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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.
kninja: (GULP(ΦωΦ)It's not what it looks like!)

[personal profile] kninja 2022-06-14 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Your school has magic?! That’s crazy! I’ve never heard of real magic before!
capreelcious: (so misunderstood)

[personal profile] capreelcious 2022-06-14 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Aha, then this is gonna REALLY blow your mind: I go to a whole school for magic! One of the big time ones where I'm from too!
kninja: (:O(ΦωΦ)No way...!)

[personal profile] kninja 2022-06-15 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Whooooaaa! Man, awesome! What kinda magic can you do?
capreelcious: (so tragic)

[personal profile] capreelcious 2022-06-15 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
A whole bunch! I know how to do a bunch of elemental magic like fire and water magic. There's potion making, but I kinda wing it sometimes without following the directions... Oh, and flying on brooms too!

[ This fish sort of knows how to fly! ]
kninja: (RECOGNIZE(ΦωΦ)Pizza's here!)

[personal profile] kninja 2022-06-15 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Hahaha!

[Obi seems genuinely excited about this. Then again, why wouldn't he be? Who doesn't love learning about new and fantastic things?]

Brooms? Why? Those don't seem particularly air-worthy!
capreelcious: (so misunderstood)

[personal profile] capreelcious 2022-06-15 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Your guess is as good as mine! I think it's got somethin' to do with like, old-timey mages learning how to fly 'em? Sort of a tradition thing I don't know the specifics of. They're also pretty light, so I guess something that's able to kick up air also has some sort of air magic in it?

[ Either that, or he didn't pay too much attention in class despite Coach Vargas' booming voice. ]
kninja: (BUBBLE(ΦωΦ)I'm a LINE sticker!)

[personal profile] kninja 2022-06-16 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Wild. I'd've tried it with a cape or something myself. They already flap like wings, you know?

[He sweeps his arms out like the billowing of a cape, which is silly, because he has a dumb little shoulder cape thing already. Probably too small to fly with, though, even if that were a thing.]

Still, it all sounds like fun.
capreelcious: (so misunderstood)

[personal profile] capreelcious 2022-06-16 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, right? Capes would be cool~! Watch 'em billow in the breeze or something!

[ He snickers at Obi's little demonstration. ]

I'm sure someone's figured out how to enchant a cape to help someone fly, though. And yeah! With magic, the possibilities are pretty fun and endless~!

[ First sandwich gone! Onto the next one. ]

So what's your deal? If you don't have magic, what do you do?
kninja: (SLAKED(ΦωΦ)Got a powerful thirst.)

[personal profile] kninja 2022-06-17 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Mmm, these days? I'm a bodyguard, mostly. I help out with the local patrols and stuff where my lady works, too, especially when they're shorthanded.

[Obi, is it so hard to say, "I'm a knight"?]

I'm sure it doesn't hold a candle to magic school, but we've spent the last two years in a place they call "the city of academics." That's been more fun than expected.