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! ]

Comments

[buriedstar]

[ A pleasant smile. ]

Yes. I had several for ease of access depending on where my business took me. And the Red Lotus guild tower of course, though that was more commercial then residential no matter what Choi kyung-sik treated it as...

[dullshooter]

[Several…of…them…]

Seo Dawon. [Misfire’s tone becomes very serious. He looks at his new roommate very intensely in the eyes.] You have to answer this honestly, alright? Out of respect for our blossoming friendship.

[…]

How loaded are you?

[buriedstar]

Right now?

[ He tilts his head to the side, perhaps running some mental calculations in his head since this is a serious matter. A couple of seconds tick by and then with a grin a mile wide: ]

Roughly 1 trillion won, give or take the market and current interest.

[dullshooter]

…Is that a lot? It sounds like a lot. You’re smiling like it’s a lot.

[buriedstar]

[ Oh right, not everyone knows won... let him do some more quick math. ]

What currency do you use? 1 trillion won is...about 800 million US Dollars.

[dullshooter]

We use shanix. I'm pretty sure there's no conversion rate on that, but I get the picture. Both those numbers are very big.

[Multiple mansion-level big!]

When all this is over, on the chance we both make it out alive, and you're reunited with your vast amass of wealth...promise you won't forget about the deep bond we shared.

[buriedstar]

[ He laughs. ]

Is wealth what motivates you?

[dullshooter]

No way, it's all about the good times, for me.

[...]

It just so happens that money helps achieve that.

[buriedstar]

Among other things.

[ His smile is easy and free of judgment, because he too, likes money. Obviously. ]

But you can count on me to remember, I have a pretty good memory. Especially for those who walk step in step with me.

[dullshooter]

[All he needs to do now is make sure neither of them die so the riches can be justly appreciated. He’s fairly sure that if anyone’s going to survive this mess, Seo Dawon is the most likely contender.]

And how’s my pace looking?

[buriedstar]

[ Surely nothing will go wrong here and Misfire will not miss their nightly lullaby sessions. ]

At par, for now. I should warn you that there were rumors that I'm unyielding, demanding, merciless, and worse than a drill Sargeant as a leader and also as a friend. But I trust you wouldn't say that about me?

I'm just the type of person who has standards for myself and those I choose to keep in my company, that's all.

[dullshooter]

[If he ever misses one, it can be used as evidence in a trial.]

Of course I wouldn't! [He plays up the mock offense, but then grins.] Not yet, anyway.

[He's been pretty alright to Misfire so far. Worst case scenario, right now, he calls him those things to someone else in a show of laddish endearment. His good, merciless, buddy Seo Dawon.]

I'm not going to question where or how I meet your standards, and instead trust that you see a value in my irreverent wit that no one else here does.

[buriedstar]

[ His smile softens just a bit, largely imperceptible unless you're looking closely. ]

That's a specialty of mine, actually. Everyone in Red Lotus, besides me of course, had something of a reputation. Some of them were criminal, some of them rumors and others personal, but for one reason or another they were misfits among other users and the government.

But they had potential, even if no one else could see it—or be bothered with their baggage, really. None of that matters to me. If you want to be the best you take the most talented, no matter if they're not "perfect" in the eyes of society or the mood of the hour. Perceptions can be changed, or bought, anyway.

[dullshooter]

[Oh. Huh. This doesn't strike Misfire as that surprising, but it does put things into place. It's not that he's seeing another side to him, but rather the full picture.]

If you're talking reputation, you've definitely got the right guy. [Not for the best reasons, and not in any kind of way that can be spun as beneficial, but he has one.] Kinda reminds me of my lot. We're not just called the Scavengers because we pick apart dead bodies. ...Though, granted, that's a pretty big part of it.

[Moving on.]

We make use of what's left behind, stuff no one else sees as valuable. [An unintelligable neurosurgeon, an anxious tactician, a cowardly K-class, a brain-damaged prison warden, a brain-dead dinosaur, and a crapshot ex-convict.] And we make use of it. See something in it others just don't.

[buriedstar]

Whether it's due to the inability to see, or the desire not to, it works out the same in the end. Either way, I think we can understand each other.

[ Seo Dawon always sounds confident, but right now it's practically radiating from him. ]

[dullshooter]

[Let him bask in that confidence like a lizard. Maybe he’ll soak some of it up.

Anyway, he nods in agreement.]

Seems like we’ve got more in common than I thought. Almost like we’re friends for a reason.

[buriedstar]

Was that ever in doubt?

[dullshooter]

Not for a second. But it's nice to be reminded of.