Unknown Seas Mods / NPCs (
bathymetric) wrote in
unknownseas2022-06-12 03:53 pm
Ladies and gentlemen, your mayor...
True to the word of the random pieces of paper next to your desks, at exactly 1:30PM New Rapture Standard Time, there's a chime on all radios in the whole area - and there are a lot of radios. Both the portable radios you've all been issued and speakers all over chime before a pleasant woman's voice calls out to all of you, slightly tinny and distorted.
Greetings, prospective citizens! Please make your way to the lobby for a personal address from Mayor Fontaine! Presented by Fontaine Futuristics, where we bring your present into your future!
Upon everyone's arrival into the lobby of the hotel, several televisions set into the walls light up with:

Until, after a few moments, the screens flicker and cut to the face of... someone, in silhouette, just like the rest of Rapture. There are no features to make out, though, as the top of a huge leather armchair raises above their head.
Mayor Fontaine is watching.
When the Mayor speaks, the speakers seem to have trouble getting it out. There's heavy distortion and static over it, but the voice seems clear enough - male, from the sound of it, and slow and purposeful. A thick Bronx accent, for those of you with a New York to compare it to.
"So. Welcome to New Rapture. I got some things to say, but I'm gonna bet if I just open the floor to questions they'll come up and it'll save us all some time. But to cut a couple off at the pass, so to speak: yer not leaving, this is real, et cetera. Now, ask me some questions, would you kindly?"
Greetings, prospective citizens! Please make your way to the lobby for a personal address from Mayor Fontaine! Presented by Fontaine Futuristics, where we bring your present into your future!
Upon everyone's arrival into the lobby of the hotel, several televisions set into the walls light up with:

Until, after a few moments, the screens flicker and cut to the face of... someone, in silhouette, just like the rest of Rapture. There are no features to make out, though, as the top of a huge leather armchair raises above their head.
Mayor Fontaine is watching.
When the Mayor speaks, the speakers seem to have trouble getting it out. There's heavy distortion and static over it, but the voice seems clear enough - male, from the sound of it, and slow and purposeful. A thick Bronx accent, for those of you with a New York to compare it to.
"So. Welcome to New Rapture. I got some things to say, but I'm gonna bet if I just open the floor to questions they'll come up and it'll save us all some time. But to cut a couple off at the pass, so to speak: yer not leaving, this is real, et cetera. Now, ask me some questions, would you kindly?"

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Second of all: Jonathan freezes at the voice. That was certainly not the Count's voice, but it felt intimidating nonetheless.
Still, he has to say something. He looks at the figure behind the screen, with a mix of both fear and anger on his face.]
What on Earth is the meaning of all of this?! Are you allied with the Count? If you are, why must you torment me so instead of killing me if you are well within your abilities to?
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[ LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BRAIN TRUST IS HERE ]
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Is...
Is she waiting to be called on?]
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Besides, you don't gotta do anything. But we both know better than to let our guards down in a place like this.
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For those who haven't spoken to him yet, there's an interesting tidbit about him:]
Why me, man?! I've been through this crap once already!!
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Where is she?! Where'd you put her?!
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Mister Just a Voice, I got a question. How far underwater are we? 'Cause back in Jacksonville I got pulled out with the swamp tide once but as long as there aren't any alligators nearby I could probably just kick my shoes off and be able to get to shore pretty easy.
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I am sure you are informed enough to be aware that we all have far better things to be doing than playing your little game, Mayor.
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Fontaine Futuristics? So I take it that you and your company are responsible for this city's construction?
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Instead, she clears her throat.]
Your city's looking pretty dead in the water for a place seeking new tenants. So, what's up with that? Even the lobby's been cleared out.
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Oughta give you the chance now. It’s only fair. You wanna let all these people go now, before my friends get here?
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...Are the people we were last with safe?
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I have a lot of other titles, you know. [ This is his biggest(?) problem here. ]
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Alright, well... I can see most of you got your questions out. If you need to talk to me again, I'm just an intercom call away.
Anyway, I'm going to go ahead and leave you all in the capable hands of my assistant, for the time being. She'll letcha know anything else you need on your end. Until next time, citizens.
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It's a figure clad in some sort of diving suit. The crimson light in the helmet flickers once, twice, then turns to a stark yellow before they release their sole grip on the column and leap to the ground with a metallic thud and splintering tile. Gravity, it seems doesn't appear to be an issue.
They rise to regard the group in full, tall and thin and wired like a predator eyeing down their prey. You'd think they're about to strike.
Instead, they reach up to that helmet and twist at it. Pressure valves release. Restraints unlock. The yellow turns to green...]
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