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frankie || 34 || she/they || ace/bi frankie's the name and tinkering is my game

[frankiehudson-sots]

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how is a little freak like me supposed to make it in this world

[brittanysp]

not the last time i checked, but he's always full of surprises. do you want to help me look?

leggings. i think that's the only one, but he keeps secrets from me all the time, and i don't know how to read his diary. his penmanship is just awful.

do you think maybe the cream smells like ass because you're using it as lubricant? just some food for thought.

[frankiehudson-sots]

Um, yes I would love to help you look?? I am the best at hide and seek, my mom once had to call the cops because my hiding place was too good and no-one had found me for three hours. She was kinda mad when I emerged from the crawlspace tho...

Oh, yeah, leggings suck, I don't think I've ever worn a pair that I haven't got a hole in somewhere within the first couple of hours... also I'm just impressed that he's a cat that can write. Although now I'm having an existential crisis wondering if his handwriting is better than mine, because like... people have said mine is illegible, what if it is, what if I write worse than a cat THAT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE OPPOSABLE THUMBS???

Nah it definitely smelt like that before I used to grease up some stiff gears, I couldn't get the smell off my hands for a week after

[sosmythe]

flames feel pretty symbolic, considering how everything's been going lately. i'd say painting them could jinx us, but tbh? not sure that's possible at that point. just... avoid icebergs. that's got to be playing with fate just a little too much.

[frankiehudson-sots]

You are not wrong there my dude... definitely not going to chance the iceberg thing on a boat that's gotta keep us alive for eternity, I will not be responsible for potentially jinxing us, that's wayyy too much pressure for my tiny shoulders

[phoebeatsea]

Unfortunately, I don't think they'd allow you to paint flames on the side. You're not wrong, though.. I much rather a Mad Max situation than whatever this is.

[frankiehudson-sots]

Yeah that's the vibe I'm getting, which sucks because if anything is going to make eternity at sea better, it'd be whimsical shit like flames on the side right?? God I feel that, the whole mechanic thing is a lot more high stakes when you're helping keep a ship full of people afloat than it would if I was just messing around with bikes in the shop... also people just looked cooler in Mad Max, I have not seen Charlize Theron ANYWHERE, what's even the point??

[chefhummel]

I'm not sure how that would work, seeing as the boat is currently in water. I would think the spikes would hurt the fish the sea as well. I have no idea. I only know the route to the kitchen, where I work. I got lost the other day because I decided to listen to the Wicked soundtrack while on my way to the gym and got lost in reminiscing. My dad works on the maintenance crew! His name is Burt.

[frankiehudson-sots]

Oh you can totally do it on the sea, there's like these swing looking things you dangle over the edge for like, hull repairs and stuff, so you could totally use them to redecorate on the go. Man, I really hope there's going to be good singers on the boat, I really need tunes to have any hope of focusing, and the prospect of no new music ever again?? Horrible. Tragic. Diabolical. Hey, I think I met Burt!! Or... almost ran right into him going too fast around a corner when I got cocky thinking I was in the clear to use my heelys down the corridor... he was really chill about it tho, I like him

[troutymouthsam]

Flames? isn't that a little i dunno high school? Next you'll be adding go fast stripes.

It is a little bit of a maze to be fair. Ive had a lot of fun all day watching people walk aimlessly around and getting lost. I must have forgotten to add the map to everyones phones. What a shame.

Im not far form the engine room but in a more public area waiting for everyones tech issues to come in. Currently i have a number of OAP's needing phone lessons. One tip to find the engine room. Follow the noise. It's like the loudest part of the ship.

[frankiehudson-sots]

Uhhhh what's wrong with go fast stripes?? They're dope, we want to look cool to the other ships right???

I'm assuming it's your job to watch the cameras,and you're not just... Big Brother-ing for weird reasons right?? Right?? A map would be super helpful tho dude, y'know if you have the time

Y'know it's kinda reassuring that even after a dystopian hellscape unfolded before our eyes, some things never change. God bless the OAPs and their phone illiteracy. Oh, cool, loudest part of the ship, got it!!

[mikeycsea]

Oh good luck with the shark thing. I asked about sharks five minutes in and got shut down immediately. Probably would have got thrown overboard if my sister didn't step in. It's a danger to people. Which doesn't really make sense because they're more scared of us than we are of them right? Or is that bears? Or spiders? Anyway, no sharks.

[frankiehudson-sots]

Yo but why were people were shutting you down, that's a valid question??? WE LIVE ON THE SEA NOW OF COURSE YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE SHARKS???? I definitely don't think it's bears, I feel like bears are scared of no man, which... fair they're huge, why would they be?? God I'm gonna miss bears... also I have been informed that spikes are "impractical" but sharks tend to stay in the sea anyway, so I feel like we're good!!

[nyadamiless]

I will be honest, I think the flames would be cool on the side but I think anything would look cool on the side of the boat to let people know this is the place to be after all! Why spikes?

[frankiehudson-sots]

SEE!! YOU GET MY VISION!! It would look SO sick with some flames, maybe a skull or two, y'know tell all the other boats not to mess with us!! Spikes for protection dude, there's sharks in them there waters

[frcnniebridgertons]

Uh..... Maybe? It's worth a shot! What's the worst she can do? Say no? She seems kinda scary though, so you might actually have a shot!!! Uh.... I'm gonna take a wild shot in the dark here from watching Titanic so many times and guess that the engine rooms are probably down on the lower decks somewhere?

[frankiehudson-sots]

She's super scary, I don't feel like no is the worse she could do... maybe I'll wait a little before I ask to redecorate her ship, y'know, give everyone time to settle in?? I should have asked you to begin with Stells, that's so smart... although I really hope this doesn't turn into a Titanic sitch, I'd force my way onto that door if that was the case

[wildeinfluence]

If this is the new version of life as promised, you could probably still build a bike on here. I don't know where you'd get the parts, but supposedly anything's possible. I don't know that I actually believe that, but maybe this'll prove me wrong.

[frankiehudson-sots]

I mean... yeah, building it is half the fun, but I don't think I could ride it on board without getting into serious trouble, and then I'd have to find somewhere to put it, plus stealing parts from engineering to build it?? Probably frowned upon too. Love the optimism and blind faith in my tinkering abilities tho, lady I've never met. Does this mean you think I'm cool??

[ltcdrmaeveflynnabrams]

I was, at minimum, expecting some kind of Fallout or Fallen Earth vibe, honestly. Majorly disappointed we didn't figure out cloning. As for your suggestions, it's best to not continuously sacrifice sea life to the ship, once it gets a taste it'll never be satisfied and your job will become infinitely harder, as will mine, and you don't want to see how I get when you make my job harder. As for the engine room, get down to the staff levels and follow the signs. But if you hit storage you've gone too far.

[frankiehudson-sots]

Cloning would've been sick, imagine how much easier life would be with more than one of you?? Although would all my other clones also have ADHD?? Because I just feel like we'd be a terrible influence on each other in that case...

Also, got it, no sacrificing things to the ship, that sounds scary as fuck honestly, I do not want to be that idiot in a horror movie. And y'know, piss off my new boss already, that's a bad move... staff levels, right... I definitely know where those are boss, you got it

[blainetm]

As much as I would love it if you gave the outside of this boat a little artistic makeover, something tells me Captain Sylvester wouldn't exactly appreciate that if what I've seen from her so far is anything to go by... As for the engine room, I'm afraid I can't help you with that. I did get lost earlier today, though, so I know how you feel. Aren't engine rooms usually at the back of the ship?

[frankiehudson-sots]

Yeah, going off the fact that she left tracksuits for us all, like some kind of weird cult uniform, I think you're right... which is a shame because this place would look dope with some flames on it. Hm, back of the ship seems like a good call to me, it definitely narrows down the search area, that's for sure! Honestly I think it's going to take me months to navigate this place without getting lost, but at least I'm not the only one getting lost

[frankiehudson-sots]

Ngl when the world started descending into madness I was kinda hoping for a Mad Max kinda situation so I could build the sickest bike the world had ever seen, but a boat's still pretty cool... do you think the captain would let me paint like... flames on the side or something?? Or like... maybe spikes or something on the hull, there's sharks in the sea right?? I mean I should figure out how to actually get to the parts of the boat I work in first, this place is a maze man, anybody know where the engine room would be??

[brittanysp]

has anyone seen lord tubbington? i took my eye off him for two seconds when i was getting us some ice cream, and now i can't find him anywhere. if you see him, please just tell me, d͟o͟ ͟n͟o͟t͟ ͟a͟p͟p͟r͟o͟a͟c͟h͟!͟!͟!͟ he will try and get you to "support his small business", but it's just an mlm - not the good kind!! - and he's just trying to get you in his down-line. he d͟o͟e͟s͟ ͟n͟o͟t͟ have a family to support, he's a free-loader who swindled me out of three hundred dollars.

[frankiehudson-sots]

Is Lord Tubbington a hide and seek fan? Because I've spotted a few cool looking hiding places already when I was trying to find my way around that you could try looking in?? Also what kind of mlm are we talking, the weird creams that make your hands smell like ass?? "Protein" shakes that make your hair fall out?? Or just one of those vague manifesting, mindfulness, thinky kinds?? I'm not interested in any of them btw, just sometimes those creams make great gear lubricant in a pinch, and I wanna know what to look out for if he comes my way

[oftheseas-rpg]

FRANCESCA "FRANKIE" WILLOW HUDSON

⚑ GENDER: Genderqueer ⚑ PRONOUNS: She/They ⚑ AGE: 34 (November 30th, 1990) ⚑ TYPE: Full sibling ⚑ HOMETOWN: Lima, Ohio ⚑ SEXUALITY: Asexual, Biromantic ⚑ JOB: Mechanic/Engineer ⚑ ACCOMMODATION: Emerald ⚑ FACECLAIM: Tatiana Maslany

ABOUT FRANKIE

“Francesca Hudson will you please sit in your seat and pay attention?”

That might as well have been the mantra of Frankie’s life. It was just so hard to stay still when there were so many interesting and exciting things going on around her, so many things for them to explore and that piqued her interest, so why stay in her chair and learn about shapes when there was a bird outside that window?! Their ADHD diagnosis didn’t come as any surprise to those that knew them, or themselves for that matter.

One of the few things that did capture Frankie’s attention almost completely was her dad’s motorbike. She loved to hang out in the garage with him when he was home in and tinkering with it, and Christopher encouraged them to get involved when he realised how interested they were with it. He taught her how all the parts worked, why they worked the way they did, how they relied on each other to make the bike run. Frankie was fascinated, spending her weekends when Christopher was home for deployment with oil stains on her dungarees and a socket wrench in their hand. Carole forbade her from actually riding the bike until she had a license of her own (and even then she was very reluctant about it), but Christopher found plenty of way for Frankie to enjoy the bike even so.

After her dad died, his bike became Frankie’s most prized possession. She polished it, tuned it, made sure it’s tires were full, and it was well oiled, everything her dad had ever taught her about bike upkeep. It was their way of both grieving him and honouring his memory, the last piece of him she felt she could tangibly hold onto that was just hers. If Christopher could see the way in which him bonding with his chaotic whirlwind of a daughter had influenced her future career choices, Frankie liked to think he'd be dragging about it insufferably.

Rather than going to college, Frankie landed and internship at a bike shop not far from home, helping their mom with the bills no matter how much Carole might have tried to protest about it. She’d never lived anywhere else but the family home she grew up in, but her mom never seemed to mind, even on the days where the oblivious Frankie tracked dirt and oil into her newly cleaned kitchen. It made moving to Sylvester On The Sea a lot easier than it could’ve been, sure boats and motorbikes were two very different beasts, but Frankie was excited at the prospect of learning a new skillset, even if the boat is full of bright and shiny new things ready to distract her at any moment.