And with the sweat of your brow...

[bathymetric]

Fun Fact: Did you know that if the multiverse is real, there could be an almost infinite square mileage of completely unexplored ocean out there?

No reason.

...

You wake in one of 25 rooms with a sense of unease that doesn't quite track with how nice the accommodations are. Maybe it has something to do with the giant window leading out to the sea. The temperature is low, which might make you wish you had woken up under the luxurious covers instead of atop them. The lights, too, are low. But next to your bed is a small personal radio, and it's playing a song for you. There's also a small note printed on folded cardstock next to it.

Dear Prospective Citizen,

Welcome to the Helios Suites at New Rapture. The time should currently be 12:00 PM. Please take a moment to get your bearings and become acquainted with your new environment, then meet in the hotel lobby at 1:30 PM sharp for an orientation with Mayor Fontaine.

With only that for guidance, there's only the one thing to do: get out there and start exploring... well, it's hardly a full city, but it's something! And in the halls (or on the wall of your suite or the lobby), you very well may find up to 24 other captives.

What you do until your meeting with Mayor Fontaine, well... that's up to you. Every room certainly gives you something to talk about.

Comments

[sixthnonsense]

C'mon, I'm twenty-one, I ain't that old...and the way you're talking is kinda cringy dude, not gonna lie.

[Says the pot to the kettle.]

The heck are you talking about, anyway? What's the hub?

[buriedstar]

I call it like I see it. [ Though the words do give Seo Dawon pause, for several reasons. He really had thought that this guy had to be older, so he adjusts his speech back to his usual. If he's the senior here, things are different.

Not to mention... ]

First, tell me where you're from.

[sixthnonsense]

[Woooow. Hagakure lets it go for the time being though and focuses on Seo Dawon's question.]

Japan...?

[The questioning tone is more toward where Seo Dawon's going with this, not that he's unsure of his origins.]

[buriedstar]

You don't sound too sure of that.

[ Just stating!!! Since he moves on again because he's like this. ]

Japan, though...I was pretty sure those terms were interchangeable? [ More to himself, a brief pause and then: ]

You're from Japan, you think. And you've never heard of the Hub, users, scenarios, or the system?

[sixthnonsense]

Not I think- I know.

[Seo Dawon please!!]

I mean, I'm familiar with the terms, but probably not in the way you're talking. What's this got to do with anything?

[buriedstar]

[ ... ]

Nothing you'd understand. I'm from Korea, by the way. [ So at least they'll know they're both not dealing with fantasy lands from wherever. ]

[sixthnonsense]

Ooookay...

[Hagakure's still confused about all of that, but at least they've sorted something out?? Maybe??]

Oh yeah? Well it's good to hear a familiar location! I had a conversation with a guy earlier who had no idea what the Atlantic Ocean is.

[buriedstar]

I take it he wasn't just an idiot? [ One can never assume. ]

[sixthnonsense]

Y'know, I didn't ask.

[God.]

But he also listed off some places I've never heard of either... So probably not.

[buriedstar]

There's always next time.

[ He's helping! ]

Hm, like what?