The cruise ship of your dreams - Full of exciting and bizarre entertainment, excellent crew members who are all unique in their own way and the Captain of the ship - Mr Wammy. Romance, murder and scandals ensues! LxLight, MelloxMatt, NearxLinda AU. Rated T for swearing .
Do you need some well-deserved rest and relaxation? Or perhaps just a bit of fun and enjoyment in your life? Well, you should come to The Dream - the fabulous cruise ship that can cater to your every need; whether it be entertainment, appetite, excitement…
Mello wiped his brow as he set down to clean the table of customers that had just left a second ago, he was listening to the television commercial with vague interest and thinking of a better place. His job consisted of working in a dingy restaurant on lengthy hours with bad pay, he paused as he saw the table wasn't going to get any cleaner as the stains had almost stuck to the table and wouldn't let go.
"Mello! Stop gawking at yourself in the table and get back to work!" a grumbling voice jumped him out of his thoughts and he glared to the direction of his boss.
"Yeah, like I could even see a reflection through all the grime…" he mumbled grumpily under his breath and continued scrubbing the table while taking more notice of the commercial that was still running on the screen. It continued on with things like dancing classes available and the finest cuisine and a dependable variety of staff that can help with every need.
"Man… That would be amazing…" he said to himself as he stared at the television screen which was showing a stretch of bright blue ocean and the different colours and lights of entertainment on the ship.
Mello got home that night and collapsed onto his bed in his one bedroom apartment, he kicked off his horrible work shoes and popped several muscles in his back as he stretched. He looked around his room at the untidiness with clothes hanging in several places and sighed in defeat.
'I need to get out of here…' he thought to himself, his thoughts continued and strayed to the cruise ship that was on the television today, he abruptly sat up on the edge of his bed and got out an old laptop.
The laptop took a while to load up after not been used in centuries, Mello smirked at the thought of a century old laptop made of wood or something stupid like that . He quickly starting setting up his laptop becoming more frantic as he realised he was laughing at his own, terrible jokes. He drummed his fingers impatiently as he waited for the internet to fully load, a search engine was opened up and the name of the cruise company was typed in.
He opened up their website and froze as his hand went to scroll down the page.
"Why am I doing this, there's no way I'd ever be able to afford to go on a cruise like this… I may as well turn it off because I'll only get depressed and go to bed with a tub of double chocolate ice-cream again…" Mello said to himself, but quickly dismissed his doubts and continued anyway, looking at the various photographs of the different things offered by the staff and entertainers, one showed a stage with what seemed like a set of dancers and a crowd watching, another was what seemed like someone on a water ski in the ocean. There was a picture of what was obviously the ship's restaurant area, it had a deep coloured red carpet and elegant wall designs and tables for guests scattered on the floor. He clicked on the picture to compare it to the crappy dump he was working at currently.
The page loaded and had information on the food being served and such. Mello's eyebrows furrowed as he saw a notice saying 'HELP WANTED FOR WAITER VACANCY'
Time seemed to stop in the small, low-quality apartment as Mello had a realisation of how this was his way out and he quickly jumped around his room looking for the telephone and called the company.
Two Months Later
Mello blew his blonde hair out his face as he all but skipped to his next table to get an order for the family that sat there, it was great… it was fucking awesome! Here he was, only a month or two ago he was working in a dump and now look at him! He was in a satin waistcoat for heavens sake! Things really were great, he managed to get that job vacancy with what seemed to be incredible ease. It really is a dream come true, no matter how stupid that sounded to him.
Mello thought the head chef seemed alright, he liked Mello too so that was good. Mello could say he was kinda weird and eccentric looking but Mello couldn't really talk, I mean look at him, he had long blonde hair and wore tight black leather at the weekends… But that's for another time. His boss had wild black hair and didn't bother with a hat or hairnet for working with food… Which Mello thought was kinda disgusting, there was one thing Mello was shitting himself about him though as one time he saw him getting ready to cut meat up and all he could see of the chef was the back of him and the sound of metal knives scraping against one another slowly and the low sound of a laugh that sounded like "kyukyukyukyuk…" He was a good guy though, because he was really helpful to Mello when he first started out. He also had one of the strangest names Mello had ever heard, it made him wonder if he changed it himself legally - it was Beyond Birthday.
The owner of the cruise company was both the captain and creator of the business, his name was Mr. Wammy - or Captain Wammy - and as far as Mello knew he was simply a great man with a marvellous mind. Every morning on the ship he would greet the guests and give them some wise advice for the day. Whenever Mello asked his co-workers about him they always stared into space with a gaze of admiration, Mello could tell Captain Wammy was easily very popular with any person. The cruise itself was 16 days for the guests and it would start in Japan and cross the Pacific Ocean, the destination was Los Angeles in California there was also a two-day stop off in Hawaii which was always relaxing.
Apparently the ship had over a hundred members of staff, so everyone only ever knew who was in their own department, but rumours and gossip still found it's way around. Mello got told that apparently there is a dance performer who is amazing at what he does and supposedly beauty defined in human form, but a girl complaining to her friend about how he's gay, Mello wondered for a moment if a rumour would go around about him like that - he wouldn't say it isn't true though, he laughed quietly to himself. The cruise is also renowned for it's incredible security and efficiency, Mello heard from one of the other waiters that one time there was a disruption in one of the classes that the cruise had to offer - mainly being creative classes like dance or art - and security was there in a flash to calm down whatever went on, the waiter said it was to do with the amount of surveillance the ship had, which made Mello start to notice the cameras in the corner of ceilings in every room except sleeping rooms. They say that behind the lens is one man who has constant watch over the whole ship, Mello wondered how one man could possibly do all that and someone told him that the guy is an insomniac so he never sleeps and is always watching, knowing that made Mello kind of uncomfortable at the thought of always being watched but he guessed he had to deal with it.
Usually, Mello wouldn't be this easily swayed to deal with things but he was incredibly grateful for the opportunity as he remembered how he had prayed so much that fateful night for some way that his life would change for the better, Mello absentmindedly played with the rosary around his neck, it would be while before he let his true personality come out to these new people around him.
My first story! The inspiration hit me hard and I had to write it, lots of characters from Death Note appear in this as different crew members and I had a lot of fun coming up with who will be what ^_^ Hopefully I can keep updating this frequently, I have the next chapter already started and I hope to upload it during the weekend maybe! Thank you very much! If anyone spots any mistakes, especially with tenses or POV's as I always write 'I do this... I do that... etc' it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you again! ^_^