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Unknown Seas Mods / NPCs ([personal profile] bathymetric) wrote in [community profile] unknownseas2021-01-24 10:36 am
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COMMENCE VOYAGE

Fun Fact: Did you know the Atlantic Ocean has a surface area of 41.1 million square miles? No reason.

...

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!
queceracera: (tomorrow you'll be thinking to yourself)

[personal profile] queceracera 2021-01-24 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[SOMEWHERE ON EARTH (PROBABLY)]

Uhhhhhhh. [Scott's eyes drift up and he kind of squints.] Earth, probably?
onlyyoucan: Unsure lineface. (:|)

[personal profile] onlyyoucan 2021-01-24 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
...what kind of planet is that?

[She raises her eyebrows and continues to look around the room.]

They're celebrating, that's for sure, but I wasn't here before. I don't think anyone was.
queceracera: (in the other room)

[personal profile] queceracera 2021-01-24 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, new chapters are like that. One minute you're at a beach and the next you're at the grocery store with your roommate. [He shrugs.] I feel like I didn't unlock a sidequest or lore here, but I'm sure someone will explain everything soon. Probably The Captain.
onlyyoucan: Annoyed look. (quit making fun of ram-dass)

[personal profile] onlyyoucan 2021-01-24 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
......................

[Sara neither has the words to respond to this, nor the desire to ask for clarification. So she's just going to stare for a while.]
queceracera: (all leaving me banana red)

[personal profile] queceracera 2021-01-24 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Bad experiences with Captains?

[Seems like a good guess, in his opinion.]
onlyyoucan: Looking behind her, closed off. (go away)

[personal profile] onlyyoucan 2021-01-24 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Not particularly.

[:|]

Never mind. None of this makes sense.
queceracera: (i've been struck down from outer space)

[personal profile] queceracera 2021-01-25 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You mean this doesn't happen to you all the time?

[Give him a second. Just a moment. Ok, there it is..]

Wait, are you an alien?

[............. Nevermind. He doesn't get it.]
onlyyoucan: Confrontational. (i don't have time for this)

[personal profile] onlyyoucan 2021-01-25 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm a human, if that's what you mean. I'm from the Union. You aren't?
queceracera: (is she really coming toward me)

[personal profile] queceracera 2021-01-26 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I'm Canadian. Ramona's from America, though.

[Scott, nobody calls America "Union."]
onlyyoucan: Looking off sadly. (because...)

[personal profile] onlyyoucan 2021-01-27 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Are those even planets? I don't recognize them.
queceracera: (there goes the girl in the other room)

[personal profile] queceracera 2021-01-29 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Planets? [Gears. Turning.] Oh! You're from space! That's so cool.

[Scott, how is that different from being an alien.]
onlyyoucan: Worried. (we should be concerned.)

[personal profile] onlyyoucan 2021-01-30 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Isn't everyone technically from space? There aren't places that are space and not.