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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.
dullshooter: (smugfire)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-14 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
[It was so fun while it lasted.]

What? Poor little woof woof?
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 2022-06-14 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
It is nonsense.

[don’t bully him!! he can’t even fire warning shots before petulantly storming off!!!]
dullshooter: (loser)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-14 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
What part? The poor, the little, or the woof woof?

[Misfire’s favourite past-time: kicking hornet’s nests.]
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 2022-06-14 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
All of it.

[he is crossing his arms SO HARD and wondering if he can get away with punching a robot…]
dullshooter: (smugfire)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-14 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Entirely justified if he wants to try.]

Okay, okay, noted. I will, henceforth, refrain from referring to you as a poor little woof woof, or any combination of the words ‘poor’, ‘little’, ‘woof’ aaaand ‘woof’.

[Just when it seems like he’s done, he adds on:]

Despite your government assigned title being exactly ’poor little woof woof’.
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 2022-06-14 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
If there is a governmental entity responsible for this they are begging to be overthrown and subjugated, their leaders executed and replaced with those of actual worth.

[it’s a hobby!!!]
dullshooter: (timberrrr)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-14 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Woah-oh!

[Misfire almost steps back, not in fear or shock but - delighted awe?]

Where did that come from, buddy? They ought to be calling you the revolutionary little woof woof instead.

[He can’t…let it go….]

Keep talking like that and we’ll have a group called the wooficons on our hands.
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 2022-06-14 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
Do you make it a habit of doing the verbal equivalent of coating your hand in bacon grease and sticking it in the mouth of a wolf, or is that simply your coping mechanism?
dullshooter: (generalise much)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-14 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
If I say it’s the product of spending a lifetime at war and being unable to make any sincere connections with anyone due to the risk of never seeing them again, will you let me keep doing it?
howveryglib: it's gaius's darth vader judge ghis ass helmet. (like darth vader but not your dad)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-14 09:08 am (UTC)(link)


Could you not simply acquire a better coping mechanism, like compartmentalization?

[…he somehow ended up with Nero as his right hand so he can probably deal with some kinda bullshit.]
dullshooter: (from the back)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-14 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
Can’t help how I’m wired.

[Misfire shrugs.]

I will be taking that as a yes, by the way.
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 2022-06-14 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
I know several individuals who could assist with that.

[…it’s really hard to tell if he’s joking or not, he has “no one would ever believe you” energy…]
dullshooter: (smugfire)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-14 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
Already got you beat. My buddy Spinister’s an excellent neurosurgeon, when he’s not trying to shoot his own shadow. If I ever want some unethical surgery done, I’ll just ask him.

[Finger gun!]

Thanks for the offer, though.
howveryglib: it's gaius's darth vader judge ghis ass helmet. (like darth vader but not your dad)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-14 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
So long as you have someone prepared to do it for you.
Edited 2022-06-14 11:19 (UTC)
dullshooter: (generalise much)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-14 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
Aww, c’mon, isn’t this where you’re supposed to say I’m perfect the way I am?
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 2022-06-14 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
We all could stand to seek opportunities for personal improvement rather than considering ourselves perfect.
dullshooter: (i was aiming for the other guy)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-15 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
Geez, that's brutal. Do you do self-help seminars back home?

[The XIVth legion could definitely stand for some kind of wellbeing branch. Like an Avon representative.]
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 2022-06-16 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Even if I am being slightly blunt, it is the truth, and I see no other reason to pretend otherwise.

[i mean there's rhitahtyn but he just died recently : (]
dullshooter: (generalise much)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-16 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
No sparing for feelings here, huh?

[He claps a hand to Gaius' shoulder. It's kind of a reach, and that metal-on-metal is pretty horrid.

And thus starts a beautiful.........friendship(???)]


I like that. It's fun. It's got potential. You could make an excellent straight man.
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 04:30 am (UTC)(link)


I am not the other half of a comedy duo.

[CLANG………]
howveryglib: it's gaius's darth vader judge ghis ass helmet. (like darth vader but not your dad)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-17 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
I think not ever.
dullshooter: (smugfire)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-17 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
We’ll see about that.
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 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[...he is walking away now.]
dullshooter: (from the back)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-18 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Hate to see you go, love to watch you leave.]