Week 1

[bathymetric]

Good morning, New Rapture. A new day is dawning.

There may not be much light to differentiate the days here, but the lights of the part of the city you're in change enough by the clock that you can almost believe there's a sun somewhere. It looks like Mayor Fontaine has no intention of going back on his deal, and for the time being? You're all stuck here. But there's plenty to do, and... maybe not plenty to see, but there's enough. There's something, at any rate.

Especially if you're willing to look beyond the surface.

And if you spend enough time around others, you might find something neat!

No matter what, it's time to start getting to know your fellow captives. You might be here a while.




MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY
FRIDAY | SATURDAY

[ ooc: Welcome to the first week of Unknown Seas Round 3! We're very excited to have you. Please make sure to mark any investigation toplevels accordingly, and you can reach either Mayor Fontaine or Eleanor for conversations! ]

Comments

[dullshooter]

It’s pretty nice down here. We could just never get up again.

[inaclearing]

Civil disobedience. We stage a lay-in.

[Instead of like, doing a murder or something.]

[dullshooter]

I think you might be onto something. Not breaking any rules, but still causing a problem. Plus, we could quite literally drag the rest into it.

[inaclearing]

Nothing bad can possibly happen if we all just lie on the floor together all day!

[dullshooter]

Exactly! We're coping.

[inaclearing]

This is what coping looks like.

[dullshooter]

And I think, if anyone could, we'd be winning at it.

[inaclearing]

I've been practicing for this my whole life.

[dullshooter]

Really? And here I thought you were a natural.

[inaclearing]

I don't know if anybody is really a natural at coping.

[...]

Now, lying on the floor - sure.

[dullshooter]

Oh yeah, if there was anyone born to do nothing, that would be me.

[inaclearing]

Come on, there must be something you like doing.

[Not that Brett's making an effort to get up, either.]

[dullshooter]

Don't get me wrong, I like doing plenty of things. It's just that all of those things are materially equivalent to 'nothing'. People who like to do value judgements on that kind of thing might even say I'm 'wasting my life'.

[inaclearing]

Well, okay. Like what?

[dullshooter]

[...]

Are you familiar with the concept of 'internet trolling'?

[inaclearing]

...oh my god.

[yes. yes he is.]

[dullshooter]

Then you get my point.

[inaclearing]

Okay, yeah, I think you could probably do a little better than that.

[dullshooter]

How’s chasing people around with toy guns in comparison?

[inaclearing]

Better. [...] It's collaborative!

[dullshooter]

If you try really hard, you could say it’s a critical team-building exercise.

[inaclearing]

I think they do that with paintball. Corporate team-building stuff. We're learning how to work as a team, or something like that - if we weren't shooting each other.

[dullshooter]

No, see, by shooting at each other, we get rid of all our pent up aggression and hatred which stops us from actually killing each other. Team. Building.

[inaclearing]

Is that what that is?

[Well, close enough, he supposes.]

I didn't realize you had that much pent-up anger already. [He's joking]

[dullshooter]

I may not look like it, but beneath the surface is an uncontrollable being of pure rage.

[Also joking.]