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unknownseas2021-01-24 10:36 am
bathymetric) wrote in unknownseas2021-01-24 10:36 am
COMMENCE VOYAGE
Fun Fact: Did you know the Atlantic Ocean has a surface area of 41.1 million square miles? No reason.
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There's something uneasy in the air as you come to.
Well, "come to" is an interesting word in this case. It implies waking up, which is not exactly what happens. None of you are in beds, nor are you really asleep in the traditional sense. One moment you're somewhere else, doing something else with your time, and the next? You're somewhere on board a massive cruise ship - maybe lounging on a deck chair by the pool, maybe getting some Gains in the exercise room, maybe enjoying the tasteful décor in the buffet - and you have no idea how you got here or how you might get back. This is not your beautiful house. If you have a beautiful wife, she isn't here.
What you do have, apart from 25 other unlucky souls, is a small smartphone-like device in your pocket with only a handful of things on it: a clock reading 11PM, a pdf of a ticket in your name on a special Atlantic Liners New Year's Eve Cruise, an app labeled Passenger Profiles with some basic information on your traveling companions, and a message:
Welcome aboard, passenger! Please feel free to partake of any of the facilities while you wait for the big event! Remember: when midnight comes, you better make your way to the theatre at the back of Level 1 for the main event! The Captain and the First Mate will be there to take care of you all personally, and to help you ring in the new year in style!
Well, that's a start. But what you do until then, it seems, is up to you!
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There's something uneasy in the air as you come to.
Well, "come to" is an interesting word in this case. It implies waking up, which is not exactly what happens. None of you are in beds, nor are you really asleep in the traditional sense. One moment you're somewhere else, doing something else with your time, and the next? You're somewhere on board a massive cruise ship - maybe lounging on a deck chair by the pool, maybe getting some Gains in the exercise room, maybe enjoying the tasteful décor in the buffet - and you have no idea how you got here or how you might get back. This is not your beautiful house. If you have a beautiful wife, she isn't here.
What you do have, apart from 25 other unlucky souls, is a small smartphone-like device in your pocket with only a handful of things on it: a clock reading 11PM, a pdf of a ticket in your name on a special Atlantic Liners New Year's Eve Cruise, an app labeled Passenger Profiles with some basic information on your traveling companions, and a message:
Welcome aboard, passenger! Please feel free to partake of any of the facilities while you wait for the big event! Remember: when midnight comes, you better make your way to the theatre at the back of Level 1 for the main event! The Captain and the First Mate will be there to take care of you all personally, and to help you ring in the new year in style!
Well, that's a start. But what you do until then, it seems, is up to you!
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N...no, I am not Jack. My name is Flayn.
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Flayn... [She repeats the word. Despite her confusion her vague smile is probably genuine.] It's a pretty name.
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[A pause.]
What's yours?
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[She'd give her full name but there's no point in it, she thinks.]
I think we're all a bit disoriented right now and I don't think she's here but you haven't seen any children around up here, have you?
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[She has no idea how large this place is, or if there are any kids here at all, but she knows she hasn't seen any here as of now.]
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[Oh. Okay. Well, this is happening she guesses.]
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...She may not be here, but perhaps someone knows where she is.
[Like the Captain, maybe?]
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[She pauses.]
She's a strong girl, though. I believe in her. I'm worried, of course, but that's only natural.
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[...Reminds her of Seteth, honestly. But not in the usual hovering way he carries himself.]
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[She wishes she had pictures but alas she doesn't.] Ah--I'm sorry, Flayn. You were looking for someone, too, weren't you?
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[Pondering face...]
I was taking a seat outside of a medic tent. It had been a very long night, and I hadn't been able to rest for some time.
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[Reika thinks.]
I was with Jack... I wasn't in the best of shape. I thought it was my final moments. A heart attack, probably.
[Probably not.]
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A heart attack...do you still feel unwell? Do you think you need medical attention?
[Look just show her the first aid room she'll figure it out somehow]
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No, I feel much better now. That's the strange thing.
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[Well...Flayn does suppose her own aches and pains are not nearly as bothersome as they had been before. She ponders on this for a moment.]
...Either way, perhaps it would be a good idea for you to be careful for some time, to keep it from happening again.
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[She has nothing to hide now, after all.]
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