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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?
ladygeryon: (confusion)

[personal profile] ladygeryon 2020-04-05 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Now Nira looks extra-confused.] I'm certainly not a mage, and she's not a familiar. She's a Pokemon. A fairly normal one, if somewhat rarer in a few places.
emberserker: Stern look. (this is why you're wrong)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-05 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Whatever a Pokémon is, it doesn't look to be a help. How are you not a mage, it isn't as if I were somewhere normal when I woke up here.
ladygeryon: (confusion)

[personal profile] ladygeryon 2020-04-05 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
She's a great help to me, actually. [Do not slander her service Pokemon!] Why would I need to be a mage? Do you think whoever kidnapped us would only grab mages?
emberserker: Stern look. (this is why you're wrong)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-05 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, they certainly have the resources, and whatever "normal" is to you, it doesn't include creatures like your companion.
ladygeryon: (seriously?)

[personal profile] ladygeryon 2020-04-05 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, she's quite normal to me. [A pause] What does a typical familiar look like, then? [Is she...just from some very distant region where they have a different name for Pokemon????]
emberserker: Arms crossed, standing by a pillar. (quick comment)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-05 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Something not quite natural, but easy to summon or hide. Say small birds that can be dispelled at will.

[A short-haired girl comes to mind, pleading at the gate, and Anna shakes her head to dispel the image.]

You've got this one walking around.
ladygeryon: (seriously?)

[personal profile] ladygeryon 2020-04-05 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
...I could recall her, if it really was an issue. [Nira unclips her Pokeball from her belt as a demonstration. But man, the word "dispel" definitely brings up weird connotations. It's like no region she's ever heard about.]
emberserker: Moody and sad. (sighhhhhhhh)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-05 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
It isn't as if I care what you do with your... round thing. I just want to know what's going on.
ladygeryon: (confusion)

[personal profile] ladygeryon 2020-04-06 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
So do I. You've...really never heard of Pokemon before?
emberserker: Manic smile. (can you not)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-06 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Certainly not. I wouldn't lie about that.
ladygeryon: (confusion)

[personal profile] ladygeryon 2020-04-06 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[She puts a hand to her forehead.] What the heck. I wouldn't believe this if you didn't sound so sincere...
emberserker: Standing in the rain, judgmental. (judging you)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-06 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Something clearly isn't right here, and I don't have time for this. Whoever brought us here will regret stepping in my way!
ladygeryon: (doubt)

[personal profile] ladygeryon 2020-04-07 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
How do you plan to make them regret it? [Will she have to save you from your own hubris, you sassy lost child.]
emberserker: Posing, about to use her scythe or axe. (i'm the coolest)

[personal profile] emberserker 2020-04-07 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
I'll see when I get to that point. Unfortunately, he isn't here right now, but I'm sure once that meeting starts, answers will follow.
ladygeryon: (intense stare)

[personal profile] ladygeryon 2020-04-07 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Mm. I have some harsh words planned for him, myself.