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Unknown Seas Mods / NPCs ([personal profile] bathymetric) wrote in [community profile] unknownseas2020-05-03 02:44 am
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WEEK 5

That's three murders now - and this last trial got more than slightly out of hand. It looks like you might be in for another tough week... or at least, maybe that's just the refusal of this place to change too much. You lose Saturday again, but maybe six-day weeks are starting to feel normal by now. Who knows? The cycle of day and night continues apace, changing so little.

Speaking of change, though, there's a new area to look through, the biggest and most complex yet. And the end of one wing of the facility, from the looks of it - though you can probably guess where more areas might start to open up.

And speaking of opening up (segues!), this week if you're out particularly late, you might sometimes see Angel out and about! So hey, maybe change is on the horizon.

Just gotta hope it's a change for the better, don't you?



SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY


[ ooc: Welcome to Week 5! Remember to turn in AC here, threads for regain coins here, and if you feel so inclined you can visit Angel's office hours over here! Or, if you want Angel to come to you, that's now an option! Simply put a prompt after lights-out into your toplevel and indicate you want Angel in the subject line, same as investigations! ]
bolderfell: I appreciate it, really. <user name="hashagi" site="tumblr.com"> (PLEASANT 🗡️ You're too kind.)

[personal profile] bolderfell 2020-05-12 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe that's what I'd have been, if I were from your Homeworld. A Ruby. Not bad at all.
lovelikeyou: (🌸 and it talks to me in tiptoes)

[personal profile] lovelikeyou 2020-05-12 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
No, not at all! You'd have a very easy time sneaking around, if Ruby is any indication.

[Rose sighs.]

I haven't talked to her in a long time. She's usually fused with her partner.
bolderfell: Not sure how to stop. <user name="nappotuna" site="tumblr.com"> (WEARY 🗡️ Don't stop can't stop.)

[personal profile] bolderfell 2020-05-12 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Her... partner? Wait, is fusion... [Uh.] ...what it sounds like.
lovelikeyou: (🌸 you're so good)

[personal profile] lovelikeyou 2020-05-12 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It's when two or more Gems combine their minds and forms to make a brand new Gem! Garnet is Ruby and Sapphire's fusion.

[She says, probably not clearing anything up at all.]
bolderfell: Did he just. <user name="hashagi" site="tumblr.com"> (BLANCH 🗡️ Oh no.)

[personal profile] bolderfell 2020-05-12 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[No, you know what? That's plenty clear enough, thank you, Rose!]

That sounds...

[...]

Horrifying.
lovelikeyou: (🌸 and all my stumbling phrases)

[personal profile] lovelikeyou 2020-05-13 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, no, it's very nice! With someone you like, anyway.
bolderfell: Me?? Maybe YOU stole the cookie from the cookie jar! <user name="nappotuna" site="tumblr.com"> (NERVOUS 🗡️ [LYING INTENSIFIES])

[personal profile] bolderfell 2020-05-13 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[He visibly shudders.]

But if you mix yourself together with someone else, how do you... where do you go?
lovelikeyou: (🌸 never could describe)

[personal profile] lovelikeyou 2020-05-13 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
You're part of the fusion!

[Rose sees no problem with her going away! Shatter Pink Diamond, etc!]
bolderfell: Put me the hell down, I hate heights! <user name="nappotuna" site="tumblr.com"> (FRAZZLED 🗡️ Oi oi oi!)

[personal profile] bolderfell 2020-05-13 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
But what if that person isn't who you thought they'd be, and--what if you get hurt? Or stuck? Can you get stuck?
lovelikeyou: (🌸 I can't seem to command it)

[personal profile] lovelikeyou 2020-05-13 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
No, you can't get stuck. You'll just unfuse if you get out of sync, or if the fusion gets hurt too badly.

[as for the person not being who you thought they would - well]

Being fused is like...really feeling your relationship with someone else. It can feel nice to know what caring about yourself the way someone else does is like. [not that she's implying she doesn't care about herself at all, even though she sort of already said that like twice]
bolderfell: I'm debuffs and support, not DPS. <user name="nappotuna" site="tumblr.com"> (ARGH 🗡️ Close quarters.)

[personal profile] bolderfell 2020-05-13 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
[my_biggest_whole_body_flinch_ever.mp4]

And if they don't? Care about you. If your relationship is a lie, what then?
lovelikeyou: (🌸 I'm happy for you)

[personal profile] lovelikeyou 2020-05-13 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[......um]

You can't fuse with anybody who doesn't want to be with you like that. [Jasper would tell you otherwise, probably, but Rose has no real experience with anybody pulling a Lapis.] It's not...you don't read their thoughts, or anything like that. You don't instantly know everything about them. But I think you could still tell if they didn't care at all.
bolderfell: Your party's reputation has suffered. <user name="gzeidraws" site="tumblr.com"> (URK 🗡️ Oh shit.)

[personal profile] bolderfell 2020-05-13 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
...Well, at least there's that.

[Ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh. Fusion, partners... no.]
lovelikeyou: (🌸 what makes you think)

[personal profile] lovelikeyou 2020-05-13 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's the only person she's told here who reacted so negatively...Rose isn't quite sure what to make of it.]

Not everybody has to, of course. Not that Homeworld allows much of it to begin with...but there were Crystal Gems who were seeing each other and didn't stay fused!
bolderfell: What do you mean, you can't tell it's bedhead? <user name="nappotuna" site="tumblr.com"> (MUSS 🗡️ Too early for this.)

[personal profile] bolderfell 2020-05-14 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Seeing... You mean those kind of partners. Couples?
lovelikeyou: (🌸 half of what)

[personal profile] lovelikeyou 2020-05-14 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Or more!

[gems: why monogamy?]
bolderfell: There, there. But also, go OVER there. Bye. <user name="nappotuna" site="tumblr.com"> (SQUEEZE 🗡️ Get off already.)

[personal profile] bolderfell 2020-05-14 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Sure, fine. Whatever. Didn't realize that's what you meant when you said that. It's always a romantic thing?
lovelikeyou: (🌸 all this heaven)

[personal profile] lovelikeyou 2020-05-14 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, no, not at all. I've fused with Garnet and Amethyst before, and we've never been like that. It's about any kind of close relationship!
bolderfell: It's warm in here. <user name="hashagi" site="tumblr.com"> (PEEK 🗡️ Shut up.)

[personal profile] bolderfell 2020-05-14 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[Mmmmm. Nope, still uncomfortable with this concept.]

Sounds complicated. And like it requires a lot of trust.
lovelikeyou: (🌸 and I would give all this)

[personal profile] lovelikeyou 2020-05-14 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, it does. It isn't for everybody, even among the Crystal Gems.