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. ]

Comments

[visiblepattern]

I would like to visit you sometime, of course, but it would mainly be to see you. I would like to see what sort of world you come from - it must be incredible, if it can make people like you. And I'd like to meet your, ah...friend? Date. If possible.

[...]

Oh - did your memory files still have that dress on it? I know you used it on your projections before.

[pairtner]

I would like that. Once I inform him of everything that happened, he'll wonder what kind of people knew about me. He probably will invite you to his favorite bar to talk while he gets so drunk I have to call someone to get him home.

[Because of course, she's usually the one taking care of him, like a beleaguered assistant. Hah, but nah, Date instead probably would take Forrest to his favorite restaurant, given his age.

At the mention of the dress, Aiba looks down at the sand. She liked that dress so much...and it probably got crushed and discarded during her execution. Damn it...]

...I do. I still have it. I didn't think it'd be right to use it until I had talked to you, though...

[Because part of her felt like it was undeserved to wear something Forrest had made for her before making amends with him]

[visiblepattern]

Well, you can wear it whenever you want. And between this time and the next time that I see you, I'll make you another one. Like I said, I like making things like that for my friends.

[pairtner]

...you're so kind, Forrest. That even after what I did and everything you went through you're still willing to do this...

[Aiba tilts her head]

Rossiu, too. There was no need for him to keep my memories. Until today I hadn't truly grasped the capacity for forgiveness and acceptance humans truly have...

...I'm...I am glad to have met you all.

[Aiba sure learned a lot about humanity and about herself. In the end AIs are constantly evolving, and although she always had her heart in the right place, everything she went through strengthened her desire to be a good companion and a good assistant]

[visiblepattern]

I'm truly glad to have met you too. And I'm glad that you remember us now, even if the memories are hard. That's what it's like to be human too, you know? You can't just forget the hard times. Sometimes it's difficult, sometimes things hurt.

But you've got to decide what's worth it, and what's important to you. And you're important to me, and so are all the people here who made it through with us, and so are the ones that didn't. I just... I want everyone to be happy, or at least as happy as they can be, even if some things were hard to get through.

You're a good person, Aiba. Don't be too hard on yourself.

[pairtner]

[Aiba really is so close to being human, and only at times like these she realizes so. Forrest's words bring strange emotions to the forefront.

In the end, it all settles down, and leaves her with peace and calm. With a smirk, her leotard changes to the dress Forrest made for her]

...thank you.

[It's hard to put into words how grateful she is, really]

You will help lead everything to a good conclusion. I said it once before: I believe you know what you're doing, and now, I'm certain you'll succeed at anything you put your mind to.

I will be looking forward to hearing good news from you next time we meet.