All at once the music around the hot tub and bar came to a stop and was replaced by a quaint little jingle of only a few notes, that anyone would recognize as being a rather generic ringtone that one might expect to go off anywhere and at any time these days. It was the type of tone that would come default with any phone and would likely only be used if the item was brand new, or the user was just too lazy to change it. Whatever the reason, there was no question what that chime playing over the speakers was. Then that same position was only enforced by the bartender, who grabbed a tablet from behind the bar and held it out to the ladies, releasing it to whomever was the first to take it.<br/>The screen indicated that a video call was coming in and waiting to be accepted. With a quick swipe right of the little green icon, the screen came alive with a mirror image of all the ladies looking into the tablet.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/U2uKUxY.jpg)</div><strong>"Hi there ladies, I hope I'm not interrupting anything…"</strong>The woman's voice came from the speakers around the hot tub area, and above them a large, flatscreen monitor blinked alive with the image of the young woman facetiming them. Dressed in a style that could be called classy/casual, and wearing a big, friendly smile as she addressed the contest winners.<strong>"...say, mind doing a quick panorama, so I can get a look at all of you?"</strong>As whomever is holding the tablet shows it around the circle of women,<strong>"....mm-dang, if I wasn't married..."</strong>She would compliment with a little smile before letting out a chuckle.<br/><strong>"...Seriously though, welcome all of you, and congratulations on being chosen for this once in a lifetime, ultra romantic journey over the sea. Where the number one goal for all of you should be to relax, have fun, and get to know the other amazing women you get to share this experience with. I'm Samira, and I'll be like your host for this trip. I'm sorry I can't be there with you in person, but we can't all take a month off work and airlifting me in and out everyday wasn't gonna work."</strong>She explained, offering a shrug at the end before offering that wide, friendly smile again.<br/><br/><strong>"Now I'm sure you've all been given the rundown of how things work on the Love Boat, but let me just run through a few basics: the schedule here is pretty loose, you'll be spending most 9f the trip out at sea, but you will be making port at a few stops along the way, the first of which will be beautiful Jamaica! Most stops will include some team challenges, that come with awards in the form of date cards…"</strong>Samira holds up two golden cards, each with half a heart printed on them.<br/><strong>"...Most team challenges will be playing for these, with each member of the winning team getting one that they can use to take someone else on the boat out on a special date. Or if you find you have a good thing going and want to keep seeing where that leads, winners can combine their date cards and take each other out on an <em>extra special date</em>."</strong>she says, throwing in an eyebrow bump for effect.<strong>"These dates can be used at the restaurants on the ship, outings on the water, or even things to do where you are docked, all depending where you are… Another thing I'm sure you've been asking yourselves <em>"Where are all the other people on this cruise?"</em> this experience is in fact 100% booked by EftW for this experience, meaning you have run of the ship… excluding a few floors of just cabins you won't need, and the crew quarters…<em>"For just the nine of us, Samira?"</em> Not exactly, because as this cruise goes on, there will be new women showing up from time to time. So feel free to take your time and enjoy yourselves as you find that special someone. That said, if you do manage to find love with someone and you don't need to look anymore, we do ask you to let us know so we can get someone new in to take your place and keep the love train on the tracks!"<br/><br/>"Speaking of keeping things moving, it's about time to play our first game. Heads up, this one won't be for date cards. This one will decide where and who you'll be having dinner with. Five of you will be chowing down on burgers, or fish and chips at the Dirty Lymeric. The other four will be enjoying a four course meal at the Concerto. And the game you'll be playing  to decide who goes where is one I'm sure most of you are familiar with…"</strong><br/>Reaching below the screen Samira lifts up the classic square box with the colorful title across the top reading<strong><em>Twister</em></strong>.<br/><br/><strong>"That's right, Twister. Right now the crew should be setting up two Twister mats, and on each box you'll find your name on either team one or team two. Don't worry, we'll handle the spinner up here. You know the game, the spinner indicates a color and a body part and you put that body part on the colored circle. If you fall, you're out. The last four standing between the two teams will have dinner at the fancy feast, the other five will have some fun at the pub.<br/>Once the game is over you'll have a good few hours to get ready, enjoy the hot tub some more, or just explore the ship. <br/>Well it's about time to get this game started! Ladies, enjoy your night, and your dinner, and I'll look forward to seeing you all soon."</strong>Then the image of Samira left the tv screen and was replaced with a Twister spinner.<br/><br/>Just as Samira had said, a pair of stewards were laying out two Twister mats, and on the front of each of the boxes was a list of the women on each team:<br/><strong>Team one</strong><br/>Leah, Lakresha, Maya, Sora, Elsa<br/><strong>Team Two</strong><br/>Marissa, Asami, Amelia, Max<br/><br/>Once the mats were set up, the music came back on. Then up on the screen the digital spinner went around the board to land on "Left Hand, Green" and the game was on...