Week 3

[bathymetric]

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

It's a strange sort of feeling, waking up on Sunday. Not the least because, well... you fell asleep on Friday, didn't you? Whether you sleep or not, none of you remember Saturday. Everything, by all accounts, seems to be Sunday. Weird.

It's not all bizarre feelings of lost time that you have to show for your efforts, though - it seems that another wing of New Rapture is ready for you. Perhaps there's more information to be found about your situation there... and maybe more about the history of this place, if that interests you.

There are still 23 of you left... Keep getting to know them. There's regains to get, after all!




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, post your ac, and you can reach either Mayor Fontaine or Eleanor for conversations! ]

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MONDAY

[bathymetric]

Investigation? Jonathan does not know what a security camera looks like help

[hotpaprika]

[Jonathan is somewhat toned down after his meltdowns during the trial. It felt so hard to keep up hope but... it was all he had right now. And there were still innocent people that needed to be saved.

He starts the day at the Department store. He feels like he could use a new outfit beyond the suit provided for him, but when he looks through the clothes he can't help but feel out of his depth. After mulling over the strange outfits he finds himself... drawn?, to this strange outfit.]

Who in their right mind would wear such a thing...?

[Eventually he leaves and starts scouting around Mercury Mile, particularly in the Patio. It seems like he's looking for something, but he seems absolutely lost and confused. Every now and again, you can hear him muttering something under his breath about "cameras" as he looks around.]

Investigation!

[bathymetric]

[ Oh Jonny, sweet man...

Maybe that shiny black thing up there on the wall is a camera? ]

Department Store

[pairtner]

I'm certain I know several people who would. Some people want to add a touch of personality to their outfits, that's all.

[visiblepattern]

[Forrest has been pretty much living in the department store, namely that room in the back with all the fabric and stuff; Jonathan can probably hear him working in there, actually, seeing as he's figured out the sewing machines. God help us.

That doesn't mean he's unaware of his surroundings, though; he can hear someone looking through things and talking lightly to themselves, and when he goes to check there is Jonathan, and... Well.

He'll step out after a moment - he has to duck back in to find something first - but he'll speak up eventually.]

Jonathan - might I have a moment...?

department store

[prompocalypse]

Someone trying too hard to be hardcore. [A certain band of tieflings comes to mind... or that Figueroth girl. Ugh.]

Why, feeling tempted?

department store

[honeyedtea]

It is a bit... much, isn't it?

[ Mielle's been puttering around as well, trying to find something acceptable to wear. None of the clothes here are the sort of thing she'd be wearing back home but she's making an attempt to put something together at least. ]

Surely it can't be the sort of thing people wear in the... future? Assuming that is where we've found ourselves.

[pairtner]

[Ice Cream Parlor

What use does an AI have for an ice cream parlor? Not much -- just like the restaurant. The jukebox, though, it gets her attention. Aiba climbs on top of it, sits on top and tests her hacking skills with it.

.......

...it works? She managed to hack into the jukebox!]

About time.

[After her failure to hack a couple things, this is a welcome change. Nice! Aiba browses through the songs, until she encounters one she didn't expect at all. 'Invincible Rainbow Arrow', by A-Set. Hmmmm...

Whenever someone comes in, the jukebox begins playing the song, and then when they look in that direction, Aiba appears and begins dancing. Dancing is a hobby of hers -- if you can call it a hobby, it's really easy when you're an AI who can make your projection do whatever she wants.

Art Supply Store

There's Aiba's human projection, standing in the middle of the art store and looking around]

Art is by definition a manner for someone to express themselves, often communicating something that cannot be conveyed easily with words. [Aiba nods] I find it hard to come up with this sort of thing. Would you indulge in this location?

[Artistic hobbies aren't something she was too interested in because Date also wasn't too interested in them, but since she's here by her lonesome may as well delve a little into the arts! And the way to do that, is by talking to someone who actually can paint or at least draw]

ice cream parlor

[howveryglib]

[he kind of freezes in the doorway and actually listens to the lyrics and. Like.

he actually listens and tries to process the lyrics and. um. huh. Huh? Huh.]

…is there some metaphor that I am missing here, or are the lyrics intended to be complete nonsense.

ice cream parlor

[capreelcious]

[ At first, Floyd was going to come in and get ice cream, but he immediately spots Aiba dancing! ]

Ooooh, sick moves~!

[ He's going to immediately try to mirror her dancing as best he can! ]

art supply store

[sastruga]

Ah...

[It's a definition she's very familiar with, it's true. This isn't really her kind of art, though. Honestly, the only reason she'd stopped by was for some paper so she could take notes, but...]

Hm... So you're interested in art even though you find it difficult, Aiba-san?

ice cream parlor

[dullshooter]

[You'd think Misfire would love what he's seeing, but he almost looks disappointed.]

...What are you doing?

art supply

[fuckingguy]

[ As Aiba asks this question, Nandor is coming around a corner with no fewer than six rolls of crepe paper in his arms. ]

Pretty loaded question...

[capreelcious]

[ Today, Floyd is in an alright mood! And what better way to spend your alright mood than to check out a new locations!

His explorations take him to the Department Store, surprisingly enough! Namely, he's checking out shoes on the second floor! There's a bunch of them surrounding him in varying styles and colors, and he's trying them on! Well, the ones that fit him anyways.

Next, once he's got his shoes picked out, he's back in the first floor area of the department store, with a bunch of pillows, sheets, and some rope in his hands. Some pillows are normal, some are couch pillows! Looks like he's planning to make something. If you're in the area, you can also catch him dragging everything to the elevators! ]

Stinkin' cushions... heavy...

[ Once he's up in Suite 2, the door to his room is wide open as he shuffles things around, and you can see him constructing something- a pillow fort! And it's looking pretty cozy too. ]

Suite 2

[kninja]

...

[Obi peeeeeers in.]

Huh. Whatcha doing?

first floor

[honeyedtea]

[ . . . you know when you see something going on and you should really stay in your lane but your curiosity just won't let you leave it alone? ]

... ah... Floyd?

[ Yeah. ]

What... exactly is all this for?

suite 2

[giddyundertaker]

[ Huh, those sure are cushions set up in that room there. Odd. Must investigate. ]

What've you got there, boy?

suite 2

[sixthnonsense]

[It's hard to miss the noise coming from Floyd's room, so Hagakure leans in to see what's going on.]

Yooo, nice pillow fort, Floydo! You gonna have any hangouts in there when it's done?

Investigation

[kninja]

[Investigation bits first, for mod convenience:
1. Obi told the Undertaker he'd keep an eye on the kitchenette supplies. Do those get restocked? How often?
2. He's gonna check the library vent again. Still all skitters and ominous music in there? Has the music changed?

Anyhow!

The missing Saturday has tripped Obi up somewhat, but he's back to a mostly nocturnal schedule today. Suite 2 will have a warm breakfast waiting for them in their living area, though Obi's gone before lights-up. Feel free to catch him cooking at like six in the morning if you're up, though!

Morning finds him at the ice cream parlor. Yesterday was for more general exploring; today, our night knight is wracking his brain to figure out the jukebox. He must have landed on the right combination to make it do what he wants, though, because it's playing a classical-sounding violin piece that has him, for once, stopped in place.

He turns up again in the evening to feed so many coins into the vending machine. Like, a serious retail therapy number of coins. This is what happens when you skip a week of yard sarding, folks. Nobody needs this many wetsuits.

Two combat knives drop into the slot. He sighs a little, flips one around his hand, and then buckles them onto his belt very matter-of-factly. Obi's got like four of those on him now, geez. The cola bottle gets more closely examined, but Obi's never seen a twist-top cap in his life. Stumped, he shakes it intensely and then sets it aside with the rest of the stuff he's giving away. RIP, whoever opens that. Also of significance are the Water Master Core and the Library Dress, for the lucky souls looking for those.

Obi remains largely unimpressed with his haul until the vending machine dispenses a ponytail of blonde human hair. He yelps and drops that immediately.]

What the--?!

[CURSED, CURSED, EVERYTHING OBI TOUCHES IS HAUNTED AND CURSED.

And of course, late at night, Obi is everywhere. Is he patrolling? He might be patrolling, or he might be wandering around, pacing just to feel movement in some direction. He hates being stuck here. He hates feeling helpless and trapped. Every so often, he returns to the front of the hotel just to wait there, arms crossed, looking pensively out into the night.]

Investigation

[bathymetric]

[ Interesting! To those points:

1. Every few nights or so, in the middle of the night! There are no obvious entrants to do so, but it ends up restocked!
2. Definitely less skittering, but different music! ]

Late at Night

[pairtner]

Obi. While I cannot fault you for being out here late at night, are you certain you should do so?

[At some point Obi encounters Aiba. She...well, she has been patrolling too. She's pretty sure that's what her partner would do at a time like this, and it's not like she needs to sleep. May as well spend the time walking around and trying to aid in making people safe.

Encountering Obi, though, makes her worry for him]

vending machine;

[vholran]

[ Vholran steps along and sees a certain item here (it's the Water Master Core...) before reaching over to scoop it up as the other man is yelling. ]

Enjoying yourself?

[ It is plainly clear Obi is not, but he can't resist asking at the small spectacle... ]

[sastruga]

[Finding Mafuyu isn't too hard, at this point. Her routine is pretty well established and, just as she had been doing, she still makes breakfast for her suite, before heading off to study in the library for several hours. She seriously does this every day, as any library regular has probably noticed.

She stops by the vending machine, at some point, collecting a bunch of stuff... and the novel gives her pause.]

This is... [It takes her a moment. The Catcher in The Rye.] Ah...

["I...like foreign novels."]

Hodaka...

[Maybe getting that is what motivates her to divert slightly from her regular schedule. Rather than heading back to the library again, she'll be reading the novel for a while in the ice cream parlor. And immediately noticeable is the music playing, of course. Enter and be greeted by the dulcet tones of Hatsune Miku.]

[buriedstar]

[ It's gaccha time! Part 2.0, part 1.0 being disappointing, but Seo Dawon attributed that to beginner's luck. He knows what gaccha is even if he tends to not engage with any system that relies on it in the Hub, but here he has no choice. At least today he has more coins?

He puts them in and... the results are a lot to be desired. Maybe he'll keep the game, at least? ]

I know luck is my lowest stat, but do I really deserve complete garbage?

investigation!

[howveryglib]

[It's been a shit couple of days, and while Gaius talked to a few people yesterday he figures he'll buckle down and get to exploring in more depth today! After, you know, the usual hitting the gym and whatnot.

He's finally going to cash in some coins from last week at the vending machine and... ah. hm. okay. sure. there's some things he doesn't quite feel like he wants to unpack in there, especially after the weekend. okay maybe just one thing. but he's gonna just shove that snow globe in his pocket and maybe... stare at the little pile in case anyone comes to pick something up...

...

right yeah sure maybe he should investigate somewhere? the art supply store seems like a place where you could find. something. maybe another one of those audio logs? they weren't super helpful, but any port in a storm. he'd rather be doing something than nothing! if anyone sees him he's not actually doing Art, he's just. rummaging around.

Regardless of how that little investigation turns out, he's going to hit up the ice cream parlor later in the evening and... I don't know. vibe. he's going to check out the jukebox and oh hey. they got Home Beyond the Horizon here? wild. it's not a good vibe for an ice cream shop, but it sure is a vibe for staring at a snowglobe with a big spiky-looking technofortress in it that reminds you of a lot of shit you fucked up. Which is what Gaius is doing now. You know how it is.]