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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.
sixthnonsense: (☄ did i just do something right?)

[personal profile] sixthnonsense 2022-06-13 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[When he turns to face the person talking to him though, he freezes up a bit.]

Uh...

[He's a little speechless, and a little frightened if he's being honest. The hell is this JRPG-ass armor??]
howveryglib: it's gaius's darth vader judge ghis ass helmet. (like darth vader but not your dad)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-14 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[...well okay. he's like, aware he's intimidating as hell, that's kind of the point.]

...You may speak freely. I have no quarrel with you.
sixthnonsense: (☄ the fates aren't looking good for you)

[personal profile] sixthnonsense 2022-06-14 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
S-Sorry, I just wasn't expecting...

[He makes a broad motion at Gaius's everything.]

Is that battle armor? Did you wake up in your battle armor??
howveryglib: it's gaius's darth vader judge ghis ass helmet. (like darth vader but not your dad)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-14 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
…yes?

[He seems a little confused by the question…]

It was what I was wearing immediately before I arrived here, as far as I remember.
sixthnonsense: (☄ did i just do something right?)

[personal profile] sixthnonsense 2022-06-14 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
What army are you even from? It's sick as hell!!

[And very intimidating. But at least Hagakure's not in danger with this guy...? For now?]
howveryglib: gaius all armored up with his stupid gun sword drawn, looking intimidating. not pictured: cool robot. i assure you the cool robot is there though. (LOOK AT MY COOL ROBOT)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-15 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[...he's a dad so he can understand tone if not necessarily The Slang What The Kids Are Using These days, at least.]

I am the legatus legionis of the XIVth Legion of the Garlean Imperial Army, if you are familiar with it. I find it hard to imagine that you would not be, but this situation is far stranger than I would have initially imagined...
sixthnonsense: (☄ whoa hold up)

[personal profile] sixthnonsense 2022-06-15 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunately, Gaius seems to lose Hagakure midway through that long-ass title.]

Nnnnever heard of it. Garlean...what country is that?
howveryglib: it's gaius's darth vader judge ghis ass helmet. (like darth vader but not your dad)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-15 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
[...]

The fact that you do not know makes me far more confused about where this is, given that it is the largest empire in the known world.
sixthnonsense: (☄ headscratcher)

[personal profile] sixthnonsense 2022-06-15 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I've got a working theory that we're in the Atlantic Ocean...

[Because this is totally Atlantis.]

But yeah...I couldn't tell you about the rest. It's not the first time that I've heard of a completely unfamiliar place today though?
howveryglib: it's gaius's darth vader judge ghis ass helmet. (like darth vader but not your dad)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-16 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
I see... well, I have not heard of such a place myself, and the fact that it is an entire ocean...

[Concerning!]

What information are you drawing upon, and it would it be any help in locating the nearest source of help?
sixthnonsense: (☄ i'm not saying it was aliens...)

[personal profile] sixthnonsense 2022-06-16 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Great, more people who haven't heard of common Earth things!!]

There's a famous sunken city called Atlantis, and that's where I think we are. And if that's really true, Iiiii don't think we're gonna be rescued anytime soon. There's no one around for ages.
howveryglib: gaius in full armor with his arms crossed as he watches the cartineau stuff go down (look at them summoning gods.)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-17 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
…Ah, I see. Not only is it difficult to access due to its location, I imagine it is protected by some ancient technology that keeps it hidden.

[SO IT’S ALLAGAN BULLSHIT, he understands that.]
sixthnonsense: (☄ don't diss the dreads!)

[personal profile] sixthnonsense 2022-06-20 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[...

Okay so Hagakure was initially hella intimidated by this guy but he is still intimdated but also feels so vindicated right now.]


That's exactly what I was thinking! You get it! Dude, you so get it!

[It's like he's never been believed a day in his life or something.]
howveryglib: it's gaius's darth vader judge ghis ass helmet. (like darth vader but not your dad)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-21 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I have overseen the excavation of Allagan ruins, and I have heard that some are far better protected than the one we found. It is not particularly difficult to imagine.

[final fantasy 14: honestly hagakure would have a great time here]
sixthnonsense: (☄ maaaan)

[personal profile] sixthnonsense 2022-06-22 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[He would love Allagan shit, it's true.]

You say that, but so many people have called bullcrap on my theory!
howveryglib: gaius in full armor with his arms crossed as he watches the cartineau stuff go down (look at them summoning gods.)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-22 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I am not familiar with any of the details that would lead me to say whether it is plausible or not, but I do not think it prudent to reject any explanation at this point...