bathymetric: (R3 Mods)
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.
pairtner: (55)

[personal profile] pairtner 2022-06-18 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's begin this fruitful cooperation with an introduction, then. [Aiba hooks up her arms behind her back] My name is Aiba. You're von Baelsar, Gaius, 56 years old.
howveryglib: gaius looking just a little bit surprised. (a weapon to surpass ultima...)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-19 03:46 am (UTC)(link)


Yes. That would be correct. I am definitely Gaius van Baelsar.
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[personal profile] pairtner 2022-06-19 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
May I ask if you have checked the profiles that list all of us? I have a...question to ask about a particular piece of information in yours.

[The title. She has to ask about the title. What's up with your title]
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 2022-06-19 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. I will explain anything, aside from…

[…he sighs, and continues with exasperation…]

“Poor little woof woof.” I absolutely cannot explain that…
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[personal profile] pairtner 2022-06-19 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
.......

[That was totally was she was going to ask about. Still, she asks something different because backing down and admitting fault is not her style at all:]

"Legatus Legionis of the XIVth Legion". Please tell me more about your occupation. It's nothing unlike anything I have come across before.
howveryglib: it's gaius's darth vader judge ghis ass helmet. (like darth vader but not your dad)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-20 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, that is not particularly difficult.

[if he believed in gods he would thank them for not having to discuss the woof woof]

It is equivalent to other nations’ generals, essentially. I am simply the commander of the XIVth Legion of the Garlean military.
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[personal profile] pairtner 2022-06-20 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
In other words, the terminology used was simply your home's version of your rank's title. Like a dialect.

[Would that explain the weirdness about the height and the weight, she wonders. Golly, what are Final Fantasy XIV measurement units, what a thing, haha]
howveryglib: it's gaius's darth vader judge ghis ass helmet. (Default)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-21 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, precisely. Granted, I am certain most nations have different names for their military ranks based on language.

[i think they're just imperial but with fantasy bullshit laid on. though ilms apparently have a fun pirate story related to them lmao]