you were beautiful with your glamour all gone. And that's got nothing to do with the bleeding out or the anything, I'm just it's just the truth a fact. And if anybody ever told you different, they're probably the kind of fuckwit who'd rather have astroturf than wildflowers.

[taliasshaw]

Oooh, that's a good idea. Guess we'll have to wait till, what, mid April to see if we're right? Hmm, you guys should work on that. Big ass buoys with chainlink fences between them. No ocean today! Ocean's closed!

Aye, aye, Captain! I'm really, really hoping everyone just stays inside all nice and cozy and we don't get called in. But if anything goes south, I'll give Jules that ring.

How long are you out of commission?

[finneganwake]

Put that in the calendar, and I'll get big ass buoys on the docket for end-of-month meeting.

That'd be nice. Hate scooping up stormchasers. He's got it, they're all set. Just shorthande

Four MORE weeks, at lea Four week Might be a minute, you know how it is. Big boss has to cross their t's, dot their i's. I'll be shipshape in no time. Weather aside, everything good in the woods?

[vivlennox]

Fuck, dude, fine, whatever. I won't go skip around in the storm and play chicken with Thor. Kill joy.

[finneganwake]

Thank you. Was that so hard? Do you really want to die like an idiot so, so badl Do you have access to mental health servic Standing by for your worst once the skies clear.

[danielabrams]

Can't tell you how many times I've seen people ignore all warnings and think they'll be fine because they're "just taking a look from a safe distance." Ain't no safe distance when mother nature can take a sudden swing in the blink of an eye.

[finneganwake]

And that sudden swing can take your legs clean out from under y head clean off.

Don't tell me you got anybody calling for a hike at a time like this?

[infinityandmadness]

Duct tape construction? Well, I actually like it indoors. I don't know if I'll be doing any of that duct tape construction, though. I'm thinking a little more, getting some of my figures painted. I might construct the area for my next scene in my next dungeons and dragons session. That might have some tape with it! Seems there's a lot of these strange kind of storms happening lately. What do you think about that? Riiight. Right. Yeah. My toilet paper. I guess I'll have enough food from my garden, though.

[finneganwake]

Dungeons and Dragons, that's where you get a whole team of witches and barbarians and so on together, roll dice, make stuff up? Inside? For hours? Sounds ideal. Please do that. You do have duct tape, though, yeah? At least a roll. For emergencies.

What do I think? I think weather's weather. Blows in, blows out. Beyond that, far as I'm concerned, it's just been a series of gradually escalating opportunities to make sure the station's running right.

[dirtypawscleanboots]

Aye, aye Captain Boomer! I hope you have a safe night too and don't get swept away by any storms!

[finneganwake]

Boomer? I'm not your grandda

[User is going to go do something useful.]

[bodeckerhedron]

SHAWN HATOSY as JACK ABBOT

➤• THE PITT (2025)

[dirtypawscleanboots]

Oh, now I'm getting italicized AND bold requests. I wouldn't want you have a conniption, so sure. I'll Specifically stay inside and use a service to call my one friend to tell her I'm not coming to The Wormhole tonight. Wow! That's pretty impressive. Gotta love the way mechanical machines work. Right up there with the first cars that utilized a similar cranking method. I bet you thought I was dumb, didn't you? Hey, next time I'm at the hardware store, I'll tell them the old guy from the nineties recommended I buy a crank radio so I'm prepared for the next big major disaster.

Hell yell! Can't wait!

[finneganwake]

I'm not having a conniption, I am trying to keep people from dying entirely preventable and shockingly stupid deaths, but so many of you go out of your way to make that incredibly fucking DIFFIC

Tell them the old guy was in the Coast Guard and they'll bill me for it, even. Consider that your apology for assuming you were dumb, on account of the signs. And have yourself a stellar, safe night.

[vivlennox]

The weather raises the stakes. It's a fun bonus challenge. Maybe getting struck by lightning undoes this fucking bullshit and I can LEAVE

[finneganwake]

The weather raises the likelihood of you creating a situation you cannot get yourself out of. You wanna know what the fun bonus challenges look like, from that point on? Or can you spend a night indoors. Please.

[vivlennox]

I'm going to make it my personal mission to make you regret telling me to get creative.

[finneganwake]

So long as you put a pin in that until the weather clears. Sun comes out, do your worst.

[finneganwake]

If you were trapped on a deserted island, what are the three things you'd want to have with you?

The can-do attitude that'll make sure I get by with what I actually do have. What you want is worse than irrelevant, in an emergency. It's a distraction. Needs first.

[vivlennox]

Wow, fucking tattling on me to the parks department? That's low. What's a girl gotta do to have some fun around here?

[finneganwake]

That's efficiency. And inter-departmental synergy.

Get creative. I believe in you.

[taliasshaw]

Sounds like the kind of weather babies get conceived in. Let's hope neither of us has to go putting together a search party for some poor unfortunate idiot who decided to go swimming or hiking in this mess. I mean, we've got the trails closed down but you know that's not gonna stop the most determined of fools.

[finneganwake]

Doesn't it just. I'll ask the paramedics, see if the hospital's gonna do a baby betting pool for the occasion. And yeah, there's always gonna be someone. If we could close the whole damn ocean...

You need anything from the station in all this, just let us Jules know. He'll get it done.

[vivlennox]

You're so welcome. I love finding ways to make this fuck ass town more tedious for me. Guess I should cross climbing trees in chainmail in a thunderstorm off the list too.

[finneganwake]

Ideally, I'd imagine, but I'll tag @taliasshaw. This one's yours, now. What's Parks' position on climbing trees in chainmail, in thunderstorms?

[bazzledazzle]

Can I borrow it?

[finneganwake]

You may not. Try Spirit Halloween.