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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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[He doesn't move from his position, cowering away from a teenage girl.]
If I say an alien, do you promise not to freak out?
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[ That's... not even a real word, is it? Confusion eases the defensive expression on her face just a bit before she shakes her head and goes right back to glaring daggers at him. ]
I don't have the patience to hear someone speaking nonsense at the moment. If you're going to speak at all, then speak plainly – what is an "alien"?
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Really? You don't-? Alright, I'll explain it to you, but you're gonna have to get used to a lot of concepts really quickly, okay?
[Okay.]
So you live on a planet - I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess Earth - and you've got the sky above you. Now, in that sky, you've got the stars. [He does some hand gestures to assist with the mental image building. He really hopes she's following so far.] And with all those stars out there, there are other planets just like Earth. Well, not just like Earth, but similar. With intelligent life and all that. It's just that, being from several galaxies across, that life starts looking a little different. That's what you guys call aliens - us guys who come from way, way out in space.
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Or her sister's?
The thought makes her stomach do an uncomfortable loop and she purses her lips tight. ]
Assuming it's true you were born such a long way away from us... how did you even arrive here? Do you at least know what this place is?
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[He gives her a slow, nonthreatening thumbs-up.]
Now, on answering your question: not a fragging clue. I’m as lost here as you are.