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

[ahelpingpaw]

Y...yeah...! It has been some time, eh? A lotta can happen in a year, haha...ah...

[......

You know what, may as well address the enormous elephant in the room. Pointing at the wings for a moment, Filbo tries to think of the most tactful way to bring them up]

Ssssooooo...did I miss something important about humans sprouting wings after a while or...?

[Definitely doesn't suspect the correct reasons right away, that's for sure]

[scythegun]

[Oh Filbo, honey. Yeager, of course, takes a great deal of delight in this and doesn't rush him, merely flapping his wings a bit as if to draw attention to them while not actually saying anything until Filbo actually asks.]

No, no, you didn't miss anything quite like that~! I merely joined Freyja in her realm and took all those important to me as well.

[He just sort of moved in and then had to explain his home world situation to her but like, it's fine, that's not his problem anymore!!]

Don't they look dashing?

[ahelpingpaw]

Ah, good. I was already beginning to think I kinda missed something. You know how it is, sometimes things just fly right over my head, hyehaha!

[Humans could have easily turned out to be part insect and he wouldn't have ever known. Things get fuzzy after not seeing one after a while, too, so after seeing Yeager Filbo couldn't avoid wondering if at any point he saw something that hinted someone's wings were growing and he just...didn't ask questions and then forgot all about it]

They are pretty eyecatching, yeah. [......] Wait, does that mean if I had gone with Freyja instead of going home I'd have gotten wings too?

[He can't...quite imagine how that would have looked]

I don't think that'd have worked pretty well.

[scythegun]

[If this were anyone else, Yeager would have played that straight. Thankfully, Filbo is one of his favorite people from r2, so he will not bullshit quite that hard.]

Ja, you would have! Though the result may have been a bit... different. Though now I'm curious how they would look...

[Maybe they wouldn't look bad at all! You never know!!!]

[ahelpingpaw]

I mean, they'd probably have to be big enough to hold someone my size and weight in the air. Good for hot days since I can hold one overhead, but otherwise that's just cumbersome.

[Just Filbo going around with a wingspan of like nine meters]

...then again, they're fairies, so maybe there's magic involved or--

[Oh wait, he's just realizing]

Does that mean you and your daughters are fairies now?

[scythegun]

[He's trying to imagine this. He's failing spectacularly, but it sounds amazing. Any chance we can actually convince Filbo into this—]

Ja, that's right~! We've left Terca Lumireis behind for good, so we're now official residents in Freyja's realm.

[ahelpingpaw]

...no offense, but that sounds like a huge improvement.

[There are a couple details Filbo remembers about everything Yeager once told him, and one of them is the general impression that Terca Lumieris sucks]

[scythegun]

Oh, you're absolutely right. If you can believe it, it somehow got even worse. The whole place has probably been destroyed by now, so I got out when I could!

[This is not true, Yuri and friends saved the day, but like hell Yeager was going to stick around to see that through!!!]

[ahelpingpaw]

Wow. Really glad you got outta there. Funny how life goes; a terrible experience somehow brought good changes you wouldn't have stumbled upon on your own.

[On one paw, yeah, horrible murder cruise. On the other paw, in that horrible murder cruise Yeager met Freyja and therefore gained the means to leave and survive the destruction of his own world. Filbo will never go as far as to call it a blessing in disguise because wow the ship murdergame was a bad time for everyone, but hey, sure can appreciate the good things that came from it]

[scythegun]

Precisely! While I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy... [pauses. considers.] ...second worst enemy, it certainly did work out well for me in the end. I can't complain about that much!

[ahelpingpaw]

[Incredible morals, Yeager, way to append your statement to 'second worst enemy'. How did you and Filbo turn out to be friends, I have to wonder sometimes, hah]

Yeah...oh, by the way...

[Filbo reaches aside, picks up something he tried to keep hidden from sight, and then all of a sudden blasts a party popper on Yeager, blasting confetti on him]

Haha...there! Finally, got you back for blasting me with one of these back when we met. You have no idea for how long I kept finding confetti on me back then.

[It's hard to get off fur -- but yeah, he bought one ages ago hoping he would get to do this to Yeager because he was sure he'd appreciate it]

[scythegun]

[This is murdergame cr!!!!

Anyway, the party popper gets him to start for a moment before he laughs, a sound that's equal parts surprised and very pleased.]

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I'll likely struggle to get it all out of my hair!

[Still nowhere near as bad as fur, though. Anyway, he dips into a bow, wings flicking a bit as he straightens back up.]

Congratulations are in order, then; you've gotten your revenge! Well played!

[ahelpingpaw]

It had to happen at some point! Now that I did it, I should remind you revenge isn't good and you better not blast me with one next time we meet. You gotta have the moral high ground!

[Hah, yeah, no, he's just joking]

[scythegun]

Oh come now, Filbo, surely you know I would never do a thing like that!

[...........citation needed.]

[ahelpingpaw]

Yeager, you know you're--no way you wouldn't; it's likelier you'll stop saying 'jah' forever. [And everyone knows Yeager would never stop with the notGerman words] I spent two months on a cruise ship with you, I know what I'm saying.

[scythegun]

[It gets a wink from him!!]

Ja, at this point you know me too well~! Better keep a lookout for next time, then!