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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.
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[personal profile] visiblepattern 2022-06-15 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Blessing of light"...? I can't say I'm familiar.
howveryglib: gaius all armored up looking off to the right. the armor is gold because he powered up. cool. (praetorium: become shiny)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-15 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
I will not claim to understand it myself, but it seems to be some sort of... protection against primals.

[...you got primals or...]
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[personal profile] visiblepattern 2022-06-15 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah... [The laugh that gets out of him is apologetic.] I'm afraid I'm not sure what primals are, either. They sound like beasts of some sort...?
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 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
...ah, yes, of course.

[man. okay. how does one explain this outside of "yeah remember kyogre and groudon in pokespe specifically and what they did to maxie and archie? that's it that's primals"]

Primals--or eikons, really--are beings summoned through belief and enormous quantities of aether that are powerful enough that some worship them as gods of their own volition. Of course, many of their followers have no choice in the matter, as eikons are capable of subjugating men to their will by taking control of their minds.
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[personal profile] visiblepattern 2022-06-16 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
...That sounds dreadful.

[TO PUT IT REALLY GENTLY...????]

I can see where protection against such things might be...desirable...
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 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
Absolutely. There are very few options available to dealing with them once they have been summoned, so it is generally better to keep them from being summoned in the first place.