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unknownseas2022-07-17 10:19 am
bathymetric) wrote in unknownseas2022-07-17 10:19 am
Week 6
Good morning, New Rapture. A new day is dawning.
Another week at the bottom of the sea. You may start to mark the passage of time by the increasing number of people you seem to be bleeding each week - look how few of you there are now. Nearly half your number gone, and for what? The shadowy machinations of some madman? You've met some others, but they seem unable or unwilling to solve this problem for you. Time marches onwards.
In the abyss, New Rapture starts to wake. It's small things, for now - the lights of a building here and there, the flicker of a neon sign for some small business. The restoration of this city continues.
Speaking of this city, there's a new branch of your little slice of it to explore. It's certainly the most picturesque of the branches you've seen.
There's more to see and do, citizens of New Rapture. And hey, there's coins to get, too.
SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY
[ ooc: Welcome to the sixth 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! ]
Another week at the bottom of the sea. You may start to mark the passage of time by the increasing number of people you seem to be bleeding each week - look how few of you there are now. Nearly half your number gone, and for what? The shadowy machinations of some madman? You've met some others, but they seem unable or unwilling to solve this problem for you. Time marches onwards.
In the abyss, New Rapture starts to wake. It's small things, for now - the lights of a building here and there, the flicker of a neon sign for some small business. The restoration of this city continues.
Speaking of this city, there's a new branch of your little slice of it to explore. It's certainly the most picturesque of the branches you've seen.
There's more to see and do, citizens of New Rapture. And hey, there's coins to get, too.
SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY
[ ooc: Welcome to the sixth 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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If I'm being honest. I really don't expect to live through this at all. So I guess I haven't given a ton of thought to the after.
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[It's not a self-pity thing, it's just factual. If you aren't prepared, you're likely not to survive.]
I know that kind of logic hasn't really applied much so far, but - that's actually always struck me as strange.
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Gaius told me once not to think about it like that. That we can't really put it that way without passing judgement on everyone that's gone before. Sometimes we just live because we do, and it's our responsibility to live with it regardless of the reasons why things happen as they do.
[His brow furrows a little once that's out there, though.]
He said something like that, anyway.
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Misfire told me I was right, but he'd throw me a dramatic fit when I died.
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[...]
I'm not certain why all the people here are somewhat like this, but I still hope that we can make it through the week relatively unscathed. It would be nice to not have to end the week in that horrid courtroom.
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Yeah, of course he did. At least I got a dramatic meltdown out of it. He said he'd throw a table.
[Which like, Brett's not so deep in the pit that he really thinks no one here would be sorry if he died. But the idea of people flipping tables about it is still slightly gratifying?]
It would be nice. I don't know if I want to get my hopes up, but it'd be nice. [.....] I don't know. I'll stay in on Friday night if you do?
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cw: suicidal ideation
[He nearly makes a joke about drafting Forrest into the death riot, but he gets the sense we're being serious.]
Don't worry about me. Maybe I'm not...actually doing that well. [The admission's kinda forced, but the lack of real eye contact helps. He just watches Blake jump in and out of the water.] I know I'm not really fooling anyone. I just - I've always had trouble...being open about these things, I guess. Being open about a lot of things. I'd gotten better about it, but it's not easy to keep up with your therapy goals in the middle of a murder game.
[Ah, that's maybe getting too personal. He huffs.]
My point is - the last thing I want to do is add to any of it, for anyone. I can't promise that nothing's going to happen to me, but I promise I won't just...let it.
[Jonathan's talk from the last trial is still running through his head. But Brett knows that any idea of a grand sacrifice is a lie. People would just keep on dying in other weeks. No, if he's honest, he just wants out. He really, desperately, wants out of this whole thing. He can't kill someone else, and maybe he's thought through other options a little more thoroughly than he should've done, but...
No. He can't do that to them.]
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[It occurs to him that he's still standing waist-deep in lake, wearing a dress he doesn't particularly care about, and he's absolutely soaked; the fabric just wicks up water, even if he hasn't been under in a while. He glances over at Blake, who seems to be having a good time swimming around. Maybe he can catch a fish eventually.]
I'm sorry, I just... I worry about everyone, you know?
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[Brett's not really that inclined to get wet himself. It's a little odd to him that Forrest is just standing in the lake, but hey; as long as he's enjoying himself?]
Take care of yourself too, though. Okay? I'm always here to listen if you ever want to talk.
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I'll try to keep that in mind. Sometimes it's easier to just not talk to anyone, but that isn't always better.
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[Brett shrugs.]
It's bad enough being gay, where I'm from. Add being the new kid with the dead parents on top of it - you show the slightest crack, and people will pounce. And once you're in the habit of keeping things to yourself...it's hard to break out of that.
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We have a somewhat...harder time with people who are more like I am. Who like to present differently than most would expect. I don't want to be a woman - or at least, I don't think I do. I feel fine being a man and dressing the way I do. But there are a lot of...misunderstandings. Sometimes they turn violent.
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Yeah. My world isn't any kinder for people who defy gender norms. [Worse, though he hesitates to say that.] People will always come for those who are different. And it screws you up, even after you're somewhere safe. Sometimes when you're safe, when you finally have a moment to sit and think, is when it all really starts to hit you. I am...worried about that too, if any of us get out of here. The aftershocks. I hope we'll be able to stay in touch.
[He's not worrying about that too much just now. It's a far-off future, and one he's not sure is all that likely. If they're trying to have hope, though...]
Would things be okay for you, if that happened? Everything back home?
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They would, in that sort of way where they would have to be. There's still a war going on, and I don't have the luxury of being able to be not all right for any length of time. If I'm unwell, people die. Many, many people have died. People who were important to me. I can't afford that happening again.
I'll be all right, because I have to be all right. Maybe I'll be broken after everything is over. But right now I can't afford to be.
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Is there anyone who can help you?
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[He shrugs a little, though.]
I'll be all right, though, Brett. I promise. As long as I have something to do with myself and a way to be useful, I'm fine.
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[At... At least he knows???]
I promise I'll work towards that. One day, when everything is over and the war is done with. It can't really be sooner, but that doesn't mean it can't happen.
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I hope it does. One day.