there's always a lighthouse. there's always a beach party.

[wheremst]

[ Welcome to... a very nice beach, actually! It's very pleasant here. Carmen has set up a couple bonfires, there's some barbecues with meat to cook... and a lot of beach to hang out on! ]

Welcome to California's Pigeon Point Light Station State Park! Between Santa Cruz and San Francisco, just south of Pescadero, this lighthouse gets it's name from the Carrier Pigeon, a ship that wrecked here in 1853! ... Sorry, old habit. Go party. We have the whole place to ourselves. Most everyone here's been through something like this, or knows someone who has. And... the vending machine's bringing in some friends of yours, too.

[ It's a warm late summer night - not too hot for bonfires, but not too chilly that you need to stick by them to survive.

You've made it to the end. There are fellow survivors to meet and commiserate with, friends to meet or catch up with, and... it's over. For those of you returning, it's been about a year since the end of Round 2, and Carmen's gotten the word out to as many people as she can between trying to help this round and tracking down Round 0. If you'd like to play a hostage from the first motive, just know that they will remember it, but it's up to the player in the main round if time has passed since then or not so... it may have been a day or two ago or it may have been months! And hell with it, if you want to play a Round 0 character you suggested back in r1, come talk to us. Why not?

EDIT: Asher has gone to the trouble of making a toplevel directory for anyone intimidated by the number of pages!

Enjoy the last log of Unknown Seas! You've earned it. Love meme will come later tonight in the ooc comm. ]

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[gunhammer]

[He lifts his shoulders in the usual dramatic shrug, which is either an answer or a "how would I know, I got out of there after a catboy beat my ass". Regardless...]

Of course I am.

[Though... he does seem a little unsure of what to do with that for a moment. Praise?? Praise for Nero???]

So what exactly are your plans now?

[Given. Y'know. The Praetorium incident.]

[youngprodigy]

[Well... Nero isn't alone. Of course, in the case of a certain Cid Garlond, this is more of a case of "I'm sure as hells not leaving him out of my sight" rather than Cid willingly leaving the Crystal Tower for absolutely any reason that doesn't approach "the Warrior of Light needs my help".]

There you are, why the hells did you—

[And then he sees who Nero is talking to and scowls.

On the one hand, he didn't just immediately turn to leave, but on the other... this is just about the last thing he wants to deal with.]

[howveryglib]

...

I... had a vague idea before the end of things, but I--

[...

DEER... IN HEADLIGHTS LOOK?? OH NO...]

[sunforging]

[oh halone here we go again]

[gunhammer]

[Oh no, something is about to Go Down on this beach and given that Nero takes one look at Cid and is immediately sighing and shrugging again, clearly there is no stopping it. It's too late.]

Well, Garlond, good of you to finally show up.

[Said like he was expecting Cid even though he was really, really not. Did he just completely forget about Gaius? Maybe.]

[youngprodigy]

[He just stares at Nero in complete bafflement.]

Did you expect me to let you wander off on your own after that stunt you pulled?!

[This has... actually managed to distract him from being mad at Gaius for a moment.]

[howveryglib]

...

[should he just... leave them to it?? he doesn't really intend to run away from consequences but like...

well, okay, he'll just mumble to start with...]

Some things truly never change...

[gunhammer]

[Yeah, don't worry, Nero definitely doesn't hear it. You're telling him there's anything else here besides Cid?? Impossible.]

I don't believe that has anything to do with this, Garlond. Do try to keep up.

[youngprodigy]

[Cid absolutely doesn't hear it either.]

It has everything to do with this! And it's a good thing I came along.

[He says, motioning to Gaius without actually turning away from Nero.]

[howveryglib]

...I am, admittedly, somewhat curious as to what happened after I was dragged here, but I could leave both of you two it, if you would prefer. It is not as though I am going anywhere.

[kids...]

[gunhammer]

[He gears up to have another go at Cid but uh... Oh right, Gaius is here, isn't he.]

That depends on which part of it you want to know.

[We are Not Talking About The Crystal Tower. He may still be a little annoyed about all of that!!!]

[youngprodigy]

[Cid just... folds his hand across his chest.

Nero can handle talking to Gaius, because Cid isn't exactly interested in speaking to the man.]

[howveryglib]

More... generally, I suppose. Though I am admittedly a bit curious--for what, exactly, is Cid giving you a difficult time?

[gunhammer]

[Ugh, so we're going to do this...]

We ended up... collaborating and it didn't go well.

[...That didn't even attempt to explain anything, thanks Nero.]

[youngprodigy]

[Oh, that just makes Cid mad again.]

No, what happened was you decided to run away after I pulled you out of the bloody Void myself! You should have been in bed!

[howveryglib]

...I am not quite sure if I should be surprised you were also having some unpleasant interdimensional adventure, Nero...

[gunhammer]

I'm fine, Garlond, don't go acting like you think I'm fragile.

[But thankfully this time he hasn't forgotten Gaius exists and Nero shrugs, the usual over-the-top gesture as always.]

Not quite the same as what you were dealing with, from the sound of it.

[youngprodigy]

[Cid looks like he's going to continue to argue, but fortunately Nero changes the topic, so he just. Goes back to looking stern and folding his arms across his chest.]

[howveryglib]

No, it certainly was not. Admittedly, I did happen to meet some demons, but I think they were of a generally more civil variety than your average voidsent...

[gunhammer]

[By the cant of Nero's head, that's certainly interesting.]

Well? Don't keep us in suspense - tell us what happened.

[They've both probably gotten the basic rundown of "that time we shoved your important person(???) into a murdergame" from Carmen or someone, but it's better to hear it from Gaius himself.]

[youngprodigy]

...Aye, go on.

[At the very least, Cid is going to be polite about this, because... yeah.]

[howveryglib]

[...okay well. sure he guesses.]

I and twenty-four others were pulled here via some sort of machine with the ability to transcend different dimensions into an underwater city in order to murder each other without getting caught, essentially.

i am so sorry, gmail ate this tag

[gunhammer]

[It would probably be rude to say "so you didn't kill anyone" so give him a moment while he thinks about the correct response here...]

...I see.

[He does not see.]

It would seem all of you survived that, somehow.

[...........he was trying not to be rude and yet he couldn't help but tack that onto the end.]

[youngprodigy]

[Cid just stares at that, and then scowls at Nero.

He can't even begin to say something sarcastic in Gaius' direction, because the description is far worse than anything Garlemald has done before, and that's seriously saying something.

So instead he just shoves at Nero's shoulder at the comment.

It's not enough to hurt, or even to attempt to knock him off balance. It's the sort of reaction you might expect from someone who has known a guy for over twenty years.]

[howveryglib]

…technically, yes.

…

You are familiar with those exercises Eorzeans do where they effectively wage large scale combat in the ruins in Cartineau and brutalize each other, but there are some wards or other in place to keep the combatants from actually killing each other? That is effectively what happened, except people actually died and had their consciousnesses transferred into new bodies made partially of sea slugs. There were eight of us left at the end and we had no idea the others had been revived in that manner.