Week 7

[bathymetric]

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

Less than ten of you left, now. The halls of your little slice of Rapture sure must feel empty now, hm? Even compared to their general size, you're going to naturally find yourself more and more alone more and more often. That's just statistics.

You may find yourself flagging. You may find it difficult to move on. Your captor has offered you so little respite, so little in the way of answers. The ocean is dark and foreboding. But remember this: in the darkest times, the brightest lights can shine.

As you wake once again on Sunday, there's another wing of New Rapture open to you, smaller than the ones before it. More to see, more to find, as your ally the vending machine might say.



SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[ ooc: Welcome to the seventh 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

[honeyedtea]

... Maybe so. But I still don't like it.

[ It's odd. She's not really the protective sort at all (unless you count... you know, self preservation) but the thought of Mafuyu being taken advantage of makes her skin prickle. ]

At least you're getting something out of the arrangement. And... perhaps they'll think twice about taking you for granted once you return to them.

[sastruga]

Ah... of course. When I return...

[She pauses, at that. Her grip tightening around her bow. When she goes back home...]

Maybe.

[She starts readying another arrow.]

[honeyedtea]

... you don't plan to return?

[ Don't think she missed that. ]

[sastruga]

[...she pulls her arrow back. Starting to aim.]

No, I... Of course, I'll have to.

[honeyedtea]

... I suppose you're right. It's not as though there's anywhere else to go.

[ And especially not for her. ]

[sastruga]

[Mafuyu hesitates... and lowers her bow.]

...When I was talking to the Mayor, once... She said if I won, I didn't need to go home.

[honeyedtea]

... ah.

[ For some reason... she'd suspected that might be the case. She doesn't answer right away, choosing to follow the curve of the bow down to the tip of the arrow to avoid meeting Mafuyu's gaze. ]

Where... would you go instead?

[sastruga]

She said I could go anywhere, and I said... I wouldn't know where to go.

...It was a silly thought, really. Of course I have to go home.

[That's not... optional. Of course not.]

But...

[honeyedtea]

... but it's quite frightening to imagine going back after all this. Isn't it?

[ She lifts her face at last, but still can't quite meet Mafuyu's eyes. ]

I understand.

1/2

[sastruga]

[...]

2/2

[sastruga]

...Do you want to come with me?

[honeyedtea]

[ Mielle just stares at her for a second, as if she hasn't quite heard or processed Mafuyu's words – but then she blinks and takes a half-step back in surprise. ]

... I– you'd... really want me to follow you back where you came from?