Week 2

[bathymetric]

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

It's now been a week since you were all captured. Perhaps you've already settled in. Perhaps you're already confident that you'll make it out of New Rapture alive. How serious about this could Mayor Fontaine possibly be, really?

While there still may not be much to do in your little hotel bubble, you've at least been granted a little more now - some kind of mysterious room and a sizeable library of all things. And in all the places you've looked so far, you've found valuable information, and even learned some of the story of New Rapture along the way.

Make sure to keep talking to the others! You want to keep those regain coins flowing, don't you?




SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[ ooc: Welcome to the second week of Unknown Seas Round 3! Please make sure to mark any investigation toplevels accordingly, and you can reach either Mayor Fontaine or Eleanor for conversations! ]

Comments

[withagun]

[ A real Leafeon is sniffing him. Hodaka's amazed, astonished, absolutely overjoyed. He gasps as he holds out a hand, trying to remain respectful and still. ]

Oh my god. Oh my god. H- hi, Leafeon...!

[timegazer]

[Adaman can't help but chuckle at Hodaka's delighted reaction; Leafeon seems to beam just a little bit too as he sniffs the outstretched hand, before just kind of. Gently butting his head into it, the demand all but implicit.]

Fe~

Aha, would you look at that! Seems he's taken quite the shine to you already. Not that I had a single doubt!

[withagun]

[ He has officially touched a Pokémon. Coolest. Day. Ever. ]

Wow… [ He cautiously tries to pet him. Carefully! Gently!! ] Did…he come outta the vending machine, like Rain?

[timegazer]

He did, yes! And he seemed no worse for wear, either--I was particularly worried about the lack of sun in there, but it seems like he didn't have any problems at all!

[Leafeon is absolutely responding well to those pets, good lord. If anything he's practically nuzzling into Hodaka's hand a little bit--you humans are all so strange and new and friendly.]

cw: squints in mild toxic masculinity

[withagun]

Oh, because he's part plant- [ Amazing. Completely amazing. Hodaka has to cover his mouth with his other hand to avoid letting out a gleeful squeak—that's not what growing boys do, after all...!! ]

He's so soft...! I always wondered... He feels like fur...but also leaves!

hodaka...lil buddy............

[timegazer]

[Oh Sinnoh above, buddy, that's so fucking cute.]

Sort of like putting your hand into a patch of soft, fresh grass, isn't it? That's the way he's always felt to me, but truly, your reaction to him is nothing short of precious, you know!

[...HE'S NOT HOLDING BACK THIS TIME but if nothing else, he says that entirely with good spirits?? Hodaka you're adorable, what the fuck.]

baby boy. baby.

[withagun]

[ fdsjaifoewa...!! ]

I- I never- we don't have Pokémon...where I'm from. Just in games.

[timegazer]

Ah, like the one Zinda spoke of, I take it!

[He's not surprised that the legends of Pokemon have managed to go across worlds, but Adaman chuckles none the less and makes to try and ruffle Hodaka's hair, smiling bright.]

It's alright, you know? To let yourself experience such things, to feel that joy and elation.

[withagun]

H-huh? [ He turns his attention more to Adaman, both from the ruffling (that he can do!) and the statement. ] I- I know, it's just... Getting excited about that kinda stuff...it's more for little kids. At some point people kinda...expect you to grow out of it.

[timegazer]

...Do they?

[Adaman seems to consider that for a moment--certainly, he's been told to mature himself quite a bit, and there's a certain level of maturity expected of a leader, but...]

Hmph. Well, I think it is their loss! Is the world truly so dreary that one must be willing to temper their reactions to something they find extraordinary? So devoid of joy and delight, that they must do such a thing?

You should not be expected to do something like that.

[withagun]

It's about...growing into a man...

[ Hodaka's face burns red. Ah... It feels like he's made a mistake...but he can't be too displeased about it. ]

I've never really liked it.

[timegazer]

[Adaman, oblivious as ever, grins.]

Well then, do not do something that you do not like, my friend! Men are built in all sorts of different ways; there is absolutely no shame in enjoying yourself to the fullest!

[...Leafeon kind of rolls his fox-y eyes a bit, but he's just gonna snuggle into Hodaka a little bit more, okay. He too is supportive!!]

[withagun]

But I- ah.

[ He's got a Leafeon snuggling him now. Every single word he wanted to say is just gone. ]

So soft... [ He's back to that, huh. ]