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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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[People do all kinds of stuff when cornered! Aiba usually is good at predicting how people react, but
roleplaying makes that impossibleshe probably just underestimated how unpredictable people can be]no subject
...What are you suggesting we do instead? Pretend things are fine?
Anyone will be able to see that's not the case.
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[Aiba tilts her head]
We're in a highly unfamiliar situation and have been given a chance to escape -- which I presume you have already seen. We don't know what's the temperament of everyone else here. Talking much about it before this Mayor appears could push someone to try to leave by following it.
Waiting for the Mayor's intervention before talking about the current dangers in depth is the best way to keep our situation peaceful until the time to meet the Mayor comes.
[Or at least that's what her simulations indicated. Usually her simulations are flawless and she can predict how people will react, but...here there are way too many variables up in the air, so instead she's trying to play it safe!]
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[Not that she knows what to do here, exactly. Preventing a panic seems sensible enough, but just not talking about it?]
...
But if you think that's best, alright. I can do that.
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[Stiiiill...Aiba adds:]
...I'm sorry if it feels like I'm telling you what to do, by the way. I'm not...used to this kind of situations.
[To say the least! It's her partner who does all the talking and handling of people, she just hangs out as his eye and gives him advice and information. To have to talk to anybody is so strange!]
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To be honest, having some idea of what to do next is a relief.
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My attempt is to imitate what my partner would do at a time like this. For...the most part. Were I to imitate him completely I would be poking at literally everything around me and making passes at people.
[Which always annoys Aiba, wow]
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[Oh, we're being polite about it.]
A partial imitation is probably better. But... Aiba-san, even if this is new to you, as well, you seem to have more of a handle on the situation.
I'm glad. It makes me feel a little better.
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Still, Mafuyu feeling a little better seems to brighten Aiba's day]
I'm glad. Don't give up and you will be fine. I'm not one to make promises so I won't, but I do think that's how it works.
[Because if you give up you're just doomed]
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We'll all get out of here together, right, Aiba-san?