unknownseas | FINAL INVESTIGATION

Good morning, passengers. You've made landfall.

The ship arrives at the shore of the island early in the morning, suddenly grinding to a halt for the first time in weeks. A ramp is lowered directly onto the beach, and The Captain almost immediately hops down it, laughing the whole while as he does. Jones stands on the ship, not following, and The Captain addresses you:

"Don't take too long! We have business in that lighthouse, you and I."

Without another word, The Captain heads towards a path on the beach that heads lighthouse-ward, but not before turning back again.

"And Jones! Head to your ship and ready the crew for when this is over."

Jones seems... not quite content to do this, whatever it is, but after a minute or so for any last conversation, he vanishes into a wall.

With both of your captors no longer on board, the ship is quiet. Its engines are stalled, the journey over. If you wish to survive the day, you're going to have to go onto that island and face The Captain once and for all.

But first... there are some areas you definitely haven't explored yet! If you're going to go in with all the information you need, might be time to take advantage of this situation...

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[oh great of course there's a fancy bedroom

Anyway, Data's attention is drawn to the writing desk, obviously! What's going on here?]

[ What, do you think Handsome Jack wouldn't build himself a place like this? Look at him.

There's a couple papers on the desk and a bulletin board above it, for starters? ]

[Okay, the bulletin board seems a lot more in-your-face, so let's start there? What's on this thing?]

[ Looks like a few blueprints for various robots! ]

[jesus christ

okay

Anything important that our resident robotics expert can glean from these?]

[ Sure! You've seen both kinds of robots here, after all.

One is for those flying maintenance robots - they're referred to as surveyors, and seem equipped for, well, maintenance!

The other is for a complex humanoid animatronic - fun fact, one of the components is a shell for the hands that matches the hand Constantine found all those weeks ago. ]

[JIMOTHY BUFFETT?????]

[ The very lad. ]

[Well depending on how things will have gone yesterday, this may be incredibly relevant to Data's interests! Actually, he's probably gonna take it either way. But since we're on this and not #FreeJimmy2021 right now, let's just move right along for the moment!

Anything else notable about the blueprints, or is it desk time?]

[ It's desk time!

Looks like some more blueprints, this time for the SS Swift herself! ]

[Hm! Interesting! This is slightly less Data's forte than the whole robot thing, being a water ship, but at least he knows how to read blueprints generally. Anything of note here?]

[ There is one thing! On one section, near the front of the ship in the lower right, there's a room labelled TOP SECRET, ALSO SUPER DANGEROUS- DO NOT DISTURB. ]

[Probably should've just labeled it as a broom closet or something, Jack.

Anyway, noted! Data's not gonna run off to try and check that out right this second, though. What other papers are here?]

[ The room seems to be sealed off anyway, so... it's probably fine!

There's also a file labelled ANGEL, for one thing. ]

[Ah! Let's see what's in here!]

[ It looks like a great deal of information about Handsome Jack's late (he assumes) daughter.

Apparently, she had the ability to manipulate energy and digital spaces, but vanished right before being heartlessly killed by a bunch of bandits. Finding her is stated as Jack's top priority once he opens a Vault that supposedly exists on the island this ritual allows him to access.

This folder is also connected to the desk by a chain, so you might need to take pictures instead of bringing the full thing. ]

[We could do that! Or we could just snap that chain! Destruction of property yooooooooo]

[ Yooooooooo well damn! Folder obtained, ya rebel! ]

[BWAAAA BWA BWA BWA BWAAAAAAAAA /airhorns

Anyway is there anything else to find on the desk here?]

[ Not on the desk itself, but in the drawer there's a personal audio recorder! And some tapes. ]

[Oh shiiiiiiit let's listen to that! Starting with the first tape, if there's any clear logic to them. Are they labeled? If not, he'll just pick one.]

[ There are a few!

- Title brainstorm
- Audio Diary 1
- Audio Diary 2 ]

[.....Title Brainstorm sounds fucking hilarious let's hear that]

Alright, I’m going to have to figure out something to call them? Apparently it’s a thing you do in this sort of thing, something about true names, blah blah blah, whatever. So! Let’s figure these puppies out so we can find out how to skin them - oh, yeesh, that is gross!

First up, the weird lady with the mutant fish things. Uh… you know what, we’ll start easy. the Oceanologist. Simple, classy - it’s, you know, I’ll come back to it once the brain juices are flowing more.

Alright, next up is Chalk Guy! Probably something better than that… something about his job too, maybe? Yeah, probably. #1 Elevator Attendant?

Alright, now for the first - how did we end up with this many robots and robot accessories, I swear - the one with the weird anger button shit. Uh.... pft, Danger Goose, yeah, that’ll work. Pretty sure that’s a game, or something.

Now this one, this one I like. I mean she’s super going to die for the greater good, but you know. Details! Anyway, let’s go wiiiiiiiith… hey computer, what’s the first few notes from the song about the blue chick? You know, the pirate one, with the discourse? I like her.

[ It goes on like this for a while. If you want any in particular, I can write them up, but it’s just a lot of Jack Being Jack in here, apparently! ]

[Sadly, Data being Data, he actually doesn't feel the need for most of the others! He understands where they all came from! Alice's was perhaps the one he was most curious about...

...also though. Scott.]

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