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

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endgame,
round 3

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

[ 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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( at some point, one might notice a rather regal young man, a scepter topped with a red jewel in hand. truthfully, the... ah, peaceful evening actually surprises him. he'd expected... well, violence and mayhem and a rescue mission, and the expected violence is why he took the ramshackle prefect's place in this because what the fuck, headmage. not that he said this outloud.

but at the end of the day he and jade are here for one purpose- )

Floyd! There you are. You're unharmed, yes? I don't think I could stop Jade from acting if you aren't. ... Or Azul from manifesting to do the same, truthfully.

( but after that, he will at least stay a while to chat. hello, unknown seas. it's floyd's goldfishie.

er.

riddle rosehearts. )

A man-made city at the bottom of the sea... ridiculous.

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[ Wait, what?! He knew Jade was here, but not- ]

GOLDFISHIE~!

[ Oh, he's scooping Riddle up in a big hug squeeze! ]

Yeah, yeah, I'm alright~! No scratches or dings on me.

URK-

( HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.

and normally he might yell and fuss and struggle, but.

well.

it's been two months and as much as floyd confounds him, riddle was worried all the same. so once his poor lungs adjust, he... will return the hug, muttering something for floyd's ears only for a moment before sighing. )

Good. We were more than prepared for a fight, but I'm glad that's not necessary. ... What happened?

[ He loosens his hold a bit, but doesn't let go. Especially not after Riddle hugged him back.

Floyd hums a little, trying to think of how to answer. ]

Woooould you believe me if I told you I was trapped in that underwater city with a bunch of people for two months, with no magic, and the only way to leave was to kill someone? Because that's what happened!

[ That's about as cut and dry as he could get. ]

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( riddle listens, adjusting so he's. uh. somehow more sitting in floyd's arms than being hugged? he's got experience with floyd wrangles. but he listens and...

wait.

excuse me? )

What on Twisted Wonderland- what underwater city- and to kill to escape?! Not to mention the clear instance of multiple dimensions- Are you seriously trying to tell me that so many people were plucked across the multiverse to play out some psychological horror game?!

Yeah, basically.

[ He says with a nod. ]

We were in this weird underwater city called "New Rapture." Everyone who died got brought back to life in some weird chamber thing? I don't know much about it other than it was powered by glowy sea slugs.

[ It does not help he's acting so normal about this, but honestly... Riddle is close enough to see that Floyd may have some dark circles under his eyes. He's definitely been through it. ]

...I didn't kill anyone though, so yeah! And no one tried to kill me either, which is good because I woulda squeezed them if they did.

( FLOYD YOU ARE GOING SO FAST FOR HIM, HE HASN'T EVEN PROCESSED THE MURDERGAME YET AND YOU'RE TELLING HIM THAT PEOPLE ARE SEA SLUGS NOW???? please. have mercy. he can't keep up with you.

... but yes, he sees the signs of exhaustion. he stares for a moment, unsure of what to do before gently brushing his hand against floyd's cheek briefly. )

I'm proud of you. I'm sure the ordeal was excruciating. But we'll have you home to rest, soon.

[ LISTEN... IT WAS A LOT OKAY. He does not stop he only knows pass go collect $200 thaumarks.

Floyd's eyes widen slightly at the hand before he closes them, his head tilting into the touch for a moment before looking at him with a smile. ]

...Thanks, Goldfishie.

There's nothing to thank me for. ... I know I won't be the only one asking, but... why would they even do this? And why you?

Somethin' about us being the replacements for the Founders of the city. We apparently helped make the city run smoothly in another universe?

[ He shrugs. ]

Apparently we were the best at our jobs. We were stolen into the game right before that happened, I think.

Oh yes, that makes perfect sense. "Thank you for running our city so well! Kill each other." Absolutely ridiculous...

Yeah... there's a lot more to it but I kinda checked out. It'll probably come back eventually.

[ He shrugs and smiles. ]

But enough of that for now! I'm free and it's party time~!

So you are. ... Why not fetch your brother? I'm sure he's close. We can all get something to eat.

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Oh, that's the least ridiculous thing about this entire disaster. Encompassing the two disasters before it, of course.

Yes, the... murder game, as it were. That- it's completely monstrous, and for what end?

( can you feel his judgement towards... all the masterminds, actually? because it is dripping.

it's all ridiculous. and horrible. that level of cruelty is unfathomable to him, which... is what makes it so hard to comprehend. )

... A friend of mine was in the most recent one.

I see. They really do grab all sorts, don't they?

( considering he's seen like, a big furry blue man, a robot and a transparent ghost? )

They really do. Perhaps to try and breed mistrust? People prefer the familiar, after all.

I'll agree to that much. My name is Anna Fugo, I doubt you've heard of me. Or any of us, for that matter, but we've come from the previous iterations of this mess.

Riddle Rosehearts. A pleasure to meet you, Anna.

I don't suppose they had inane requirements for who they kidnapped this time around? We had something to do with rocks, for some reason.

Not entirely, but... They were supposed to inherit the city theirs took place in, apparently. To become the new founders and leaders. I'm afraid I don't understand it myself.

How on earth does someone come to that conclusion and then decide to make their picks go through this nonsense instead? I don't understand one bit.

Nor do I. The entire situation feels like a cocktail of cruelty and delusions of the highest order. I'm just glad that from the looks of it, it's over.

You've got that right. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised with whatever they say about what went on here. Ours was a deranged recruitment exercise for a criminal organization, "recruitment" meaning "brainwashing."