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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?
thieviusraccoonus: (Cane ready)

[personal profile] thieviusraccoonus 2020-04-10 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Della. Easy to remember.

[Heck, he'll accept the handshake, all business.]

Sorry to hear that. I'll keep an eye out in case your brother's around, but it's looking like there's a serious shortage of birds around here.

Could be your brother's looking for you.
nothingcanstop: (for flying dead bodies)

[personal profile] nothingcanstop 2020-04-14 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ For a sobering moment, Della looks...worried. ]

I've no doubt that he is. My whole family. ...I hope they're keeping safe.
thieviusraccoonus: (Aw don't worry)

[personal profile] thieviusraccoonus 2020-04-16 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
I hear that. All I'm hoping is that my gang got out safely. We were kind of in the middle of... something really dangerous before I woke up here.
nothingcanstop: (watching them fly)

[personal profile] nothingcanstop 2020-04-16 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Gang? You some kind of...street...something-or-other?

[ what are people calling those nowadays ]
thieviusraccoonus: (Master thief)

[personal profile] thieviusraccoonus 2020-04-20 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
[heck if he knows]

Off the mark. It's a "gang" of thieves. Although, you could really just call them my family.
nothingcanstop: (the life that i dreamed)

[personal profile] nothingcanstop 2020-04-22 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Ohhhhh. [ Well. Huh. Della gives him a once-over, but. ] ...Well, I hope they got out of there too. What...were you doing?
thieviusraccoonus: (Just... stay put)

[personal profile] thieviusraccoonus 2020-04-29 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Listen.... he knows he dresses like a thief. It's fine. It's a stylistic choice.]

I was... going down with a time-traveling airship?
nothingcanstop: (all these friends)

[personal profile] nothingcanstop 2020-04-29 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ A beat. ]

Yeah, alright, that checks out.
thieviusraccoonus: (Bentley Murray come in)

[personal profile] thieviusraccoonus 2020-04-29 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Shrug!]

That's a pretty reasonable reaction, all things considered.
nothingcanstop: (that i'd be a pilot)

[personal profile] nothingcanstop 2020-04-30 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
What can I say, I've heard weirder.
thieviusraccoonus: (Um... an idiot?)

[personal profile] thieviusraccoonus 2020-04-30 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
Then you must be better traveled than most.
nothingcanstop: (watching them fly)

[personal profile] nothingcanstop 2020-04-30 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
You could say that, yeah.