bathymetric: (R2 Mods)
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.

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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!
calx: (Sixteen)

[personal profile] calx 2021-01-30 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, although synonyms are quite common, even though they generally favor a certain use or scenario. [ they could be here all day.... ]

I can't say I am either, but I believe your deduction is mostly logical. I would classify realms as a subset of dimension, while planets I would ascribe to the makeup of the two. That is to say, a planet is an object that resides in a realm or dimension.
guffawsungraciously: from the back, looking to the left (a sale on cake...........)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2021-01-31 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
That is easy enough to understand, yes. Of course, my primary concern would ultimately be how you get from one to the other, considering that will determine how easy it is to get back where I came from...
calx: (Eighteen)

[personal profile] calx 2021-01-31 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That is a hypothesis I am still working on. However, multidimensional travel is something I have come across before, even though I would consider it quite rare.
guffawsungraciously: boy does he love playing with his bangs. (are you there?)

[personal profile] guffawsungraciously 2021-02-05 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Is that so? I have heard of the ability to cross over into a different dimension, though they are considerably less... stable than this. They look more like a void with some architecture in them than a proper ocean, from what I have heard.