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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?
shieldsister: (🌕 07)

[personal profile] shieldsister 2020-04-06 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
He did, yes. I wasn't convinced she would be anything special at first, but she's proven herself time and time again. I'm proud to have her as a shield-sister.
philoxenia: (nothing here is what it seems)

[personal profile] philoxenia 2020-04-07 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Aside from slaying the dragons, you mean?

[ that sounds like it'd impress anyone! but maybe skyrim is just Used To dragons ]
shieldsister: (🌕 07)

[personal profile] shieldsister 2020-04-07 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't know about the dragon-slaying until recently. I was under the impression she was a perfectly average - albeit very strange - warrior.
philoxenia: (will i ever follow through?)

[personal profile] philoxenia 2020-04-07 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Very strange?
shieldsister: (🌕 06)

[personal profile] shieldsister 2020-04-07 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Certainly. She's very quiet most of the time and has a bizarre fascination with plates, bowls, and buckets. I've seen her stand in the same place staring off into the distance for hours. She spends more time looting than she does slaying enemies.

I could keep going, but I'll spare you.

[Despite all of this, Aela still sounds pretty damn fond, okay.]
philoxenia: (there's an animal inside--)

[personal profile] philoxenia 2020-04-07 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ listen aela sometimes they just get in the way when you're trying to rob someone blind ]

She sounds... very interesting, certainly. [ A little laugh. ] Bowls, plates, and buckets? I suppose there are stranger things to be obsessed with...
shieldsister: (🌕 06)

[personal profile] shieldsister 2020-04-07 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Easily the strangest woman I've ever met. Her skill in battle is unparalleled, however. I'm honored to fight by her side.

[she's a weirdo but she's also a shield-sister, you know how it goes.]
philoxenia: (orbit around you)

[personal profile] philoxenia 2020-04-07 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Reliability and strength are important... I'm far from any kind of warrior, but I know that.
shieldsister: (🌕 01)

[personal profile] shieldsister 2020-04-07 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
What is it you do where you're from?
philoxenia: (so what are you)

[personal profile] philoxenia 2020-04-07 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh-- I'm a student. Literature. Nothing special, really.
shieldsister: (🌕 03)

[personal profile] shieldsister 2020-04-07 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, a scholar. Why did you choose literature?

[...does aela look like she knows a single damn thing about all 337 books in skyrim??? no.]
philoxenia: (will i ever follow through?)

[personal profile] philoxenia 2020-04-07 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ what, is she NOT a jarth head? shameful. ]

Well... I like to read. And I like writing, so... I just decided from there. I'd like to be a researcher some day, actually, so this sort of prepares me.
shieldsister: (🌕 07)

[personal profile] shieldsister 2020-04-07 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[she is not......... letting bdg down............]

What is it you hope to research?