Week 6

[bathymetric]

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! ]

Comments

[inaclearing]

What was in it?

[sastruga]

Water. Sand. A few aquatic plants.

[inaclearing]

....you like plants?

[sastruga]

Not especially. I'm not sure, really.

...I mostly just look into the aquarium. Plants are lower maintenance.

[inaclearing]

It's nice watching the fish swim around. But yeah - I can't really keep up with pets back home, either. I had a dog when I was a kid, but I travel too much these days.

[sastruga]

I... think I like the way the water looks in the glass. Maybe.

[She's not sure?]

I've never really had a pet. I don't think my mother would want me to have one.

[inaclearing]

There's something peaceful about it.

[Sure, yeah.]

Would you want one?

[sastruga]

...I think I did. When I was younger.

I wanted a rabbit.

[inaclearing]

That's a fun pick. Rabbits are cute.

[Probably a lot of work, but who cares about practicalities at this point?]

You think you'd ever get one for real?

[sastruga]

I don't think so. Once we're out of here [IF they get out of here, she doesn't say] I'll have to get back to studying. And once I finish my education, I'll be a doctor, so.

I don't think I'll have the time.

[inaclearing]

...you want to be a doctor?

[sastruga]

I don't know.

[inaclearing]

[One good thing about Brett's profession: he's good at not openly reacting in conversations, when he doesn't want to. He stays calm and even. Still, his tone's careful and gentle.]

I think that's normal, at your age. We force kids to make career choices really young - often, before you really know yourself well enough to do it. [...] Is there anything else you think you would want to do?

[sastruga]

I think... I said I wanted to be a nurse? We had to say what we wanted to be back in middle school and I wanted to help people who are sick.

But everyone said it would be better if I became a doctor instead.

[And if everyone says it... well, they can't all be wrong. Her parents can't be wrong.]

I don't really know anymore, now.

[inaclearing]

Nurses do most of the actual hands-on work in hospitals, helping people. It's a noble profession.

[People shouldn't shit on nurses! But, uh, wrong soapbox for right now.]

But it's okay if you don't know, either. There's more to life than career plans. Especially ones you made in middle school - I think most people want to be astronauts or something at that age.