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]

Then I'll deal with that when I start to get tired and not a moment sooner.

[howveryglib]

[...okay. How should he approach this...]

Would you like to tell me about the person over whom you are watching vigil, then?

[withagun]

[ Hesitant, a little wary: ]

...Her name is Hina. She's...the most important person in my life.

[howveryglib]

Ah, I see.

[I THOUGHT YOU DIDN’T HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH GIRLS okay no. Well, if he keeps the kid talking…]

How did the two of you come to know each other?

[withagun]

[ A LOT, HE SAID A LOT OF EXPEREINCE which is not at all wrong ]

Ah... [ A moment. A long, long moment. ] She...gave me a burger.

[howveryglib]

And she did not know you beforehand? She must be a kindhearted person, then.

cw: homelessness discussion

[withagun]

Yeah. She...

[ Should he? Hell, what does it matter? The profiles say he's a runaway. It's right there. ]

I...wasn't in the best circumstances and couldn't...afford a place to stay, or...really much of anything to eat. I kept going into the restaurant she worked at and getting their cheapest option, but that was mostly so they'd let me stay there as long as I could. [ He speaks almost blankly, as if he's looking at the situation from far away instead of remembering it. ] Mostly I just tried to sleep until they kicked me out. It wasn't enough to...get a good meal, it wasn't enough for anything. But, Hina-san...

She noticed. Even though I was just...some guy. She noticed I kept coming in. And she noticed I wasn't really eating. So, even though she could get in trouble with her job, she...

[howveryglib]

[aww, jeez. the kid did kind of have a vibe that he’d been through some shit from day one, so he isn’t really surprised by all of this. That doesn’t stop it from being a bummer, though.]

I see… it is no surprise that she is so important to you, then. I would hope that more people in the world would be like her, but unfortunately, they are rarer than one would hope.

Given what you have told me, however, she does not seem the sort of person who would want anyone suffering on her behalf. I admit I do not know her personally, so I cannot say for sure, of course.

[withagun]

Hina's special.

[ He'll agree to that much. He'll say that much. Especially since...it doesn't seem like he's getting turned away, in his rambling. ]

But she... She's still the one who... [ She needs others. She needs them. He won't turn away from her, when so many have. ] ...Now she's here. And I can...only watch.

[howveryglib]

…Remember, Hodaka. No matter what has happened before this… you are not alone here. If you need to rest at some point, I can take over for you.

[withagun]

[ For a moment, he's quiet. It's something he wants, so desperately, to believe. ]

If... I look away from her...

[ What if she disappears? ]

[howveryglib]

…

I am certain she will still be there when you return. They all will. My daughter is also a conscientious young woman, so I imagine she will be doing her best to look after her and everyone else she can as well.

[withagun]

Your...daughter.

[ He swallows. Suddenly, he feels...self-conscious. ]

Sorry. I'm sorry she's in there too.

[howveryglib]

No, I understand. We are all… struggling, I think.

[…]

I suppose I will have much to explain when I make it back to my own realm…

[withagun]

[ He's saying when. So— ]

To explain...to her?

[howveryglib]

Of course. I believe there must be some way to resolve this without playing the Mayor’s game. It is simply a matter of finding it.

[withagun]

And...you think we can find it before Mayor Fontaine's...deadline?

[howveryglib]

He has to have some weakness. We simply need to commit ourselves to finding it.