Week 4

[bathymetric]

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

Sunday arrives ahead of schedule again, bringing with it the creeping dread that this is just how this is going to go. Welcome to the murdergame cycle.

At least there's another section of the city available to you! This one even has some things to do without you having to make your own fun. Which also means there's more to find about this place.

There's still over 20 of you alive... maybe that's something to celebrate? It could be worse! But... at least one of you is an attempted killer, apparently. Either way, better keep talking if you want regains!



SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[ ooc: Welcome to the fourth 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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[inaclearing]

Oh...no.

[.....]

Why, what are you working on?

[hotpaprika]

Oh, it's nothing really, I've simply been documenting my time here. It helps me keep track of the information learned here. And it's... sort of a document just in case.

[He doesn't elaborate what the "just in case" is, but it's probably obvious.]

[inaclearing]

...yeah. Yeah, I've been doing that too.

[He gets it. Brett chews on his lip - he doesn't like talking about himself, really. He'd talked to Obi about that, before...and about how futile it was, really.]

I was, um, writing some letters for people back home. For, you know.

[It's probably obvious.]

[hotpaprika]

... As have I, to be truthful. I do not have many people besides my Mina to write to but... she deserves to know, if I am to never leave.

[He gazes at his Journal for a second too long, before looking back at Brett.]

Are you writing to your... husband?

[He hesitates slightly, worried that he's misremembering.]

[inaclearing]

...yeah. And a few other people. I thought I'd write out two of each - give one copy to Eleanor and leave the other here. In case any of us can get out. Maybe that doesn't make sense - I don't know how anyone here would be able to deliver it. It's probably more than we can do to get ourselves home. But...

[He shrugs. There's no reason not to cover all his bases; not like it's wasting time that would be better spent elsewhere. Brett, unlike a lot of people, actually does think that Eleanor probably can deliver the letters, if she says she can - but, you know, in case she can't.]

I'm nowhere near that point, though. Can't even figure out exactly what to say.

[hotpaprika]

... Oh that is not a bad idea. It has been awhile since I gave a message to Eleanor for Mina. It would do me good to have an additional copy just in case.

[In all honesty, Jonathan also believes that she sends the letters, if only because she could easily have told him that she didn't send his initial "I am probably going to die" letter to Mina during the hostage motive.]

If it helps, the person helping us said that Fontaine has teleporters that we can utilize once he's defeated.

[But... he knows that's not what he truly wants help with. Casually he moves to sit next to him.]

I have been writing updates on my situation, sparing some of the more gruesome details. I also write about how much I dearly miss her, and hope that she will be able to live peacefully shall we never meet again. That might be a decent start.

[inaclearing]

I'm not so sure we'll be defeating him.

[Some people might be able to wriggle their way out, but defeating him is an entirely different matter. It's true, though; that isn't really what he's worried about at the moment.]

Yeah. Yeah, that all makes sense. I just never thought I'd have to write something like this. [...] I'm not sure I want them to know what's been happening here.

[hotpaprika]

[There is a quiet pause. He can't really disagree with Brett's thought about defeating Fontaine. Even though he wants to believe that Fontaine will fall, the man just seems so powerful, and since Brett is older than him, he doesn't feel the need to pretend that things will be okay.]

I rationalized it by deciding that Mina needs some sense of closure, so she is not wondering my fate. I understand the hesitation, however. I have not detailed the horrible murders or the sleepless nights I have been through.

[inaclearing]

Yeah. I don't see any need to leave them with...all of this.

[Bad enough that he, you know, vanished and died. Brett lets out a sharp breath, scrubbing his hand over his face.]

...I shouldn'tve spent the holiday up at the cabin. I mean, it was nice, and Luca was traveling, but I - I should've gone out to see him anyway. I've spent too much time in Whitetail lately already.

[hotpaprika]

[He gently places a hand on Brett's shoulder.]

... I understand. It's hard not to think of the things you could have done once you're in a situation like this. Every day I wished I had turned down my first business trip to Transylvania, or listened when the locals warned me about him.

But I suppose Joy was right, it's better not to change the past.

[Although, he still wonders if that's true.]

[inaclearing]

I know it wouldn't have saved me from this, but at least...

[Well, at least he would've been with his husband in his last few days. Brett did enjoy the trip, though - planting those trees with the kids.]

Well. Probably would've been bad for me to vanish right out from under his nose, too.