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Unknown Seas Mods / NPCs ([personal profile] bathymetric) wrote in [community profile] unknownseas2020-04-05 02:03 am
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COMMENCE EXPERIMENT

Fun fact: Did you know that the Pacific Ocean has a surface area of 62.46 million miles? That's not even accounting for depth.

You awaken to a sharp jolt, like you've just hit the drop on a roller coaster. Then it passes, and you're in a bed, suddenly very clearly awake. Is that right? Were you asleep? Your memory is a little fuzzy as you come down off the adrenaline, but it puts itself into place soon enough. This is not, as one might say, your beautiful house. If you have a beautiful wife, she sure isn't here.

The positioning of the bed inside your new room gives you a very clear indication of where you are - or at least, where the building is. Above you is a decent-sized window looking out on... well, the ocean. But not in a fun beachside resort way, to say the least. Fish swim by pretty frequently, here to keep you company - but they cannot hear your screams, and do not seem particularly bothered if you tap on the glass unless they're right by it. It's thick, man.

On the bedside table, you'll find two things: a key card with a number between 1 and 25 on it (no points for guessing which one is on whose, unfortunately), and a small handheld device, a little like a smartphone but mostly like a blackberry? Remember those? Anyway, accessing it will reveal only a scarce few functions: a list of profiles, a map of the building, and a very ominous set of rules. You might try to ignore that last one! Unfortunately, you'll find them in a frame by your door. And in a frame somewhere in every room of the place, if you go out exploring at all. The tablet also has a message for you when you open it:

Greetings. Please take an hour to become accustomed to the facilities, then proceed to the meeting room north of your dormitories. Attendance is mandatory. - The Professor

But hey, it... it also lets you play Snake! Who doesn't love Snake, huh?

Anyway, head out into the halls! Make some new friends - or maybe enemies, wouldn't that be exciting? Look around a little! Just make sure to be back for whatever this meeting is - after all, you want a chance to face off with your captor, right?
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[personal profile] archboxer 2020-04-06 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
That does not mean you should take it out on the fish.
emberserker: Arms crossed, standing by a pillar. (quick comment)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-06 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't doing anything to the fish! They're out there and I'm in here, and I doubt they care what we're doing.
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[personal profile] archboxer 2020-04-06 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
That probably is true, yes. You were concentrating so hard...

[You're not trying to set the fish on fire???]
emberserker: Arms crossed, standing by a pillar. (quick comment)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-06 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
I was looking for something, that's all. Not that there's anything to find, unfortunately.
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[personal profile] archboxer 2020-04-06 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[She pauses. There was something on Anna's profile--she was a mage. Ah.]

Magic, perhaps?
emberserker: Stuck-up pout. (hmph)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-06 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Not a trace of it. There's nothing to draw on at all. Not "not enough," nothing.
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[personal profile] archboxer 2020-04-06 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Hm. That is odd...

[She really hasn't tried that hard due to there being bystanders but Rhea closes her eyes, focusing. It takes only a moment before she frowns.]

The other possibility is much more dire.
emberserker: Arrogant glare. (i'm the greatest)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-06 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
What other possibility?
archboxer: (8)

[personal profile] archboxer 2020-04-06 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
That there may be magic but that our ability to channel it has been interfered with.
emberserker: Offended shock. (oh what now)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-06 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
That shouldn't be possible. Even without my old magic stone, I should still be able to, and more than I could before!
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[personal profile] archboxer 2020-04-06 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
There are spells designed to do such a thing. That aside, I cannot seem to access my magic either. Something that is just as impossible without special measures.
emberserker: Stuck-up pout. (hmph)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-06 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
Whatever's going on here, I'm not going to stand for it. This was supposed to be my moment! I... ugh! When that Professor shows up, he'll regret ever doing this.
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[personal profile] archboxer 2020-04-06 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
He is already destined for a dire fate. He has meddled in far too many things.
emberserker: Summoning ACONITE GRIS. (my mech comes out of lava what now)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-06 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
That's certainly true. The gall alone is unbelievable.
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[personal profile] archboxer 2020-04-06 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
The malice is quite clear as well.
emberserker: Anna sitting like she's on a throne. (now all i need is a treasure)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-06 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I doubt anyone here did anything to him in the first place. I'm sure I didn't.
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[personal profile] archboxer 2020-04-06 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
A sinner does not a reason to do the things they do.
emberserker: Eyes closed, preparing to fight. (just a moment)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-06 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's right. It said you were clergy, didn't it?
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[personal profile] archboxer 2020-04-07 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Indeed, I am even though I am wondering why the goddess has decided to push my fate into this particular direction.