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

[howveryglib]

It would likely make things far more complicated than they already are, I am certain.

[why are they like this.]

[onemillion]

Indeed. I can imagine how much of a headache that would be.

[howveryglib]

I have not been on the wrong end of that end of their games as of yet, but I would rather avoid it.

[that he knows of anyway.

lmao.]

I suppose we will learn something about our captor soon enough, at the very least.

[onemillion]

Understandably so.

[lmao.]

Let us hope whatever we learn will prove useful. The sooner we can return, the better.

[howveryglib]

Indeed.

[...]

Speaking of which, is there anything in particular you remember before your arrival that may help explain... this.

[onemillion]

[Rossiu considers carefully before shaking his head.]

Unfortunately not. The last thing I remember is seeing my... friends off on a mission. I was with my subordinates, and yet they weren't dragged here.

[Which he's both grateful for and a little annoyed at. Of course they had to grab him and not anyone else...]

[howveryglib]

I see... again, different from my own situation. I was in the midst of battle and someone... activated a feature of my weapon which I was not made aware of.

["mission" sounds military enough, he can probably talk a little vaguely about it.

...

he sure is salty though.]

[onemillion]

I imagine that must have been incredibly frustrating.

[Most of his experiences with things like that were Simon coming up with new and creative ways to utilize gunmen, but he can easily imagine that going very poorly.]

Though it does sound like a situation where the person you were fighting should have been brought along.

[howveryglib]

...The person I was fighting tends to be the exception in many areas, so I am somewhat unsurprised that he is not present.

[distinct lack of catmen in this place...]

[onemillion]

Ah, I believe I know what you mean.

[He's The Protagonist, isn't he.]

Still, it is odd that no one we were with was brought here.

[howveryglib]

Indeed it is. Perhaps it is different for the others here, but it poses several questions about why any of us would be here to begin with.

[onemillion]

I'm very curious about that as well. Somehow, I doubt our captor will be willing to tell us that much, however.

[Better to keep us in the dark for as long as possible...]

[howveryglib]

I doubt it as well, and even if it does happen to come up I imagine it will be at least slightly inscrutable. I have no idea what actual purpose there would be for something like this.