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Unknown Seas Mods / NPCs ([personal profile] bathymetric) wrote in [community profile] unknownseas2022-06-12 10:14 am
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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.
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[personal profile] pairtner 2022-06-12 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
A...A phone. Are you unaware what's a phone?

[Aiba hopes not! She still doesn't get used to explaining what she perceives as very basic concepts, even though half of her job is explaining stuff to her partner, hah]
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[personal profile] prompocalypse 2022-06-12 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Like, a phonogram? God, please don't make me do linguistics while we're in a hostage situation.
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[personal profile] pairtner 2022-06-12 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
No! That's completely unrelated.

[Welp, time to begin, she supposes. Perhaps this will work...?]

When you think about talking to someone who is a long distance away from you, what do you think to use?
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[personal profile] prompocalypse 2022-06-12 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
...Like, verbally? The sending spell, I suppose?
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[personal profile] pairtner 2022-06-12 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
...less fantastical, more technological.

[It takes Aiba all of her willpower not to scoff at the suggestion of a spell]
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[personal profile] prompocalypse 2022-06-13 08:31 am (UTC)(link)
Why would you need a machine for that when you could just use your crystal, though?

Wait, do you not have yours on you?
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[personal profile] pairtner 2022-06-16 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
...we're definitely not on the same wavelength here.

[Welp, since asking for stuff based on what Aiba knows isn't working, she changes tactics: ask about what Penelope knows]

Tell me about this crystal you mentioned.