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unknownseas2022-06-12 10:14 am
bathymetric) wrote in unknownseas2022-06-12 10:14 am
And with the sweat of your brow...
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.
No reason.
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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.
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Anyway, that gets Rossiu's expression to lighten up a bit. That's almost a smile!! Wow!!!]
That makes two of us.
[And a joke???? What is the world coming to.]
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Then there's hope yet.
[He gives Rossiu a pat on the back. It's not as painful as you'd expect from a guy made of metal, but it's not great.]
What's your name, loser?
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Rossiu. If the information listed about us is correct, you're Misfire?
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[He says that, then realises he should elaborate.]
It's a long story.
[Pause.]
Actually - it's not. If you've seen my title, which, if you looked at the profiles, you probably have, you can put two and two together and get a pretty good idea of where it came from. [He barely leaves any space for Roissu to do that before explaining-] One machine gun. Twelve dead decepticons. One huge misunderstanding.
[He scrunches his face up in thought.]
Come to think of it, what's the point of those things, anyway? The titles. Apart from potential public humiliation. Maybe it's all public humiliation.
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I couldn't say for sure, as many of them are entirely meaningless to me. I have no idea what my own is supposed to mean.
[gurren lagann has no trolleys and therefore no trolley problems, in this essay i will—]
Though given the way many of the profiles are worded... I think you may be right.
[It's definitely public humiliation.]
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Geez, we're getting extremely lavish treatment and being made fun of at the same time - what're we even meant to take from that?
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[Maybe there is no logic in this.]
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[Though...]
Worse ways, too. Way worse. At least we're not getting flagellated.
[Yet.]
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Yes, I will certainly take whatever these attempts are over... that.
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[It being the flagellating.]
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[...But that's not a no.]
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Until then, though - emphasis on the 'until' - we should milk this place for what it's worth. Take the fancy food and run.