Week 5

[bathymetric]

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

Another week, another motive, another trial. Even without a literal time loop, it's easy to start to feel stuck in something of a rut. Though vandalism parties and the like can help shake the feeling somewhat, it's only natural to start going a little... stir-crazy, don't you think?

Fortunately for you, another week brings another new section of New Rapture to investigate. This one is the biggest yet! And look at that fun theme park. And a bar!

Seven of you are dead, but eighteen of you remain. What you do to try to escape is up to you, but at least following :)'s advice gets you coins for stuff, you know?



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[ ooc: Welcome to the fifth 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

roller coaster

[onemillion]

[Oh, this looks dreadful. Rossiu isn't familiar with theme parks quite like this so this is his first time seeing a roller coaster, but he absolutely understands what Brett's saying.]

I sincerely hope it won't, but... well, it's hard not to imagine.

[Despite the fact that he doesn't exactly look all that disturbed by it, rest assured he is very disturbed by it!!]

There's nothing stopping anyone from vandalizing this place as well, if you think that will help.

[He didn't participate but I promise he was there I just forgot to post to it!!!!]

[inaclearing]

We know it won't stick around now. The magic's gone.

[His tone's light. Maybe it'd be fun to do anyway? But we really need to have like, a group meeting this week probably - ]

Have you ever been on a roller coaster?

[onemillion]

A fair point.

[Though maybe the more artistic types might like to come up with new and creative displays every day...? He wouldn't know, he's definitely not an artist.]

I haven't, no. We don't have anything quite like this back home.

[Smaller fair-type things, probably! But I'm pretty sure GL does not have a full blown amusement park anywhere.]

I'm assuming that most of them are truly safe, but it's a bit hard to imagine that looking at it right now.

[inaclearing]

Yeah. I know we've talked about how he doesn't want to just kill us himself, but...it's still hard to imagine it would really be safe.

[Apparently he wants them to kill each other, but that doesn't make Fontaine trustworthy, you know? At least, not in Brett's opinion.]

[onemillion]

Exactly. It would be easy enough to "accidentally" leave some part a bit too weak so he could blame the murder on someone else to force us into another trial.

[That's not paranoia, that's just facts!!]

[inaclearing]

It's like the trolley problem - blame it on whoever starts the coaster instead of the guy who set it up in the first place.

[somehow, we still come back to the trolley problem]

I don't...know what we'd do if anything accidental ever happened. I know what he'd want us to do, of course. I don't expect any mercy from him. But we've had so much trouble already... [And everyone, even Hodaka at the end of the day, killed intentionally. What would a trial over an accident look like?]

[onemillion]

[He nods at that, but Rossiu still has no damn idea what the trolley problem is or why he has this as a title. But there are more important things to focus on than whatever the Mayor's dumb sense of humor is!!]

I hate to say it, but we may have to consider that possibility. As much as I don't want to believe that such a thing would happen... it would be easier to try to think about it now rather than during a trial.

[Though it's not much easier at all. After a moment, Rossiu shakes his head.]

My apologies, I know this isn't an easy topic and I do sincerely hope that it is one we never have to face.

[inaclearing]

No - no, it's okay. You're right. [Brett forces a smile.] I'm the one who brought it up anyway.

If...

[Hm.]

I don't...know how this would happen. But if I ever did anything that accidentally resulted in someone's death, I'd want everyone to vote for me anyway. No sense in everyone else suffering for that. It's a little harder to say I'd just vote for someone else and be okay with it, though.

[onemillion]

Yes, I think that would be how I'd feel as well. If it's an accident, then it isn't as though you're going in with the intention of getting everyone else killed, and I imagine the guilt would be... unbearable.

[Well, it's not like he has to imagine all that hard, even if the circumstances are very different.]

I admit I am coming at this from a different angle - I need to survive to return home to my people. So I have no choice but to play along and to vote for my own survival, even if it means condemning someone for an accident.

But it's easier to say that now than it would be to actually act on it, should such a thing come to pass. I can only guess how I would actually react in the moment.

[But even if the guilt would eat him alive, it would be necessary. He doesn't really doubt his ability to do it, in the end.]

I do hope such a thing never happens and we don't have to face that.

[inaclearing]

I...wouldn't really not vote, I think. It would be putting everyone here at risk just to make a moral point. Maybe not a huge risk, but...I don't think it would be right, for me to keep my hands clean by relying on everyone else doing it for me.

[The voting does hit Brett harder. He's a regular person; he's never really been in a situation where he had to make life-and-death decisions for other people before this one. But it only seems fair that they all share in the burden.

He folds his arms uneasily, admitting after a moment:]

I didn't...really mean not to vote, the first time, I just...I - I don't know. I feel like by the time I realized what was happening, it was already over.

[Even if he's already decided all this...would he have the ability to do it, in the end? Could he force himself?]

I hope it doesn't happen, either.

[onemillion]

Considering what happened and that you were trying to help Hodaka, I don't think anyone here could blame you for that.

[Well, maybe they could, but they'd be an asshole to do it!!]

I do agree with you - we don't have any choice here, so attempting to abstain due to morals really would only cause problems. But should it be a situation like this, one where no one was truly at fault... then I hope I'll be able to help those who need it.

[If that means voting on their behalf, then he can at least do that. Though of course, there's no way to tell for sure how likely that will be until it's happening.]

It will continue to be difficult to move forward, but we must press on until we finally have a chance to confront the Mayor ourselves.

[He still does firmly believe that, at least.]

[inaclearing]

[Brett nods, arms tight against his chest.]

Yeah. That's really the only choice we have.

[It's just. A lot. But that's nothing new, is it?]

It's good of you to help people like that. I'm one of the older ones here, I feel like I should be doing more, but...geez, a lot of these kids have been through a lot more than I ever have.

[onemillion]

We're all doing what we can here - it isn't fair to say you should be doing more. Though I do understand that sentiment...

[Every week more or less confirms that, after all... but most people here likely feel the same way about not being able to help.]

Besides, you've been quite thorough with your notes and investigations, haven't you? That's very important - this information will prove useful to us, I'm sure of it.

[Maybe not right away, but at some point.]

[inaclearing]

I hope so. It's just...something I know how to do.

[And it's all interesting besides, so of course he's been keeping track of everything.]

I'm not sure if all this stuff with the founders will ever be immediately relevant, but I do think it'll be useful to have the background. If we know how everything got to this point, we'll understand Fontaine better. That can only be a good thing.

[onemillion]

Yes, of course. Thank you for keeping detailed notes on everything as well, I'm sure more than a few of us will need them for a refresher at some point!

[inaclearing]

It is a lot to keep track of. I've been copying everything out, organized with all the new information, at least once a week.

[you know, like a normal person]

Way easier to do with a computer.