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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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I see... I cannot say that this situation seems preferable, but at least you seem to have more freedom than you did previously. My memories prior to this are certainly different enough that there does not seem to be a connection, so I cannot account for this... "Castle Dracula."
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[His voice is somewhat quiet as he says that, hating that he considers that a positive.]
...What is the last thing you remember, if you do not mind me asking.
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It is... a complicated situation, but suffice to say that someone activated a... feature of my weapon against my will and for a moment after I awoke, I believed that it. At the very least tampered with my memory, if it had not transported me somewhere else entirely...
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... How queer.
I thought for sure this was the Count's doing but if he did not bring you here, particularly someone of your stature...
[He sighs. The Count being behind this was at least an easy answer, an easy solution to the issue that's plaguing him, but now he's just confused.]
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[Sigh...]
Who is this "Count" you speak of, in any case? You seem to have ruled him out as a potential suspect, but any information could be helpful in a situation such as this.
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[Still, it can't hurt to bring up what he knows.]
He is a Count in Transylvania, whom I was assisting in his move to England. He seemed very knowledgeable about the culture and excited for his move. He had insisted that he had servants but he was the only one tending to his castle, and appeared to be the only resident besides these three women who almost...
[He gingerly touches his neck as he trails off.]
A-anyway, I have come to the understanding that this man cannot be human. I have seen him scale the castle walls like a lizard, and he did not appear to have a reflection. As well, he seemed to recoil when he found that I was wearing a crucifix-
[His eyes widen in horror as he realizes something.]
Oh dear god, the crucifix! I don't have it with me! Dear God, if the Count were to arrive with me without any sort of protection--
[He looks around frantically, as if expecting to see it in some odd corner of the room.]
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All those places are entirely unfamiliar to me, though I have a better understanding of why you are in such a state, at the very least.
[like. he could probably take this dracula guy. but this guy seems a little more like a civilian or something.]
What is this "crucifix" you speak of, so that I may return it to you if I happen upon it?
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It's a figure of a cross on a necklace. It was never anything I would wear before but... knowing that it is the one thing the Count is repelled by, it makes makes me feel safer when I have it.
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...anyway okay some kind of cross shape he understands what those are. like an x right]
Ah, some sort of talisman that repels him, then. Regardless, until then, if you feel as though you are threatened or if you believe him to be present, you only need tell me.
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Jonathan gives Gaius a teary but genuine smile.]
You truly mean it, Sir? I am terribly sorry for judging you so harshly; you have no idea what this means to me.
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[…perhaps a little condescending BUT]
I cannot hold your panic against you, all things considered. It is a concerning situation even without taking your previous troubles into account.
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It certainly is, and I am sorry you're in this situation as well. You seem far too nice to have to go through whatever torment this monster has in mind.
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There are many who would argue that, but I would at least prefer to guide others through this situation than leave them to flounder.
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[There is a pause, before his face flushes a little.]
Oh dear, I'm sorry, Sir, I've been sharing so many intimate details about myself when I haven't even told you my name. I'm Jonathan Harker; it's a pleasure to meet you.
[He approaches Gaius, extending a hand to shake.]
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[sure! No reason not to shake hands.]